Windows Movie Maker · Windows Movie Maker This documentation is designed to help you get started using Microsoft® Windows® Movie Maker. It contains overview information and procedural

WindowsMovieMaker

ThisdocumentationisdesignedtohelpyougetstartedusingMicrosoft®Windows®MovieMaker.ItcontainsoverviewinformationandproceduralstepsforperformingcommontasksandmakingmoviesinWindowsMovieMaker.TheproceduresdescribehowtouseWindowsMovieMakerbyusingthemenucommands;however,youcanalsoperformmanycommontasksbyusingshortcutkeysandbuttonswithintheuserinterface.

Thisdocumentationisdividedintothefollowingsections:

Gettingstarted.ProvidesintroductoryinformationaboutWindowsMovieMaker.Thissectionincludesanexplanationofimportantconcepts,systemrequirements,supportedfiletypes,andalistofshortcutkeysavailableinWindowsMovieMaker.UnderstandingtheWindowsMovieMakerinterface.DescribesthedifferentelementsintheWindowsMovieMakeruserinterface.UsingWindowsMovieMaker.ProvidesoverviewinformationandprocedurestoaccomplishcommontasksbyusingWindowsMovieMaker.Accessibilityforpeoplewithdisabilities.Liststhefeatures,products,andservicesthatmakeWindowsMovieMakermoreaccessibleforpeoplewithdisabilities.Glossary.ProvidestermsanddefinitionsrelatedtoWindowsMovieMaker.

©2000-2002MicrosoftCorporation.Allrightsreserved.

Gettingstarted

YoucanuseWindowsMovieMakertocaptureaudioandvideotoyourcomputerfromavideocamera,Webcamera,orothervideosource,andthenusethecapturedcontentinyourmovies.Youcanalsoimportexistingaudio,video,orstillpicturesintoWindowsMovieMakertouseinthemoviesyoucreate.AftereditingtheaudioandvideocontentinWindowsMovieMaker,whichcanincludeaddingtitles,videotransitions,oreffects,youcanthensaveyourfinalmovieandshareitwithfriendsandfamily.

Youcansavethemoviesyoucreatetoyourcomputerortoarecordable(CD-R)orrewriteable(CD-RW)CD(dependingonyourCDrecorder).Youmayalsochoosetoshareitwithothersbysendingthemovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessageorbysendingittotheWeb.Ifyouhaveadigitalvideo(DV)cameraconnectedtoyourcomputer,youcanalsochoosetorecordthemovietoatapeinyourDVcameraandthenplayitbackontheDVcameraoronaTV.

Thissectioncovers:

Keyconcepts.ExplainsconceptsandtermsthatarereferredtothroughoutHelp.Preparingtocreateyourvideo.ProvidessuggestionsforimprovingthequalityoftherecordedvideoandaudioyoucanlatercaptureinWindowsMovieMakeranduseinyourmovies.Systemrequirements.DescribestheminimumandrecommendedsystemrequirementsforWindowsMovieMaker.Supportedfiletypes.ListsthefileformatsthatyoucanuseforyourWindowsMovieMakerprojectsandsavedmovies.Keyboardshortcuts.ProvidesalistofshortcutkeysthatyoucanusetoperformcommontasksinWindowsMovieMaker.

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Keyconcepts

SeveralkeyconceptsareintroducedandreferredtothroughoutHelp.Byfamiliarizingyourselfwiththesekeyconceptsandterms,youcanquicklybegincreatingyourmoviesbyusingWindowsMovieMaker.

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Understandingcollections,projects,andmoviesUnderstandingsourcefilesUnderstandingcapturedevicesAboutsavingamovieUnderstandingvideosettingsUnderstandingconnectionspeedsGettingstarted


Understandingcollections,projects,andmovies

Thetermscollection,project,andmovieareusedthroughouttheuserinterfaceandHelp.Thefollowingtopicexplainsthesetermsandtheirusage.

Collection

Acollectioncontainsaudioclips,videoclips,orpicturesthatyouhaveimportedorcapturedinWindowsMovieMaker.Acollectionactsasacontainerforyourclips,whicharesmallersegmentsofaudioandvideo,andhelpsyouorganizetheimportedorcapturedcontent.CollectionsappearintheCollectionspaneofWindowsMovieMaker.

Project

Aprojectcontainsthearrangementandtiminginformationofaudioandvideoclips,videotransitions,videoeffects,andtitlesyouhaveaddedtothestoryboard/timeline.AsavedprojectfileinWindowsMovieMakerhasan.mswmmfilenameextension.Bysavingyourprojects,youcanopentheprojectfilelaterandbegineditingitinWindowsMovieMakerfromwhereyoulastsaved.

Movie

AmovieisthefinalprojectyousavebyusingtheSaveMovieWizard.YoucansaveamovietoyourcomputerortoarecordableCD,senditasanattachmentinane-mailmessage,orsaveandsendittotheWeb.

Thesavedmoviecanbewatchedinamediaplayer,suchasMicrosoftWindowsMedia®Player,orinaWebbrowser.IfyouhaveaDVcameraconnectedtoyourcomputer,youcanalsorecordyourmovietoatape.YouandotherscanthenwatchthemovieontheDVcameraoronaTV.

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Keyconcepts


Understandingsourcefiles

Sourcefilesarethedigitalmediafiles(forexample,audioandvideofiles)orpicturesthatyouimportintoyourcurrentproject.

Whenyouimportavideo,audio,orpicturefile,thefileremainsintheoriginallocationfromwhichitwasimported.TheresultingclipthatappearsinWindowsMovieMakerisarepresentationoftheoriginalsourcefile;itisnotacopyofthesourcefile.Inotherwords,ifyoueditthesourcefileinanotherprogramafteritisalreadyimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker,thechangesthatyoumaketothefileautomaticallyappearinWindowsMovieMakerandinanyWindowsMovieMakerprojectsthatincludetheeditedclip.And,ifyoudeletethethumbnailorclipforthefileinWindowsMovieMaker,thesourcefilestillremainsunchangedintheoriginallocation.Toensurethatyoucancontinuetoworkwithaproject,avoidrenaming,deleting,ormovingtheoriginalsourcefiles.

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Keyconcepts


Understandingcapturedevices

InWindowsMovieMaker,youcanuseavarietyofcapturedevicestocaptureaudioandvideoonyourcomputer.Acapturedeviceisapieceofhardwarethatletsyoutransfervideoandaudiotoyourcomputer,soyoucanusethatvideoandaudioonyourcomputer.Thetwobasiccategoriesofcapturedevicesarevideocapturedevicesandaudiocapturedevices.

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AboutvideocapturedevicesAboutaudiocapturedevicesConnectingcapturedevicesAboutthecapturebufferKeyconcepts


Aboutvideocapturedevices

Avideocapturedeviceletsyoutransferliveorrecordedvideotoyourcomputer.InWindowsMovieMaker,youcanusethefollowingtypesofcapturedevicestocapturevideo(andinsomecases,audioaswell)toyourcomputer:

Analogvideosourcesuchasananalogcameraorvideocassetterecorder(VCR)connectedtoananalogcapturecardWebcameraDigitalvideosourcesuchasaDVcameraorVCRconnectedtoanInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineering(IEEE)1394port(DVcapturecardorbuilt-inport)TVtunercard

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CapturingvideoUnderstandingcapturedevices


Aboutaudiocapturedevices

Anaudiocapturedeviceletsyoucaptureaudiofromanexternalsourcetoyourcomputer.Themostpopulartypeofaudiocapturedeviceisamicrophone.Themicrophonecanbeastand-alonemicrophoneattachedtoyourcomputer,oritcanbeamicrophonethatispartofyourDVoranalogcameraorWebcamera.Youcanusethefollowingtypesofaudiocapturedevices:

Audiocard(alsoreferredtoasasoundcard)Stand-alonemicrophoneBuilt-inmicrophoneinananalogcameraorWebcamera

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CapturingvideoUnderstandingcapturedevices


Connectingcapturedevices

Thefollowinglistdetailsthecapturedevicesyoucanuseandhowtheycanbeconnectedtoyourcomputer.Forcompleteinformationaboutconnectingyourspecificcapturedevicetoyourcomputer,seethedocumentationassociatedwithyourhardware.

WebcameraconnectedtoeitheraUSBport,videocapturecard,orIEEE1394port.DependingonthetypeofWebcamera,youcanconnectittoaUSBport(ifit’saUSBcamera),toananalogcapturecard(ifit’savideocompositecamera),ortoanIEEE1394port(ifit’sanIEEEE1394-compatibleWebcamera).SomeWebcamerashaveabuilt-inmicrophonesoyoucanusetheWebcameraforcapturingbothvideoandaudioforyourprojects.AnalogcameraorVCRconnectedtoananalogcapturecard.Inthisconfiguration,youconnectacameraorVCRtoananalogcapturecard.Forexample,youcouldconnectthevideolineoutonthecameratothevideolineinonthecapturecard.Youcouldthentoconnecttheleftandrightaudiolines(oftenthroughRCA-styleleft-andright-channelconnectorstoasingle3.5mmstereoplugadapter)tothelineinonyouraudiocard(oranalogvideocapturecardifyourcardhasbothaudioandvideo).IfbothyourcameraandcapturecardprovideS-videoconnections,youcouldalsochoosetousetheS-videoconnectiontorecordthevideowhileleavingtheaudioconnectorsattachedsotheaudioiscaptured.Again,thespecificconfigurationdependsonyourhardware.DVcameraorVCRconnectedtoanIEEE1394port.WhenaDVcameraisconnectedtoanIEEE1394port,yougetthebestqualityavailablefromyourDVdevice.Becausethedataisalreadyinadigitalformat,itissimplypassedthroughtheIEEE1394porttoyourcomputer.Inthisconfiguration,theIEEE1394cableisconnectedfromtheDVoutportofyourDVcameraorVCRtotheDVIEEE1394card

orbuilt-inIEEE1394port.DVcameraorVCRconnectedtoananalogvideocapturecard.ManyDVdeviceshaveanalogoutputs.Ifyouhaveananalogvideocapturecard,youcanconnecttheDVcameraorVCRtotheanalogcapturecardtotransfervideoandaudiotoyourcomputer.MicrophoneconnectedtoasoundcardorUSBport.Tocaptureaudiofromamicrophone,youconnectittothemicrophoneorline-ininputonyourcomputer.SomemicrophonesattachtoaUSBportonyourcomputer.TVtunercard.TocapturevideofromTVifyouhaveaTVtunercardconnectedandinstalledonyourcomputer.

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Aboutthecapturebuffer

Thecapturebufferstoresrawvideoandaudiofromyourcapturedevice,ifnecessary.ThiscapturebufferstoresvideodatasoframesarenotlostasvideotransfersfromacapturedeviceandisencodedintoWindowsMediaFormat.Ifyourcomputerhaslimitedsystemresources,thebufferhelpstopreservethequalityofyourcapturedvideoandaudio.

WindowsMovieMakerdisplaystheestimatedamountoftimeittakestocreatethefile,whichindicatesthesystem’sprogressinencodingdatafromthecapturebufferintoaWindowsMediafile.Theestimatedtimedependsonyourcomputersystemresources,theamountofvideoandaudiostoredinthebufferfile,andtheprofileselectedforcapturing.

AftertheWindowsMediafileiscreated,thebufferfileisremovedfromyourcomputer.

ThetemporarybufferfileforcapturingaudioandvideowhenusingtheVideoCaptureWizardiscreatedinthesamelocationspecifiedforthecapturedvideofile.Whencapturinganaudionarration,thetemporarybufferfileisstoredinthelocationspecifiedintheTemporarystorageboxintheOptionsdialogbox.Formoreinformationaboutthetemporarystoragelocation,seeSettinggeneraloptions.

Thebufferfilehasa.tmpfilenameextension.

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Aboutsavingamovie

AfteryouhavecompletededitingyourprojectinWindowsMovieMaker,youcansaveitasamovie.YoucanshareyourmoviewithothersbysavingittoarecordableCD,sendingitasanattachmentinane-mailmessage,sendingittoavideohostingproviderontheWeb,orrecordingittoatapeinaDVcamera.

Asavedmoviecontainsallthedigitalmediafilesthathavebeenaddedtothestoryboard/timeline,whichincludesanyaudio,video,pictures,videotransitions,videooraudioeffects,andanytitlesandcredits.

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AboutWindowsMediaSavingandsendingmoviesKeyconcepts


AboutWindowsMedia

MicrosoftWindowsMediaistheunderlyingtechnologythatyouusetocreate,deliver,andplaydigitalmediacontentinWindowsMediaFormat.WindowsMediausescodecstocompresslargedigitalmediafilesfornetworkdelivery,aswellasforstoringfilesforlocalplayback.WindowsMovieMakermergescomponentsofWindowsMediaintooneeasy-to-usepackage,soyoucancreatemoviesthatyoucansharewithothersontheWeb,asanattachmentinane-mailmessage,oronarecordableCD.

YoucansavethevideoandaudiofilesyoucaptureasWindowsMediafileswitha.wmvfilenameextension(forvideofiles)ora.wmafilenameextension(foraudiofiles,suchasanarration).Whenyousaveyourfinalmovie,itissavedinWindowsMediaFormatbydefault.

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Aboutsavingamovie


Understandingvideosettings

YoucanspecifythevideosettingsyouwanttousewhencapturingsourcefilesbyusingtheVideoCaptureWizard.

Anumberofencodingcharacteristicsaffectthesizeandqualityofthecapturedvideoorsavedmovie.Asthevideodisplaysizeandvideobitrateincreasewithhighervideosettings,sodoesthefilesize.Itisgenerallymostefficienttochoosethesettingthatprovidesthesmallestfilesizewhileproducingthequalitylevelyourequire.

WhenchoosingthevideosettingsinWindowsMovieMaker,considerthefollowing:

Deliverymethodofyourfinalsavedmovie.Whencapturingvideoandaudio,considerthemethodofdeliveryforyourmovie.Forexample,willyourmoviebewatchedovertheWeborsavedtoarecordableCD?IfyourmovieissavedandsenttotheWebthroughavideohostingprovider,thenyouwillwanttousealowerbitratesetting,soyourmoviecanbewatchedovertheWebeasily.IfyouplantoshareyourmoviebysavingittoarecordableCDtogivetoothers,youcanchooseahigherbitratesetting(whichincreasesthequalityofthemovie)aslongasthefilesizedoesnotthenexceedtheavailablespaceontherecordableCD.

Forexample,ifyouplanoncapturingvideofromaDVcamerathatyouwilleditinWindowsMovieMakerandthensavebacktotape,youshouldchoosetheDigitaldeviceformat(DV-AVI)optionthatletsyoucapturevideoasanAVIfile.Thisoptioniswell-suitedforrecordingbacktotapeafteryoumakeyoureditsonyourcomputer.

Capturingquality.RememberthatthequalityofthevideoandaudioinyourfinalmoviedependsonthesourcevideoandaudioyoucaptureinWindowsMovieMaker.Therefore,

youshouldchooseahighervideosettingwhencapturingyourliveortapedaudioandvideoinWindowsMovieMaker.Youcanalwayssaveyourmovieatalowersetting.

Savingthemovieatahighersettingthantheoriginalvideosettingincreasesthefilesize,butdoesnotincreasetheoverallqualityoftheaudioandvideoinyourmovie.Also,thequalityofthefinalcapturedvideodependsonthequalityoftheoriginalrecording.

Harddiskspaceavailable.Ifyouhavelargeamountsofvideoandaudiotocapturetoyourcomputer,youmayneedtoconsidertheharddiskspaceyouhaveavailable.Lengthyvideoandaudiocancreatequitealargefileeventhoughit’shighlycompressedbyusingWindowsMediaFormat.Again,youshouldgenerallytrytoachievethesmallestfilesizepossiblefortheaudioandvideoqualityrequiredforyourmovie.Videoandaudiocontent.WhencapturingliveorrecordedvideooraudioinWindowsMovieMaker,considertheoverallcontent.Videothatcontainsahighamountofmotionandaudiorequiresahighervideosetting,whichincreasesthefilesize.Youcansavevideothatcontainlittleactionormotion—forexample,aseriesofstillpictureswithnarration—atalowervideosettingwithoutcompromisingthequalityofthevideoandaudioinyourmovie.

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ChoosingavideosettingKeyconcepts


Understandingconnectionspeeds

YoucanspecifythemoviesettingsyouwanttousewhentheSaveMovieWizardtosendamovietotheWeb.

WhenchoosingasettingforsendingamovietotheWeb,it’simportanttoconsideryouraudience’sconnectionspeed.TheconnectionspeedistheratethatyouraudienceconnectstotheInternettobrowsetheWeb.Thisrate,oftenexpressedinkilobitspersecond(Kbps),determineshowquicklyWebpagesandotherWebcontentloadswhenyouraudienceisbrowsingtheWeborwatchingotherWebcontent.

Yourtargetaudience’sconnectionspeedshoulddeterminethemoviesettingyouchoosewhensendingamovietotheWeb.Forexample,ifmanyofyourfamilymembersconnecttotheInternetthroughadialupmodemat56Kbps,youshouldchoosethiscorrespondingmoviesetting.Thiswillhelpimproveyouraudience’sviewingexperiencewhenwatchingyourmovieovertheWeb.Ifyouchooseamoviesettingthatistoohigh,suchasasettingintendedforaudiencesthatconnecttotheWeboverabroadbandconnection(forexampleDSL,cablemodem,orLAN),themoviewillbeslowtodownloadandplaybackwillnotbeoptimal.

Conversely,ifyouraudiencehasafasterInternetconnection,youwillmostlikelywanttochooseamoviesettingforDSL,cablemodem,orLANusers.Thisletsyousaveyourmovieatahigherqualitysettingbecauseyouraudiencehasthebandwidthtoproperlywatchthesemovies.

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Preparingtocreateyourvideo

Thequalityofthemoviesyoucreatedependsuponthequalityofthesourcematerialyoustartwith.Ifyouplantocreatemoviesfromvideoyourecord,thissectionprovidessimpletipsforcreatingthebestpossiblevideoandaudio.Italsocontainstipsforreducingtheimpactofflawsinvideothathasalreadybeenshot.

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CreatingandimprovingvideoCompensatingforflawsinvideoCreatingandimprovingaudioGettingstarted


Creatingandimprovingvideo

Thistopicprovidesinformationabouthowyoucanimprovethequalityofyourvideobyusingtherightbackground,lighting,andclothingforyoursubject.

Background.Ifpossible,useastillbackgroundwhenrecordingvideo.Ifyouneedtorecordagainstamovingbackground,tryreducingthedepthoffieldtohelpreducetheamountofdetailinthebackground.Reducingthedepthoffieldorshorteningtheareainfocussoftensthebackgroundandhelpsreducetheamountofdatathatchangesfromframetoframe.Toreducethedepthoffieldandmakethebackgroundgooutoffocus,usealowerleveloflightandmovethesubjectclosertothelens,ormovethesubjectfartherawayfromthelensanduseatelephotolenstozoomin.Lighting.Provideadequatelighting;usesoftlight,diffuselight,andconsistentlightlevels.Acertainamountofcontrastisnecessaryforlightingasubject,butavoiddirecthigh-contrastlighting.Forexample,whenrecordingafacelitbystrongsunlightfromtheside,thefacialfeaturesintheshadowcanbelostonvideo.Clothing.Haveyoursubjectswearclothingcolorsthatcomplementtheirskintoneandaresufficientlydifferentfromthebackgroundandotheroverlappingobjects.Avoidbrightcolors,whichtendtobleedorspreadoutsideanobject,andstripes,whichmaycreatemoirépatterns,especiallywhenthesubjectismovingslowly.Tripod.Whenpossible,useatripodwhenrecordingvideo.Atripodwillhelptokeepthevideocamerastillandimprovetheoverallqualityoftherecordedvideo.Thispreventsyourrecordedvideofrombeingjitteryandimprovesthesourcematerialthatyouplantouseinyourmovies.

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Compensatingforflawsinvideo

Thistopicdescribessomecommonflawsinvideoandprovidestipsfordealingwiththem.

Oversaturation.Occurswhencolorsinavideobleedoutsidetheedgesofobjectsorsmearwhenanobjectmoves.Youcanoftenfixoversaturationbeforecapturingvideobyadjustingyourcapturecard'ssaturationsettingtoalowerlevel.Saturationistheamountofcolorintheimage.Toolittlesaturationproducesimagesthatcanappearblackandwhite.Toomuchsaturationproducescolorsthatappearartificiallybright.Toobrightortoodark.Ifapictureisextremelybrightordark,therecordingmaybebeyondrepair.Youcanrecoverapicturebyadjusting:

Brightness,toraiseorlowerthevideolevel.Contrast,tooptimizethenumberofshadesofgrayorlevelsofluminance,alsoknownasthegrayscale.

Byraisingthevideobrightnesssettingandoptimizingthegrayscale,youcancorrectadarkpicture.However,indoingso,youincreasevideonoisebecausenoiseismostnoticeableindarkareasofanimage.Itispossibletopartiallyhidethenoisebyincreasingthecontrast.

ThesedifferentadjustmentscanbemadewhenyouarecapturingvideoinWindowsMovieMakerusingtheVideoCaptureWizard.Formoreinformationaboutconfiguringvideocapturedevices,seeUnderstandingtheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox.

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Creatingandimprovingaudio

Thistopicprovidestipsforimprovingthequalityofyouraudio.

