Saving project to my computer causes it to hang

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Mark

I have a finished movie project which I want to save to my computer. I need
to save as DV-AVI(NTSC) format as I plan to burn to a DVD. It starts up fine
enough but when it gets to around 31% it starts to hang. I attempted it
several times. Same result. I had no problem saving to my hard drive using a
..WMV, or high quality NTSC format.

My project is saved on a 250GB external hard drive with a USB connection. I
have 2GB of RAM, 31GB of free pc disk space, and run XP Pro.

Any suggestions to make this work? My movie run time is about 1 hour and 40
minutes.

Thanks
 
dv.avi = 13gb per hour.
1 hour 40 mins = 22gb

As you only have 31gb free there is no room for the tempoaray files required
to build your movie.

I suspect freeing up at least another 30gb will mean that the dv.avi will
then save.

WMV being much more compressed will fit on such free space as you have.
 
Glad it worked for you. I keep most all of my Compatibility boxes unchecked
most of the time. Sometimes, WMM will add one on its own, and I might leave
it checked if it does not cause a problem, but for the most part the boxes
are unchecked. I learned about this trick from PapaJohn's web site at:
http://www.papajohn.org/
That is a good place to learn about the ins and outs of Movie Maker.
 
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