Recorded webinar - edited project - too long to save as movie file

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Hi there - Total novice at video editing, just to set the record straight. I
recently held a GoToWebinar, it was over an hour long....recorded the webinar
as a wmv file. Editied it in Windows Movie Maker 2.1.4026....got it to where
I want it...still just over an hour....I want to be able to put the end
result out on our website, but when I go to save as movie file it says it
will take like 4000+ minutes to do..actually I never wait long enough to see
how long it is actually going to take cause clearly I can't have it take that
long.
Is my file just too large to be practical....am I missing something...how do
I accomplish getting this beast into a wmv file that I can post on our site?
Thanks in advance for any advice or pointers!!!!
 
check my website's Import Movie Source Files > Video > WMV page...

screen captured recordings often need conversion before they'll work in
Movie Maker.
 
PapaJohn - Thanks for the response. I will check out your website on the
topic, however GoToWebinar provided it as a wmv file to begin with....but
maybe I am missing something. Will go check out your website and then come
back with more questions I'm sure. :)
 
APS said:
PapaJohn - Thanks for the response. I will check out your website on
the topic, however GoToWebinar provided it as a wmv file to begin
with....but maybe I am missing something. Will go check out your
website and then come back with more questions I'm sure. :)
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In your original message you mentioned
that you edited the .wmv file in Movie Maker.
What_exactly_ did your editing consist of?

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
The webinar recording came from GoToWebinar as a wmv file -- file size
181,093 kb. I open that up in Windows Movie Maker, edited it (removing
unwanted dialog...) and as a Movie Maker project MSWMM file it is 672 kb and
an hour long. Note - the webinar was mostly power point slides, a few video
clips and the speakers narration. So onto saving it as a movie file which is
when the duration just keeps on counting up... Hope you can follow that.
 
APS said:
The webinar recording came from GoToWebinar as a wmv file -- file size
181,093 kb. I open that up in Windows Movie Maker, edited it
(removing unwanted dialog...) and as a Movie Maker project MSWMM file
it is 672 kb and an hour long. Note - the webinar was mostly power
point slides, a few video clips and the speakers narration. So onto
saving it as a movie file which is when the duration just keeps on
counting up... Hope you can follow that.
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Everything you report sounds normal with the
exception that the original .wmv file is exhibiting
behavior that indicates it may be corrupted.

Might be worth a try to import the original into
the following free converter and choose .wmv
as the output format.

Format Factory
http://www.pcfreetime.com/

--

J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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
 
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it but I am having the same issue with
using the FormatFactory......the conversion never moves off of 0%
completion......I just don't understand why this is happening. Worse case
scenario I guess I use the unedited copy to post on our website......will be
pretty 'freshman-ish"....but at this point I feel like I'm out of options....
 
A wmv file can be compressed with any of many different codecs... here's a
copy of a paragraph from my website...

Files made with a screen capture codec such as the Windows Media 9 MSS2
codec used by software such as the Live Meeting Recorder and the Windows
Media 9 Encoder need conversion to other video files by an app such as the
Windows Media 9 Encoder. They'll go into Movie Maker and preview, but the
project won't save as a movie.
 
Ok, I gave that I try...converted the file and just Imported it into Windows
Movie Maker. This time I have 167 clips...first time I had maybe 16....I
will try a test Save as Movie file to see if I have success...if so will then
edit accordingly....I will let you know how I make out. Thanks for your
guidance!!!! By the way, I noticed on your website that you do some
editing/converting etc projects....do you still? Since I am a department of
1, I could see utilizing you in the future on a few projects.
 
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