Ambientnoise.Soundreflectsoffhardsurfaces,suchaswallsandwindows.Computers,airconditioning,andstreettrafficcancreateadditionalambientnoise.Usethefollowingtipstoreducetheamountofambientnoiseinyouraudio:

Softenhardsurfacesbyhangingcurtainsortapestriesonthewalls.Largerugsmakeexcellentsounddampeners.Turnoffcomputers,fans,andothermachinesintheroom.Ifyoucan,alsoturnofftheheatingorairconditioningsystem.Useaninteriorroomthatisisolatedfromstreetnoise.Iftheroomhasapersistentlowrumble,youcanreduceittosomeextentbyusingequalizationonanaudiomixer.Youcanalsousetheroll-offswitch,ifyourmicrophonehasone.

Microphoneusage.Ifyouuseamicrophone,thefollowingtipsmaybehelpful:

Pointthemicrophonefacingout,awayfromtheperson’sclothing.Makesureclothingdoesnotcoverthefrontofthemicrophoneanditisn'ttooclosetothespeaker’smouth.High-velocityairfromapersonexhalingcancauseloudpopsinmicrophonesthatdonothavepopfiltersbuiltintothem.Smalllavalieremicrophonesaredesignedtobeclippedtoatieandhavelittleornoprotectionagainstpopsandwind.Eliminatemicrophonenoise.Microphonenoiseisanartificialsoundthatisintroducedwhenanobjecttouchesthemicrophone.Whenplacingamicrophone,makesurethatitwillnotbebumped.Remindspeakerswhowillbeholdingamicrophonenottotappencilsandringsagainstitorplaywiththecable.Leavethefrontofthemicrophoneexposed.Holdingtheheadofamicrophoneintroducesnoiseandcancausefeedbackifthemicrophoneisusedinapublicaddresssystem.

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Systemrequirements

WindowsMovieMakerrequiresthefollowingminimumsystemconfiguration:

MicrosoftWindowsXPHomeEditionorWindowsXPProfessionalA600megahertz(MHz)processor,suchasanIntelPentiumIII,AdvancedMicroDevices(AMD)Athlon,orequivalentprocessor128megabytes(MB)ofRAM2gigabytes(GB)offreeharddiskspaceAnaudiocapturedevice(tocaptureaudiofromexternalsources)ADVoranalogvideocapturedevice(tocapturevideofromexternalsources)AnInternetconnection(tosaveandsendamovietotheWebortosendamovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessage)

TooptimizetheperformanceofWindowsMovieMaker,thefollowingsystemrequirementsarerecommended:

A1.5gigahertz(GHz)processor,suchasanIntelPentium4,anAMDAthlonXP1500+,orequivalentprocessor256megabytes(MB)ofRAM

Thefollowingsoftwareisrequiredtoplaybackamovie:

MicrosoftWindows98orlaterorWindowsNT®4.0orlaterSoftwarethatcanplayWindowsMediaVideo(WMV)files,suchasMicrosoftWindowsMediaPlayer7.0orlater(WindowsMediaPlayer9Seriesisrecommendedtooptimizemovieplayback)

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Gettingstarted


Supportedfiletypes

YoucanaddcontenttoyourWindowsMovieMakerprojecteitherbycapturingcontentdirectlyinWindowsMovieMakerorbyimportingexistingdigitalmediafiles.ThecontentyoucaptureinWindowsMovieMakerissavedinWindowsMediaFormat.However,youcanalsoimportexistingWindowsMedia-basedcontentaswellasothercommonfileformats.

YoucanimportfileswiththefollowingfilenameextensionsintoWindowsMovieMakertouseinyourproject:

Audiofiles:.aif,.aifc,.aiff.asf,.au,.mp2,.mp3,.mpa,.snd,.wav,and.wmaPicturefiles:.bmp,.dib,.emf,.gif,.jfif,.jpe,.jpeg,.jpg,.png,.tif,.tiff,and.wmfVideofiles:.asf,.avi,.m1v,.mp2,.mp2v,.mpe,.mpeg,.mpg,.mpv2,.wm,and.wmv

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Keyboardshortcuts

ShortcutkeysareavailableformanyofthecommandsinWindowsMovieMaker.Byusingshortcutkeys,youcanquicklyaccomplishcommontasks.

Thefollowingtableprovidesanoverviewofthetasksyoucancompletebyusingshortcutkeys.

Task ShortcutkeyCreateanewproject CTRL+NOpenanexistingproject CTRL+OSaveaproject CTRL+SSaveaprojectwithanewname F12Saveamovie CTRL+PCapturevideo CTRL+RImportanexistingdigitalmediafile CTRL+IUndothelastaction CTRL+ZRedothelastundoneaction CTRL+YCut CTRL+XCopy CTRL+CPaste CTRL+VDelete DELETESelectallclips CTRL+ARenameacollectionorclip F2Clearthestoryboard/timeline CTRL+DELETEShoworhidethestoryboard/timeline CTRL+TZoominonthetimeline PAGEDOWNZoomoutonthetimeline PAGEUPAddselectedclipstothestoryboard/timeline

CTRL+D

Playvideoinfullscreen ALT+ENTERSetstarttrimpoint CTRL+SHIFT+ISetendtrimpoint CTRL+SHIFT+O

Cleartrimpoints CTRL+SHIFT+DELETESplitaclip CTRL+LCombinecontiguousclips CTRL+MNudgescliptotheleft CTRL+SHIFT+BNudgescliptotheright CTRL+SHIFT+NPlayorpauseclip SPACEBARStopplaybackonthestoryboard/timeline

CTRL+K

Playcontentonthestoryboard/timeline

CTRL+W

Rewindcontentonthestoryboard/timeline

CTRL+Q

Back CTRL+ALT+LEFTARROWForward CTRL+ALT+RIGHT

ARROWPreviousframe ALT+LEFTARROWNextframe ALT+RIGHTARROWDisplayHelptopics F1Selectpreviousitem(onatimelinetrack,onthestoryboard,orintheContentspane)

LEFTARROW

Selectnextitem(onatimelinetrack,onthestoryboard,orintheContentspane)

RIGHTARROW

Selectitemabove(onatimelinetrackorintheContentspane)

UPARROW

Selectitembelow(onatimelinetrackorintheContentspane)

DOWNARROW

Gotothefirstitem(onatimelinetrack,onthestoryboard,orintheContentspane)

HOME

Gotothelastitem(onatimelinetrack,onthestoryboard,orintheContentspane)

END

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Gettingstarted


UnderstandingtheWindowsMovieMakerinterface

TheWindowsMovieMakeruserinterfaceisdividedintothreemainareas:themenubarandtoolbar,thepanes,andthestoryboardandtimeline.

Thissectioncovers:

Aboutthemenubarandtoolbar.ProvidesinformationaboutusingthemenucommandsandthetoolbartoperformtasksinWindowsMovieMaker.Aboutthepanes.ProvidesinformationaboutusingtheCollectionspanetoviewyourcollections,andaboutusingtheMovieTaskspanetoperformcommontaskswheneditingaprojectandmakingamovie.Aboutthestoryboardandtimeline.Providesinformationaboutusingthestoryboardortimelinetoworkwithclipsinthecurrentproject.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthebasicareasoftheWindowsMovieMakeruserinterfacethatarereferredtothroughoutthisguide.

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WindowsMovieMaker


Aboutthemenubarandtoolbar

YoucanusethecommandsinthemenubartoperformtasksinWindowsMovieMaker.TheproceduresforcompletingtasksaredescribedthroughoutHelpbyusingthemenucommands.

Thetoolbarprovidesanalternativetoselectingcommandsonthemenus.Youcanusethetoolbartoperformcommontasksquickly.

Toshoworhidethetoolbar,ontheViewmenu,clickToolbar.AcheckmarkappearsnexttotheToolbarcommandonthemenuwhenthetoolbarisdisplayed.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthemenubarandtoolbarinWindowsMovieMaker.

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Aboutthepanes

ThemainfeaturesoftheWindowsMovieMakeruserinterfaceappearinseparatepanes.Dependingonwhichviewyouareworkingin,theCollectionsviewortheMovieTasksview,themainpanesappearasfollows.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheMovieTaskspane.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheCollectionspane.

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AbouttheMovieTaskspaneAbouttheCollectionspane

AbouttheContentspaneAboutthemonitorUnderstandingtheWindowsMovieMakerinterface


AbouttheMovieTaskspane

TheMovieTaskspaneliststhecommontasksthatyoumayneedtoperformwhenmakingamovie.

TheMovieTaskspaneletsyouperformthefollowingcommontasks,accordingtothepointyouareatintheprocessofmakingamovie.

CaptureVideo.Providesoptionstobeginmakingamovie,suchascapturingvideoandimportingexistingvideo,pictures,oraudio.EditMovie.Providesoptionsformakingamovie,suchasviewingexistingvideo,pictures,audio,videoeffects,oraddingmovietitlesandcredits.YoucanalsostartAutoMovietobeginmakingamovieautomatically.FinishMovie.Providesoptionsforsavingyourfinalmovie,suchastoyourcomputer,toarecordableCD,tosendasanattachmentinane-mailmessage,totheWeb,ortoatapeinaDVcamera.MovieMakingTips.ProvideshelpforcompletingcommontasksinWindowsMovieMaker.

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CapturingvideoImportingexistingdigitalmediafilesUsingvideotransitions,videoeffects,andtitlesEditingprojectsSavingandsendingmoviesAboutthepanes


AbouttheCollectionspane

TheCollectionspanedisplaysyourcollections,whichcontainclips.ThecollectionsarelistedbynameintheCollectionspaneontheleft,andtheclipsintheselectedcollectionaredisplayedintheContentspaneontherightasshowninthefollowingillustration.

YoucandragclipsfromtheContentspaneoracollectionfromtheCollectionspanetothestoryboard/timelineforyourcurrentproject.Youcanalsodragclipstothemonitortoplaythem.AcliponlyrepresentstheoriginalsourcefilesothefilecanberecognizedandusedinWindowsMovieMaker.Ifyoumakechangestoaclip,thosechangesareonlyreflectedinthecurrentproject;theydonotaffectthesourcefile.

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Aboutthepanes


AbouttheContentspane

TheContentspanedisplaystheclipsthatarecontainedinthecollectionthatisselectedintheCollectionspane.TheContentspanedisplaysallofthevideo,audio,pictures,videotransitions,andvideoeffectsthatcanbeaddedtothestoryboard/timelinetoincludeinyourmovie.

YoucandisplayclipsintheContentspaneintwoviews:DetailsandThumbnails.

Details.DisplaysinformationabouttheclipsdisplayedintheContentspane.Thespecificdetailsdependonthetypeofclipthatisdisplayed.Inthisview,youcansortitemsbyclickingthecolumnyouwanttosortby.Thumbnails.Displaysasmallimageoftheselectedclipsbasedontheselectedcollectionandthetypeofclipsthatarestoredinit.Forexample,ifthecollectioncontainscapturedorimportedvideo,thethumbnaildisplaysanimagefromtheselectedvideoclip.Ifthecollectioncontainsimportedorcapturedpictures,thethumbnaildisplaysthepicture.SmallimagesrepresentingtheindividualvideotransitionsorvideoeffectsaredisplayedintheContentspanewhenyouselecttheVideoTransitionsorVideoEffectsfolderintheCollectionspane.

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Aboutthepanes


Aboutthemonitor

Usethemonitortoviewindividualclipsoranentireproject.Byusingthemonitor,youcanpreviewyourprojectbeforesavingitasamovie.

Youcanusetheplaybackcontrolstonavigatethroughanindividualcliporanentireproject.Youcanalsousethebuttonsonthemonitortoperformfunctionssuchassplittingavideooraudioclipintotwosmallerclipsortakingapictureofthecurrentframethatisdisplayedinthemonitor.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthemonitoranditsassociatedbuttons.

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Aboutthepanes


Aboutthestoryboardandtimeline

Theareawhereyoucreateandedityourprojectisdisplayedintwoviews,thestoryboardandthetimeline.Youcanswitchbetweenthesetwoviewswhenmakingamovie.

InHelp,thefollowingnotationisusedtoindicatethedifferencebetweenworkingonthestoryboardortimeline.

Storyboard/timeline.Indicatesthatthetaskcanbeperformedonboththestoryboardandtimeline.Storyboard.Indicatesthatthetaskcanbeperformedonthestoryboardonly.Timeline.Indicatesthatthetaskcanbeperformedonthetimelineonly.

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AboutthestoryboardAboutthetimelineUnderstandingtheWindowsMovieMakerinterface


Aboutthestoryboard

ThestoryboardisthedefaultviewinWindowsMovieMaker.Youcanusethestoryboardtolookatthesequenceororderingoftheclipsinyourprojectandeasilyrearrangethem,ifnecessary.Thisviewalsoletsyouseeanyvideoeffectsorvideotransitionsthathavebeenadded.Youcanalsopreviewalloftheclipsinyourcurrentproject.Audioclipsthatyouhaveaddedtoaprojectarenotdisplayedonthestoryboard;however,theyaredisplayedinthetimeline.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthestoryboard.Alltheclipsinthestoryboarddefineyourproject.

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Aboutthetimeline

Youcanusethetimelinetoreviewormodifythetimingofclipsinyourproject.Usethetimelinebuttonstoperformtaskssuchaschangingtheviewofyourproject,zoominginoroutondetailsofyourproject,recordingnarration,oradjustingtheaudiolevels.Thetimeisdisplayedashours:minutes:seconds.hundrethsofasecond(h:mm:ss.hs).Totrimunwantedportionsofyourclip,usethetrimhandles,whichappearwhenyouselectaclip.Youcanalsopreviewalloftheclipsinyourcurrentprojectwhicharedisplayedonthetimeline.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthetimeline.Alltheclipsinthetimelinedefineyourproject.

Thetimelinedisplaysthefollowingtrackstoindicatewhattypesoffilesyouhaveaddedtoyourcurrentproject.

Video

TheVideotrackletsyouseewhatvideoclips,pictures,ortitlesyouhaveaddedtotheproject.YoucanexpandtheVideotracktoshowthecorrespondingaudioaccompanyingthevideo,aswellasanyvideotransitionsyouhaveadded.Afteraclipisaddedtothetimeline,thenameofthesourcefileappearsonthatclip.Ifyouaddanyvideoeffectstothepicture,video,or

title,asmalliconappearsontheclipstoindicatethatavideoeffecthasbeenaddedtothatclip.

Transition

TheTransitiontrackletsyouseeanyvideotransitionsyouhaveaddedtothetimeline.ThistrackonlyappearsifyouhaveexpandedtheVideotrack.AnyvideotransitionsyouaddfromtheVideoTransitionsfolderappearonthistrack.Whenatransitionisaddedtothetimeline,thenameofthetransitionisshowninthetimeline.Youcandragthestarttrimhandlethatappearswhenthetransitionisselectedtoincreaseordecreaseitsduration.

Audio

TheAudiotrackletsyouseetheaudiothatisincludedinanyvideoclipsyouhaveaddedtotheproject.LiketheTransitiontrack,youcanonlyseetheAudiotrackifyouhaveexpandedtheVideotrack.Ifyouselecttheaudiocliponthistrackanddeleteit,thevideoportionisalsoremovedfromtheVideotrack.

Audio/Music

TheAudio/Musictrackletsyouseeanyaudioclipsthatyouhaveaddedtotheproject.Thenameoftheaudioclipappearsontheclip.

Youcanalsoaddvideoclipstothistrackifyouwanttheaudio,butnotthevideo,toplayinyourprojectandfinalmovie.

TitleOverlay

TheTitleOverlaytrackletsyouseeanytitlesorcreditsthatyouhaveaddedtothetimeline.Youcanaddmultipletitlestothistrackatdifferentpointsinyourmovie.Thetitlesoverlaythevideothatisdisplayed.Youcandragthestartorendtrimhandlethatappearswhenthetitleisselectedtoincreaseordecreaseitsduration.

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UsingWindowsMovieMaker

Thissectioncovers:

Capturingvideo.ContainsinformationaboutusingtheVideoCaptureWizardtocapturevideoandaudiotouseinyourmovies.Takingpictures.Providesinformationandproceduresrelatedtotakingpicturestoincludeinyourmovies.Importingexistingdigitalmediafiles.ProvidesproceduresforimportingexistingdigitalmediafilesintoWindowsMovieMaker.Savingaproject.ProvidesinformationaboutsavingaWindowsMovieMakerproject.Previewingprojectsandclips.ProvidesinformationaboutpreviewingindividualclipsoryourentireprojectinWindowsMovieMaker.Editingprojects.ProvidesproceduresforeditingexistingWindowsMovieMakerprojects.Editingclips.Providesproceduresandinformationaboutcreating,splitting,combining,andtrimmingclips.Usingvideotransitions,videoeffects,andtitles.Providesproceduresforenhancingyourmoviesbyaddingvideotransitions,effects,andtitles.Workingwithaudio.Providesinformationabouteditingaudioandusingaudioeffectsinyourprojects.Organizingcollectionsandclips.ProvidesinformationaboutorganizingyourcollectionsandclipseffectivelyinWindowsMovieMaker.Savingandsendingmovies.ProvidesinformationaboutusingtheSaveMovieWizardfeaturetosaveyourmoviesandsharethemwithothers.Configuringoptions.ProvidesinformationandproceduresforcustomizingdifferentaspectsofWindowsMovieMaker.

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WindowsMovieMaker


Capturingvideo

YoucancapturevideoandaudiotoyourcomputerbyusingWindowsMovieMaker.Tobegincapturing,avideocapturedevicemustbeconnectedproperlyanddetectedonyourcomputerbyWindowsMovieMaker.Someaudioandvideocapturedevicesandsourcesthatyoucanuseincludeadigitalvideo(DV)oranalogcameraorVCR,aWebcamera,aTVtunercard,oramicrophone.Youcancapturecontentliveorfromvideotape.

WhencapturingvideoandaudioinWindowsMovieMaker,theVideoCaptureWizardproceedsasfollows:

1. Selectthecapturedevicesyouwanttouse.Formoreinformationaboutchoosingcapturedevices,seeChoosingavideoandaudiocapturedevice.

2. Specifywhereyouwantyourcapturedaudioandvideofiletobesaved.Formoreinformationaboutchoosingadestinationforyourcapturedaudioandvideofile,seeChoosingasavingdestination.

3. Choosethevideosetting.Formoreinformationaboutchoosingavideosettingforcapturingvideoandaudio,seeChoosingavideosetting.

4. IfyouarecapturingaudioandvideofromavideotapeinaDVcameraorDVVCR,choosethemethodyouwanttousetocapturevideoandaudio.Formoreinformation,seeChoosinghowtocapturefromaDVdevice.

5. Capturethevideoandaudio.Formoreinformation,seeCapturingvideoandaudio.

Note

IfyouhaveaDVcameraconnectedtoanIEEE1394port,thecameramustbeturnedonforittobedetectedbyWindowsMovieMaker.

Relatedtopics

TocapturetheentirevideofromatapeinaDVcameraTocapturepartsofvideofromatapeinaDVcameraTocapturevideofromtapeinananalogcameraorVCRTocapturelivevideoTroubleshootingcapturingvideoUsingWindowsMovieMaker


TocapturetheentirevideofromatapeinaDVcamera

1. MakesureyourDVdeviceisconnectedproperlytoanIEEE1394port,andthensetthecameramodetoplayrecordedvideo(oftenlabeledVTRorVCRonaDVcamera).

2. OntheFilemenu,clickCaptureVideo.

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IntheMovieTaskspane,underCaptureVideo,clickCapturefromvideodevice.

3. OntheVideoCaptureDevicepage,inAvailabledevices,clicktheDVcamera.

4. IntheEnterafilenameforyourcapturedvideobox,enterafilenameforyourcapturedvideofile.Then,intheChooseaplacetosaveyourcapturedvideobox,selectthelocationwhereyouwantyourvideotobesavedorclickBrowsetoselectalocation.

5. OntheVideoSettingpage,choosethevideosettingyouwanttouseforcapturingvideoandaudio.

6. OntheCaptureMethodpage,clickCapturetheentiretapeautomatically.

ThetapeintheDVcamerarewinds.Capturingbeginsautomaticallyandendswhenthevideotapeends.

7. Selectanyofthefollowingcommands:Toseparatethevideointosmallerclips,selecttheCreateclipswhenwizardfinishescheckbox.Tostopcapturingbeforetheendofthevideotape,clickStopCapture,andthenclickYesintheresultingdialogboxtosavethevideothathasbeencaptured.

8. ToclosetheVideoCaptureWizard,clickFinish.

Thecapturedcontentisimportedintoanewcollectionwiththesamenameasthespecifiedvideofile.

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Capturingvideo


TocapturepartsofvideofromatapeinaDVcamera

1. MakesureyourDVdeviceisconnectedproperlytoanIEEE1394port,andthensetthecameramodetoplayrecordedvideo(oftenlabeledVTRorVCRonaDVcamera).


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3. OntheVideoCaptureDevicepage,inAvailabledevices,clicktheDVcamera.


5. OntheVideoSettingpage,selectthevideosettingyouwanttouseforcapturingvideoandaudio.

6. OntheCaptureMethodpage,clickCapturepartsofthetapemanually.

7. Toseparatethevideointosmallerclips,selecttheCreateclipswhenwizardfinishescheckbox.

8. Topreventaudiofromplayingoveryourspeakerswhilecapturingvideo,selecttheMutespeakerscheckbox.

9. Toautomaticallystopcapturingafteratimeperiodhaselapsed,selecttheCapturetimelimitcheckbox,andthentypeorselectthelengthoftimeyouwanttocapture.Timeisdisplayedintheformofhours:minutes(h:mm).

