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I tried everything! My files are fine space is fine, so I downloaded the windows media encoder and it still doesn't work!! What can I do?!?!?!
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John Kelly
Hi there,
What error message are you getting and what did you do that resulted in that
message being displayed?
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
windows media encoder and it still doesn't work!! What can I do?!?!?!Er said:I tried everything! My files are fine space is fine, so I downloaded the
What error message are you getting and what did you do that resulted in that
message being displayed?
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
P
PapaJohn
Check the info on the Problem Solving > Can't Save a Movie page of my
website.
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PapaJohn
Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
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website.
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PapaJohn
Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
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windows media encoder and it still doesn't work!! What can I do?!?!?!Er said:I tried everything! My files are fine space is fine, so I downloaded the
G
Guest
I tried to save my movie to a cd and it came up "not enough free dick space & source files...." there was also a pop up that virtual memory too low, so I just did a disk clean up and restarted my computer... I DL the windows media encoder and that didn't work I am at a loss!!
G
Guest
I checked your website I actually have it open right now. I'm just not sure what the problem is or what I can even do about it anymore... it's starting to become very frustrating because I'm been trying to do this for a week now
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PapaJohn
How long is your movie in playing time? And can you save a short one OK?
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starting to become very frustrating because I'm been trying to do this for a
week now
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Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
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sure what the problem is or what I can even do about it anymore... it'sEr said:I checked your website I actually have it open right now. I'm just not
starting to become very frustrating because I'm been trying to do this for a
week now
G
Guest
It's only 15mins all I have is music and still pictures w/transitions and some text in it... I don't understand the problem... I don't know how to save just a part of it
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PapaJohn \(MVP\)
That's long enough to get into memory or hard drive issues.... you don't
need to save a part of it. I guess I'm just wondering if you've successfully
saved movies before to both WMV and DV-AVI formats. Is this your first time
using MM2 to do what you want, or is it a new problem?
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PapaJohn
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save just a part of it
need to save a part of it. I guess I'm just wondering if you've successfully
saved movies before to both WMV and DV-AVI formats. Is this your first time
using MM2 to do what you want, or is it a new problem?
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Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
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some text in it... I don't understand the problem... I don't know how toEr said:It's only 15mins all I have is music and still pictures w/transitions and
save just a part of it
J
John Kelly
Ho Ho !
In what way is it a possible memory problem papajohn? Movie Maker has an
upper limit that it can use as you know, don't you?. If it needs more than
is available it uses the swap file....so how is this a memory issue. Do you
know what the upper limit on RAM is for Movie Maker?
What hard drive issue do you have in mind? Which hard drive issue do you
think would cause this problem? Can you explain why it is an issue. Please
give us specifics rather than generalisations so that we can better judge
the value .
John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
In what way is it a possible memory problem papajohn? Movie Maker has an
upper limit that it can use as you know, don't you?. If it needs more than
is available it uses the swap file....so how is this a memory issue. Do you
know what the upper limit on RAM is for Movie Maker?
What hard drive issue do you have in mind? Which hard drive issue do you
think would cause this problem? Can you explain why it is an issue. Please
give us specifics rather than generalisations so that we can better judge
the value .
John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
J
John Kelly
Hi there,
low, so I just did a disk clean up and restarted my computer... I DL the
windows media encoder and that didn't work I am at a loss!!
OK, Movie Maker is very flakey when it comes across something it can't
handle. The result is that it tempts you into believing that it is one of
these "non specific" problems that maybe/might have/waffle waffle/ has
caused it to fail.
Things you need to know/do......
1) Prove to your self that the source files are where Movie Maker thinks
they are
2) Attempt to estimate how much space the saved video itself needs (If its a
DV-AVI format then roughly you need at least 3.25GB of hard drive space, if
its a WMV file it will depending on what size and quality you have chosen,
be significantly less than that...Movie Maker has a guess at how much space
is needed, look for it when you choose the format you want)
3) If you have used the Windows "Disk Clean-Up" routine all you have
actually done is create larger pockets of free space on the disk. You may
want to do a defrag (more on that in a mo) but at this stage it will make no
difference whatsoever!!!
