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  • Hi I'm trying to make a video montage with different clips and background audio. I got the clips from one computer and saved them on a jump drive and started making the MMW video on another computer using the clips and audio from the jump drive. I put them all together and tried to publish the movie but I keep getting the same error message as @ashleytwaynelovesu any advise or suggestions of what I can do to get this video on youtube?

  • @TyHart71 To avoid problems, you should have all the files needed for your project on the hard drive of the computer that you'll be working on. Using removable media like a USB drive and going from one computer to another usually won't work. Copy all files to the hard drive and start over. It's likely easier to start fresh than to relocate individual files and correct the connections.

  • simply...

  • although this version is old I still figured it out, thanks dude. made my first video :)

  • although this version is old I still figured it out, thanks dude

  • when i click on "my videos" to upload to youtube, theres nothing there? its saved as a wmv so i cant figure out the problem. any ideasS?

  • Thanks man, much appreciated upload

  • can anyone help me? i cant save my video it says " windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specified location. Verify that the original sources file used in ur movie is stil available ,that the saving location is still available, and that there is enough free disk space" pls help!! ^__^

  • @ashleytwaynelovesu Sounds like you are trying to make your WMM project from the camera memory card. Either that or you have moved the original files to another location or renamed the originals. Try uploading the original files to a folder on the computer then redirect WMM to that folder. Never, relocate or rename files until you're finished with your project and rendered the video.

  • hey there!

    How do you make the screen full screen?

    i just started using it for my beauty vids here on youtube but the video seems to be squished and not full screen/:/

    hope you can help,

    Hasina

  • @Mypinksocksx With Windows Movie Maker you can use ALT + Enter to get full screen or you may see a button below the preview window. Just remember that previews in full screen mode, don't look as good as the finished product.

    If your picture seems squished... make sure that your aspect ratio is set to the same setting as your camera. Check the Tools > Options > Advanced tab. If your camera is widescreen, set Movie Maker to widescreen too.

  • how do you convert MSWMM for WMV??

  • @heeythere112 MSWMM files are project files. When you save the video "as a movie" (Win XP) or "publish" (Vista), the video is converted into a new file as a WMV. Both files will still exist, try looking in your Videos folder for the results.

  • @Denb7

    Could you please tell me how to make a side-by-side movie please?

    I want to do a guitar cover and have 2 videos run next to each other at the same time.

    Please respond to this, i really want to know.

    Thanks in advance.

  • @fishfoodme Watch my video on doing Split Screen with Movie Maker. The same technique works with picture-in-picture and you can get it from the same website. It only works on older versions of WMM though... sorry. Also, syncing the sound will be have to be done with an external program like Audacity. Using a different video editor, like Pinnacle Studio, would be far easier than using WMM for such a project.

    Sorry, but I can't include any links here!

  • Denb7 i need help , can you make a vid showing me how to add my own music to a vid for youtube?

  • you should remake this for the newer verson

  • @TheVcgfdfgd That's a good suggestion, but I still use the XP Movie Maker with no issues. I'm getting very close to getting a Windows 7 computer, but I don't like the Live Movie Maker. I'd probably end up getting the version 2.6 anyways or abandoning Movie Maker all together and just using a new Pinnacle program.

  • wut if u dont have move maker.

  • @zoemg1 All Windows computers from XP to Windows 7 can get Movie Maker for free from the Microsoft website. Mac computers have an similar program called iMovie.

  • wut if u dont have move maker

  • @zoemg1 All Windows computers with Windows XP (sp 2 and higher) and Vista come with Movie Maker. Try opening the RUN command and type "moviemk" then click OK. If there is no program, then you can download it from the Microsoft website. If you have Windows 7, download it from Microsoft... it's free!

    Otherwise, you can but a program like Pinnacle Studio and use that.

  • @Denb7 gosh thanks because I could not find it on my new laptop! and I kept trying to download it..your a genius man lol..

  • this didn't do shit i figured it out myself

  • @alfanigal Congratulations! You are a flippin' genius!

  • @Denb7 yeah i found the answer between douche and bag

  • This was very helpful, thank you! :)

  • Hi, what does it mean "we are now processing the video" ? Thats what shows up. Now how long do I got to wait? (Thanks in Advance)

  • @krinz86 By now you probably already know the answers to your questions. YouTube converts all uploaded videos into FLV format and checks for copyright infringements during the processing phase.

  • Thx ^^

  • HELP PLEASE!! I NEED TO DO THAT... BUT TO A DVD VIDEO TS AUDIO TS FILE!!

  • i followed all your steps and it wouldnt work. It said: Upload Failed, Unknown Error.