10. LocatethevideoandaudioyouwanttocapturefromyourtapebyusingeitherthecontrolsonyourDVcameraorVCRortheDVcameracontrolsinthewizard.

11. Tobegincapturingvideo,clickStartCapture.

Thetapeplaysautomaticallyandcapturingbegins.

12. Dooneofthefollowing:Whenthetapereachesthepointatwhichyouwanttostopcapturing,clickStopCapture.IfyouhaveselectedtheCapturetimelimitcheckbox,waitforthespecifiedamountoftimeforvideotobecaptured.

13. Repeatsteps10through12foreachpartofthevideotapeyouwanttocapture.

14. Whenyouhavefinishedcapturing,clickFinishtoclosetheVideoCaptureWizard.


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Capturingvideo


TocapturevideofromtapeinananalogcameraorVCR

1. MakesureyouranalogcameraorVCRisconnectedproperlytoyourcomputer,andthensetthecameramodetoplayrecordedvideo(oftenlabeledVTRorVCRonananalogcamera).


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3. OntheVideoCaptureDevicepage,dothefollowing:InAvailabledevices,clicktheanalogdeviceyouwanttousetocapturevideo,andthen,intheVideoinputsourcelist,clicktheinputlineyouwanttouse.Ifyouwanttoadjustandconfigurethevideocapturedevicesettings,clickConfigure.IntheAudiodevicelist,clicktheaudiocapturedeviceyouwanttouse,andthen,inAudioinputsource,clicktheinputlineyouwanttouse.Toadjustthevolumeofyourcapturedaudio,movetheInputlevelslidertothelevelyouwanttouse.



6. Toseparatethevideointosmallerclips,selecttheCreateclipswhenwizardfinishescheckbox.

7. Topreventaudiofromplayingoveryourspeakerswhile

capturingvideo,selecttheMutespeakerscheckbox.8. Toautomaticallystopcapturingafteratimeperiodhaselapsed,selecttheCapturetimelimitcheckbox,andthentypeorselectthelengthoftimeyouwanttocapture.Timeisdisplayedintheformofhours:minutes(h:mm).

9. UsingthecontrolsonyouranalogcameraorVCR,locatethevideoandaudioyouwanttocapturefromyourtape.

10. Tobegincapturing,clickStartCapture,andthenpressthePlaybuttononyouranalogcameraorVCR.

11. Dooneofthefollowing:Whenthetapereachesthepointatwhichyouwanttostopcapturing,clickStopCapture,andthenpresstheStopbuttononyouranalogcameraorVCR.IfyouhaveselectedtheCapturetimelimitcheckbox,waitforthespecifiedamountoftimeforvideotobecaptured,andthenpresstheStopbuttononyouranalogcameraorVCR.

12. Repeatsteps9through11foreachpartofthevideotapeyouwanttocapture.

13. Whenyouhavefinishedcapturing,clickFinishtoclosetheVideoCaptureWizard.


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Capturingvideo


Tocapturelivevideo

1. Makesurethecapturedeviceisconnectedproperly.IfyouareusingaDVoranalogcamera,setthemodeonyourcameratocapturelivevideoandaudio(oftenlabeledCamera).


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3. OntheVideoCaptureDevicepage,dothefollowing:InAvailabledevices,clicktheanalogdeviceyouwanttousetocapturevideo,andthen,intheVideoinputsourcelist,clicktheinputlineyouwanttouse.Ifyouwanttoadjustandconfigurethevideocapturedevicesettings,clickConfigure.IntheAudiodevicelist,clicktheaudiocapturedeviceyouwanttouse,andthen,inAudioinputsource,clicktheinputlinethatyouwanttouse.Toadjustthevolumeofyourcapturedaudio,movetheInputlevelslidertothelevelyouwanttouse.



6. Toseparatethevideointosmallerclipsafterthewizardcompletesandthevideoiscaptured,selecttheCreateclipswhenwizardfinishescheckbox.

7. Topreventaudiofromplayingoveryourspeakerswhilecapturingvideo,selecttheMutespeakerscheckbox.

8. Toautomaticallystopcapturingafteratimeperiodhaselapsed,selecttheCapturetimelimitcheckbox,andthentypeorselectthelengthoftimeyouwanttocapture.Timeisdisplayedintheformofhours:minutes(h:mm).

9. Tobegincapturing,clickStartCapture.10. Dooneofthefollowing:

Tostopcapturing,clickStopCapture.IfyouhaveselectedtheCapturetimelimitcheckbox,waitforthespecifiedamountoftimeforvideotobecaptured.

11. Repeatsteps9and10tocaptureanothersegmentoflivevideo.

12. ClickFinishtoclosetheVideoCaptureWizard.

Thecapturedcontentisimportedintoanewcollection.

Note

IfyouareusingaDVcamerathatisconnectedtoanIEEE1394porttocapturelivevideo,theaudioandvideoinputsourcesdonotappear.

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Capturingvideo


Choosingavideoandaudiocapturedevice

ThispageoftheVideoCaptureWizardletsyouchoosethevideoandaudiodevicesyouwanttouseforcapturingvideoandaudio.

Thefollowingoptionsappearonthispage.

Availabledevices

Liststheavailablecapturedevicesyoucanuseforcapturingvideo.Ifyouonlyhaveonevideocapturedeviceattachedtoyourcomputer,thatdeviceistheonlyonelisted.

Formanyvideocapturedevices,thenameofthedeviceislistedaccordingtothehardwaremanufacturer’snameanddevicename.Forexample,whencapturingvideofromananalogcameraattachedtoananalogcapturecardonyourcomputer,youwouldchoosetheanalogcapturecardasthecapturedeviceforthisoption.

Videoinputsource

ListstheavailableinputconnectionlinesbasedonthenumberoflinesavailablefortheselectedvideocapturedeviceForexample,ifananalogcapturedevicehasmultipleinputconnections,suchasanS-videoconnectionandacompositevideoconnection,youneedtochoosewhichinputconnectionlinetouseforcapturingvideo.Ifonlyoneinputlinecanbeusedforcapturingbythedevice,thatlineisselectedandthisoptiondoesnotappear.

ThisoptionisnotavailableforaDVcameraconnectedtoanIEEE1394port.

Configure

Clicktochangetheconfigurationoftheselectedvideocapturedevice.Theresultingdialogboxdependsonthespecificcapture

deviceyouareusing.FormoreinformationabouttheoptionsavailableintheresultingConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox,seeUnderstandingtheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox.

ThisoptionisnotavailableforaDVcameraconnectedtoanIEEE1394port.

Audiodevice

Liststheavailableaudiocapturedevicesyoucanuseforcapturingaudio.Ifyouhaveonlyoneaudiocapturedevice,suchasyourdefaultsoundcard,thatdeviceisselectedautomatically.

Thisoptionisavailableonlyforanalogdevices.

Audioinputsource

Liststheavailableconnectioninputlinesbasedonthenumberofinputconnectionsavailablefortheselectedaudiodevice.Forexample,ifyouhaveamicrophoneattachedtothemicrophonelineinputofyourcomputer,youwouldchooseMicrophoneastheaudioinputsource.

Thisoptionisavailableonlyforanalogdeviceswithmultiplelineinputs.

Inputlevel

Adjuststhevolumeofthecapturedaudio.

Whenchoosingthecapturinglevel,selectaninputleveltowardtheupperpartofthemeterwithoutenteringthered-coloredarea,whichismarkedbythesecondlinefromthetop.Ifthecapturinglevelissettoolow,thecapturedaudiomaybetoolowtobeheard.Conversely,ifthecapturinglevelissettoohigh,thecapturedaudiomaybetooloudanddistorted.

Forsomedevices,suchasaDVcameraconnectedtoanIEEE1394port,thecapturingvolumecannotbeadjustedbydraggingtheaudiolevelslider.

Note

ThispageoftheVideoCaptureWizarddoesnotappearwhenasingleDVdeviceconnectedtoanIEEE1394portistheonlyvideocapturedevicefoundonthecomputer.

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Capturingvideo


Tochangethecapturingdevice


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2. OntheVideoCaptureDevicepage,intheAvailabledeviceslist,clickthevideocapturedeviceyouwanttouseforcapturingvideo.

Theavailablechoicesdependonthevideocapturedevicesthatareconnectedtoyourcomputer.

3. IntheAudiodevicelist,clicktheaudiocapturedeviceyouwanttouseforcapturingaudio.

Theavailablechoicesdependontheaudiocapturedevicesthatareconnectedtoyourcomputer.

4. IntheAudioinputsourcelist,clicktheinputlinethatyouraudiocapturedeviceisconnectedtoonyourcomputer.

Ifyouraudiocapturedevicehasonlyoneinputline,thissettingisnotavailable.

5. Toadjusttheaudiocapturinglevel,dooneofthefollowing:Toreducethevolume,movetheInputlevelsliderdown.Toincreasethevolume,movetheInputlevelsliderup.

6. Tospecifythesettingsforyourvideocapturedevice,clickConfigure,andthenconfigurethevideocapturedevicesettingsyouwanttochange.

7. IntheVideoinputsourcelist,selecttheinputlinethatyourvideocapturedeviceisconnectedtoonyourcomputer.

Ifyourcapturedevicehasonlyoneline,thissettingisnotavailable.

8. Completetheremainingpagesinthewizard.

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UnderstandingtheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogboxChoosingavideoandaudiocapturedevice


UnderstandingtheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox

TheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogboxletsyoucontrolcapturedeviceandvideosettings.Thesettingsthatareavailableinthisdialogboxdependonthespecificcapturedevicesthatareinstalledonyourcomputer.

Thefollowingoptionsappearinthisdialogbox.

CameraSettings

Clicktoopenapropertiesdialogboxthatenablesyoutochangecamerasettings.Theresultingdialogboxdependsonthemanufacturerofyourcapturedeviceandtheaccompanyingsoftware.Typically,youcancontrolcamerasettingssuchascolor,brightness,andcontrastofthevideo.

VideoSettings

Clicktoopenapropertiesdialogboxthatenablesyoutochangevideosettings.Theresultingdialogboxdependsonthemanufacturerofyourcapturedeviceandtheaccompanyingsoftware.Typically,youcancontrolvideosettingssuchasthedisplaysizeandcompressionsettingsforyourvideo.

TVTuner

ClicktoopenapropertiesdialogboxthatenablesyoutochangethesettingsofaTVtunercard,ifoneisinstalledonyourcomputer.TheresultingdialogboxdependsonthemanufactureroftheTVtunercardandtheaccompanyingsoftware.Typically,youcanchangethechannelandthevideoformat.

Note

TheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogboxonly

appearsifyourvideocapturedeviceusesWindowsDriverModels(WDM)drivers.IfyourcapturedeviceusesVideoforWindows(VFW)softwaredrivers,adialogboxspecifictotheselecteddeviceappears,andthisdialogboxletsyouadjustdifferentvideosettings.Formoreinformationaboutwhattypeofsoftwaredriversyourspecificdeviceuses,seethemanualthatcamewithyourvideocapturedevice.

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TochangecamerasettingsTochangevideosettingsTochangethesettingsforaTVtunerChoosingavideoandaudiocapturedevice


Tochangecamerasettings


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2. OntheVideoCaptureDevicepage,intheAvailabledeviceslist,clickthevideocapturedeviceyouwanttouseforcapturingvideo,andthenclickConfigure.


3. IntheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox,clickCameraSettings.

Intheresultingdialogbox,makeanynecessarychangesforthecamerasettings,suchasthecolor,brightness,andcontrast,andthenclosethedialogbox.

Thespecificchangesyoucanmakedependontheaccompanyingsoftwareinstalledwiththecapturedevice.

4. IntheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox,clickClose,andthencompletetheremainingpagesinthewizard.

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Tochangevideosettings


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3. IntheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox,clickVideoSettings.

4. Intheresultingdialogbox,makeanynecessarychangestothevideosettingssuchasthecompressionrateanddisplaysizeofyourvideo,andthenclosethedialogbox.

Thespecificchangesyoucanmakedependontheaccompanyingsoftwareinstalledwithyourcapturedevice.


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TochangethesettingsforaTVtuner


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3. IntheConfigureVideoCaptureDevicedialogbox,clickTVTuner.

4. Intheresultingdialogbox,makeanynecessarychangestotheTVtunersettingssuchasthecurrentchannelandvideoformat,andthenclosethedialogbox.

Thespecificchangesyoucanmakedependontheaccompanyingsoftwareinstalledwithyourcapturedevice.


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Choosingasavingdestination

ThispageoftheVideoCaptureWizardprovidesinformationaboutwhereyourcapturedvideofilewillbestoredonyourcomputer.


Enterafilenameforyourcapturedvideo

Providesaspaceforyoutoenterafilenameforthecapturedvideofile.Aftercompletingthewizard,youcanaddthisfiletothestoryboard/timelineandtheneditit.

Thefilenamecannotbelongerthan64charactersandcannotincludethefollowingcharacters:\/:*?"<>|

Chooseaplacetosaveyourcapturedvideo

Specifiesthelocationtowhichyourcapturedvideowillbesaved.

Browse

Clicktoselectthelocationtowhichyourcapturedvideowillbesaved.

Note

Forperformancereasons,thecapturedvideofilecannotbesavedtoanetworklocation.Thelocationtowhichyourcapturedvideowillbesavedmustbealocationonyourcomputerharddisk.

Relatedtopics

Capturingvideo


Choosingavideosetting

ThispageoftheVideoCaptureWizardletsyouchoosewhatsettingsyouwanttousewhencapturingvideoandaudio.Thevideosettingyouchoosedeterminesthequalityandfilesizeofthecapturedvideofile.Videodisplaysizeandvideobitrateincreasewithhighervideosettings,andsodoesthefilesize.Considerfilesizealongwiththemainpurposeforyourcapturedvideowhenchoosingthevideosetting.

Formoreinformationaboutissuestoconsiderwhencapturingvideoandaudio,seeUnderstandingvideosettings.

ThefollowingisalistingoftheoptionsdisplayedonthispageoftheVideoCaptureWizard.

Bestqualityforplaybackonmycomputer(recommended)

Specifiesthatyouwanttocapturevideoattherecommendedvideosetting.Thisvideosettingencodesthecapturedvideoatahigherqualitysetting.ThespecificcaptureprofilethatisdetectedandusedbyWindowsMovieMakerforthisvideosettingdependsontheselectedcapturedeviceandtheaudioandvideoitcanoutputtothecomputer,aswellastheprocessorspeedofyourcomputer.

Thissettingiswell-suitedforamajorityofthevideoyoucaptureinWindowsMovieMakerandplantoeditinWindowsMovieMaker,andthenplantosavetoyourcomputer,toarecordableCD,asanattachmenttoane-mailmessage,ortotheWebusingtheSaveMovieWizard.

Showmorechoices

Clicktoseeadditionalvideosettings.Therefore,ifyoudonotchoosetousetheBestqualityforplaybackonmycomputer(recommended)videosetting,youcanchoose

fromalistingofothercaptureoptions.

Digitaldeviceformat(DV-AVI)

SpecifiesthatyourcapturedvideowillbesavedasDV-AVIfilewithan.avifilenameextension.ThiscaptureoptionisonlyavailableifyouarecapturingfromaDVdevice,suchasaDVcameraorDVVCR.ThisvideosettingisdesignedtobeusedifyouwanttoeditthecapturedvideoonyourcomputerandthenlatersaveitbacktoatapeinaDVcameraorVCRusingtheSaveMovieWizard.Thequalityoftheoriginalvideoisretainedwhenyouchoosethissetting,sothemoviesyourecordretaintheiroriginalvideoqualitywhenrecordedbacktoDVtape.

However,videofilessavedwiththissettingcanbequitelarge.Forexample,eachminuteofvideosavedatthissettingcanconsumeasmuchas178MBofdiskspace.Therefore,verifythatthereisenoughavailablediskspaceonyourharddisktoaccommodatetheamountofvideoyouwanttocapture.

Othersettings

Providesalistofadditionalvideosettingsyoucanchoosetocaptureforyourcapturedvideo.Whenchoosingasettingfromthislist,considerhowyouplantoultimatelyuseandsharethevideoinyourfinalsavedmovies.ThislistrangesfromsettingssuitedforvideoonaPocketPCtovideoforlocalplayback.

Settingdetails

Displaysadditionalinformationaboutthevideocapturedatthecurrentsetting.Thefollowingdetailsareprovided:

Filetype.Thetypeoffilethecapturedvideoissavedasonyourcomputer.PossiblefiletypesincludeWindowsMediaVideo(WMV)orAudio-VideoInterleaved(AVI).

Bitrate.Thetotalbitrateofthecapturedvideoandaudio.Typically,ahigherbitratewillresultinhigher-qualityvideowith

smoothermotion.However,asthebitrateincreases,sodoesthesizeofthecapturedvideofile.

Displaysize.Thedimensionsofthecapturedvideopicture,inpixels.Thefirstnumberindicatesthewidthofthevideo,whilethesecondnumberindicatestheheightofthevideo.

Framespersecond.Thenumberofframesthataredisplayedpersecondinthecapturedvideo.Typically,ahighernumberorframespersecondwillmakethemotionofobjectsorpersonsinyourvideoappearsmoother.

Videoformat.Thevideostandardforthesavedmoviefile.ThetwopossibleformatsareNTSCandPAL.Thespecificvideoformatdependsontheselectedvideocapturedeviceandthevideoformatituses.ThisvalueisdisplayedwhencapturingvideoasaDV-AVIvideofile.

Videofilesize

Providestheestimatedfilesizeofthesavedmovieanddiskspaceavailabletostorethecapturedvideofile.Theestimatedamountofdiskspaceconsumedbyoneminuteofvideoisdisplayedinthisareaformanyvideosettings.Forothervideosettingsthatarebasedonthequalityofthecapturedvideoandaudio,suchastherecommendedsetting,afilesizeestimateisnotavailable.

Relatedtopics

Capturingvideo


ChoosinghowtocapturefromaDVdevice

ThispageoftheVideoCaptureWizardletsyouchoosehowyouwanttocapturevideofromtapeinyourDVcameraorotherDVdevice.


Capturetheentiretapeautomatically

Specifiesthatyouwanttoautomaticallycapturetheentirevideotape.Whenyouselectthiscapturemethod,thetapeintheDVdeviceisautomaticallyrewoundtothebeginningandcapturingbeginsautomatically.

Selectthisoptionifyouwanttocapturetheentirevideotapetoyourcomputer.

Capturepartsofthetapemanually

Specifiesthatyouwanttomanuallyselectwhichscenestocapturefromthevideotape.Selectthisoptionifyouplantostartandstopcapturingmultipletimestocapturedifferentpartsofthevideotape.

Note

ThispageisonlydisplayedifaDVcameraisselectedasthecapturedevice,andthecameraisinVCRmode(toplaybackvideotape).

Relatedtopics

Capturingvideo


CapturingautomaticallyfromaDVdevice

ThispageoftheVideoCaptureWizardappearswhenyouchoosetocapturevideofromatapeinaDVcameraorotherDVdevice.Onthispage,WindowsMovieMakerdoesthefollowingstepsautomatically.

1. Rewindsthetape.2. Capturesthevideo.3. Createsandsavesthecapturedvideofile.

YouarealertedtowhichstepintheprocessWindowsMovieMakerisperforming.Aftercapturingends,whetheryoustopitmanuallyoritendsautomatically,thevideoisimportedintoanewcollectionandyoucanthenaddthecapturedvideotothestoryboard/timelineandbeginmakingyourmovie.

Whenyouchoosetocapturetheentiretapeautomatically,thefollowingoptionsandinformationappearonthispage.

Createclipswhenwizardfinishes

SpecifieswhetherthecapturedvideoisseparatedintoclipswhenitissavedandimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker.Creatingclipsseparatescapturedvideointomanageablesizes.WhencapturingvideofromatapeinaDVcamera,clipsarecreatedbasedontimestampinformationsetbytheDVcamerawhenthevideoisoriginallyrecorded.

Ifyoudon’tchoosetocreateclips,thevideoappearsasonelargeclipinWindowsMovieMakerwhenyoufinishcapturing.

Capturedvideo

Displaystheamountoftimeelapsedforthecurrentcaptureintheformofhours:minutes:seconds(h:mm:ss)bydefault.Timingstartswhencapturingbeginsandstopswhencapturingends(whetheryoustopitmanuallyoritendsautomaticallywhenthe

tapereachestheend).

Sizeofvideofile

Displaysthefilesize,inkilobytes(KB),asthevideoiscaptured.Ifyouhavetimeorspacerestrictionsforyourcapturedcontentandyourfinalmovie,youcanusethetiminginformationinCapturedvideo.

Estimateddiskspaceavailable

Displaystheestimatedamountofdiskspacethatisavailable(ingigabytes(GB)ormegabytes(MB))forcapturingvideowithaudioatthecurrentlyselectedvideosetting.

StopCapture

Clicktoendcapturingaudioandvideotoyourcomputer.Clickingthisbuttonletsyoustopcapturingmanually,beforetheendofthevideotape.Thisishelpfulifyoudecide(duringthecaptureprocess)thatyouwanttocaptureonlyapartofthetaperatherthantheentiretape.

Relatedtopics

Capturingvideo


Capturingvideoandaudio

ThispageoftheVideoCaptureWizarddisplayswhenyouarecapturingcontentliveorfromtapeandletsyouchooseoptionsforthecontentyouarecapturing.