4) Using the Microsoft Defrag utility does not defrag the drive...it only
defrags the files....big difference. Windows XP will create nice pockets of
fragmented drive space that in a "Capture video" situation might cause
problems. In a create a file situation where time is of no interest at all
it makes no difference whether you have the fastest drive in existence or
the first drive ever made...it is not time dependent.
5) If you have a product like Symantec System Works you can use the defrag
utility in that to get a properly defragmented drive. You can also use it to
put files of a certain type into specific locations on the hard
drive.....hint...all the exe, com, sys, inf, dll, ax files to the front and
everything else to the very end of the drive.....
6) Download the FULL version of DirectX 9.0b, the FULL version of Windows
Media Player 9. Reboot the machine and then install DirectX9, reboot again
and install WMP9 and reboot yet again. Do NOT be tempted half way through to
see if that "fixed" it...you will defeat the whole point of doing it if you
do that. It is important that you get the full versions rather than allow an
install over the NET...not a good way of doing things in your circumstances.
7) Determine whether or not your CD-Writer has the latest drivers
8) Determine whether or not you have disabled the XP built in CD-Writing
software I am not certain but it would not surprise me if Movie Maker was
dependent on it being enabled. Its disabled on my machine...its so
slow...........
9) Check to see whether any other third party program that writes to CD is
installed and whether or not it is the latest version.
10) Check to see whether any DVD or Video game you have installed is the
latest version...Games use codecs as well!
11) Download and run "Rename Codecs" from my web site...Its worth a try if
everything else fails...check out the tutorial on how to use it. If it does
not work you have lost nothing.
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
space & source files...." there was also a pop up that virtual memory tooEr said:I tried to save my movie to a cd and it came up "not enough free dick
low, so I just did a disk clean up and restarted my computer... I DL the
windows media encoder and that didn't work I am at a loss!!
OK, Movie Maker is very flakey when it comes across something it can't
handle. The result is that it tempts you into believing that it is one of
these "non specific" problems that maybe/might have/waffle waffle/ has
caused it to fail.
Things you need to know/do......
1) Prove to your self that the source files are where Movie Maker thinks
they are
2) Attempt to estimate how much space the saved video itself needs (If its a
DV-AVI format then roughly you need at least 3.25GB of hard drive space, if
its a WMV file it will depending on what size and quality you have chosen,
be significantly less than that...Movie Maker has a guess at how much space
is needed, look for it when you choose the format you want)
3) If you have used the Windows "Disk Clean-Up" routine all you have
actually done is create larger pockets of free space on the disk. You may
want to do a defrag (more on that in a mo) but at this stage it will make no
difference whatsoever!!!
4) Using the Microsoft Defrag utility does not defrag the drive...it only
defrags the files....big difference. Windows XP will create nice pockets of
fragmented drive space that in a "Capture video" situation might cause
problems. In a create a file situation where time is of no interest at all
it makes no difference whether you have the fastest drive in existence or
the first drive ever made...it is not time dependent.
5) If you have a product like Symantec System Works you can use the defrag
utility in that to get a properly defragmented drive. You can also use it to
put files of a certain type into specific locations on the hard
drive.....hint...all the exe, com, sys, inf, dll, ax files to the front and
everything else to the very end of the drive.....
6) Download the FULL version of DirectX 9.0b, the FULL version of Windows
Media Player 9. Reboot the machine and then install DirectX9, reboot again
and install WMP9 and reboot yet again. Do NOT be tempted half way through to
see if that "fixed" it...you will defeat the whole point of doing it if you
do that. It is important that you get the full versions rather than allow an
install over the NET...not a good way of doing things in your circumstances.
7) Determine whether or not your CD-Writer has the latest drivers
8) Determine whether or not you have disabled the XP built in CD-Writing
software I am not certain but it would not surprise me if Movie Maker was
dependent on it being enabled. Its disabled on my machine...its so
slow...........
