Kayla Bee started this discussion ·
Hey guys, i just recorded (and edited! lol) my first video! now i'm trying to put it up for the whole world to see but the damn thing isn't saving! has anyone else had that problem with Windows Movie Maker or is it just me? ugh! 😳
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im sorry, wish i could help, but I havent even been able to do a video yet. Honestly im just finding out about this software, lol hope someone can help you. Would love to see your video!
well i finally got it up! .....wow that sounded dirty. lol but i posted my video and got the thing to work! i guess i edited too much! lol
In WIndows Movie Maker, you save Projects...and Movies.. The project is the list of clips and sound you've dragged around to the timeline and cut and chopped up. You can save the PROJECT for later--like after dinner to finish working on it. When you are done, you save the MOVIE. Could this be the source of the problem? Also..if you have the files of clips you want to use in some sort of temporary junk file---a holding bin you are dragging the clips from--then you CANNOT delete the source clips from the junk file until the final movie is saved. Otherwise, Windows Movie Maker goes to the temporary source you imported the clips from...and they are gone. It's like an empty pantry. If you don't use a temporary holding file...and just import form the camera, or the chip...then you cannot unplug the camera from the USB port or unplug the chip until you save the final movie. I keep an empty folder in MY DOCUMENTS called WORKING VIDEO. I strip off the video I want to save from the camera into WORKING VIDEO. I keep the source clips there for a week or two after I put up a video. One time I spelled Veena's name "Vena"--ha ha--and I had to delete the video from You-Tube after I saw it...but I had saved the project and the Junk source file. I just re-spelled "VEENA" and re-saved the video. SInce all the source clips were still there, it just put them back together...with a new properly spelled caption. But if you had assembled the video from your camera or chip...unplugged it without saving it...the source material is gone forever and you are stuck with whatever final movie you saved. Joel
oh ok! thanks joel! 🙂