Youcanchoosetostartandstopcapturingindividualpartsofvideomanually.Forexample,youmightwanttocaptureonlycertainpartsofavideotape.Inthissituation,youcancaptureapartofthetape,stopcapturing,locatethenextpartyouwanttocapture,andthenbegincapturingagain.Thisreducestheamountofunnecessaryvideothatiscapturedtoyourcomputer.Regardlessofthenumberoftimesyoustartandstopcapturingvideo,thecapturedvideoissavedasonevideofileinthelocationspecifiedontheCapturedVideoFilepageofthewizard.

Thefollowingoptionsandinformationappearonthispage.

StartCapture

Clicktobegincapturingaudioandvideotoyourcomputer.

StopCapture

Clicktoendcapturingaudioandvideotoyourcomputer.

Videocaptured

Displaystheamountoftimeelapsedforthecurrentcaptureintheformofhours:minutes:seconds(h:mm:ss)bydefault.Timingstartswhencapturingbeginsandstopswhencapturingends.

Sizeofvideofile

Displaysthefilesize,inkilobytes(KB),asthevideoisbeingcaptured.Ifyouhavetimeorspacerestrictionsforyourcapturedcontentandyourfinalmovie,youcanusethetiminginformationinVideocaptured.

Estimateddiskspaceavailable

Displaystheestimatedamountofdiskspacethatisavailable(ingigabytes(GB)ormegabytes(MB))forcapturingvideowithaudioatthecurrentlyselectedvideosetting.

Createclipswhenwizardfinishes

SpecifieswhetherthecapturedvideoisdividedintoclipswhenitissavedandimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker.Creatingclipsseparatescapturedvideointomanageablesizes.Howclipsarecreatedisdeterminedbythevideocapturedeviceyourvideoiscapturedfrom.Forexample,ifyouarecapturingfromaDVdevice,aclipsarecreatedbasedontimestampinformationsetbytheDVcamerawhenthevideoisoriginallyrecorded.However,ifyouarecapturingfromananalogdevice,suchananalogcameraorWebcamera,aclipiscreatedwhenthereisasubstantialchangeinoneframeofthevideocomparedtothenextframe.

Ifyoudon’tchoosetocreateclips,thevideoappearsasonelargeclipwhenyoufinishcapturing.

Mutespeakers

Specifiesthatyouwanttomutethespeakersandallaudiooutputlinesthatareconnectedtotheaudiocardonyourcomputer.Mutingthespeakerspreventsaudiofrombeingplayedbackonthespeakers,whichcandistractfromthevideoandaudioyouarecapturing.

Ifyouclearthischeckbox,audiosuchasanybackgroundmusicorothersoundsfromyourcomputerthatareplayedbackoveryourspeakersmaybeheardandcapturedifyouarecapturinglivecontent.

Capturetimelimit

Specifieswhetherthereisacapturingtimelimit.Ifthisboxis

selected,capturingstopsautomaticallywhenthespecifiedtimelimitelapses.Ifthischeckboxiscleared,youmuststopcapturingmanually.Youshouldthenmonitorthecapturingsoyoucanstopcapturingatthetimeyouwantifyoudon’tselectamaximumcapturetime.Timeisdisplayedintheformofhours:minutes(h:mm).

Foreachvideosegmentyoucaptureforwhichthetimelimitexpires,thetimedisplayedforVideocapturedisreset.

Digitalvideocamerascontrols(DVonly)

ProvidesbuttonstocontrolyourDVcamerafromyourcomputer.YoucanclicktheDVcontrolstoplay,pause,stop,rewind,fast-forward,ortomoveforwardorbackwardbyindividualframes.YoucanusethesecontrolswhenyourDVcameraorDVVCRisconnectedtoanIEEE1394port,andtheDVcameraorVCRisintheplaybackpositiontocapturetapedvideoandaudiotoyourcomputer.

Note

WhencapturingvideofromaDVcamera,verifythatthecameraisineitherVCRorCameramode.Capturingvideoorpictureswhilethecameraisinamodetotakestillpicturesisnotsupported.WhenrecordinginWindowsMovieMaker,thelimitonthesizeofanindividualcapturedfiledependsontheamountofharddiskspaceyouhaveavailableandthefilesystemformatyouareusing.Thefilesizelimitsforthedifferentfilesystemformatsareshowninthefollowingtable.

FilesystemformatFilesizelimitNTFS UnlimitedFAT32 4gigabytes(GB)FAT16 2GB

Relatedtopics

UsingtheDVcontrolsCapturingvideo


UsingtheDVcontrols

YoucanusethedigitalvideocontrolsinWindowsMovieMakertocontrolyourDVcameraorDVVCRfromyourcomputer.ThesecontrolsarelikethecontrolsonyourVCRorcamera.ThesecontrolsareavailablewhenyourDVdeviceisconnectedtoanIEEE1394port,anditissettotheplaybackposition(oftenlabeledVCRorVTRonaDVcamera).

ThesecontrolsareavailableonlywhenaDVdeviceisconnectedtoanIEEE1394portanddetectedbyWindowsMovieMaker.

ThefollowingcontrolsappearintheDVcameracontrolsarea.

Play

ClicktoplaythetapeinyourDVcameraorVCRatnormalspeed.

Pause

ClicktopauseplaybackofthetapeinyourDVcameraorVCRatthecurrentpoint.

Stop

ClicktostopplayingthetapeinyourDVcameraorVCR.

Rewind

ClicktorewindthetapeinyourDVcameraorVCRtothepointyouwanttobeginplayingitagain.

Previousframe

ClicktogotothepreviousframeofthetapeinyourDVcameraorVCR.

Nextframe

ClicktogotothenextframeofthetapeinyourDVcameraorVCR.

Fastforward

Clicktofast-forwardthetapeinyourDVcameraorVCRtothepointyouwanttobeginplayingitagain.

Tapeposition

Specifiesthecurrentpositionofthetapebasedonthetimecodeofthetape.Thisletsyouseewhatpartofthetapeisbeingplayedbackorcaptured(ifyouhavestartedcapturing).Thetapepositionisdisplayedintheformofhours:minutes:seconds:frames(h:mm:ss:ff).

Relatedtopics

Capturingvideoandaudio


Troubleshootingcapturingvideo

Thissectioncoversthefollowingissuesthatmayoccurwhencapturingvideo.

Previewedandcapturedvideoisdistorted.Explainstheissuewherevideoisnotdisplayedandcapturedproperly.CapturedvideofileexceedstheFAT324-gigabytefilesizelimit.Explainshowtofixtheissuewhereyourvideofilecannotbecreatedbecauseitexceedsthe4GBfilesizelimitsupportedbytheFAT32filesystem.DVdeviceisnotresponding.ExplainshowtoworkaroundtheissuewheretheDVdeviceisnotresponding.

Relatedtopics

Capturingvideo


Previewedandcapturedvideoisdistorted

Thevideointhepreviewmonitorandthecapturedvideoappeardistorted.ThiscanoccurifthetapeinyourDVcameracontainsvideothatswitchesbetweenthePALandNTSCvideoformats.Whenthevideoformatswitches,thevideopreviewandcapturedvideoappeardistorted.

Tofixthisissue,dothefollowing:

1. StarttheVideoCaptureWizardandcapturethevideointhetapeuptothepointwherethevideobecomesdistorted.

2. StopcapturingintheVideoCaptureWizardandcompletethewizard.Thecontentonthevideotapecaptureduptothatpointwillappearinthecapturedvideofile.

3. UsingthecontrolsontheDVcamera,cuethetapetothepointwherethevideobecomesdistorted,andthenstopthecamera.Thisshouldbetheapproximatepointwherethevideoswitchesfromonevideoformat(PALorNTSC)totheotheronthetape.

4. StartandcontinuetheVideoCaptureWizard,andthencapturetheremainingvideoonthetape.

5. Completethewizard.

Relatedtopics

Troubleshootingcapturingvideo


CapturedvideofileexceedstheFAT324-gigabytefilesizelimit

Thevideofilecreatedwhenyoucapturevideoexceedsthe4-gigabyte(GB)filesizelimitsupportedbytheFAT32filesystem.ThismessageoccursifyouarecapturingvideoatahigherqualitysettingonavolumeorpartitionthatisusingtheFAT32filesystem.ThefilesystemisusedbyMS-DOSandotherWindows-basedoperatingsystemtoorganizeandmanagefiles.

Tofixthisproblem,dooneormoreofthefollowing:

ReducetheamountofvideoyoucaptureinWindowsMovieMaker.Choosealowervideosettingforyourvideo.Ifyourcomputerharddiskhasmultiplepartitions,andoneisformattedusingtheNTFSfilesystem,gobackintheVideoCaptureWizard,andthensaveyourvideotothatpartition.ConvertyourfilesystemtousetheNTFSfilesystem,whichdoesnothaveafilesizelimit.


1. SaveyourcurrentprojectinWindowsMovieMakerandthencloseWindowsMovieMaker.

2. Closeanyopenapplications.3. ConvertyourfilesystemtousetheNTFSfilesystem.FormoreinformationaboutconvertingavolumetouseNTFS,seethetopic"ToconvertavolumetoNTFSfromthecommandprompt"inWindowsHelpandSupport.

Relatedtopics

Tospecifythetemporarystoragelocation

TosaveaprojectTroubleshootingcapturingvideo


DVdeviceisnotresponding

TheDVvideodeviceisnotrespondingandvideocannotbecapturedsuccessfully.ThisissuemayoccuriftheDVdevicecannotbecontactedsuccessfullybyWindowsMovieMaker.

Tofixthisissue,dooneormoreofthefollowing:

TurnofftheDVcameraforafewsecondsandthenpowerthecameraonagain.IfyouchosetheCapturetheentiretapeautomaticallyoptionontheCaptureMethodpageofthewizard,dothefollowing:1. ClickBackintheVideoCaptureWizardtogototheCaptureMethodpage.

2. ChooseCapturepartsofthetapemanually,andthencontinueinthewizard.

3. UsingthetransportcontrolsonyourDVcamera,locatethevideoonthetapethatyouwanttocapture,andthencapturethevideomanually.

Relatedtopics

TocapturepartsofvideofromatapeinaDVcameraTroubleshootingcapturingvideo


Takingpictures

YoumightwanttotakeapictureofaframeofcapturedorimportedvideoinWindowsMovieMaker.Thisletsyoucaptureanindividualframefromthevideo,andthenusetheresultingpictureinyourmovie.Takingapictureofavideoframeletsyouutilizetheexistingcapturedorimportedvideoinotherwaysinyourmovie.

ThedisplaysizeofthecapturedpicturedependsonwhereyoutookthepictureofthevideoinWindowsMovieMaker.IfyoutakeapictureofaframeofvideodisplayedinthemonitorfromtheContentspane,thedisplaysizeofthepicturematchesthedisplaysizeoftheoriginalsourcevideofile.Forexample,iftheoriginalvideofiledisplaysat640x480pixels,theresultingpictureyoutakealsodisplaysat640x480pixels.However,ifyoutakeastillpictureofaframeofvideofromavideocliponthestoryboard/timeline,thedimensionsofthepictureare320x240pixels.PicturesyoucaptureinWindowsMovieMakeraresavedasJPEGfiles,witha.jpgfilenameextension.

Note

IfyoutakeapictureisfromvideointheContentspanethatdisplaysatasizelargerthan800x600pixels,thepictureisreducedto800x600pixelsinWindowsMovieMaker.However,theoriginalsourcepicturefileiscapturedattheoriginaldisplaysizeofthevideo.

Relatedtopics

TotakeapicturefromvideointhemonitorUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Totakeapicturefromvideointhemonitor

1. IntheContentspaneoronthestoryboard/timeline,selectthevideoclipyouwanttotakeapicturefrom.

2. Dooneofthefollowing:Onthemonitor,movetheplaybackindicatorontheseekbartotheframeofthevideothatyouwanttocaptureasapicture.

–or-

OnthePlaymenu,clickPlayStoryboardorPlayTimeline,dependingontheviewyouareworkingin,andthenpauseplaybackattheframeofvideoyouwanttocaptureasapicture.

3. OntheToolsmenu,clickTakePicturefromPreview.

-or-

Onthemonitor,clicktheTakePicturebutton.

4. IntheFilenamebox,enteranameforthepicturefile,andthenclickSave.

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Takingpictures


Importingexistingdigitalmediafiles

YoucanimportexistingdigitalmediafilesthataresupportedbyWindowsMovieMakertouseforyourproject.Thefilesyoucanimportmightbestoredonandimportedfromyourharddiskonyourcomputer,asharednetworklocation,aCD,oronremovablemedia.WhenimportingfilesinWindowsMovieMaker,youcanimportonefileormultiplefilesatonetime.

Asourcefileyouimportremainsinthesamelocationfromwhichitwasimported.WindowsMovieMakerdoesnotstoreanactualcopyofthesourcefile;instead,aclipthatreferstotheoriginalsourcefileiscreatedandappearsintheContentspane.Afteryouimportfilesintoyourproject,don’tmove,rename,ordeletetheoriginalsourcefiles.Ifyouaddacliptoaprojectafterthecorrespondingsourcefilehasbeenmovedorrenamed,WindowsMovieMakerattemptstoautomaticallylocatetheoriginalsourcefile.Ifthesourcefileisdeleted,itmustbeplacedonyourcomputer,oronalocationyourcomputercanaccess,again.

AfteryouupgradetothisreleaseofWindowsMovieMaker,yourcollectionsfile,whichstoresinformationaboutyourcollectionsandtheclipscontainedwithinyourcollectionsinWindowsMovieMaker,fromapreviousreleaseofWindowsMovieMakerisimportedandupgradedautomaticallywhenyoufirststartthisversionofWindowsMovieMaker.YoucanthencontinueusingyourcollectionsandcontentinthisversionofWindowsMovieMaker.Therefore,ifyouhaveusedpreviousversionsofWindowsMovieMaker,youcanusethecontentyouhavealreadyimportedwithoutneedingtore-importthedigitalmediafiles.YoucanimportthecollectionsfileautomaticallyatalatertimeifyoucancelledimportingandupgradingyourcollectionsfileautomaticallywhenWindowsMovieMakerwasfirststarted.

Note

Digitalmediafilesthathavebeenprotectedusingdigital

rightsmanagementcannotbeimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker.

Relatedtopics

ToimportexistingdigitalmediafilesToimportaWindowsMovieMakercollectionsfileImportingvideofilesandclipdetectionSupportedfiletypesUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Toimportexistingdigitalmediafiles

1. OntheFilemenu,clickImportintoCollections.

–or-

Dooneofthefollowing,dependingonwhattypeofdigitalmediafileyouwanttoimport:

IntheMovieTaskspane,underCaptureVideo,clickImportvideo.IntheMovieTaskspane,underCaptureVideo,clickImportpictures.IntheMovieTaskspane,underCaptureVideo,clickImportaudioormusic.

2. InFilename,enterthepathandfilenameofthefileyouwanttoimport,andthenclickImport.

3. Ifyouwantselectedvideofilestobeseparatedintosmallerclips,selecttheCreateclipsforvideofilescheckbox.

Note

Youcanimportseveralfilesatonetime.Forconsecutivefiles,clickthefirstfileinthelist,pressandholddowntheSHIFTkey,andthenclickthelastfileinthelist.Forfilesthatarenotconsecutive,pressandholddowntheCTRLkey,andthenclickeachfilethatyouwanttoimport.

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ToimportaWindowsMovieMakercollectionsfile

1. OntheFilemenu,clickImportintoCollections.2. IntheFilesoftypebox,selectWindowsMovieMaker1.xCollectionFiles.

3. InFilename,enterthepathandfilenameofthecollectionsfileyouwanttoimport,andthenclickImport.

ThecollectionsfileisnamedWindowsMovieMaker.colandislocatedonyourharddiskin\DocumentsandSettings\UserAccountName\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker.Forexample,ifWindowsisinstalledondriveC:,andyouraccountnameisJohn,yourcollectionsfilewouldbelocatedinC:\DocumentsandSettings\John\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker.

Note

Youmighthaveabackupcopyofyourcollectionsfileonyourcomputer,whichhasa.bakfilenameextension.Youcanalsochoosetoimportthisfile.Bydefault,yourcollectionsfilefromapreviousreleaseofWindowsMovieMakerisimportedautomaticallythefirsttimeyoustartthisversionofWindowsMovieMaker.

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Importingvideofilesandclipdetection

Youcanchoosetohavethevideofileseparatedintosmaller,moremanageableclipswhenyouimportvideofilesintoWindowsMovieMaker.Clipsarecreatedthroughaprocesscalled"clipdetection."WhenyouimportvideofilesandselecttheCreateclipsforvideofilescheckboxintheImportFiledialogbox,clipsarecreatedbasedonthetypeofvideofileorfilesyouchoosetoimport.

Clipsarecreatedasfollows,forthedifferentvideofileformats.

WindowsMediaFormatvideofiles.IfyouimportaWindowsMediavideofilewithan.asfor.wmvfilenameextension,aclipiscreatedforeachmarkerthatisintheoriginalfile.Themarkershelptodividethefileintomanageablesizes.MarkersmayhavebeeninsertedintotheoriginalWindowsMediafiletodescribeaspecificportionoreventwithinthevideo.IftheoriginalWindowsMediafilecontainsnomarkersoronlyonemarker,aclipiscreatedwhenthereisasubstantialchangeinoneframeofthevideocomparedtothenextframe.Theminimumdurationofaclipisonesecond.Othervideofileformats.IfyouimportavideofilethatisnotaWindowsMediafile,suchasavideofilewitha.mpegfilenameextension,aclipiscreatedwhenthereisasubstantialchangeinoneframeofthevideocomparedtothenextframe.DV-AVIfiles.IfyouimportanAVIfilethatcontainsvideocapturedfromaDVcamera,andtimestampinformationwasaddedtothatfile,clipsarecreatedbasedonthetimestampinformationinthefile.

IftheCreateclipsforvideofilescheckboxisnotselectedwhenyouimportavideofile,thevideofileisimportedandappearsasonewholeclipinWindowsMovieMaker.YoucanlaterrunclipcreationafterthevideofileisimportedintoWindowsMovieMakertoseparatetheclipintosmallerclips.

Whenimportingvideofiles,youcanchoosethefollowingoption:

Createclipsforvideofiles

Specifieswhethervideofilesareseparatedintosmallerclipswhenimported.Ifthisoptionisselected,thevideofileisseparatedintosmallervideoclipsthroughclipdetection.Ifthisoptionisnotselected,thevideofileisimportedasasinglevideoclip.

Relatedtopics

CreatingclipsImportingexistingdigitalmediafiles


Savingaproject

Savingyourprojectletsyoukeepyourcurrentwork,andthenlateropenthefileinWindowsMovieMakertomakefurtherchanges.Youcancontinueeditingyourprojectfromwhereyouleftoffwhenyoulastsavedtheproject.Whenyousaveaproject,thearrangementofclipsaddedtothestoryboard/timeline,aswellasanyvideotransitions,videoeffects,titles,credits,andanyothereditsyoumadeareretained.

AWindowsMovieMakerprojectfileissavedwitha.mswmmfilenameextension.

YoucanalsosaveanexistingWindowsMovieMakerprojectfilewithanewname.Thisenablesyoutousethesavedprojectasthebasisforothernewprojects.Forexample,ifyourcurrentprojectcontainsashortintroductiontoamovie,youcansavetheexistingprojectwithanewnameandthencontinueediting.Whenyouwantedtocreateanewmoviethatincludesthesameshortintroduction,youcanthenopentheoriginalprojectfilethatcontainsonlytheintroduction,andthenmakeadditionaleditswithoutneedingtore-createtheintroductionofyourmovie.

Relatedtopics

TosaveaprojectTosaveaprojectwithanewnameUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Tosaveaproject

1. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveProject.2. IntheFilenamebox,typethefilename,andthenclickSave.

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Savingaproject


Tosaveaprojectwithanewname

1. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveProjectAs.2. IntheFilenamebox,typethenewfilename,andthenclickSave.

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Savingaproject


Previewingprojectsandclips

Asyouworkonaproject,youcanpreviewtheprojectperiodicallyinthemonitortocheckyourediting.Or,ifyouwanttopreviewindividualclips,youcanusetheContentspanetoensureyoucapturedthecontentyouwanttouseinyourmovies.Usetheplaybackbuttonstomovefromframetoframeorfromcliptoclip.

Note

WhenyoupreviewyourprojectinWindowsMovieMakerwiththemonitorsettodisplayat640x480pixels,thevideowillnotappearoptimally.However,thevideointhefinalsavedmovieplaysbackandisdisplayedatahigherqualitylevel.

Relatedtopics

TopreviewaprojectTopreviewaclipTopauseorstoppreviewingaprojectToplayvideoinfull-screenmodeTochangethepreviewmonitorsizeTojumptoaframeTojumptoaclipinaprojectDisplayingclippropertiesDisplayingprojectpropertiesUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Topreviewaproject

1. Addoneormoreclipstothestoryboard/timeline.2. OnthePlaymenu,clickRewindStoryboardorRewindTimelinetogotothebeginningoftheproject.

3. OnthePlaymenu,clickPlayStoryboardorPlayTimeline.

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Topreviewaclip

1. IntheContentspane,clicktheclipyouwanttopreview.2. OnthePlaymenu,clickPlayClip.

Note

Topreviewapicture,clickthepictureintheContentspane.

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Topauseorstoppreviewingaproject

Asvideo,audio,avideoeffect,orvideotransitionisplayinginthemonitor,onthePlaymenu,clickPauseCliporStop.