9) Check to see whether any other third party program that writes to CD is
installed and whether or not it is the latest version.
10) Check to see whether any DVD or Video game you have installed is the
latest version...Games use codecs as well!
11) Download and run "Rename Codecs" from my web site...Its worth a try if
everything else fails...check out the tutorial on how to use it. If it does
not work you have lost nothing.
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
G
Guest
This is my first time ever trying to save a movie first time ever using this program
J
John Kelly
Hello Er,
Yes exactly, that's why I object most strongly when people such as your
self are given the wrong information. Except under extreme circumstances
(which would reveal itself with every program you tried to run) your hard
drive and memory have no impact on you saving your work as a video. There
are just two circumstances when it would....1) you have no available RAM for
Movie Maker to occupy and use. 2) The hard drive does not have any space
left on it.
Here is a re-post of a message I made here earlier, follow the
instructions and afterwards let us know what progress, if any, you have
made...........
OK, Movie Maker is very flaky when it comes across something it can't
handle. The result is that it tempts you into believing that it is one of
these "non specific" problems that maybe/might have/waffle waffle/ has
caused it to fail.
Things you need to know/do......
1) Prove to your self that the source files are where Movie Maker thinks
they are
2) Attempt to estimate how much space the saved video itself needs (If its a
DV-AVI format then roughly you need at least 3.25GB of hard drive space, if
its a WMV file it will depending on what size and quality you have chosen,
be significantly less than that...Movie Maker has a guess at how much space
is needed, look for it when you choose the format you want)
3) If you have used the Windows "Disk Clean-Up" routine all you have
actually done is create larger pockets of free space on the disk. You may
want to do a defrag (more on that in a mo) but at this stage it will make no
difference whatsoever!!!
4) Using the Microsoft Defrag utility does not defrag the drive...it only
defrags the files....big difference. Windows XP will create nice pockets of
fragmented drive space that in a "Capture video" situation might cause
problems. In a create a file situation where time is of no interest at all
it makes no difference whether you have the fastest drive in existence or
the first drive ever made...it is not time dependent.
5) If you have a product like Symantec System Works you can use the defrag
utility in that to get a properly defragmented drive. You can also use it to
put files of a certain type into specific locations on the hard
drive.....hint...all the exe, com, sys, inf, dll, ax files to the front and
everything else to the very end of the drive.....
6) Download the FULL version of DirectX 9.0b, the FULL version of Windows
Media Player 9. Reboot the machine and then install DirectX9, reboot again
and install WMP9 and reboot yet again. Do NOT be tempted half way through to
see if that "fixed" it...you will defeat the whole point of doing it if you
do that. It is important that you get the full versions rather than allow an
install over the NET...not a good way of doing things in your circumstances.
7) Determine whether or not your CD-Writer has the latest drivers
8) Determine whether or not you have disabled the XP built in CD-Writing
software I am not certain but it would not surprise me if Movie Maker was
dependent on it being enabled. Its disabled on my machine...its so
slow...........
9) Check to see whether any other third party program that writes to CD is
installed and whether or not it is the latest version.
10) Check to see whether any DVD or Video game you have installed is the
latest version...Games use codecs as well!
11) Download and run "Rename Codecs" from my web site...Its worth a try if
everything else fails...check out the tutorial on how to use it. If it does
not work you have lost nothing.
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
this programEr said:This is my first time ever trying to save a movie first time ever using
Yes exactly, that's why I object most strongly when people such as your
self are given the wrong information. Except under extreme circumstances
(which would reveal itself with every program you tried to run) your hard
drive and memory have no impact on you saving your work as a video. There
are just two circumstances when it would....1) you have no available RAM for
Movie Maker to occupy and use. 2) The hard drive does not have any space
left on it.
Here is a re-post of a message I made here earlier, follow the
instructions and afterwards let us know what progress, if any, you have
made...........
