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Windows Movie Makers Sucks D:

Post by Kiwi Socks » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:29 pm

For a while, WMM would freeze up every few minutes and I would have to shut it down (taught me to save every step). Now, it's gotten so I can at the very most open the file. What could be the problem(s) and how could I fix them?

And if this is an unfixable problem, how do I change the file to fit a different program?

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Post by Warpwind » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:37 pm

just a crazy guess here but are you using source files encoded with divx or Xvid and the like? Editing programs aren't fond of lossy codecs like these.

If so go here...
http://amvwiki.org/index.php/DivX_Editing

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Post by Kiwi Socks » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:42 pm

Pretty sure I'm up-to-date on codecs, but I'll try that, thanks!

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Post by Kiwi Socks » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:43 pm

Oh bother, I read that wrong, sorry.

But before it had been working, and I've been using the same clips.

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Post by Kariudo » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:47 pm

...that's another reason why you shouldn't use divx/xvid clips.
they might work fine one day, but the next day they'll stop working.

read through that link one more time, it'l tell you how to get around this problem
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Post by Kiwi Socks » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:50 pm

Ah, thanks so much!

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Post by Warpwind » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:02 pm

Yeah I'm not sure why they decay like that sometimes but most of the time they don't work at all.

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Post by AMV_4000 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:32 am

hell im not using divx or xvid clips in WMM, i use the same clips that run great in premiere and aftereffects... but when i try in wmm, it crashes all the time in under 15 minutes

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