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Toplayvideoinfull-screenmode

1. Selectvideoonthestoryboard/timelineorintheContentspane.

2. OntheViewmenu,clickFullScreen.

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Tochangethepreviewmonitorsize

1. Selectvideoonthestoryboard/timelineorintheContentspane.

2. Dooneofthefollowing,dependingonthepreviewmonitorsizeyouwanttochoose:

Topreviewthevideoat320x240pixels,ontheViewmenu,pointtoPreviewMonitorSize,andthenclickSmall(320x240).Topreviewthevideoat640x480pixels,ontheViewmenu,pointtoPreviewMonitorSize,andthenclickLarge(640x480).

Thisoptionisavailablewhenthereisenoughavailablespacetoresizethemonitorwithoutresizingthestoryboard/timeline.

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Tojumptoaframe

Asvideoiseitherplayingorpausedinthemonitor,onthePlaymenu,clickPreviousFrameorNextFrame.

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Tojumptoaclipinaproject

1. Openaproject.2. Clickaclipinthestoryboard/timeline.3. Dooneofthefollowing:

OnthePlaymenu,clickBacktoviewthepreviousclipinyourproject.OnthePlaymenu,clickForwardtoviewthenextclipinyourproject.

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Displayingclipproperties

YoucanviewthepropertiesfortheclipsyouimportorcaptureinWindowsMovieMaker,includingvideo,audio,andpictures.Clippropertiesprovideinformationthatcanhelpyoudeterminewhattheclipcontains,aswellashowitmayfitintoyourproject.

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TodisplayclippropertiesPreviewingprojectsandclips


Todisplayclipproperties

1. Clickthevideoclip,audioclip,orpicture,dependingonwhereitappears:theContentspane,timeline,orstoryboard.

2. OntheClipmenu,clickProperties.

Thepropertiesthataredisplayeddependonthetypeofclipyouselected.

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Displayingclipproperties


Displayingprojectproperties

ProjectpropertiesinformationcanhelpyouorganizeyourWindowsMovieMakerprojects.Thedifferentprojectproperties,bothpresetandonesyouspecify,letyouquicklysearchforandfindspecificprojectsyoucreateinWindowsMovieMakerthroughMyComputerorWindowsExplorer.Byenteringprojectproperties,youcanorganizeyourprojectsaccordingtotitle,authorname,orotherprojectpropertyvaluesyouchooseorenter.

ThefollowinginformationisdisplayedintheProjectPropertiesdialogbox.

Title

DisplaysthetitleofthecurrentWindowsMovieMakerproject.Notitleisenteredbydefault.However,youcanenteratitlethatfitsyourproject.Thetitleyouenterbecomesthetitleforyourfinalsavedmovie,whichisdisplayedbymanymediaplayerswhenthemovieisplayedback.Themaximumnumberofcharactersforthetitleis128.

Author

DisplaysthenameoftheauthorforthecurrentWindowsMovieMakerproject.ThedefaultauthornamematchestheauthornamedisplayedintheDefaultauthorboxoftheOptionsdialogbox.However,youcanenteradifferentauthornameforyourprojectifyouchoose.Theauthornameyouenterbecomestheauthornameforyourfinalsavedmovie,whichisdisplayedbymanymediaplayerswhenthemovieisplayedback.Themaximumnumberofcharactersfortheauthoris128.

Duration

DisplaysthedurationofthecurrentWindowsMovieMakerprojectintheformofhours:minutes:seconds.hundrethsofa

second.Thisletsyouquicklydeterminethelengthofyourprojectandfinalsavedmovie.

Copyright

Displayscopyrightinformationforthecurrentproject.Youcanenteranyapplicablecopyrightinformationaboutthecurrentproject.Thecopyrightinformationyouenterisdisplayedbymanymediaplayerswhenthemovieisplayedback.Themaximumnumberofcharactersforthecopyrightis14.

Rating

Displaysanyratinginformationforthecurrentproject.Youcanenteraratingforthismovieaccordingtoyourowncriteria.Theratingyouenterbecomestheratingforyourfinalsavedmovie,whichisdisplayedbymanymediaplayerswhenthemovieisplayedback.Themaximumnumberofcharactersfortheratingis20.

Description

Displaysanydescriptionyoumayenterforthecurrentprojectandfinalsavedmovie.Thedescriptionyouenterbecomesthedescriptionforyourfinalsavedmovie,whichisdisplayedbymanymediaplayerswhenthemovieisplayedback.Themaximumnumberofcharactersforthedescriptionis512.

Note

Theprojectpropertiesyouentercanbeseenbyanyonewhohasaccesstoyourfinalmoviebecausetheprojectpropertiesbecomethepropertiesforyoursavedmovieaswell.Therefore,donotenteranypersonalinformationintheProjectPropertiesdialogboxthatyoudonotwantotherstosee.Formoreinformationaboutprivacy,seetheWindowsMovieMakerprivacystatementattheMicrosoftWebsite.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=10639

Relatedtopics

ToeditprojectpropertiesTodisplayprojectpropertiesinWindowsExplorerPreviewingprojectsandclips


Toeditprojectproperties

1. OntheFilemenu,clickProperties.2. IntheProjectPropertiesdialogbox,enterthefollowinginformation:

IntheTitlebox,typeatitleforyourproject.IntheAuthorbox,typethenameoftheauthoroftheproject.IntheCopyrightbox,typeanycopyrightinformationyouwanttoadd.IntheRatingbox,typearatingforthecurrentproject.IntheDescriptionbox,typeashortdescriptionforyourproject.

Note

Theprojectpropertiesbecomethepropertiesofthefinalsavedmovie.Manyofthepropertiesyouenter,suchasthetitle,author,copyrightinformation,andsoforthcanbedisplayedbymanymediaplayerswhenyourfinalsavedmovieisplayedback.

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TodisplayprojectpropertiesinWindowsExplorer

1. OntheStartmenu,pointtoAllPrograms,pointtoAccessories,andthenclickWindowsExplorer.

2. OntheViewmenu,clickDetails.3. OntheViewmenu,clickChooseDetails.4. IntheChooseDetailsdialog,choosethedetailsyouwanttoviewforyourWindowsMovieMakerprojectssuchasthefilename,author,projecttitle,andsoforth.

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Editingprojects

Tostartaprojectandbegincreatingyourmovie,youneedtoaddanyimportedorcapturedvideo,audio,orpicturestothestoryboard/timeline.Theclipsonstoryboard/timelinebecomethecontentsofyourprojectandfuturemovie.

Youcanusethestoryboard/timelinetocreateandeditprojects.Thestoryboardandtimelinebothdisplayyourworkinprogress,buteachprovidesadifferentviewofyourwork:

Thestoryboarddisplaysthesequenceofclips.Thetimelinedisplaysthetimingofclips.

Youcanswitchbetweenthestoryboardandtimelineasyouworkonaproject.

Afteryouaddclipstothestoryboard/timelinetocreateaproject,youcandothefollowing:

Rearrangetheclipsinthesequenceyouwant.Createtransitionsbetweenclips.Addvideoeffectstovideoclipsandpictures.Trimtheclipstohideunwantedsegments(onthetimelineviewonly).Splitandcombineclips.Addnarrationthatsynchronizeswiththeclips(onthetimelineviewonly).

Asyouworkonaproject,youcanpreviewitinthemonitoratanytimetogetanideaoftheendresult.Youcansaveyourwork-in-progressasaprojectandreturntoworkonitagain.

Beforeyoucansendaprojectasanattachmentinane-mailmessage,toaWebserver,orrecorditbacktotapeinaDVcamera,youmustfirstsaveitasamovie.

Relatedtopics

ToswitchtheviewofaprojectToaddacliptoaprojectToremoveaclipfromaprojectToclearthestoryboard/timelineTocreateanewprojectToopenaprojectZoominginandoutMovingandcopyingclipsUndoingactionsUsingAutoMovieUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Toswitchtheviewofaproject

OntheViewmenu,dooneofthefollowing:Toviewyourprojectonthestoryboard,clickStoryboard.Toviewyourprojectonthetimeline,clickTimeline.

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Editingprojects


Toaddacliptoaproject

1. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionthatcontainstheclipyouwanttoaddtoyourproject.Then,intheContentspane,clicktheclipyouwanttoadd.

2. OntheClipmenu,clickAddtoStoryboardorAddtoTimeline(dependingontheviewyouareworkingin).

Note

Toquicklyaddacliptoyourproject,dragtheclip(ormultipleclips)tothestoryboard/timeline.Forconsecutivefiles,clickthefirstclipinthelist,pressandholddowntheSHIFTkey,clickthelastclipinthelist,andthendragtheselectedclipstothestoryboard/timeline.Forfilesthatarenotconsecutive,pressandholddowntheCTRLkey,clickeachclipthatyouwanttoadd,andthendragtheselectedclipstothestoryboard/timeline.

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Editingprojects


Toremoveaclipfromaproject

Clicktheclipinthestoryboard/timeline,andthen,ontheEditmenu,clickDelete.

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Editingprojects


Toclearthestoryboard/timeline

OntheEditmenu,clickClearTimelineorClearStoryboard,dependingonwhichviewyouareworkingin.

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Editingprojects


Tocreateanewproject

OntheFilemenu,clickNewProject.

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Toopenaproject

1. OntheFilemenu,clickOpenProject.2. IntheFilenamebox,locatethesavedprojectfile,andclickOpen.

Theprojectappearsinthestoryboard/timeline.

Note

YoucanopenWindowsMovieMakerprojectfilesthathavebeencreatedandsavedineitherpreviousversionsorinthecurrentversionofWindowsMovieMaker.However,afteryouopenandthensavetheprojectfileinthecurrentversionofWindowsMovieMaker,theprojectcannotbeopenedinpreviousversionsofWindowsMovieMaker.

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Zoominginandout

Wheneditingcontentonthetimeline,youcanchangethelevelofdetailforthecontentbyzoominginorout.Byzoominginonthetimeline,thetimeisdisplayedinsmallerintervals,whichletsyouseeyourprojectingreaterdetail.Conversely,byzoomingoutonthetimeline,thetimeisdisplayedinlargerintervals,whichletsyouseeanoverallviewofthetimelineanditscontents.

Whenfirstbeginningtoedityourproject,youmightwanttozoomouttoviewthetimelineinlessdetail.Thisletsyouseeanoverallviewofthetimelineandhowthecontentsandindividualclipsarearranged.Afteryouhavearrangedtheclips,youcanzoominonthetimelineandeditindividualclipsonthetimeline.TheZoomtoFitcommandautomaticallyadjuststhetimelineintervaldisplayedsoyoucanseetheentirecontentsofyourprojectwithoutneedingtoscrollthroughthetimeline.

Justasyoucanzoominourzoomoutonthetimeline,youcanalsochangeyouroverallviewofthestoryboard.Youcandragthestoryboarduptoincreasethesizeofthecellsifyouwanttoseefewercellsonthestoryboardsothecellsappearlarger.Conversely,ifyouwantthecellstodisplaysmallersoyoucanseemorecellsonyourscreen,youcandragthestoryboarddowntodecreasethesizeofthecells.

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TozoominoroutonthetimelineTofitthetimelineonthescreenToincreaseordecreasethesizeofthestoryboardEditingprojects


Tozoominoroutonthetimeline

1. OntheViewmenu,clickTimeline.2. Dooneofthefollowing:

Toseeamoredetailedviewofthecontent,ontheViewmenu,clickZoomIn.Toseealessdetailedviewofthecontent,ontheViewmenu,clickZoomOut.

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Zoominginandout


Tofitthetimelineonthescreen

OntheViewmenu,clickZoomtoFit.

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Zoominginandout


Toincreaseordecreasethesizeofthestoryboard

Dooneofthefollowing:Toincreasethesizeofthestoryboard,clickthetopofthestoryboardanddragup.Todecreasethesizeofthestoryboard,clickthetopofthestoryboardanddragdown.

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Zoominginandout


Movingandcopyingclips

Youcancopyandmovefilesandclipsinthestoryboard/timelinetootherpartsofthestoryboard/timeline.Bymovingaclip,youcanchangeitspositiononthestoryboard/timelinewithouthavingtodeleteit,andthenaddittothestoryboard/timelineagain.Youcanincludethesamecontentmultipletimesinyourprojectbycopyingaclip.Forexample,youmighthaveashortvideoclipatthebeginningofyourprojectthatyouwanttorepeattwotimesbeforeplayingthemaincontentinyourproject.

Whenyoucopyormoveavideocliporpictureonthestoryboard/timeline,anyaddedvideoeffectisalsocopied,anditwillappearinthenewlocation.

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Tocopyacliponthestoryboard/timelineTomoveacliponthestoryboard/timelineTonudgeacliponthetimelineEditingprojects


Tocopyacliponthestoryboard/timeline

1. Onthestoryboard/timeline,selecttheclipyouwanttocopy.2. OntheEditmenu,clickCopy.3. Dooneofthefollowing,dependingonwhichviewyouareworkingin:

Onthestoryboard,clickthenextemptycell.Onthetimeline,movetheplaybackindicatortothepointwhereyouwanttopastetheclip.

4. OntheEditmenu,clickPaste.

Toselectmultipleclips,holddowntheCTRLkeyandclickeachclipthatyouwanttocopy.

Asanalternativetousingthemenucommandstocopyandpasteoneormoreclips,youcanalsousethemousetocopyandpaste.Todothis,holddowntheCTRLkeyandclickeachclipthatyouwanttocopy.WhilestillholdingdowntheCTRLkey,dragtheselectedcliporclipstothenewlocationonthestoryboard/timeline.Whenyoucopyclipsbyusingthemouse,asmallplussigninasquareappearstoindicatethattheclipisbeingcopied.

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Tomoveacliponthestoryboard/timeline

1. Onthestoryboard/timeline,selecttheclipyouwanttomove.

2. OntheEditmenu,clickCut.3. Dooneofthefollowing,dependingonwhichviewyouareworkingin:

Onthestoryboard,clickthenextemptycell.Onthetimeline,movetheplaybackindicatortothepointwhereyouwanttopastetheclip.


Toselectmultipleclips,holddowntheCTRLkeyandclickeachclipthatyouwanttocut.

Asanalternativetousingthemenucommandstocutandpasteoneormoreclips,youcanalsousethemousetocutandpaste.Todothis,holddowntheCTRLkeyandclickeachclipthatyouwanttomove,andthendragtheselectedcliptothenewlocationonthestoryboard/timeline.Whenyoumoveclipsbyusingthemouse,asquareappearstoindicatethatthefileorclipisbeingmoved.

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Tonudgeacliponthetimeline

1. Onthetimeline,selecttheclipontheVideotrack,Audio/Musictrack,orTitleOverlaytrackthatyouwanttomoveslightly.

2. Dooneofthefollowing,dependingonwhichwayyouwanttomovetheclip:

Tomovetheclipslightlytotheleftonthetimeline,ontheClipmenu,clickNudgeLeft.Tomovetheclipslightlytotherightonthetimeline,ontheClipmenu,clickNudgeRight.

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Undoingactions

YoucanundoandredoactionsbyusingtheUndoandRedocommandsontheEditmenu,oryoucanusetheUndoandRedobuttonsonthetoolbar.Whenyouundoorredoactionsbyusingthemenucommands,youcanonlyundoorredooneactionatatime.Ifyouwanttoundoorredomultipleactionsatonetime,youcanusetheUndoorRedobuttonsonthetoolbar.

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ToundothelastactionToredothelastundoneactionToundoorredomultipleactionsatonetimeEditingprojects


Toundothelastaction

OntheEditmenu,clickUndoActionName.

Note

ActionNamerepresentsthelastactiontitlethatappearsaftertheUndocommandontheEditmenu.Forexample,ifyouimportedseveralpicturefilesatonetime,thecommandwouldreadUndoImportFile.

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Undoingactions


Toredothelastundoneaction

OntheEditmenu,clickRedoActionName.

Note

ActionNamerepresentsthelastactiontitlethatappearsaftertheRedocommandontheEditmenu.Forexample,ifthelastactionwastoremoveimportedpicturefiles,andyouwantedtore-importthepictures,thecommandisRedoImportFile.

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Undoingactions


Toundoorredomultipleactionsatonetime

Dooneofthefollowing:Ifyouwanttoundomultipleactions,onthetoolbar,clickthearrownexttoUndo,andclicktheactionsyouwanttoundo.Ifyouwanttoredomultipleactions,onthetoolbar,clickthearrownexttoRedo,andclicktheactionsyouwanttoredo.

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Undoingactions


UsingAutoMovie

AutoMoviehelpsyouquicklycreateamoviebyautomaticallycreatingamoviebasedontheselectedclipsorcollection.Thishelpsyouquicklycreateamovieautomatically.AutoMovieanalyzesthecurrentvideo,pictures,andmusic,andcombinesthedifferentelementstomakeonemoviebasedontheautomaticeditingstyleyouchoose.

TouseAutoMovie,thefollowingmustbetrue:

AcollectionormultipleclipsmustbeselectedintheCollectionspaneorContentspanerespectively.Thecurrentselectionmustcontainvideoand/orpicturesthathaveacombineddurationofatleast30seconds.Eachpicturehasadurationof6seconds.Anaudioclipmustbeatleast30secondslong.

AfteryoucreateanAutoMovie,youcanchoosetosaveitasamovieusingtheSaveMovieWizardoryoucanchoosetomakefurthereditstoyourmovie,justasyouwouldwhencreatingaprojectandmovieonyourowninWindowsMovieMaker.

Whenyouchoosetocreateamovieautomatically,AutoMovieproceedsasfollows:

1. SelectanAutoMovieeditingstyleyouwanttouseforyourmovie.FormoreinformationaboutselectinganAutoMovieeditingstyle,seeSelectinganAutoMovieeditingstyle.

2. Entertextforthetitleofyourmovie.Formoreinformationaboutenteringtitletext,seeEnteringtitletext.

3. Selectanaudioormusicfiletobeusedasthebackgroundmusicforyourmovie.Formoreinformationaboutselectingmusicforyourmovie,seeSelectingbackgroundmusic.

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TocreateanAutoMovie

Editingprojects


TocreateanAutoMovie

1. SelectacollectionintheCollectionspaneorselectmultipleclipsintheContentspane.

2. OntheToolsmenu,clickAutoMovie.

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IntheMovieTaskspane,underEditMovie,clickMakeanAutoMovie.

3. OntheSelectanAutoMovieEditingStylepage,selectanAutoMovieeditingstyle.

4. UnderMoreoptions,clickEnteratitleforthemovie.5. IntheEnterTextforTitlepage,typethetextyouwanttoappearasthetitle.

6. UnderMoreoptions,clickSelectaudioorbackgroundmusic.

7. InAudioandmusicfiles,dooneofthefollowing:Selectanaudioormusicfilefromthecurrentlist.ClickBrowsetoimportanaudioormusicfileonyourharddiskintoWindowsMovieMakertouseinyourmovie.SelectNoneifyoudonotwantanyaudioormusicaddedtoyourmovie.

8. Dooneofthefollowing:ToincreasetheaudiolevelofanaudioclipontheAudio/Musictrack,dragthesliderbartowardsAudio/Music.ToincreasetheaudioleveloftheaudioontheAudiotrackthatispartofavideoclip,dragthesliderbartowardsAudiofromvideo.

9. ClickDone,editmovietocreatetheAutoMovieandaddtheclipstothestoryboard/timeline.

ThetimeittakesfortheAutoMovietobecreatedandaddedtothestoryboard/timelinedependsonthedurationandamountofaudio,video,andpicturesyouselectedorintheselectedcollection.

Note

Toselectmultiplecontiguousclips,clickthefirstclip,pressandholddowntheSHIFTkey,andthenclickthelastclip.Toselectoneclipatatime,pressandholddowntheCTRLkey,andthenclickeachclipthatyouwanttobeincludedinthemovieyoucreatebyusingtheAutoMoviefeature.

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UsingAutoMovie


SelectinganAutoMovieeditingstyle

ThispageletsyouchoosetheAutoMovieeditingstyleyouwanttouseforthemovieyouarecreating.ForeachAutoMoviestyle,differentalgorithmsareusedbyWindowsMovieMakertocreateyourAutoMoviebasedontheselectedcollectionorclips.


AutoMovieeditingstyles

SpecifiestheAutoMovieeditingstyleyouwanttouse.TheNameoftheAutoMovieeditingstyleisdisplayedintheNamecolumnwhileashortdescriptionoftheAutoMovieeditingstyleisdisplayedintheDescriptioncolumn.

Enteratitleforthemovie

ClicktogototheEnterTextforTitlepage,andthentypethenewtextforthetitle.

Selectaudioorbackgroundmusic

ClicktogototheAddAudioorBackgroundMusicpage,andthenselectmusicandadjusttheaudiolevelsforyourmovie.

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UsingAutoMovie


Enteringtitletext

Thispageprovidesaspacewhereyoucanenterthetextforyourtitleorcredits.ThispageissimilartothepagethatisdisplayedwhenyouareaddingatitleandenteringtextforthetitleasyounormallywouldinWindowsMovieMakerwhenaddingatitleandcreatingamovieonyourown.

Thefollowingappearsonthispage.

EnterTextforTitle

Thetextareaprovidesaspaceforyoutoenterthetextforyourtitle.Asyoutypemoretext,thetextfontsizeisappearssmallertoaccommodatelargeramountsoftext.Toaddatitletothestoryboard/timeline,youmustenteratleastonecharacter.

SelectanAutoMovieeditingstyle

ClicktogototheSelectanAutoMovieEditingStylepage,andthenchooseanAutoMovieeditingstyleforyourmovie.