OK, Movie Maker is very flaky when it comes across something it can't
handle. The result is that it tempts you into believing that it is one of
these "non specific" problems that maybe/might have/waffle waffle/ has
caused it to fail.
Things you need to know/do......
1) Prove to your self that the source files are where Movie Maker thinks
they are
2) Attempt to estimate how much space the saved video itself needs (If its a
DV-AVI format then roughly you need at least 3.25GB of hard drive space, if
its a WMV file it will depending on what size and quality you have chosen,
be significantly less than that...Movie Maker has a guess at how much space
is needed, look for it when you choose the format you want)
3) If you have used the Windows "Disk Clean-Up" routine all you have
actually done is create larger pockets of free space on the disk. You may
want to do a defrag (more on that in a mo) but at this stage it will make no
difference whatsoever!!!
4) Using the Microsoft Defrag utility does not defrag the drive...it only
defrags the files....big difference. Windows XP will create nice pockets of
fragmented drive space that in a "Capture video" situation might cause
problems. In a create a file situation where time is of no interest at all
it makes no difference whether you have the fastest drive in existence or
the first drive ever made...it is not time dependent.
5) If you have a product like Symantec System Works you can use the defrag
utility in that to get a properly defragmented drive. You can also use it to
put files of a certain type into specific locations on the hard
drive.....hint...all the exe, com, sys, inf, dll, ax files to the front and
everything else to the very end of the drive.....
6) Download the FULL version of DirectX 9.0b, the FULL version of Windows
Media Player 9. Reboot the machine and then install DirectX9, reboot again
and install WMP9 and reboot yet again. Do NOT be tempted half way through to
see if that "fixed" it...you will defeat the whole point of doing it if you
do that. It is important that you get the full versions rather than allow an
install over the NET...not a good way of doing things in your circumstances.
7) Determine whether or not your CD-Writer has the latest drivers
8) Determine whether or not you have disabled the XP built in CD-Writing
software I am not certain but it would not surprise me if Movie Maker was
dependent on it being enabled. Its disabled on my machine...its so
slow...........
9) Check to see whether any other third party program that writes to CD is
installed and whether or not it is the latest version.
10) Check to see whether any DVD or Video game you have installed is the
latest version...Games use codecs as well!
11) Download and run "Rename Codecs" from my web site...Its worth a try if
everything else fails...check out the tutorial on how to use it. If it does
not work you have lost nothing.
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
G
Guest
How would I prove that the files are where movie maker
thinks they are??? I haven't moved any of the files
since I imported them. Also what is the difference
between the formats how do I change them? Even if I have
windows media player 9 i still have to install it again?
Sorry for all the questions I'm just at a loss haha
thinks they are??? I haven't moved any of the files
since I imported them. Also what is the difference
between the formats how do I change them? Even if I have
windows media player 9 i still have to install it again?
Sorry for all the questions I'm just at a loss haha
J
John Kelly
Hello,
file and look at the properties. One of the pieces of information is the
location of the file. Using Windows explorer you then navigate to that
location and visually inspect the contents, confirming or otherwise ther
existence of the relevent file.
Reply to second question............type this into the searchbox of Movie
Makers Help File "Saving a movie to My computer " and read the result that
ranks number 1
Reply to third question...YES
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Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work
Reply to first question.....You open movie maker and right click on on eachHow would I prove that the files are where movie maker
thinks they are??? I haven't moved any of the files
since I imported them. Also what is the difference
between the formats how do I change them? Even if I have
windows media player 9 i still have to install it again?
Sorry for all the questions I'm just at a loss haha
file and look at the properties. One of the pieces of information is the
location of the file. Using Windows explorer you then navigate to that
location and visually inspect the contents, confirming or otherwise ther
existence of the relevent file.
Reply to second question............type this into the searchbox of Movie
Makers Help File "Saving a movie to My computer " and read the result that
ranks number 1
Reply to third question...YES
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Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work
E
Er
Ok thank you... I'm gonna give this all a try and I'll
let you know how it all goes thank you!!
let you know how it all goes thank you!!
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