What's up with Windows Movie Maker?

[Goomba321]

When I try to put an audio with another video together, it becomes frozen and not responding. I have tried it again for a several times but it still didn't work. Why is that?

[EINSTEIN_007]

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Windows Movie Maker - how to project without application background

[Eric B]

Follow these advice:

Download the latest version of movie maker:

Windows Movie Maker is installed with Windows XP but it is definitely worth updating your copy to the latest version. You can get the update to Windows Movie Maker through the Windows Update service, which is available from the Windows XP Start menu.

Collect all of your source material:

When putting your masterpiece together, you will want to make sure that you have all of the source material easily at hand. It's a good idea to import all of this material first so you have everything you need. There are a number of ways you can obtain this source material -- if you have a video capture card or cable on your computer, you can plug your video camera in and Movie Maker can capture the video directly.

Alternately, you can import video from a wide range of formats, including .AVI, .MPG, .WMV, etc. (unfortunately, Movie Maker does not support QuickTime movies).

Drag and drop material into the Timeline:

Once you have all of your source material together, you can then start dragging and dropping the movie clips, pictures, etc. into the Timeline at the bottom of the Movie Maker window.

Drag your movie clips and photos into the large boxes in the timeline; the small boxes are for transitions between clips, which we will look at next.

You can also add narration to your movie by selecting Tools > Narrate Timeline. You will need a microphone attached to your computer and you can record a running commentary throughout the movie.

Add transitions to your movie:

To see a list of all of the available transitions, use the drop-down list at the top of the page to view the Video Transitions collection.

To add a transition between clips, drag the transition graphic to the small box between your movie clips or photos.

There are over 20 transitions included, with effects you may recognise from television or movies, including fades, wipes, diamonds and circle effects.

Jazz it up with title and credits:

And what would your masterpiece be without an introduction? To add titles and/or credits to your movie, select Tools > Titles and Credits to open the title options page. Click one of the links shown to add titles to the start of your movie, in between clips, credits at the end, etc. Once you select where you want to insert them, another page will open with a text box where you can type your title text. You can also change the font and formatting to suit your own style.

Finishing it all off:

Once you have put it all together, it's time to finish your creation by saving it to your desired format. Select File > Save Movie File to open the Save Movie Wizard, shown below in Figure 3, which will help you determine the best format for saving your movie.

Options for saving your movie:

The wizard will use the best file format and quality for the purpose you select. For example, if you select e-mail as the distribution method your movie will be saved in a lower resolution format to create a smaller file. You can also burn your movie to a CD, publish it to the web or even record a copy directly back to your digital video camera.

And that is all there is to it! While Windows Movie Maker may not have all of the features found in high-end video software, it does provide the occasional "director" with everything they need to create their own masterpieces.

[Kirtikumar]

you trying to add audio with video from different source so check for their compatibility like format of video file and format of audio file.

[madjack]

Well can you tell us the configuration of your machine?
How much free space do you have? (Virtual memory?)
What other applications you have installed?
Please provide some details about this!