Selectaudioorbackgroundmusic

ClicktogototheAddAudioorBackgroundMusicpage,andthenselectmusicandadjusttheaudiolevelsforyourmovie.

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UsingAutoMovie


Selectingbackgroundmusic

ThispageletsyouchoosethebackgroundmusicorotheraudioforyourAutoMovie.YoucanchoosetomusicthathasbeenimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker,oryoucanchoosetoimportexistingmusicfromanotherlocationaccessiblefromyourcomputer.


Audioormusicfiles

SpecifiestheaudioormusicyouwanttouseforyourAutoMovie.TheaudioormusicthatappearsinthelistdependsonthemusicthatwasinthecollectionorselectionwhenstartingtocreateanAutoMovie.Ifyoudonotseethemusicyouwanttouseinyourmovieinthelistofavailableaudioormusicfiles,youcanclickBrowsetoimportanaudioormusicfilefromanotherlocationtouseinyourmovie.

Audiolevels

AdjuststheaudiolevelsbetweentheAudioandAudio/Musictracks(theaudiothatwascapturedaspartofavideoclipontheAudiotrack,andtheaudiothatwascapturedorimportedandaddedtotheAudio/Musictrack).Adjustingtheaudiolevelsdetermineswhichaudioplayslouderthantheotherinyourmovie.

Enteratitleforthemovie


SelectanAutoMovieeditingstyle

ClicktogototheSelectanAutoMovieEditingStylepage,andthenchooseanAutoMovieeditingstyleforyourmovie.

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UsingAutoMovie


Editingclips

Youhaveseveraloptionsforeditingclips:

Splittingaclip.Youcansplitavideoclipintotwoclips.Thisisusefulifyouwanttoinserteitherapictureoravideotransitioninthemiddleofaclip.Youcansplitaclipthatappearsonthestoryboard/timelineofacurrentproject,oryoucansplittheclipintheContentspane.Combiningclips.Youcancombinetwoormorecontiguousvideoclips.Contiguousmeanstheclipswerecapturedtogethersothattheendtimeofoneclipisthesameasthestarttimeofthenextclip.Combiningclipsisusefulifyouhaveseveralshortclipsandyouwanttoviewthemasonecliponthestoryboard/timeline.Similartosplittingaclip,youcancombinecontiguousclipsintheContentspaneoronthestoryboard/timeline.Trimmingaclip.Youcanhidepartsofaclipyoudonotwantinyourproject.Forexample,youcantrimthebeginningorendofaclip.Trimmingdoesnotremovetheinformationfromthesourcematerial;youcanclearthetrimpointstoreturnthecliptoitsoriginallengthatanytime.Clipscanonlybetrimmedaftertheyhavebeenaddedtothestoryboard/timeline.YoucannottrimclipsintheContentspane.

Dragthetrimhandles,whichareshowninthefollowingillustration,totrimtheunwantedportionsoftheclip.

Creatingclips.YoualsocreateclipsfromvideoclipsaftertheyhavebeenimportedorcapturedinWindowsMovieMaker.ThisletsyoucreateclipsatanytimewhenworkinginWindowsMovieMaker.Byseparatingvideoclipsintosmallerclips,youcaneasilyfindaparticularpartofyourcapturedorimportedvideotouseinyourmovie.

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SplittingandcombiningclipsTrimmingclipsCreatingclipsUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Splittingandcombiningclips

Youcansplitorcombineaudio,video,andpicturesintosmaller,moremanageableclips.Whenyousplitavideooraudioclip,thelargeclipisdividedintotwosmallerclips.Forexample,ifyouhaveavideoclip,andyouwanttoinsertavideotransitioninthemiddleofit,youcansplitthevideoclipatthepointwhereyouwanttoinsertthevideotransitionandthenaddthedesiredtransition.

ThefollowingtableindicateswhereyoucansplitthedifferenttypesofdigitalmediafilesinWindowsMovieMaker.

Digitalmediaclip

Contentspane

Storyboard Timeline

Video X X XAudio X XPictures X X

Conversely,youmighthaveafilethatwasdividedintosmallerclipsthatyouwanttocombine.Youcancombinecontiguousclips.Contiguousclipsmeansthatthestarttimeofthesecondclipimmediatelyfollowstheendtimeofthefirstclip.Forexample,ifyouhaveavideooraudiofilethatwasdividedintoclipswhenitwasimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker,andtheclipsarenamedClip1,Clip2,andClip3,inthatorder,youcouldcombineClip1andClip2,orClip2andClip3.However,youcannotcombineClip1andClip3becausetheyarenotcontiguous.YoucancombinecontiguousvideoclipsintheContentspanebeforeaddingthecliporclipstothestoryboard/timeline.

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TosplitavideooraudioclipTocombineasplitaudioorvideoclipEditingclips


Tosplitavideooraudioclip

1. IntheContentspaneoronthestoryboard/timeline,clicktheclipyouwanttosplit.

2. OnthePlaymenu,clickPlayClip,andthenclickPauseCliponthePlaymenutopausethevideoatthepointyouwanttosplittheclip.

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Onthemonitor,movetheplaybackindicatorontheseekbartothepointyouwanttosplittheclip.

3. OntheClipmenu,clickSplit.

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Tocombineasplitaudioorvideoclip

1. IntheContentspaneoronthestoryboard/timeline,holddowntheCTRLkey,andthenselectthecontiguousclipsyouwanttocombine.

2. OntheClipmenu,clickCombine.

Thenameandpropertyinformationofthefirstclipinthegroupisusedforthenewclipandthetimeisadjustedaccordingly.

Note

Toselectconsecutiveclips,clickthefirstclip,pressandholddowntheSHIFTkey,andthenclickthelastclip.Toselectoneclipatatime,pressandholddowntheCTRLkey,andthenclickeachclipthatyouwanttocombine.

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Trimmingclips

Bytrimmingclips,youcaneditthestartingandendingpoint—andthereforethelength—ofanyvideooraudioclipsthatyouhaveaddedtoyourprojectonthetimeline.Whentrimming,youcansetthestartandendtrimpoints.Thestarttrimpointdetermineswhentheclipwillbegintoplay,andtheendtrimpointdetermineswhentheclipwillstopplayinginyourproject.

Bytrimmingclips,youcanhideunwantedpartsofanaudioorvideocliporfile.Whenyoutrimaclip,theinformationisnotremoved;itishiddenfromyouraudience,sounwantedpartsdonotappearinyourprojectandfinalsavedmovie.Youcandragthetrimhandles,whichareshowninthefollowingillustration,totrimtheunwantedpartsoftheclip.

Ifyoutrimanaudioorvideocliptoomuchortoolittle,youcanadjustorcleartheestablishedtrimpointsinWindowsMovieMaker.

Note

Theplaybacktimeforvideoandaudioclipscannotbeextended.

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TotrimaclipTocleartrimpointsEditingclips


Totrimaclip

1. OntheViewmenu,clickTimeline.2. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionthatcontainstheclipyouwanttoadd,andthenclicktheclipyouwanttotrimintheContentspane.

3. OntheClipmenu,clickAddtoTimeline.4. Onthetimeline,selecttheclipyouwanttotrim.5. Onthetimeline,clicktheplaybackindicatoranddragittothepointwhereyouwanttotrimtheclip.

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Usetheplaybackcontrolsonthemonitortogotothepointwhereyouwanttotrimtheclip.

6. Dothefollowing:Whentheplaybackindicatorisatthepointwhereyouwanttheselectedvideooraudiocliptostartplayingback,ontheClipmenu,clickSetStartTrimPoint.Whentheplaybackindicatorisatthepointwhereyouwanttheselectedvideooraudiocliptostopplayingback,ontheClipmenu,clickSetEndTrimPoint.

Note

Youcanalsodragthetrimhandlestosetthestartandendtrimpoints.Thetrimhandlesappearwhentheclipisselectedonthetimeline.

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Trimmingclips


Tocleartrimpoints

1. Onthetimelinewithaprojectopened,clickthetrimmedclip.

2. OntheClipmenu,clickClearTrimPoints.

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Trimmingclips


Creatingclips

Creatingclipsletsyouseparateyourvideoclipsintosmaller,moremanageablepieces.

ClipscanbecreatedwhenyouoriginallyimportavideofileintoWindowsMovieMakerifyouhaveselectedtheCreateclipsforvideofilescheckbox.However,ifthischeckboxisnotselectedwhenyouimportavideofile,thefileisimportedasasinglecliprathersmallermultipleclips.Youcanthenuseclipdetectionlatertodivideavideofileintosmallerclips.

Clipsarecreatedinavarietyofways,dependingonthevideofileandvideosource.

VideofromaDVcamera.IfyoucapturevideofromaDVcamerathatisconnectedtoanIEEE1394port,clipsarecreatedbasedonthetimestampinsertedinthevideobytheDVcamera.Ifnotimestamporothermarkersarepresent,theresultingvideofileisdividedintoclipsbasedoneachsignificantframechangeinthevideo.

IfyouimportanexistingDV-AVIfileintoWindowsMovieMakerandtimestampmarkersappearintheAVIvideofile,thefileisalsoseparatedintosmallerclipsaccordingtotimestampinformation.

CapturingvideofromananalogvideocameraorWebcamera.IfyoucapturevideofromananalogcameraorWebcamera,aclipiscreatedwhenthereisasubstantialchangeinoneframeofthevideocomparedtothenextframe.Thismethodisusedforbothliveandexistingcontentfromananalogsource.

Thesizeanddurationoftheclipsisbasedonthedurationoftheentirevideofile.Therefore,videofilesthatarelongerinlengthwillhaveclipsthatarelongerindurationcomparedtotheclipscreatedwhenashortervideofileisclip

detected.

WindowsMediafiles.IfyouimportaWindowsMediafilewithan.asfor.wmvfilenameextensionthathasfilemarkersinserted,aclipiscreatedforeachmarker.Themarkershelptodividethefileintomanageablesizes.

IfthesourceWindowsMediafilecontainsnomarkersoronlyonemarker,aclipiscreatedwhenthereisasubstantialchangeinoneframeofthevideocomparedtothenextframe.

Thetimeittakestodetectclipsinavideofileincreasesasthelengthofthevideofileincreases.IfyouclickCancelwhileclipdetectionisoccurring,clipdetectionstopsatthecurrentpointinthevideofile,theclipsthathavebeendetectedappear,andthelastclipcontainstheportionofthevideofilethatremainedwhenclipdetectionwascancelled.Youcanlaterclickthelastclipandthencreatenewclipsstartingfromthelastclipatwhichclipcreationwasoriginallycancelled.

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TocreateclipsforanexistingvideoclipImportingvideofilesandclipdetectionEditingclips


Tocreateclipsforanexistingvideoclip

1. IntheContentspane,selectthevideoclipforwhichyouwanttodetectclips.

2. OntheToolsmenu,clickCreateClips.

Note

Thevideoclipisdividedintoclipsaccordingtothevideosource.IfthevideoclipisfromaDVcamera,clipsarecreatedbasedonthetimestampsinsertedbytheDVcamera.Iftimestampsorotherfilemarkersarenotpresent,clipsarebasedoneachsignificantframechangeinthevideo.Ifthevideoclipisfromananalogsource,clipsarecreatedbasedoneachsignificantframechangeinthevideo.

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Usingvideotransitions,videoeffects,andtitles

Youcanenhanceyourmoviesbyaddingdifferentelementstoyourmovie,suchasthefollowing:

Videotransitions.Avideotransitioncontrolshowyourmovieplaysfromonevideocliporpicturetothenext.Youcanaddatransitionbetweentwopictures,videoclips,ortitles,inanycombination,onthestoryboard/timeline.Thetransitionplaysbeforetheoneclipendsandwhiletheotherclipstartstoplay.WindowsMovieMakercontainsvarioustransitionsyoucanaddtoyourproject.TransitionsarestoredintheVideoTransitionsfolderintheCollectionspane.Videoeffects.Avideoeffectdetermineshowavideoclip,picture,ortitledisplaysinyourprojectandfinalmovie.Videoeffectsletyouaddspecialeffectstoyourmovie.Avideoeffectisappliedfortheentiredurationthatthevideoclip,picture,ortitledisplaysinyourmovie.YoucanaddanyofthevideoeffectsthatappearintheVideoEffectsfolderintheCollectionspane.Titlesandcredits.Titlesandcreditsletyouenhanceyourmoviebyaddingtext-basedinformationtoyourmovie.Youcanaddwhatevertextyouwant,butyoumaywanttoincludeinformationsuchasthetitleofyourmovie,yourname,thedate,andsoforth.Youcanchangetheappearanceofthetitleorcredit,inadditiontochangingthetitleanimation,whichdetermineshowyourtitleorcreditdisplaysinyourmovie.

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WorkingwithvideotransitionsUsingvideoeffectsAddingtitlesandcreditsUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Workingwithvideotransitions

Avideotransitioncontrolshowyourmovieplaysfromonevideocliporpicturetothenext.Youcanaddatransitionbetweentwopictures,videoclips,ortitles,inanycombination,onthestoryboard/timeline.Thetransitionplaysbeforetheoneclipendsandwhiletheotherclipstartstoplay.WindowsMovieMakercontainsvarioustransitionsyoucanaddtoyourproject.TransitionsarestoredintheVideoTransitionsfolderinthecollectionspane.

Youcanchangetheplaybackdurationofavideotransitionuptothedurationoftheshorterofthetwoadjacentclips.Ifyoudragthevideocliporpictureonthetimelinethatyouwanttotransitiontooverthecliporpicturethatyouwanttotransitionfrom,across-fadeisaddedasthedefaulttransitionbetweenthetwoclips.Therewillbeastraightcut(nofade)betweentwoclipsifyoudonotcreateatransition.

AnytransitionsyouaddappearontheTransitiontrackofthetimeline.Toseethistrack,youmustexpandtheVideotrack.Thevideotransitionlengthisdeterminedbytheamountofoverlapbetweentwoclips.Thefollowingillustrationdisplaysaprojectonthetimelinewithanaddedvideotransition.

Thefollowingillustrationdisplaysaprojectonthestoryboardwithavideotransition.Anytransitionsyouaddappearinatransitioncellbetweentwovideoclipsorpictures.

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ToaddavideotransitionTochangethevideotransitiondurationToremoveavideotransitionTospecifydefaultdurationsUsingvideotransitions,videoeffects,andtitles


Toaddavideotransition

1. Onthestoryboard/timeline,selectthesecondofthetwovideoclipsorpicturesthatyouwanttoaddatransitionbetween.

2. OntheToolsmenu,clickVideoTransitions.

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IntheMovieTaskspane,underEditMovie,clickViewvideotransitions.

3. IntheContentspane,clickthevideotransitionyouwanttoadd.

4. OntheClipmenu,clickAddtoTimelineorAddtoStoryboard.

Note

YoucanalsoaddavideotransitionbydraggingittothetimelineanddroppingitbetweenthetwoclipsontheVideotrack.Or,onthestoryboard,youcandragthevideotransitiontothevideotransitioncellbetweentwovideoclipsorpictures.

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Tochangethevideotransitionduration

OntheTransitiontrackofthetimeline,dooneofthefollowing:

Toincreasethetransitionduration,dragthebeginningofthetransitiontowardsthebeginningofthetimeline.Todecreasethetransitionduration,dragthebeginningofthetransitiontowardstheendofthetimeline.

Note

ToviewtheTransitiontrackofthetimeline,expandtheVideotrack.TheoriginaldefaulttimethetransitionappearsisdeterminedbythevaluefortheTransitiondurationboxontheAdvancedtaboftheOptionsdialogbox.

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Toremoveavideotransition

1. Dooneofthefollowing:Onthestoryboard,selectthetransitioncellthatcontainsthetransitionyouwanttoremove.Onthetimeline,clickthetransitionthatyouwanttoremoveontheTransitiontrack.

2. OntheEditmenu,clickDelete.

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Usingvideoeffects

Avideoeffectdetermineshowavideoclip,picture,ortitledisplaysinyourprojectandfinalmovie.Videoeffectsletyouaddspecialeffectstoyourmovie.Forexample,youmighthavevideothatyoucapturedthatyouwanttoage,soithasaclassic,old-timemovielook.YoucanaddoneoftheFilmAgevideoeffectstoavideocliporpicture.Avideoeffectisappliedfortheentiredurationthatthevideoclip,picture,ortitledisplaysinyourmovie.YoucanaddanyofthevideoeffectsthatappearintheVideoEffectsfolderintheCollectionspane.

Videoeffectsaremaintainedwhenyousplit,cut,copy,ormoveavideocliporpicture.Forexample,ifyouaddtheGrayscalevideoeffect,andthensplittheclip,theGrayscalevideoeffectisappliedtobothclips.However,ifyoucombinetwovideoclips,thevideoeffectsthatwereassociatedwiththefirstclipareappliedtothenewcombinedclip,andthevideoeffectsthatwereassociatedwiththesecondclipareremoved.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsaprojectonthetimelinewithanaddedvideoeffect.AniconappearsonthevideocliporpicturethatyouappliedtheeffecttoontheVideotrack.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsaprojectonthestoryboardwithanaddedvideoeffect.Anicon,highlightedinthesquare,appearsinthevideoeffectscelltoindicatethatavideoeffectisapplied.

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ToaddavideoeffectToremoveavideoeffectChangingvideoeffectsUsingvideotransitions,videoeffects,andtitles


Toaddavideoeffect

1. Onthestoryboard/timeline,selectthevideocliporpicturetowhichyouwanttoaddthevideoeffect.

2. OntheToolsmenu,clickVideoEffects.

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IntheMovieTaskspane,underEditMovie,clickViewvideoeffects.

3. IntheContentspane,clickthevideoeffectyouwanttoadd.4. OntheClipmenu,clickAddtoTimelineorAddtoStoryboard.

Note

YoucanalsoaddaneffectbydraggingtheeffectanddroppingitonthepictureorvideoclipontheVideotrackofthetimelineortothevideoeffectcellofthevideocliporpictureonthestoryboard.

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Usingvideoeffects


Toremoveavideoeffect

1. Selectthevideocliporpictureinthestoryboard/timelinethatyouwanttoremoveavideoeffectfrom.

2. OntheClipmenu,pointtoVideo,andthenclickVideoeffects.

3. IntheDisplayedeffectsarea,clicktheeffectyouwanttoremove,andthenclickRemove.

Note

Youcanalsoremoveavideoeffectbyselectingthevideoeffectcellinthestoryboardthatcontainstheeffectyouwanttoremove,andthenpressingtheDELETEkey.

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Changingvideoeffects

ThisdialogboxprovidessettingsforaddingandremovingvideoeffectsfortheselecteddigitalmediaclipontheVideotrackofthetimelineorontheselectedvideoclip,picture,ortitleonthestoryboard.

Thefollowingoptionsareavailableinthisdialogbox.

Availableeffects

Liststhevideoeffectsyoucanaddtotheselectedvideo,picture,ortitle.

Add

Clicktoaddthevideoeffecttothecurrentlyselectedvideo,picture,ortitle.

Displayedeffects

Liststhevideoeffectsthatareaddedtothecurrentlyselectedvideo,picture,ortitle.Thesevideoeffectsaredisplayedwhenthepicture,title,orvideoplaysinyourfinalmovie.

MoveUp

Clicktomovethevideoeffectupinthelist.Forexample,ifyouappliedtheFadeIn,FromBlackvideoeffectandthenappliedtheFadeIn,FromWhitevideoeffectandwantedtheFadeIn,FromWhitetoplayfirst,youcouldclicktheFadeIn,FromWhiteeffectandclicktheMoveUpbutton,soitplaysfirst.

MoveDown

Clicktomovethevideoeffectdowninthelist.Forexample,ifyouappliedtheFadeIn,FromBlackvideoeffectandthenappliedtheFadeIn,FromWhitevideoeffectandwantedtheFadeIn,FromWhitetoplaylast,youcouldclicktheFadeIn,

FromWhiteeffectandclicktheMoveDownbutton,soitplayslast.

Remove

ClicktoremovetheselectedvideoeffectintheDisplayedeffectsbox,sothevideoeffectisnotdisplayedintheprojectandfinalmovie.

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ToaddorremovevideoeffectsUsingvideoeffects


Toaddorremovevideoeffects

1. OntheVideotrackofthetimelineoronthestoryboard,clickthevideoclip,picture,ortitlesthatyouwanttoaddavideoeffecttoorremoveavideoeffectfrom.

2. OntheClipmenu,pointtoVideo,andthenclickVideoEffects.

3. Doonethefollowing:Toremoveavideoeffect,intheDisplayedeffectsarea,clicktheeffect,andthenclickRemove.Repeatasnecessary.Toaddavideoeffect,intheAvailableeffectsarea,clicktheeffectyouwanttoadd,andthenclickAdd.Repeatasnecessary.

Note

Ifyouaddmultiplevideoeffects,youcanchangetheorderinwhichtheydisplaybyusingtheMoveUporMoveDownbuttons.Toquicklyaddavideoeffect,youcandragavideoeffectanddropitonavideoclip,picture,ortitleonthestoryboard/timeline.

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Changingvideoeffects


Addingtitlesandcredits

Titlesandcreditsletyouenhanceyourmoviebyaddingtext-basedinformationtoyourmovie.Youcanaddwhatevertextyouwant,butyoumaywanttoincludeinformationsuchasthetitleofyourmovie,yourname,thedate,andsoforth.