  • @DJlVloonwalker If you saved your project as a movie, you have created an entirely new file. Be sure that you are uploading the new file and NOT the Movie Maker project file (MSWMM).

    The new file should be a WMV file also called a Windows Media Audio/Video file.

  • @Denb7 bloody hell mate, thast what i did. I checked the properties of the movie i was uploading and it was WMV. But it still wont let me upload -.- Made a complaint on teh forums anyway.

  • @DJlVloonwalker Sorry, I don't know what else to suggest mate.

  • k so i was making a video using a still digital camera. when i downloaded the clips, they save as a .mov file, which doesn't work for movie maker. I don't want to download a converter so please help!

  • @wonderwall135 Yeah, those .mov files are a pain that's preventing me from getting a new camera because the camcorder I've been looking at records in the .mov format.

    You don't need to download a converter, there is an online converter that works pretty well. Try Media-convert (dot) com (can't use links here).

    One downfall of Movie Maker... no .mov files.

  • @Denb7 sweet thanks. does that other software pinnacle something. take .mov files?

  • @wonderwall135 Yes.

  • sheesh this guy sounds like a frekin news reporter

  • i dont have windows movie maker... so how do i still make a slideshow?

  • @skydance166 If you have a Windows XP (sp2 or newer) computer then you can run Movie Maker. Vista & XP have Movie Maker, if you can't find the link, click START then Run and type "Moviemk" then click OK. If you still don't have it or You have Windows 7, you can download Movie Maker from the Microsoft website. If you only want to make a slideshow, you can also try Microsoft Photo Story 3. Both are free downloads. Try FastStone Image Viewer from Filehippo(dot)com too.

  • @Denb7 idk if i have it. i asked my mom if we had movie maker but she said no so i dont know if we have anything else of that sort.

  • so helpful ^_^

  • ui.. how 2 upload my movie maker from youtube..

  • @MsNolyn Your question is confusing. Do you wish to copy your own video from YouTube back to your computer?

    Your use of the word 'upload' conflicts with the term 'from YouTube'.

    One might, download - from or upload - to, but your usage creates a conflict. Which do you mean?

  • thanks

  • im sorry but you make my head hurt a little. i really need to know how to speed the video clip itself up. help? please and thank you(:

  • @NoFreakShowThursdays In Windows Movie Maker, you can double speed or half speed a video clip by dragging the 'speed up' or 'slow down' video effects and dropping the effect onto the clip.

  • thanks so much!!!! i love you for this

  • thanks dude nice vid

  • I've tried uploading every single file to Youtube for my video, WMV, AVI, MPEG, and such, but an error always occurs. Any ideas?

  • when i try to put in a song that is about 3:30 long, in the timeline it says 7:05 or something...

  • I have Windows Vista and I don't have windows moive makers...What would I use? Windows DVD maker?

  • Thanks man very helpful :)

  • thanks for this it was really helpful =]

  • Thank you SO much for these two videos. I can't wait to give this a try!

  • Thanks Denny. You are a lifesaver.

  • when my video is saving from movie maker for some reason my computer always shuts off ! i dont know why

  • 1st - Make sure that you save the project before you render the movie.

    Rendering a video can take a long time. Make sure that you don't have any power saver features on that will put your computer to sleep. Also check your screen saver so it doesn't sign off your account (if you have more than one).

  • Yea i checked the settings and its not on power saver or anything. Also i dont have more than one account only one.. its my lap top..So i have to click Save Project as ? thanks ima try it again when I make a video and i will let you know what happens.

  • i have a problem with my WMM, it says my effects and transitions files are missing??? HELP

  • Sounds like a program error. Easiest solution would be to reinstall the program. You can get it from the Microsoft website.

  • everytime i try to split my video theres always a green spot that appears.i even have some videos uploaeded that have it

  • Sounds like either a codec or video driver issue. Make sure both are up-to-date. Go to the Microsoft website and search for 'codec' for more info.

  • Is there any sample music in Windows Movie Maker because I dont know how to download music

  • There is no sample music with Movie Maker, but you can RIP music from most CDs that you might own using Windows Media Player. Drop a CD into the computer and play it with Media Player (NOT iTunes - it won't work). Click the RIP tab at the top of Media Player and select the tracks you want. Click the START RIP (or whatever) button and the music will be copied to your My Music folder. You can then import that music into Movie Maker.

  • Mine says that "the movie file cannot be published to the specific location. Verify that the publishing location is still availavble, that there is enough free disk space, and then try publishing the movie again." But the file is 13mb and there's 859mb of space available???

