Am I asking too much of Movie Maker?

01. May 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , , ,

Am I asking too much of Movie Maker? While having 80% success with MM on Win7 with issues similar to those reported here, I decided to buy a new HP with Win8. On the first try, I get green screen icons or green screen results on half of my imported MTS files in the Movie Maker window. These file play OK on Media Player, but MM can't seem handle them.

PC:       HP Pavilion

System: AMD A8-5550M APU with Radeon Graphics 2.10 Ghz

            8 gig RAM, 64-bit, Windows 8

Must I pay $900 for Adobe Premier?

Movie Maker Problems Preparing Videos

07. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,
I've been trying to upload some videos for editing that I shot from a GoPro 3+ (MP4).  When I try to play the videos MM only plays a black screen with no sound for the duration of the video clips.  At the bottom where is says that MM is preparing my videos, the bar is 100 complete, but it never seems to totally prep the clips.  I've tried with several clips ranging in length from 1 second to 5 minutes and they all yield the same result.  I've kept the program running while I was away at work and still no progress upon arriving back at home.  Am I doing something wrong?  The program can't take 8 hours to prep a video clip, can it?  

Old version of MM creates “locked” movie and new version freezes when adding video with sound

20. August 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: ,
I've created a movie (pictures, video and music) using movie maker version 6.1 on windows 7 (which also has installed MM vers 16.4).   The 6.1 version has a lock symbol on it in my video  folder and won't play after recording on a cd.  Assume the lock is somehow affecting the recording so it can't be played on the dvd player (though will play on my computer).  Tried duplicating the movie using vers 16.4 and every time I add a video it shows loading audio data and freezes.  Very frustrating.  Have tried the several suggestions about checking codecs and windows essentials but there  seem to be no problems.  Appreciate any help possible.  Many thanks.