Youcanaddatitletovariousplacesinyourmovie:atthebeginningorendofamovie,beforeorafteraclip,oroverlayingaclip.Thetitleplaysforthespecifiedamountoftime,andthenthevideocliporpicturedisplaysinyourmovie.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsaprojectthatcontainsatitlethatdisplaysbeforeavideoclip.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsaprojectthatcontainsatitlethatdisplaysasatitleoverlayoveravideoclip.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsaprojectthatcontainscreditsthatdisplayattheendoftheproject.

Whenaddingtitlesorcreditstoamovie,dothefollowing:

1. Selectwhereyouwantyourtitletoappearinyourmovie.Formoreinformationaboutselectingatitlelocation,seeChoosingthetitlelocation.

2. Entertextforthetitle.Formoreinformationaboutaddingtitletext,seeEnteringtitletext.

3. Selectananimationstyleforthetitle.Formoreinformationaboutchoosingatitleanimation,seeChoosingthetitleanimation.

4. Selectthefontandcolorsforyourtitle.Formoreinformation,seeSelectingthetitlefontandcolors.

5. Addthetitletoyourmovie.

Relatedtopics

ToaddatitleorcreditToeditanexistingtitleTochangethetitledurationToremoveatitleUsingvideotransitions,videoeffects,andtitles


Toaddatitleorcredit

1. OntheToolsmenu,clickTitlesandCredits.

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IntheMovieTaskspane,underEditMovie,clickMaketitlesorcredits.

2. OntheWheredoyouwanttoaddatitle?page,clickoneofthelinksdependingonwhereyouwanttoaddthetitle.

3. IntheEnterTextforTitlepage,typethetextyouwanttoappearasthetitle.

4. ClickChangethetitleanimation,andthenontheChoosetheTitleAnimationpage,selectatitleanimationfromthelist.

5. ClickChangethetextfontandcolor,andthenontheSelectTitleFontandColorpage,choosethefont,fontcolor,formatting,backgroundcolor,transparency,fontsize,andpositionofthetitle.

6. ClickDone,addtitletomovietoaddthetitletoyourmovie.

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Toeditanexistingtitle

1. Onthestoryboard/timeline,selectthetitleyouwanttoedit.2. OntheEditmenu,clickEditTitle.3. OntheEnterTextforTitlepage,typethetextyouwanttoappearasthetitle.

4. Ifyouwanttochangethetitleanimation,clickChangethetitleanimation.Then,ontheChoosetheTitleAnimationpage,selectatitleanimationfromthelist.

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Ifyouwanttochangethetextandfontcolors,clickChangethetextfontandcolor.Then,ontheSelectTitleFontandColorpage,choosethefont,fontcolor,formatting,backgroundcolor,transparency,fontsize,andpositionofthetitletext.

5. ClickDonetoaddthetitletoyourmovie.

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Tochangethetitleduration

1. Afterthetitleisaddedtothestoryboard/timeline,ontheViewmenu,clickTimeline.

2. Selectthetitleyouwanttochangethedurationthatitdisplays.

3. Dooneofthefollowing:Toextendtheplaybackdurationofthetitle,dragtheendtrimhandletowardtheendofthetimeline.Toreducetheplaybackdurationofthetitle,dragthestarttrimhandletowardtheendofthetimeline.

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Toremoveatitle

1. Onthestoryboard/timeline,selectthetitleyouwanttoremovefromyourmovie.


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Choosingthetitlelocation

Thispageletsyouspecifywhereyouwanttoaddatitleorcreditinyourmovie.Byselectingoneofthefollowinglinks,youcanbegincreatingandaddingtitlesorcreditstoyourmovie.


Addtitleatthebeginningofthemovie.

Specifiesthatyouwanttoaddatitleatthebeginningofthemovie.Youmightwanttoaddatitleatthebeginningofthemovietointroduceittoyouraudience.

Wherethetitleisaddeddependsontheviewyouareworkingin.Inthestoryboardview,thetitleappearsonthefirstcellofthestoryboard.Inthetimelineview,thetitleappearsasthefirstclipontheVideotrackofthetimeline.

Addtitlebeforetheselectedcliponthestoryboard/timeline.

Specifiesthatyouwanttoaddatitlebeforetheselectedcliponthestoryboard/timeline.Youmightwanttoaddatitlethatintroducesaparticularvideocliporpictureinyourmovie.

Wherethetitleisaddeddependsontheviewyouareworkingin.Inthestoryboardview,thetitleappearsbeforetheselectedcellofthestoryboard.Inthetimelineview,thetitleappearsbeforetheselectedclipontheVideotrackofthetimeline.

Addtitleontheselectedcliponthestoryboard/timeline.

Specifiesthatyouwanttoaddatitleontheselectedvideocliponthetimeline.Whenyouselectthisoption,thetitleappearsasanoverlaytitleontopofthevideoinyourmovieasitplaysback.

Overlaytitlescanonlybeaddedinthetimelineview.

ThetitleappearsontheselectedvideoclipontheTitleOverlaytrackofthetimeline.

Addtitleaftertheselectedcliponthestoryboard/timeline.

Specifiesthatyouwanttoaddatitleaftertheselectedcliponthestoryboard/timeline.Youmightwanttoaddatitleafteraclipinthemovietointroducethenextcliportomovefromonepartofthemovietothenext.

Wherethetitleisaddeddependsontheviewyouareworkingin.Inthestoryboardview,thetitleappearsaftertheselectedcell.Inthetimelineview,thetitleappearsaftertheselectedclipontheVideotrackofthetimeline.

Addcreditsattheendofthemovie.

Specifiesthatyouwanttoaddcreditsattheendofthemovie.Creditsletyouconcludeyourmovie.Youmaywanttoaddinformationaboutthetitleofthemovie,aswellasthepeopleshowninthemovie.

Wherethecreditsareaddeddependsontheviewyouareworkingin.Inthestoryboardview,thecreditsappearonthelastcellofthestoryboard.Inthetimelineview,thecreditsappearafterthelastclipontheVideotrackofthetimelinebydefault.

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Enteringtitletext

Thispageprovidesaspacewhereyoucanenterthetextforyourtitleorcredits.


EnterTextforTitle

Providesaspaceforyoutoenterthetextforyourtitle.Thetextareaisdividedintotwoparts(asthedefaultorifyouhaveselectedatitleanimationthatisinthegroupingTitles,TwoLinesontheChoosetheTitleAnimationpage).Thisletsyouchoosetoaddoneortwolinesoftextforyourtitle,dependingonthetextyouwanttoaddandthetitleanimationyouchoose.

Asyoutypemoretext,thefontsizewillbecomesmallertoaccommodatelargeramountsoftext.Toaddatitletothestoryboard/timeline,youmustenteratleastonecharacter.

Changethetitleanimation

ClicktogototheChooseaTitleAnimationpageandthenchooseanewtitleanimation.

Changethetextfontandcolor

ClicktogototheSelectTitleFontandColorpageandthenspecifythefont,fontsize,formatting,andcolorsusedforyourtitle.

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Choosingthetitleanimation

Thispageletsyouchoosetheanimationforthetitleyouarecreating.Thetitleanimationdetermineshowyourtitleplaysbackinyourmovie.Forexample,theTypewritertitleanimationdisplaystitletextonecharacteratatime.

Thedifferenttitleanimationsyoucanchoosefromareseparatedintothefollowingcategories.

Titles,OneLine

Titlesinthiscategoryareidealfortitleswithonelineoftext.Whenatitleanimationisselectedinthiscategory,thetextareaforenteringthetitletextappearsasonelargetextbox.Thetextyouenterthenappearsallatonceinyourmovieregardlessofwhetheryourtitlecontainsoneormorelinesoftext.Thetitleanimationsinthiscategoryarebestsuitedfortitlesthatcontainonelineoftext.

Titleanimationsthataredesignedtobeappliedasoverlaytitles,wherethetextappearsoveravideocliporpicture,havethenotation(overlay)attheendofthetitleanimationdescription.

Titles,TwoLines

Titlesinthiscategoryareidealfortitleswithtwolinesoftext.Whenatitleanimationisselectedinthiscategory,thetextareaforenteringthetitletextappearsastwoareas.Thefirstlineoftextyouenterappearsfirstandthenthesecondlineoftextappearsshortlyafterthefirstlineoftextisdisplayed.Thetitleanimationsinthiscategoryarebestsuitedfortitlesthatcontaintwoormorelinesoftext.

Titleanimationsthataredesignedtobeappliedasoverlaytitles,wherethetextappearsoveravideocliporpicture,havethenotation(overlay)attheendofthetitleanimation

description.

Credits

Titlesinthiscategoryareidealfordisplayingmoviecredits,whichtypicallyappearattheendofthemovie.Whenatitleanimationisselectedinthiscategory,thetextareaforenteringthecreditstextappearsasasmallgrid.Thetoprowisdesignedsoatitleforthemoviecanbeentered,andthentherowsbelowitprovidetwocolumnswhereyoucanenterinformationaboutyourmovie.Forexample,thefirstcolumninthesecondrowcouldcontainthetextDirectedby,andthesecondcolumninthesamerowcouldcontaintheauthorordirector’sname.Thetitleanimationsinthiscategoryarebestsuitedforcreditsattheendofamovie.

Titleanimationsthataredesignedtobeappliedasoverlaytitles,wherethetextappearsoveravideocliporpicture,havethenotation(overlay)attheendofthetitleanimationdescription.

Editthetitletext


Changethetextfontandcolor

ClicktogototheSelectTitleFontandColorpage,andthenspecifythefontandcolorsusedforyourtitle.

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Selectingthetitlefontandcolors

Thispageletsyouchoosethefontandcolorsforyourtitleorcredits.Bychangingthefontandcolors,youcanchangetheappearanceofthetitletoenhanceyourmovie.


Font

Specifiesthefontfaceforthetitle.Thelistoffontsthatappearsdependsonthefontsyouhaveinstalledonyourcomputer.

Bold

Clicktoapplyboldformattingforthetitletext.

Italic

Clicktoapplyitalicformattingforthetitletext.

Underline

Clicktoapplyanunderlinebelowthetitletext.

Fontcolor

Clicktochoosethefontcolorforthetitletext.Whenchoosingthefontcolor,besuretochooseacolorthatcontrastswiththeselectedbackgroundcolorsothetitletextcanbeseeninyourmovie.

Backgroundcolor

Clicktochoosethebackgroundcolorforthetitleinyourmovie.Whenchoosingthebackgroundcolor,besuretochooseacolorthatcontrastswiththeselectedfontcolorsothetitletextcanbeseeninyourmovie.

Transparency

Dragtheslidertothelefttodecreasethetransparencyandmakethetitletextisopaqueandeasytoread.Dragtheslidertotherighttoincreasethetransparencyandmakethetitletextappearfaded.

Increasefontsize

Clicktoincreasethefontsizeforthetitletext.

Decreasefontsize

Clicktodecreasethefontsizeforthetitletext.

Position,alignleft

Clicktoaligntextontheleftside.

Position,center

Clicktoaligntextinthecenter.

Position,alignright

Clicktoaligntextontherightside.

Editthetitletext


Changethetitleanimation

ClicktogototheChooseaTitleAnimationpage,andthenchooseanewtitleanimation.

Note

Theformattingyouchooseforthetitletextisappliedtotheentiretitle,regardlessofwhattextisselectedontheEnterTextforTitlepage.

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Workingwithaudio

WindowsMovieMakerletsyouworkwithaudioinavarietyofways.Someofthedifferentaudio-relatedtasksyoucanperforminWindowsMovieMakerincludethefollowing.

Narratethetimeline.AddanaudionarrationtonarratethevideoclipsorpicturesthatappearontheVideotrackofthetimeline.Youraudionarrationisautomaticallysynchronizedwiththevideo,sothenarrationdescribestheactionoreventinyourmovieasitplaysback.Adjustaudiolevels.AdjusttheaudiolevelssoyoucandeterminetheaudiobalanceandplaybackwhenyouhaveaudiothatappearsontheAudioandAudio/Musictracksonthetimeline.Addaudioeffects.Adddifferentaudioeffectssuchasafadein,fadeout,ormute.Adjustthevolumeofaudioclips.Adjustthevolumeofaudioforaudio-onlyclipsortheaudioportionofavideoclip.Thisletsyouadjustthevolumeoftheaudioforclipssothatitcanbeclearlyheardornotheard,dependingthevolumelevelyouspecifyfortheaudioclip.

Relatedtopics

NarratingthetimelineAdjustingtheaudiolevelsAddingaudioeffectsAdjustingaudioclipvolumeUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Narratingthetimeline

Youcancaptureanaudionarrationtosynchronizewithvideoclips,pictures,titles,orotheritemsthatyouhaveaddedtothestoryboard/timeline.Beforeyoucanbegincapturinganaudionarration:

TheplaybackindicatoronthetimelinemustbeatapositionwheretheAudio/Musictrackisempty.Youmustbeinthetimelineview.

Capturinganaudionarrationletsyoudescribe,inyourownwordsandvoice,whatisdisplayedinthevideo,pictures,ortitlesastheitemsareshowninyourprojectand,ultimately,inyourfinalsavedmovie.Narratingthecontentsofthetimelineservesasanotherwayforyoutoenhanceyourmovie.

ThenarrationyoucaptureissavedasaWindowsMediaAudiofilewitha.wmafilenameextension.Bydefault,theaudionarrationfileissavedintheNarrationfolderunderMyVideosonyourharddisk.

Thefollowingoptionsaredisplayedwhenyounarratethetimeline.

StartNarration

Clicktobegincapturingyouraudionarrationtoyourcomputer.

StopNarration

Clicktostopcapturingyouraudionarrationtoyourcomputer.

Inputlevel

Adjuststhevolumeofthecapturedaudio.

Whenchoosingtheinputlevel,selectaleveltowardtheupperpartofthemeterwithoutenteringthered-coloredarea,whichis

markedbythesecondlinefromthetop.Ifthecapturinglevelissettoolow,thecapturedaudiomaybetoolowtobeheard.Conversely,ifthecapturinglevelissettoohigh,thecapturedaudiomaybetooloudanddistorted.

Narrationcaptured

Displaystheamountoftimeelapsedforthecurrentaudionarrationintheformofhours:minutes:seconds(h:mm:ss)bydefault.Timingstartswhencapturingthenarrationbeginsandstopswhencapturingthenarrationisstopped.

Timeavailable

DisplaystheamountoftimeavailableforyouraudionarrationwhentheLimitnarrationtoavailablefreespaceonAudio/Musictrackcheckboxisselected.Forexample,ifyouhavetensecondsbetweentheendofoneaudioclipontheAudio/Musictrackandthebeginningofanotheraudiocliponthesametrack,andtheplaybackindicatoronthetimelineisattheendofthefirstaudioclip,thetimeavailableisdisplayedas0:00:10.Asyoucaptureyouraudionarration,thetimedisplayedcountsdownandshowsthetimeremainingforyournarration.

IftheLimitnarrationtoavailablefreespaceonAudio/Musictrackcheckboxiscleared,thisvalueisblank.

Audiodevice

Liststheavailableaudiocapturedevicesyoucanuseforcapturingaudio.Ifyouhaveonlyoneaudiocapturedevice,suchasyourdefaultsoundcard,thatdeviceisselectedautomaticallyandistheonlyonelisted.

Thisoptionisavailableonlyforanalogdevices.

Audioinputsource

Liststheavailableconnectionlinesbasedonthenumberof

linesavailablefortheselectedaudiodevice.Forexample,ifyouhaveamicrophoneattachedtothemicrophonelineinputofyourcomputer,youwouldchooseMicrophoneastheaudioinputsource.

Thisoptionisavailableonlyforanalogdeviceswithmultiplelineinputs.

LimitnarrationtoavailablefreespaceonAudio/Musictrack

SpecifiesthatyouwanttolimitthenarrationtotheamountoftimeavailablebetweentwoaudioclipsontheAudio/Musictrack.Whenthischeckboxisselected,theaudioclipsonthetimelinewillnotshift,andyournarrationislimitedtothetimeavailablebetweentwoaudioclips.Thispreventsaudioclipsfromshiftingifyouhavealreadysynchronizedthecurrentaudioclipswithothervideoclips,pictures,transitions,titles,andsoforthonthetimeline.Whenyouaddanarrationandthischeckboxisselected,capturingstopsautomaticallyoncetheavailabletimelimithasbeenreached.

Ifthischeckboxiscleared,thenarrationisnotlimitedtothetimeavailablebetweentwoaudioclipsontheAudio/Musictrack.Therefore,ifyouraudionarrationexceedstheamountoftimebetweenthetwoaudioclips,thenarrationwillcontinuetobecaptureduntilyoumanuallystopcapturingyournarration.Thenarrationisthenaddedautomaticallytothetimelineandtheaudioclipsonthetimelinewillshifttoaccommodatetheaudionarrationyoucaptured.

Mutespeakers

Specifiesthatyouwanttomutethespeakersandallaudiooutputlinesthatareconnectedtotheaudiocardonyourcomputer.Mutingthespeakerspreventsaudiofrombeingplayedbackonthespeakers,whichcandistractfromtheaudioyouarecapturing.

Ifyouclearthischeckbox,audiosuchasanybackgroundmusicorothersoundsfromyourcomputerthatareplayedbackoveryourspeakersmaybeheardandcapturedinyournarration.

Showfeweroptions

Clickthislinksothatfeweraudionarrationoptionsaredisplayed.

Relatedtopics

TonarratethetimelineWorkingwithaudio


Tonarratethetimeline

1. Addanyvideoclips,pictures,titles,orcreditsthatyouwanttodisplayinyourprojecttothestoryboard/timeline.

2. OntheViewmenu,clickTimeline.3. Movetheplaybackindicatoronthetimeline,whichappearsasasquarewithaverticalline,toapointonthetimelinewheretheAudio/Musictrackisemptyandwhereyouwanttobeginyouraudionarration.

4. Toseemoreoptions,clickShowmoreoptions,anddothefollowing:

IfyouhaveaddedotheraudioclipstotheAudio/Musictrackandyoudonotwanttheotherclipstoshiftonthetimeline,selecttheLimitnarrationtoavailablefreespaceonAudio/Musictrackcheckbox.IntheAudiodevicelist,clicktheaudiocapturedeviceyouwanttouse.Then,inAudioinputsource,clickthelinethatyouwanttouse.Toadjustthevolumeofyourcapturedaudio,movetheInputlevelslidertothelevelyouwanttouse.SelecttheMutespeakerscheckboxtopreventtheaudiofromavideocliponthetimelinefromplayingbackoveryourspeakerswhileyouarenarratingthetimeline.Thispreventsunwantedaudiofrombeingcapturedinyournarration.

5. ClickStartNarrationandbeginnarratingthecontentonthetimeline.

6. Dooneofthefollowing:IftheLimitnarrationtoavailablefreespaceonAudio/Musictrackcheckboxisselected,narratethetimelineuntilthetimelimitexpires.IftheLimitnarrationtoavailablefreespaceonAudio/Musictrackcheckboxiscleared,clickStopNarrationafteryouhavefinishednarratingthe

contentsonthetimeline.7. IntheFilenamebox,typeanameforyourcapturedaudionarration,andthenclickSave.

TheaudionarrationyoucapturedisimportedautomaticallyintothecurrentcollectionandthenarrationisaddedautomaticallytothepointontheAudio/Musictrackwherethenarrationwasfirststarted.

Note

Topreventunwantedaudiofrombeingcapturedinyournarrationwhenyouarenarratingvideoonthetimeline,considerusingheadphoneswhenaddingandcapturingyouraudionarration.Thisletsyouheartheaudioofavideoclipyoumightbenarratingwhileyouarecapturingyouraudionarration,whilesimultaneouslypreventingtheaudioofthevideoclipfrombeingcapturedunintentionallyinthenarration.Ifyouarecapturinganaudionarrationandthevolumeofthecapturedaudioistoolow,verifythatMicrophoneBoostisenabled(ifyourspecificaudiocardsupportsMicrophoneBoost).Forcompleteinformation,seethedocumentationprovidedwithyoursoundcard.

Relatedtopics

Narratingthetimeline


Adjustingtheaudiolevels

YoucanadjusttheaudiolevelsbetweentheAudioandAudio/Musictracks(theaudiothatwascapturedaspartofavideoclipontheAudiotrack,andtheaudiothatwascapturedorimportedandaddedtotheAudio/Musictrack).Adjustingtheaudiolevelsdetermineswhichaudiowillplaylouderthantheotherinyourmovie.

Thedefaultsettingplaystheaudioinbothtracksatequallevels.Theaudiolevelyouselectwillplaythroughoutyourmovie.

Byadjustingtheaudiolevels,differenteffectscanbeachieved.Forexample,atthebeginningofyourmovie,youmayhaveavideoplayingwiththeincludedaudiotrackwhilehavingaseparateaudioclipplaying.Inthissituation,theaudiolevelcouldbesetsothatdialoginyourvideocanbeheardoverthemusicthatplaysinthebackgroundthatappearsontheAudio/Musictrack.

Note

IfyoumovethesliderallthewaytotheAudio/Musictrack,theaudiofromthevideoclipmaybeplayedfortwosecondsorsowhentheprojectispreviewedinWindowsMovieMaker.However,inyourfinalsavedmovie,theaudiowillplaybackasintendedwheretheaudiofromthevideoclipismuted.

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ToadjustaudiolevelsWorkingwithaudio


Toadjustaudiolevels

1. OntheToolsmenu,clickAudioLevels.2. Dooneofthefollowing:

ToincreasetheaudiolevelofaudioontheAudio/Musictrack,dragthesliderbartowardsAudio/Music.ToincreasetheaudiolevelofaudioontheAudiotrackthatispartofavideoclip,dragthesliderbartowardsAudiofromvideo.

