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thecrock
5th August 2005, 14:40
Hope this post is in the right place.

I have been trying to edit together some short movie clips using wmm but the program keeps crashing, movie maker has had no problems importing the video or audio files but i can't add more than one or two clips before it stops responding, i have been adding a clip and then saving the project but it is annoying having to close and then re-open the app every time it freezes (about every ten minutes). I'm very new to windows movie maker and haven't read any guides yet as it seems so straight forward. Does anyone else here have the same problem? Too many codecs installed? Am i pushing it too hard?
I have a 2.80 ghz processor so my pc should be up to it. Perhaps i need to prepare my sources better as i am combining mpeg,wmv, asf etc..I thought as wmm was having noproblem actually importing the files that i wouldn't have to worry too much about file extensions but..

Thanks in advance.

ammck55
5th August 2005, 15:54
Too many codecs installed?Movie Maker is known to have problems with codec packs, you might try uninstalling your various packs one at a time and running tests immediately aftewards to track down the culprit.

ammck55

thecrock
13th August 2005, 12:49
Thank's for the reply, i have binned wmm and am using vegas, no probs so far.