  • Sounds like you are trying to edit and save to your camera memory. Copy the files to your computer hard drive (maybe the My Video folder) then import them into Movie Maker from there. When you save the movie be sure that the save location is on the hard drive and NOT a removable source.

  • instead of windows movie maker , it says "scanner and camera wizard" where windows movie maker should be even though i have windows xp.

  • Click START go to RUN then type

    "moviemk" (without the quotes)... if you have Movie Maker installed, it'll pop up on the screen. If it doesn't start, go to the Microsoft website and search for Movie Maker and you can download it.

    You can make a shortcut to Movie Maker by right-clicking the desktop, choose NEW, choose 'shortcut on desktop' type 'moviemk' in the box and name it.

  • Hi, just wondering if you can help me. I've done everything you've mentioned here, and have published my movie as a movie file. But when I go to play it on Windows media player there is a thick green band at the bottom of the screen which squashes all of the screen shots above it. Any way I can get rid of that? Thank you.

  • This sounds like either a codec problem or a video driver issue. Make sure that you have the latest updated versions of both. For codec updates in Movie Maker, go to the tools menu then options> general tab. Or go to the Microsoft website and search 'codec'.

  • Thanx for the advice you gave on yahoo answers, your videos are helpful! (sam)

  • Very helpful. Thank you!

  • Thanks for making this video ! I've made over 160 but I wasn't doing it quite right. My videos will be

    easier to make now that I've seen your instruction ! -- HH

  • Denb i have a problem with my movie maker it always freezing every few minutes no matter what i do ..i to convert all videos into wmv as i've heard that might solve the prob but it didn't:S help pls?

  • 2 suggestions, in short:

    1) Save often - it will lessen any headaches resulting from future freezes

    2) Always finish making titles by clicking the DONE option before trying to review or tweak the timeline. My experience was the program always froze if I failed to do this.

    Further explanation sent via PM...

  • hey thank you, that was very helpful, it is greatly appreciated!

  • I have a HP/PC but it will not let me upload

    Thank you also for helping me a game is paying me to make a new opening for them to attract people since i am there first player

  • Replied with a PM...

  • thank you.

  • i need help.i finished making the video and saved it.but when i upload it to youtube it say ''The Video your trying to upload is a invalid file type''.PLEASE HELP!.

  • do you know how to turn off data execution prevention? its making all my video editing software crash :(

  • really helpful!! Thanks so much.

  • oh my gosh thanks you so much i was on yahoo answers looking for someone to teach me how. thums up!!

  • Thanks for the create a movie part. I couldn't figure out how to change it to a .wmv.

  • All you need to do is click FILE, then "Save Movie File" (with XP) or "Publish" (with Vista) and an entirely new file will be created with the WMV format. When it is finished saving (it takes a while), look in your "My Videos" folder for the movie file.

  • Yea I know now. Didn't really state that. Thanks for the video.

  • Thanks a ton I look forward to making videos for youtube.

  • It keeps saying that the processing failed and tells me to export the video into .WMV format. how do i do this?

  • The Part 2 video clearly explains the process. You need to save your video as a Movie (publish in Vista). This will create an entirely new file that will be saved in your video folder.

  • Thank you sooo much. you answered allll of my questions!

  • hey would you have any idea why on windows movie maker my audio (music file) which is 3 minutes long cuts out at like 1 minute?

  • BTW it says "Uploaded (processing please wait)" currenly

  • Sounds like it was successful... so now just wait. It may take a few minutes or an hour or so.

  • I'll try changing the format

    Thanks again!

  • I am attempting to upload a video to youtube. It's in AVI format and it's size is 17,699 bytes (which I'm pretty sure is way under what the max is) and it's been taking forever. Any suggestions?

    THANKS!! =D

  • AVI files are uncompressed so that makes them HUGE files compared to their compress counterparts. Your video must be only 3 or 4 seconds long.

    It's usually better if you process your videos with iMovie or Windows Movie Maker and render them as a compressed format. I use WMM and create WMV files. They upload with no problems.

  • How do you upload a video on youtube from windows movie maker

  • Sorry, I didn't reply sooner but YouTube was doing maintence and "Reply" was disabled.

    My video explains the entire process. I don't know what else I could add. The process is now only slightly different from when I made the video, but it's basically the same. Unless you mean that you want to download a video from YouTube and put it into Movie Maker

  • I didn't import from device. I used my usb and saved videos to my computer. Should I change my video's properties? I've tried everything and still dont understand why I cant upload a video to movie maker. Thanks for your response.

  • I have windows movie maker. Every time I try with camcorder or still cam this is what it says (could not be imported. An interface has too many methods to fire events from) I dont have a fire wire connection. What do I do?

