G
Guest
Back on Sept. 9th I posted a query on this board about WMM crashing. I
recieved a lot of good info, help and suggestions. unfortunately, they just
let me get farther along in the movie making process before a crash.
Since that time I've tried a few things and yesterday came up with a
solution that allows the movies to be made without crashing. So, I thought I
would post the info for anyone who may have similar problems.
First, I have about 29 clips ranging from 2 to 20 minutes generated by
PhotoStory 3. Initially I had been making the clips in PS3 using the
PapaJohn DVD Profile (NTSC), which is fine for burning to a data cd. What I
was tring to do was combine clips into larger chapters to make a DVD with
less than 21 chapters. That was where I was using WMM and it bagan to crash.
Yesterday I thought I would see what happens from a quality and crash
perspective if I created the clips using the Profile For Computers 2 (640 x
480) in PS3 and not the special DVD profile created by PapJohn. I remembered
that the quality of those clips was very good.
Next, I imported the clips into WMM to start combining them into chapters
for a DVD. I imported from two to four clips depending on duration to be
combined together.
Using the PapaJohn WMV For DVD (NTSC) profile in WMM I started to combine
the clips. It worked! WMM did not crash and I was able to ocmbine 21 PS3
clips into 7 Chapters for a DVD. Using Papa John's profile allows the clips
to be viewed wide screen and the quality was excellant.
I still have RAM issues with only 756M of RAM on my PC. But, by running a
memory optimizer which shows me how much RAM is available in the task bar and
closing and opening WMM after each combining session I was able to get past
this stumbling block.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Greg
recieved a lot of good info, help and suggestions. unfortunately, they just
let me get farther along in the movie making process before a crash.
Since that time I've tried a few things and yesterday came up with a
solution that allows the movies to be made without crashing. So, I thought I
would post the info for anyone who may have similar problems.
First, I have about 29 clips ranging from 2 to 20 minutes generated by
PhotoStory 3. Initially I had been making the clips in PS3 using the
PapaJohn DVD Profile (NTSC), which is fine for burning to a data cd. What I
was tring to do was combine clips into larger chapters to make a DVD with
less than 21 chapters. That was where I was using WMM and it bagan to crash.
Yesterday I thought I would see what happens from a quality and crash
perspective if I created the clips using the Profile For Computers 2 (640 x
480) in PS3 and not the special DVD profile created by PapJohn. I remembered
that the quality of those clips was very good.
Next, I imported the clips into WMM to start combining them into chapters
for a DVD. I imported from two to four clips depending on duration to be
combined together.
Using the PapaJohn WMV For DVD (NTSC) profile in WMM I started to combine
the clips. It worked! WMM did not crash and I was able to ocmbine 21 PS3
clips into 7 Chapters for a DVD. Using Papa John's profile allows the clips
to be viewed wide screen and the quality was excellant.
I still have RAM issues with only 756M of RAM on my PC. But, by running a
memory optimizer which shows me how much RAM is available in the task bar and
closing and opening WMM after each combining session I was able to get past
this stumbling block.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Greg