Movie Maker Issues in Vista

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I can't say for sure what the problem is, but I'd guess the following:

1. You've got auto-updates turned on. NEVER DO THIS!!! It's OK to
have it set to auto-download, but NOT to auto-install. This causes
Windows to reboot when you're not expecting (imaging working on a
project, forgetting to save it, going to bed, waking up the next
morning only to find that Windows rebooted itself and lost all your
work!)
2. One of the updates was probably a DRM (Digital Rights Management)
updated to Windows Media Player. If you have Windows set to NOT auto-
install updates, you'll instead get a list of available updates. I've
been avoiding installing the DRM updates. Vista is overly paranoid
about copyrights and uses up too much of your CPU constantly checking
for ridiculous things like wether the voltage on certain components
has changed oddly, assuming you're fiddling in the PC with a soldering
iron or something, trying to tap into the encrypted video stream.
This could explain the choppiness after an update.
 
Hello:
I just bought a new computer, HP 9500. It is running Nvidia 8600, Intel duo
core at 2Ghz and 2MB of Ram.
I put together about 28 still photos and tried to make a movie out of them
with the suggested settings and added backround music. It jumps like an old
projector in spots.

Do I have enough computer to use MS Movie Maker? It is an HP laptop that I
just bought in Costco for $1489.00.

I have been only a windows guy forever and hope this Vista frustration that
I am feeling goes away before I look elsewhere.
 
Edward said:
Hello:
I just bought a new computer, HP 9500. It is running Nvidia 8600,
Intel duo core at 2Ghz and 2MB of Ram.
I put together about 28 still photos and tried to make a movie out of
them with the suggested settings and added backround music. It jumps
like an old projector in spots.

Do I have enough computer to use MS Movie Maker? It is an HP laptop
that I just bought in Costco for $1489.00.

I have been only a windows guy forever and hope this Vista
frustration that I am feeling goes away before I look elsewhere.
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Two suggestions...

#1) Use file types that are compatible...
have a look at the following article:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee

#2) Try using PhotoStory 3 for making
your project...it is specifically for still
images.

PhotoStory 3 For Windows
http://tinyurl.com/4f869
(yes it runs on Vista)

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
If you've only got 2MB of RAM, you don't event have enough to boot
into Windows. I'm assuming you mean 2GB? (1,000 times as much :)

John's suggestion is good, but it should be perfectly doable in WMM.
You don't need speed or processing power to MAKE a movie... you need
it to PLAY a movie. Your computer will take as much time as it needs
to make your movie.

What I recommend is choosing an output format that fits your intended
audience. So the next questions are: Who is your intended audience?
How are they expected to view your movie?

Your answers to those questions could have a big impact on how you
choose to generate the movie.

As far as I can tell, your hardware is more than sufficient to play
back a movie, unless your hard drive is severely fragmented and you
chose a movie output format with an extremely high bit rate and/or
your got other software running simultaneously with the movie
playback, stealing both CPU time and RAM. I'd shut down everything
but Windows itself and try to play the movie.

But again, you may have chosen a bit rate and resolution that's far
above what's needed.

Let us know.
 
Sorry it is 2GB. I still have to learn how to shut everything down and run
only Vista. Movie Maker is new to me also along with Vista so it will be
awhile
before I get back about how I fixed the problem.
Thanks for your help.
 
Thanks. Great links. I sent them all to OneNote (killer app) and will sort them
out for future references. You people are the best for your help.
 
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