WMM won't save my file...

"Faymore" <Faymore@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:416FA234-8931-4432-A95A-21E210A5C3BA@microsoft.com...

>I keep getting one of three responces when i try to save my file to a movie
> format..
>
> 1)the timer appears showing it is trying to save, but it just keeps going
> up
> and up and it got up to around 8000 before i stoped it
>
> 2)the timer comes up and starts to go up then falls ad freezes.
>
> 3)a message comes up saying "cannot save movie to specified location,
> varify
> the original source files used in you movie are still avaliable, that the
> saving location is still availiable, and that there is enough free disk
> space
> availiable, and then try again"
>
> I have 15 gigs left on my internal hard drive, and 50gigs on my
> external...i've tried saving to both, all the files i used to make it are
> still EXACTLY where they were while i was making the movie and
> everything...what can i do???

I think decoder hit this one on the head.
What are the file extensions of the clips, video and audio, that are in your
project?
Also how long is the movie and how are you saving it?
15GB is definitely not much space when editing video and even 50GB may not
be if it is a long project being saved as a DV-AVI.
--
-Wojo
Wojo's Web:
http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr

> I think decoder hit this one on the head.
> What are the file extensions of the clips, video and audio, that are in your
> project?
> Also how long is the movie and how are you saving it?
> 15GB is definitely not much space when editing video and even 50GB may not
> be if it is a long project being saved as a DV-AVI.
> --
> -Wojo
> Wojo's Web:
> http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr

erm...how could 15 gigs of space not be enough...none of my vids are even
over a gig, the one i'm having problems with is 69 mb....as for the file
extensions used mainly MPEG and WMV but a few are AVI...and the thing about
it is that with as many movies as i've made so far (around 25 or so, several
on animemusicvideo.org) NONE have had this problem no matter what format i've
used...

I have the exact same problem and no one here could help me either. They kept
saying the exact same thing, "you're using incompatible files", but how are
"WMVs" incompatible with Movie Maker? I have no idea and apparently neither
does anyone here. I suggest you just find another video editing software
because there are no answers for this one, at least none here.

"Faymore" wrote:

>

> > I think decoder hit this one on the head.
> > What are the file extensions of the clips, video and audio, that are in your
> > project?
> > Also how long is the movie and how are you saving it?
> > 15GB is definitely not much space when editing video and even 50GB may not
> > be if it is a long project being saved as a DV-AVI.
> > --
> > -Wojo
> > Wojo's Web:
> > http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr

>
>
> erm...how could 15 gigs of space not be enough...none of my vids are even
> over a gig, the one i'm having problems with is 69 mb....as for the file
> extensions used mainly MPEG and WMV but a few are AVI...and the thing about
> it is that with as many movies as i've made so far (around 25 or so, several
> on animemusicvideo.org) NONE have had this problem no matter what format i've
> used...

Im having the same exact problem - sooooo furstring!!! I'll let you know if I
figure it out.

--
chris


"Faymore" wrote:

> I keep getting one of three responces when i try to save my file to a movie
> format..
>
> 1)the timer appears showing it is trying to save, but it just keeps going up
> and up and it got up to around 8000 before i stoped it
>
> 2)the timer comes up and starts to go up then falls ad freezes.
>
> 3)a message comes up saying "cannot save movie to specified location, varify
> the original source files used in you movie are still avaliable, that the
> saving location is still availiable, and that there is enough free disk space
> availiable, and then try again"
>
> I have 15 gigs left on my internal hard drive, and 50gigs on my
> external...i've tried saving to both, all the files i used to make it are
> still EXACTLY where they were while i was making the movie and
> everything...what can i do???

"Faymore" <Faymore@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7C7F3B1A-7069-4A97-AD13-D22534D20FDA@microsoft.com...

>

>> I think decoder hit this one on the head.
>> What are the file extensions of the clips, video and audio, that are in
>> your
>> project?
>> Also how long is the movie and how are you saving it?
>> 15GB is definitely not much space when editing video and even 50GB may
>> not
>> be if it is a long project being saved as a DV-AVI.
>> --
>> -Wojo
>> Wojo's Web:
>> http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr

>
>
> erm...how could 15 gigs of space not be enough...none of my vids are even
> over a gig, the one i'm having problems with is 69 mb....as for the file
> extensions used mainly MPEG and WMV but a few are AVI...and the thing
> about
> it is that with as many movies as i've made so far (around 25 or so,
> several
> on animemusicvideo.org) NONE have had this problem no matter what format
> i've
> used...

I didn't say it wasn't enough I said it wasn't much.
15GB does not go very far when you start making videos and saving them as
DV-AVI which you should be doing if you intend to make a DVD. 13GN is only a
minute of video as a DV-AVI.
As far as the filetypes MPEG sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, usually
doesn't, and MPEG2 never works. You have made 25 videos and I have made
hundreds so trust me when I tell you that converting the MPEG's to AVI can
do nothing but help the situation.
The MPEG's may or may not be causing the problem but they are the easiest
fix for it. If your project is less than 1GB like you say then the problem
shouldn't be due to a complex project as it is apparently a very small
project so MPEG's is the first thing I would look at.
-Wojo

There are answers, there are always answers, you sound like somebody that
had an attitude meaning the people here, including myself, are not likely to
help you.
Remember we don't get paid for this we volunteer our time and me, Papajohn,
Graham, John, dickmr, decoder, and everybody else that come in here to help
do help people get there programs running all the time. And why? Because we
know what we are talking about.
If you can't get Movie Maker, one of the easiest editing tools to use out
there, to work then good luck to you. BTW I challenge you to find one post
anywhere in this NG where somebody told you that WMV's were
incompatible?!?!?
-Wojo

"Andros" <Andros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A6ACD0CB-28F1-44FA-9913-1355C11CA5B3@microsoft.com...

