Movie saved is incomplete

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Hi i've been impressed with the capabilities of the latest WMM2, however i have run into a problem that i can't solve. I have compiled a project with about 150 pics, four audio clips, video effects and transistions as well included into a 2.59MB project file. The project lasts for only 10+mins. The pictures are in jpeg and png formats while the audio are mp3s. When i try to save the movie, the program completes all progress but when i view the file created the pictures are cut off after a few mins. I've tried rendering it in different formats each time but each time the pictures stop showing after variable periods( not at a specific spot) while the audio continues playing until the end of the clip. The movie file that is created also never reflects even close to the estimated size(like 54MB instead of 168MB). The rendering is also usually completed way before it's estimated time and progresses at a slow apce initially until it reaches a point where it will accelerate to 98% and then completes. I've updated my media player to version 9 and tried using winamp as well. The same problem still persists. I'm using Windows XP professional 2003, someone please help! I've promised my group members that i'll create something for them which i've been trying unsuccessfully the past two weeks. Many thanks.

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There's a number of things it could be. See the Problem Solving > Can't Save
a Movie page of my site.
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Hi i've been impressed with the capabilities of the latest WMM2, however i
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have run into a problem that i can't solve. I have compiled a project with
about 150 pics, four audio clips, video effects and transistions as well
included into a 2.59MB project file. The project lasts for only 10+mins. The
pictures are in jpeg and png formats while the audio are mp3s. When i try to
save the movie, the program completes all progress but when i view the file
created the pictures are cut off after a few mins. I've tried rendering it
in different formats each time but each time the pictures stop showing after
variable periods( not at a specific spot) while the audio continues playing
until the end of the clip. The movie file that is created also never
reflects even close to the estimated size(like 54MB instead of 168MB). The
rendering is also usually completed way before it's estimated time and
progresses at a slow apce initially until it reaches a point where it will
accelerate to 98% and then completes. I've updated my media player to
version 9 and tried using winamp as well. The same problem still persists.
I'm using Windows XP professional 2003, someone please help! I've promised
my group members that i'll create something for them which i've been trying
unsuccessfully the past two weeks. Many thanks.
 
Hello there,

Here are a some of the things that solved these types of problems for me....

Convert all MP3 music to WAV
Convert all Mpeg to AVI
Convert all Jpeg to Bitmaps

Movie Maker is often seen to throw its teady bear in the corner when using MP3
and MPeg and Jpegs always cause problems for me.

And this is my stock reply for people who suffer from MM2 closing down
unexpectedly....

You sound as though you are suffering from a codec problem.

The one stop solution for that is a program called Rename Codecs and it is
available from my web site. Make sure you check out the FAQ, on the site, on
what it does and how to run it (That will take about one minute of your time!!)
All the info you need is on the web site.

This reassuringly safe to use program requires no knowledge on your part about
what it is doing or how it is doing it or what it is doing it too!!! neither do
you need to know where any of these files are or whether it is safe to rename
them or not.....and best of all, ITS FREE !!!

If this does not solve your problem then try the following out...it has proved
to be a successful procedure for a variety of problems.

1) Download the full version of DirectX Ver 9.0b, Media Player 9 and Movie
Maker 2.

2) Reboot you computer and Install DirectX

3) Reboot again and install Windows Media Player 9

4) Reboot yet again and install Movie Maker 2

5) Reboot one more time

Yes it sounds very tedious, but if you want to be certain all file locks are
removed so that the correct files can be installed this is the way you have to
go.

It is very important that you only download the full versions of these programs
and that you DO NOT attempt an install over the internet.

Other Notes
===========

There is in my view some very bad advice floating around that tells you to
unregister the offending codec. If you take this advise be warned that
unregistering any file and doing it wrong will more than likely stop the
program that file belongs to from working all together and may in an extreme
situation cause your entire XP system to fail. This is true whether you make a
mistake using the Registry editor or the registration program itself, one
mistake and you are potentially in deep trouble. Whatever you unregister in
this manner has to be restored and you should take note that the registration
of a codec can often involve more than one registry entry. If you are expert in
these matters you will have no problem.
 
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