  • Are you trying to capture video from your device? You should not be importing directly from the camera, you need to capture from a camcorder. Images and video from a still camera can be copied from camera to computer, then imported to WMM.

    If your camcorder is a hard drive or flash drive type, you can copy files direct to the computer with a USB, then import to WMM.

  • Wow thanks ...I'm going to try this later on today!

  • I use the Windows XP version and I have several add-ons. If your's is on a Vista computer... it'll look different (green), but function the same. There are 2 views at the bottom, storyboard or timeline... I use timeline. Just click the button to switch views.

    The major difference is in saving a video. Vista calls it PUBLISH, XP calls it 'Save Movie'

  • Help! WMV closed out before i saved/finished my video and now it needs to be converted to work on WMV. :( I don't want to convert it! It seems difficult. What do I do?

  • 'Upload Failed: An unknown error occurred.'

  • If you are doing everything right, my best suggestion is try again at another time. With vague reference to "unknown error" there's not much to go on from my end.

    Could be a momentary loss of signal or any number of things.

  • happened to me also. try to close the movie maker window. and then try again,

  • nope it still saying this video is unavailable

  • my windows movie maker doesnt work, it says it needs to debug something??

  • very very helpfull:)! thank you

  • Many Thanks..I am so glad I found yoy

  • wonderful videos ..

    keep it up

    good work

  • Thanks a bundle! I've been using Windows Movie Maker for a little over a year and I always had to open it o veiw my movie and could never figure out how to upload it. Thank you soo much :)

  • thank you soooooooooooo much now i know how to make a video thx

  • you have the song from a league of their own on you other video!

  • I don't know which song or video you are referring to. I don't believe I have any video with more than a few seconds of any song.

  • GREAT JOB!

  • Thanks man now i know how to upload a movie using movie maker!!

  • Ohmygosh!! Thankyou sooooo much you're a life saver!

    Keep workin hard!

    And thankyou soooo much once again:)

  • THANKS

  • when u split the film does it delete the quiet part or just make it go faster?

  • Splitting in Movie Maker doesn't affect the original video clip. Cropping out a portion doesn't change the original.

    If you screw up splitting or cropping a clip, just delete the whole thing and drag the original clip back into the timeline and start over.

    Splitting & cropping only changes the way WMM displays video clips. You can split a clip and drag the last part to the beginning and make the end into the beginning. You can make the same clip appear 2 or more times.

  • Thank you so much! I was asking on yahoo and you told me to come here. I missed the step "publish". xD Thanks again!!

  • So, is there a way to compress the video? My video is about 40MB, and I bet that's pretty huge for YouTube.

  • Your videos can be up to 1GB in size and 10 minutes long. 40MB isn't big, but when saving as a movie in WMM you can choose different quality (resolutions)results.

  • i am editing a video and i want to put it on youtube butit is 23 minutes long and i want to make it like 6 minutes long, so i added the speed up effect twice but then my video started lagging and i need a good way to make it faster but not make it lag,please help me

  • YouTube has a 10 min. limit. You should use WMM to edit out as much unnecessary stuff as possible. Doubling the speed, too many times over is going to really mess up the playback. You'd be better off yo split the video into Part 1 & Part 2. You could include a link from Part 1 to Part 2 using YT annotations to maki it easier for viewers to see the whole thing.

  • ur smart :)

  • i want to trim a selected area off the end

    of one of my clips right after a certain word but when i try and trim it always goes too far into the clip. I tried splitting the film liek you said in your tutorial but the button to do that doesn't let me click on it. do i have to add in that option? or is there a way to select a certain time to trim the clip from

  • Things to try (in TIMELINE):

    1) Play the video to the point where you want to trim it. Press PAUSE button at the exact point to be trimmed. see*

    2) Expand the VIEW a whole bunch, using the magnifier(+). Be sure audio track is visible [+] on left. With view expanded, you should see sound waves in the audio track. Manually move timeline marker to the point to be cut.

    * Finally, click SPLIT button (or CLIP menu & choose SPLIT or just CTRL+L). Delete the remainder of the clip.

  • 4:03 solved it

  • thank you so much you taught me from scratch and now i no how thank you when i have the finished product ill send u the link

  • Why is it when I upload it it says Failed (unable to convert video file) ?

  • You are sending the Movie Maker project file, not the finished movie. Look for the WMV files.

  • ok I have Windows Vista, I did what you told me too in your video, and i did the publish to your computer and stuff. Does that still save in the VIDEO folder? and when you uplad it does it say like .MWMM or somthing like that after your file name?