>I have the exact same problem and no one here could help me either. They
>kept
> saying the exact same thing, "you're using incompatible files", but how
> are
> "WMVs" incompatible with Movie Maker? I have no idea and apparently
> neither
> does anyone here. I suggest you just find another video editing software
> because there are no answers for this one, at least none here.
>
> "Faymore" wrote:
>

>>

>> > I think decoder hit this one on the head.
>> > What are the file extensions of the clips, video and audio, that are in
>> > your
>> > project?
>> > Also how long is the movie and how are you saving it?
>> > 15GB is definitely not much space when editing video and even 50GB may
>> > not
>> > be if it is a long project being saved as a DV-AVI.
>> > --
>> > -Wojo
>> > Wojo's Web:
>> > http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr

>>
>>
>> erm...how could 15 gigs of space not be enough...none of my vids are even
>> over a gig, the one i'm having problems with is 69 mb....as for the file
>> extensions used mainly MPEG and WMV but a few are AVI...and the thing
>> about
>> it is that with as many movies as i've made so far (around 25 or so,
>> several
>> on animemusicvideo.org) NONE have had this problem no matter what format
>> i've
>> used...

Check my website Movie Maker -> Trouble Shooting -> Can't save a movie
The things discussed in this thread as well as some other possibilities are
there.
If you don't find what you need there try Papajohn's website Can't Save a
Movie for some other options.
www.papajohn.org

--
-Wojo
Wojo's Web:
http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr


"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C16BB8DF-27BD-4A02-B601-02E8D81026DE@microsoft.com...

> Im having the same exact problem - sooooo furstring!!! I'll let you know
> if I
> figure it out.
>
> --
> chris
>
>
> "Faymore" wrote:
>

>> I keep getting one of three responces when i try to save my file to a
>> movie
>> format..
>>
>> 1)the timer appears showing it is trying to save, but it just keeps going
>> up
>> and up and it got up to around 8000 before i stoped it
>>
>> 2)the timer comes up and starts to go up then falls ad freezes.
>>
>> 3)a message comes up saying "cannot save movie to specified location,
>> varify
>> the original source files used in you movie are still avaliable, that the
>> saving location is still availiable, and that there is enough free disk
>> space
>> availiable, and then try again"
>>
>> I have 15 gigs left on my internal hard drive, and 50gigs on my
>> external...i've tried saving to both, all the files i used to make it are
>> still EXACTLY where they were while i was making the movie and
>> everything...what can i do???

Way to totally misread my post. I never said that someone told me what wmvs
are incompatible. I said that the solutions brought to me were that either I
was using incompatible files, to which I add "how are wmv's incompatible" or
that I was missing some random codec. I realize you're not getting paid, no
one here is but the fact that my thread was never answered even after I said
that the problem still persisted led me to believe that the problem had no
answers. You may be perceiving an attitude now due to the lack of solutions I
had before especially when these were the exact same symptoms. Also, you guys
don't tend to listen to the problems. Especially when he said that his
project was less than 1GB and he had no previous problems. It seems WMM just
suddenly gets problems because I've been using the exact same file types
since day one and its just now giving me problems. Heck, even exact same
files that once worked just fine like 2 months are now coming back with
timeline displaying problems and general saving problems. It just seems WMM
gets buggy for no apparent reason.

"Wojo" wrote:

> There are answers, there are always answers, you sound like somebody that
> had an attitude meaning the people here, including myself, are not likely to
> help you.
> Remember we don't get paid for this we volunteer our time and me, Papajohn,
> Graham, John, dickmr, decoder, and everybody else that come in here to help
> do help people get there programs running all the time. And why? Because we
> know what we are talking about.
> If you can't get Movie Maker, one of the easiest editing tools to use out
> there, to work then good luck to you. BTW I challenge you to find one post
> anywhere in this NG where somebody told you that WMV's were
> incompatible?!?!?
> -Wojo
>
> "Andros" <Andros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A6ACD0CB-28F1-44FA-9913-1355C11CA5B3@microsoft.com...

> >I have the exact same problem and no one here could help me either. They
> >kept
> > saying the exact same thing, "you're using incompatible files", but how
> > are
> > "WMVs" incompatible with Movie Maker? I have no idea and apparently
> > neither
> > does anyone here. I suggest you just find another video editing software
> > because there are no answers for this one, at least none here.
> >
> > "Faymore" wrote:
> >

> >>
> >> > I think decoder hit this one on the head.
> >> > What are the file extensions of the clips, video and audio, that are in
> >> > your
> >> > project?
> >> > Also how long is the movie and how are you saving it?
> >> > 15GB is definitely not much space when editing video and even 50GB may
> >> > not
> >> > be if it is a long project being saved as a DV-AVI.
> >> > --
> >> > -Wojo
> >> > Wojo's Web:
> >> > http://www.Wojos-web.co.nr
> >>
> >>
> >> erm...how could 15 gigs of space not be enough...none of my vids are even
> >> over a gig, the one i'm having problems with is 69 mb....as for the file
> >> extensions used mainly MPEG and WMV but a few are AVI...and the thing
> >> about
> >> it is that with as many movies as i've made so far (around 25 or so,
> >> several
> >> on animemusicvideo.org) NONE have had this problem no matter what format
> >> i've
> >> used...

>
>
>