"Save Movie File" failed

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Using MovieMaker v2.0.3312.0 with Win XP Prof.

I've used this program before on other systems but
something appears to be corrupt because I am unable to
save any size movie (even just a few second
introduction). I've tried various quality levels and
verified disk space (have over 120 GIG free space on
drive), drive is formatted for NTFS. No matter what
option I choose I get the message "Cannot Complete the
Save Movie Wizard - Your movie was not saved
successfully." Additional infomation displayed is "WMM
cannot save the movie to the specified location. Verify
that the orig. source files used in your movie are still
available, that the saving location is still available,
and that there is enough free disk space available, and
then try again." I have verified everything, including
admin rights (I am the admin.), free disk space, source
files (even created a new movie with only a MM title
created). I check the DLL files and reinstalled MM from
Microsoft's website. I get the same message no matter
what method I choose to save. I'm at a total loss now.
Any advice or is there a log file created with each step
within the wizard that may give me better details where
the program is failing. Please help! Thank you.
 
Hi,

I notice this happening when I use too many (more than 10) small .wmv clips with different transitions. To get around it in one project that I recently did, I did the whole thing in parts (without the soundtrack), rendered them as DV-AVIs, then "compiled" the whole thing with the soundtrack. There's no noticeable loss in video quality.

Cheers.
 
This does not appear to be the same problem I'm having.
I have this problem even with one still image. I've now
learned it's only when I try to save the movie as an WMV
file, it works fine saving as an AVI. There is obviously
something messed up with the support files (or codec
files). I can't find anything on Microsoft's website to
remedy this.
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I notice this happening when I use too many (more than
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10) small .wmv clips with different transitions. To get
around it in one project that I recently did, I did the
whole thing in parts (without the soundtrack), rendered
them as DV-AVIs, then "compiled" the whole thing with the
soundtrack. There's no noticeable loss in video quality.
 
Saving DV-AVI OK but not WMV is the classic symptom of not having the
version 9 QASF.DLL. See the Problem Solving... Can't Save a Movie page of
www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn
 
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