  • When you Publish the movie it should, by default, be saved in your Videos folder unless that folder has been changed to another location. The Published movie may have a different name (if you typed one), but you should be looking for files that are WMV... not MSWMM!

    Look in the Videos (or Movies) folder or search your computer for WMV files. It's the Windows Media Audio/Video files that you'll upload.

  • Please help me!

    I have uploaded a video from my camera (AVI format), it is 1.12GB, and 53 mins long, so I wanted to split it up into parts so I could email it to my friend. I split it up, and published the movie (I have Vista) but when I watch it there is a horrible green block on the video, and it is strectched. Is there anything I can do?

  • Sounds like you may have 2 problems:

    - Green block sounds like you may need to update your codecs ~ maybe in WMM or Media Player, check both... look in Tools> Options

    - Stretched picture may be due to watching a 4:3 format video on a 9:16 aspect screen or you recorded 4:3 and published in 9:16 ~ check Tool> Options> Advanced on Movie Maker

    These are just my best guesses, I can't be sure that it will help.

    Good Luck!

  • Thank you! The 4:3 problem I solved right away, but I am a little confused about the Codec's. If I just email it to my friend, will she have the green box if hers are fine?

  • Sorry, I don't know how the file will behave on her computer. If it doesn't work right, you may have to save it as a movie over again.

  • I have uploaded a video from my camra and put it on movie maker, it take forever! when i try to save it! PLEASE REPLY!!!!!!

  • Video has to be rendered into thousands of separate pictures (30 frames for each second) a ten minute video may take 2 to 2½ times longer (20-30 minutes). This is normal. A lot depends on your computer system too (RAM, etc.).

    Be patient.

  • i have movie maker and i made a video juste with pictures how to put it in youtube

  • I take it that the video didn't explain clearly enough. Your video (slideshow) must first be saved as a movie (Published in Vista) to create a WMV file. The WMV can then be uploaded to youtube.

    The procedure is still basically the same. Follow the onscreen instructions.

  • ah...ok thank you please go and see my video its called  rock master.page7

  • like you did when it was 5 seconds

  • If you watch my video called Titles & Credits, I show all sorts of ways to add words using Movie Maker.

    The title words on this video was made with Pinnacle Studio Plus 11

  • i mean words

  • thank you i just want to know how you get the wrds on your video

  • lol thats a cute ferret oh and thank u it was very helpful!

  • Very Helpful! thank you.

  • OMG!! ty=)

  • thank you very much

  • Cool thanks

  • How did you make an autoplay button at the end of your first video? To take me directly to your second video. And some videos I have seen have a autoplay automatically playing the following video without you doing anything do you know how to do this? Within these first two videos you have a lot of neat features and explain quite a bit. I hate hope to see more in the future.

  • The link that pops up is a feature that YouTube offers called Annotations. You can add an annotation to your videos to create pop-up text or a link to other videos.

    Check out annotations in YouTube.

  • thank you for the help

  • but my problem was the last part it said that i have to embed this video in youtube but then when i play my VID it's says it's not proccess pls. help!!

  • Sorry, I don't understand the question. Videos are uploaded TO YouTube or imbedded FROM YouTube.

    What are you trying to accomplish?

  • When ever i try 2 import videos from my Kodak EasyShare MD853 to movie maker it says there is a error PLEASE HELP ME

  • Don't try to import directly from the camera. Download pics and vids from the camera into the a folder on the computer using scanner and camera wizard or EasyShare. Then open Movie Maker and import from the folder.

  • ok thank you

  • Ill do what you said then some error thing will come up BUT if i take a picture from the file that im trying to tranzfer videos from it works if. WHY WILL MOVIE MAKER TAKE MY PICTURES AND NOT THE VIDEOS I WANT TO USE TO MAKE A VIDEO?

  • at first i was starting to get annoyed with ur stuff but it really helpful tysm =]

  • Thanks for the positive feedback, help me out. What did you find annoying? Maybe I can make some changes.

    PS- Interesting username... real bad mental image! HA!

  • OMFG I MADE ONE LOL WOW IM SO CORNY BUT I FINALLY MADE ON :D thanks

    -Danika

  • is a video maker the same as a DVD maker? cause thats what i have

  • If you mean Movie Maker the answer is no. If you have a Windows XP or higher computer, you also have Movie Maker. Check the Assessories folder. (Win)DVD Maker is very similar to WMM and functions nearly the same (except it makes DVDs where WMM may not). Personally, I don't like the title creation function of DVD Maker. For YouTube, be sure to save for playback on a computer.

  • Thanks for the tip on setting the default times for clips and transitions ... very helpful.