WMM keeps crashing and often chokes

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Editing is becoming frustrating as I'm trying to finish a short piece 2
minutes in length. The error I received this morning:

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Solution found: install missing updates

Thank you for submitting an error report. The error was likely caused by:

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker

Your computer is missing updates that can fix or prevent the problem you
reported.

Click the following link to install recommended updates from the Microsoft
Update website now:

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Ok. Thanks Microsoft. I'll go fetch some updates that my computer already
does for me nightly. I go there and there are no updates for Movie Maker and
I run a check to confirm. The other thing I'm working with 2.0 and I know
there is 2.1. Why doesn't microsoft build and 'check for updates' with the
program? Is there one? This crashing is going to make me switch to Apples
version.
 
jjwoodee said:
Editing is becoming frustrating as I'm trying to finish a
short piece 2 minutes in length. The error I received
this morning:

--------------------------------------------------
Solution found: install missing updates

Thank you for submitting an error report. The error was
likely caused by:

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker

Your computer is missing updates that can fix or prevent
the problem you reported.

Click the following link to install recommended updates
from the Microsoft Update website now:

-----------------------------------

Ok. Thanks Microsoft. I'll go fetch some updates that my
computer already does for me nightly. I go there and
there are no updates for Movie Maker and I run a check to
confirm. The other thing I'm working with 2.0 and I
know there is 2.1. Why doesn't microsoft build and
'check for updates' with the program? Is there one?
This crashing is going to make me switch to Apples
version.
Click to expand...
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Sometimes, Movie Maker has problems
with .jpgs, .mpgs, and .mp3s...converting
to alternative formats can sometimes help.
For example....bmp, .wmv, and .wma.

Have you read the following articles:

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-Acceleration-and-Codecs.html

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

FWIW...Movie maker 2.1 installs as
a component of Win XP SP2.

Download Windows XP SP2
http://tinyurl.com/6ubys

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*********Notice**********
This is not tech support.
....I am only a volunteer...

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.

John Inzer
Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
 
[ Sometimes, Movie Maker has problems
with .jpgs, .mpgs, and .mp3s...converting
to alternative formats can sometimes help.
For example....bmp, .wmv, and .wma. ]


--->I'm not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting I take my content such
as jpg files or film footage that I have brought in from my video camera as
strictly bmp, .wmv, and .wma. Thats a lot of work and waste of time when
jpgs, .mpgs, and .mp3 are fairly standard formats.

--->I read the article
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-Acceleration-and-Codecs.html

--->I started with looking
divxaf.ax codec - looked for this file on my machine but the search tool
returns no results. However there are a number of other codecs i guess I can
spend the rest of day searching for and renaming. Can you feel my pain?

-->On this article http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

--->I believe I'm imorting everything as MPEG 1 and I have no trouble
importing or playing clips within the project.


[ FWIW...Movie maker 2.1 installs as
a component of Win XP SP2. Download Windows XP SP2
http://tinyurl.com/6ubys ]

---->I'm sure I have XPSP2 as evidenced on properties display. I have the
home edition, version 2002 Service Pack 2

Before I spend a greater amount of time hunting little codec gophers in the
first article you referenced, how can I ensure a 2.1 download update. Can't
microsoft make this easier?

I do appreciate your help!
 
jjwoodee said:
--->I'm not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting I
take my content such as jpg files or film footage that I
have brought in from my video camera as strictly bmp,
.wmv, and .wma. Thats a lot of work and waste of time
when jpgs, .mpgs, and .mp3 are fairly standard formats.
Click to expand...
=================================
I mean that converting the source files to
different formats can sometimes eliminate
errors.
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--->I read the article
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-Acceleration-and-Codecs.html

--->I started with looking
divxaf.ax codec - looked for this file on my machine but
the search tool returns no results. However there are a
number of other codecs i guess I can spend the rest of
day searching for and renaming. Can you feel my pain?
Click to expand...
=================================
I'm not positive that the 2.0 version has
the following option but it may be worth
a look. Open Movie Maker and go to...
Tools / Options / Compatibility tab..

You will see the installed codecs and their
path. Also you can disable them.
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Before I spend a greater amount of time hunting little
codec gophers in the first article you referenced, how
can I ensure a 2.1 download update. Can't microsoft make
this easier?
Click to expand...
=================================
If you are running WinXP SP2 and do not
have Movie Maker 2.1, there are two possible
ways to update.

1) Download and install a copy of SP2 from
the link I previously posted for you.

Download Windows XP SP2
http://tinyurl.com/6ubys

2) Read the following articles:

Bad Installation Of Movie Maker 2.1
http://tinyurl.com/haq54

What can I do if I upgrade to Windows
XP SP2 and Windows Movie Maker 2.1
is not installed successfully?
http://tinyurl.com/65pfo

--

*********Notice**********
This is not tech support.
....I am only a volunteer...

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.

John Inzer
Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
 
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