Windows movie maker

[SuperBeastDJ]

Hi, I took some fraps footage of a game or 2. anyway i made a video, but whenever i add music to it. boom it crashes and i cant save it...

anyone else have that problem?

[Statica]

What format is the audio file in? Your best bet is to use a native audio file that Windows can understand without the use of 3rd party codecs. For example, if it is in MP3 there are too many formats of mp3 that might not be understood properly by MovieMaker. The safest method is to use wav files and then work with them.

[giuseppe]

Windows moviemaker will only recognize wav files.

Also want to warn you that moviemaker files will only play on movie maker and media player. I know their copy says there are devices etc that will play moviemaker files, but I've never seen it. So if you want to play your movies on a DVD player for all to see use another program.

[Statica]

Originally Posted by giuseppe Windows moviemaker will only recognize wav files.

Windows Moviemaker will recognize and allow imports of more than just wav files. Here's the list

Originally Posted by Windows Movie Maker Help file for audio formats You can import files with the following file name extensions into Windows Movie Maker to use in your project: Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma

And yes Movie Maker will allow you export to just wmv formats. However, if all you require is Windows Media Player or playability on a Windows based PC, its a pretty handy tool to have. In addition I would also like to point out that, there are a number of DVD players that will play WMV files.

[giuseppe]

I couldn't get WMM to import anything but wav files.

I haven't seen any DVD players that will play the WMV files thopugh they may be out there. My feeling is that if you want to burn to DVD, you're better off doing it through another video editing program.