3. ClicktheClosebuttontoclosetheAudioLevelsdialogbox.

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Adjustingtheaudiolevels


Addingaudioeffects

WindowsMovieMakerletsyouaddbasicaudioeffectstoyourproject.Thebasicaudioeffectsinclude:

Mute.Theaudioisnotplayedandcannotbeheardduringplayback.05FadeIn.Theaudiograduallyincreasesuntilitreachesthefinalplaybacklevel.FadeOut.Theaudiograduallydecreasesuntilitcannolongerbeheard.

Thetransitiontimefortheseaudioeffectsisroughlytwo-thirdsofasecond.

Youmayhaveaudiothatyoudonotwanttoplayatall.Forexample,youmayhaveavideofilethatcontainsaudioyoudonotwanttobeheardinyourproject.YoucanmutetheaudioontheAudiotrackortheAudio/Musictrack,soitisnotheardinyourproject.Youcanalsomuteaudioforsingleaudiofiles.

Similartovideoeffects,audioeffectsaremaintainedwhenyousplit,cut,copy,ormoveapieceofaudioormusic.Forexample,ifyouaddtheFadeInaudioeffect,andthensplittheclip,theFadeInaudioeffectisappliedtobothclips.However,ifyoucombinetwoaudioclips,theaudioeffectsthatwereassociatedwiththefirstclipareappliedtothenewcombinedclip,andtheaudioeffectsforthesecondclipareremoved.

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ToaddanaudioeffectToremoveanaudioeffectTomuteaudioWorkingwithaudio


Toaddanaudioeffect

1. OntheAudioorAudio/Musictrackofthetimeline,selecttheaudioclip.

2. Dooneofthefollowing:Tofadeintheaudio,ontheClipmenu,pointtoAudio,andthenclickFadeIn.Tofadeouttheaudio,ontheClipmenu,pointtoAudio,andthenclickFadeOut.

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Addingaudioeffects


Toremoveanaudioeffect

1. OntheAudioorAudio/Musictrackofthetimeline,selecttheaudioclipthathasanaddedaudioeffect.

2. OntheClipmenu,pointtoAudio,andthencleartheselectedeffect.

Anyaudioeffects,suchasafadein,fadeout,ormutingareremovedfromtheaudio.

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Addingaudioeffects


Tomuteaudio

1. OntheAudioorAudio/Musictrackofthetimeline,selecttheaudioclipthatyouwanttomute.

2. OntheClipmenu,pointtoAudio,andthenclickMute.

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Addingaudioeffects


Adjustingaudioclipvolume

Youcanchangethevolumeofaselectedvideooraudiocliponthetimeline.Thisletsyouchangethevolumeofclipsonaclip-by-clipbasis.Forexample,youmighthavevideoyourecordedontapewherethevolumeoftheaudioislowerwherethedialogbetweenpeoplecanbarelybeheard.Inthissituation,afteryoucapturedtheaudioandvideoinWindowsMovieMaker,youcouldthenadjustthevolumeoftheaudiointhevideosothedialogcanbeheard.

Theaudioclipyoucanadjustthevolumeforcanbeanaudio-onlyclipthatappearsontheAudio/Musictrackofthetimeline,oritcanbetheaudioportionofavideoclipthatappearsontheAudiotrack(whichcanbeseenwhentheVideotrackisexpanded)ofthetimeline.

Thefollowingoptionsappearinthisdialogbox.

Adjustvolumelevel

Adjuststhevolumeoftheselectedaudioclip.Bydefault,themiddlesettingoftheslidercorrespondswiththeoriginalvolumeleveloftheclipwhenitwasimportedorcaptured.

Dragtheslidertotherighttoincreasethevolume,ordragtheslidertothelefttodecreasethevolume.Whenthesliderismovedallthewaytotheleft,theaudioismutedandnotplayedback.Themaximumvolumeis15timestheoriginalvolumeoftheclip.

Muteclip

Specifieswhethertheclipismuted.Whenthischeckboxisselected,theaudioismuted.Theaudioclipplaysatthespecifiedvolumewhenthischeckboxiscleared.IftheAdjustvolumelevelsliderappearsallthewaytotheleft,thisoptionisselectedautomatically.

Reset

Specifiesthatyouwanttheaudiocliptoplayatthedefaultvolumelevel.Anychangesyoumadeforthevolumefortheselectedaudiocliparelost.

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ToadjustthevolumeofanaudioclipWorkingwithaudio


Toadjustthevolumeofanaudioclip

1. OntheAudioorAudio/Musictrackofthetimeline,selecttheaudioclipthatyouwanttoadjustthevolumefor.

2. OntheClipmenu,pointtoAudio,andthenclickVolume.3. Toadjustthevolume,dooneofthefollowing:

Toreducethevolume,movetheAudiovolumelevelslidertotheleft.Toincreasethevolume,movetheAudiovolumelevelslidertotheright.Tomutetheclip,selecttheMuteclipcheckbox.Toresetthevolumetotheoriginalvolume,clickReset.

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Organizingcollectionsandclips

Youcanorganizethesourcematerialyoucaptureintocollectionsandclipsforuseinfutureprojects.Acollectionservesasacontainerforclips,whichyoucanorganizeinmanyways.Forexample,youmightorganizeyourcollectionsbyaneventcategory.

YoucanchangehowyourclipsaredisplayedintheContentspanetoseevaryingamountsofdetailabouttheindividualclipswithinacollection.IntheThumbnailsview,youcanviewthetitleandabitmapimageofeachclip.IntheDetailsview,youcanviewallthepropertiesofeachclip.

InWindowsMovieMaker,youcanchoosetoarrangeyourclipaccordingtodifferentclipproperties.ThisletsyouchoosehowyouwanttodisplayyourclipsintheContentspanesoyoucanquicklyfindthespecificclipyouarelookingfor.Forexample,ifyouwerelookingforapicturethatbeganwithanA,youcouldchoosetoarrangetheclipsbynamesothatfilewouldappearatthetopoftheContentspane.Thepropertiesyoucanchoosetoarrangeclipsbydependontheselectedfolderinthetreepane.

Thefollowinglistidentifieshowthedifferentfiletypescanbearranged.

Videoclipsandpictures.Clipscanbearrangedbyname,duration,starttime,endtime,dimensions,orsource.Audio.Clipscanbearrangedbyname,duration,starttime,endtime,orsource.Videotransitionsandvideoeffects.Clipscanbearrangedbyname.

Relatedtopics

TochangetheclipviewToarrangeclipsintheContentspaneTocreateacollection

TodeleteacollectionTorenameacollectionTodeleteaclipfromacollectionTocopyaclipinacollectionWorkingwiththecollectionsfileUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Tochangetheclipview

Dooneofthefollowing:Toviewthetitleandabitmapimageofeachclipinthecollection,ontheViewmenu,clickThumbnails.Toviewallthepropertiesofeachclipinthecollection,ontheViewmenu,clickDetails.

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ToarrangeclipsintheContentspane

1. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionfolderthatcontainsthevideoclips,audioclips,orpicturesyouwanttoarrange.

2. OntheViewmenu,pointtoArrangeIconsBy,andthenchoosethepropertyyouwanttodisplaytheclipsbyintheContentspane.

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Tocreateacollection

1. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionfolderyouwanttoaddyournewcollectionto.

2. OntheToolsmenu,clickNewCollectionFolder.3. Typeanameforthecollection.

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Todeleteacollection

1. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionyouwanttodelete.


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Torenameacollection

1. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionyouwanttorename.

2. OntheEditmenu,clickRename,andthentypeanewname.

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Todeleteaclipfromacollection

1. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionthatcontainstheclipyouwanttodelete,andthenintheContentspane,clicktheclip.


Note

Ifyoudeleteaclipfromacollection,theactualsourcefile—suchasavideoorpicturefiles—remainsintheoriginallocationyouimporteditfrom.

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Tocopyaclipinacollection

1. IntheContentspane,clickthecliporclipsthatyouwanttocopy.

2. OntheEditmenu,clickCopy.3. IntheCollectionspane,clickthecollectionthatyouwanttocopytheclipsto,andthenclickintheContentspane.


Note

ToselectmultipleconsecutiveclipsintheContentspane,clickthefirstclip,pressandholddowntheSHIFTkey,andthenclickthelastclip.Toselectoneclipatatime,pressandholddowntheCTRLkey,andthenclickeachclipthatyouwanttocopy.

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Workingwiththecollectionsfile

Afteryoumakechangestoyourcollections,suchasadding,deleting,moving,copying,orrenamingclips,itisagoodideatobackupyourcollectionsfile.Thecollectionsfile,whichhasa.datfilenameextension,isadatabasethatstoresinformationabouttheorganizationofyourcollectionsandtheclipswithinyourcollections.

Incaseyouaccidentallyremoveacliporcollection,orthecollectionsfilebecomescorrupted,youcanuseyourbackupfiletorestoretheappropriateinformation.Thecollectionsfileislocatedonyourharddiskinthefollowingfolder:\DocumentsandSettings\UserAccountName\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker.Forexample,ifWindowsisinstalledondriveC,andyouraccountnameisJohn,yourcollectionsfilewouldbelocatedinC:\DocumentsandSettings\John\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker.Acollectionsfileiscreatedforeachuser.

Backingupthecollectionfiledoesnotbackupthesourcefilesthatyouimportintoyourcollections.Ifthesourcefileisdeleted,renamed,ormovedfromthelocationfromwhereitwasimported,youcannotusethesourcefileunlessyoulocatethesourcefileorimportitagain.Considerbackingupthelocationorfolderthatcontainsthesourcefilesaswell.

Note

ToseetheLocalSettingsfolderanditscontents,aswellasotherhiddenfoldersandfiles,youmusthavetheShowhiddenfilesandfolderssettingselectedintheWindowsoperatingsystem.Formoreinformation,seeWindowsHelpandSupport.

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Tobackupthecollectionsfile

TorestorethecollectionsfileOrganizingcollectionsandclips


Tobackupthecollectionsfile

1. InMyComputerorWindowsExplorer,locatethefollowingfolderonyourcomputer:

\DocumentsandSettings\UserAccountName\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker

2. SelectthecollectionsfileMediatab.datfileinthefolder.3. OntheEditmenu,clickCopy.4. Chooseanotherlocationonyourcomputeroraccessiblefromyourcomputer.


Itisrecommendedthatyoucopythecollectionsfiletoanotherlocationeitheronyourcomputerorthatisaccessiblefromyourcomputer,suchasarecordableCD,sharednetworklocation,orcompressedmediadrive.Therefore,ifyourexistingcollectionsfilebecomeunusableorislost,youcanthenusethiscollectionsfiletorestoreyourcollectionsinWindowsMovieMaker.

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Torestorethecollectionsfile

1. CloseWindowsMovieMaker.2. InMyComputerorWindowsExplorer,locatethefolderthatcontainsthebackupcopyofthecollectionsfileMediatab.dat.

3. SelecttheMediatab.datfile.4. OntheEditmenu,clickCopy.5. Openthefollowingfolder:

\DocumentsandSettings\UserAccountName\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker


ThecollectionsinWindowsMovieMakerappearsastheydidoriginallywhenthecollectionsfilewasbackedup,providedthesourcefilesstillremainintheiroriginallocationsandhavethesamenamesaswheneachfilewasoriginallyimported.

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Savingandsendingmovies

TheSaveMovieWizardletsyouquicklysaveyourprojectasafinalmovie.Thetiming,layout,andcontentsoftheprojectaresavedasonecompletemovie.YoucansaveandstorethemovieonyourcomputeroronarecordableCD,oryoucansenditasanattachmentinane-mailmessageortoavideohostingproviderontheWeb.Inadditiontothesechoices,youcanchoosetorecordyourmovietoatapeinaDVcamera.

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardletsyouselectwhichmoviesavingoptionyouwanttouse,dependingonwhatyouwanttodowiththefinalmovie.Thefollowingoptionsappearonthispage.

Mycomputer

Specifiesthatyouwanttosaveyourmovietoyourlocalcomputerortoasharednetworklocation.

RecordableCD

SpecifiesthatyouwanttosaveyourmovietoarecordableorrewriteableCD(CD-RorCD-RW).ChoosethisoptionifyouhavearewriteableorrecordableCDdriveattachedtoyourcomputerandyouwanttosaveyourfinalmovietoarecordableorrewriteableCD.

E-mail

Specifiesthatyouwanttosaveyourmovieasanattachmenttosendinane-mailmessage.Choosetheoptiontosharesmallermovieswithothersbysendingthemine-mailbyusingyourdefaulte-mailprogram.

TheWeb

SpecifiesthatyouwanttosaveyourmovieandthensendittoavideohostingproviderontheWeb.Avideohostingproviderisa

third-partyproviderontheWebthatprovidesaWebserverlocationandhoststhemoviesyousaveinWindowsMovieMaker.ChoosethisoptionifyouwanttosaveyourmoviesofamilyandfriendscanwatchyourmovieontheWeb.

DVcamera

SpecifiesthatyouwanttosendyourmovietoatapeinyourDVcamera.ThisoptionisavailablewhenyouhaveaDVcameraconnectedtoanIEEE1394port.ChoosethisoptionifyouwanttosaveyourmovietoatapesoyouandotherscanwatchitontheDVcameraoronaTV(whenyouconnectthecameratoaTV).

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SavingamovietoMycomputer

TheMycomputersavingoptionletsyousaveyourmovieforplaybackonyourlocalcomputer.Whenyouselectthisoption,thefinalmovieisstoredinthespecifiedlocationonyourcomputeroronasharednetworklocation.

IfyouclicktheMycomputeroption,theSaveMovieWizardproceedsasfollows.

1. Specifyamoviefilenameandplaceforyourmovietobesaved.Formoreinformationaboutchoosingasavingdestination,seeNamingthesavedmoviefile.

2. Chooseamoviesettingforsavingyourmovie.Formoreinformationaboutchoosingtheappropriatemoviesettingwhensavingamovie,seeChoosingamoviesetting.

3. Waitforyourmovietobesaved.Formoreinformationaboutmonitoringthesavingprogressofyourmovie,seeSavingyourmovieforlocalplayback.

4. CompletetheSaveMovieWizard.Formoreinformation,seeCompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensavingtoMycomputer.

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Tosaveamovieonyourcomputer

1. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveMovieFile,andthenclickMycomputer.

–or-

IntheMovieTaskspane,underFinishMovie,clickSavetomycomputer.

2. IntheEnterafilenameforyoursavedmoviebox,typeanameforyourmovie.

3. IntheChooseaplacetosaveyourmoviebox,dooneofthefollowing:

Choosethepathandfoldernamefromthelistofavailableplacesinthedrop-downbox.ClickBrowsetochooseanewplacethatisnotalreadylistedinthedrop-downbox.Tocreateanewfolder,clickMakeNewFolderintheBrowseForFiledialogbox,andthentypeanameforthenewfolder.

4. OntheMovieSettingpage,dooneofthefollowing:Tousethedefaultmoviesetting,clickBestqualityforplaybackonmycomputer(recommended).Thespecificsettingdetails,suchasthefiletype,bitrate,displaysize,aspectratio,andframesperseconddisplayedinthevideo,areshownintheSettingdetailsarea.Touseadifferentmoviesetting,clickShowmorechoices,andthenchooseanothermoviesettingfromthelist.

5. Ifyouwanttowatchyourmovieaftercompletingthewizard,selectthePlaymoviewhenIclickFinishcheckbox.

6. Afterthemovieissaved,clickFinish.

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TosaveamovietoaPocketPCdevice

1. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveMovieFile,andthenclickMycomputer.

–or-

IntheMovieTaskspane,underFinishMovie,clickSavetomycomputer.


3. IntheChooseaplacetosaveyourmoviebox,dooneofthefollowing:

Choosethepathandfoldernameforthelocationinwhichyouwanttostoreyourmovieinthedrive:\DocumentsandSettings\UserName\MyDocuments\DeviceNameMyDocumentswheredriveisthedrivethefolderisstoredon,UserNameistheWindowsaccountusernameyouareloggedinas,andDeviceNameMyDocumentsisthenameofthePocketPCasrecognizedbyActiveSyncandafolderthatisautomaticallysynchronizedwithyourPocketPC.ClickBrowseiftheplacedrive:\DocumentsandSettings\UserName\MyDocuments\DeviceNameMyDocumentsisnotalreadylistedinthedrop-downbox,andthenlocateandchoosethislocation.Tocreateanewfolder,clickMakeNewFolderintheBrowseForFiledialogbox,andthentypeanameforthenewfolder.

4. OntheMovieSettingpage,clickShowmorechoices,andthenchooseoneoftheVideoforPocketPCmoviesettingsintheOthersettingslist.

5. Ifyouwanttowatchyourmovieonyourcomputerafter

completingthewizard,selectthePlaymoviewhenIclickFinishcheckbox.

6. Afterthemovieissaved,clickFinish.7. WithyourPocketPCconnectedtoyourcomputer,startMicrosoftActiveSync®(ortheapplicationyouusetosynchronizeyourPocketPCdevicewithyourcomputer),andthenclickSync(ifnecessary).

Note

ChooseoneoftheVideoforPocketPCsettingsthataresuitedforsavingamovieforplaybackonaPocketPC.

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ToopenandwatchamovieintheMyVideosfolder

1. OntheViewmenu,clickMyVideosFolder.2. Double-clickthemovieyouwanttowatchinyourmediaplayeronyourcomputer.

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Savingyourmovieforlocalplayback

Thispageofthewizardindicatesthesavingprogressofyourmoviewhenyouchoosetosaveyourmovietoyourcomputer.Theamountoftimethemovietakestosavedependsonafewfactorsrelatedtoyourmovieandyourcomputer.

Lengthofyourmovie.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesavedincreasesinproportiontothelengthofyourmovie.Forexample,amoviethatisonlyoneortwominuteslongtakeslesstimetosavethanamoviethatis15minuteslong(assumingthesamemoviesettingisselectedforboth).Therefore,ifyouhaveamoviethatisanhourinlength,theamountoftimeittakestosavethemoviecanbesignificant.Moviesetting.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesavedalsoincreasesifyouchooseahigherqualitysettingforsavingyourmovie.Forexample,ittakeslesstimetosaveamoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat160x120pixelsthantosavethesamemoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat640x480pixels(atthesamebitrate).Systemresourcesofyourcomputer.Theamountoftimeittakestosaveamoviealsodependsontheprocessorspeedandothersystemresourcesonyourcomputer.OthersystemresourcesthatcanalsoaffectthetimeittakestosaveamovieincludetheamountofRAMonyourcomputerandthespeedofyourharddisk.Forexample,assumingothersystemspecificationsonyourcomputerareequalandthesamemoviesettingisselected,itwilltakelongertosavemovieonacomputerthathasaprocessorspeedof600megahertz(MHz)thanonacomputerwithaprocessorspeedof1.5gigahertz(GHz)ormore.

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CompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensavingtoMycomputer

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardletsyoucompleteandclosethewizard.

Thefollowingoptionappearsonthispage.

PlaymoviewhenIclickFinish

SpecifieswhetherthefinalmovieplaysinyourdefaultplayerafteryouclickFinish.Forexample,ifyourdefaultplayerisWindowsMediaPlayerandyouselectthischeckbox,thePlayerwillstartautomaticallyandyoucanwatchyourmovie.

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TroubleshootingsavingamovietoMycomputer

ThissectioncoversthefollowingissueswhensavingamovietoMycomputer.

MoviefileexceedstheFAT324-gigabytesizelimit.Explainswhatyoucandoifyourmoviefilecannotbecreatedbecauseitexceedsthe4GBfilesizelimitsupportedbytheFAT32filesystem.Notenoughdiskavailablefreediskspace.Explainswhatyoucandoifthereisnotenoughdiskspaceavailabletosaveyourmovie.Moviefilesavingdestinationdoesnotexist.Explainswhattodowhenamoviecannotbesavedsuccessfullybecausethesavingdestinationisnolongeravailable.Sourcefilesformovienotfound.Explainswhattodowhenamoviecannotbesavedbecauseoneormoreoftheoriginalsourcefilescannotbefound.

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MoviefileexceedstheFAT324-gigabytesizelimit

Themoviefilecreatedwhenyouaresavingyourmovieonyourcomputerexceedsthe4-gigabyte(GB)filesizelimitsupportedbytheFAT32filesystem.ThismessageoccursifyouaresavingalongermoviefileatahigherqualitysettingonavolumeorpartitionthatisusingtheFAT32filesystem.ThefilesystemisusedbyMS-DOSandotherWindows-basedoperatingsystemtoorganizeandmanagefiles.

Toaddressthisissue,dooneormoreofthefollowing:

Reducethelengthofyourmoviebyremovingitemsfromthestoryboard/timelineinWindowsMovieMaker.Choosealowermoviesettingwhensavingyourmovie.Ifyourcomputerharddiskhasmultiplepartitions,andoneisformattedusingtheNTFSfilesystem,gobackintheSaveMovieWizard,andthensaveyourmovietothatpartition.TheNTFSfilesystemsupportsfileslargerthan4GB.Ifyouaresavingyourmovietotapeandyouhavemultiplepartitionsonyourharddisk,andonepartitionisformattedusingtheNTFSfilesystem,specifythisdriveasthetemporarystoragelocationintheOptionsdialoginWindowsMovieMaker(ontheToolsmenu,clickOptions).ConvertyourfilesystemtousetheNTFSfilesystem.TheNTFSfilesystemsupportsfileslargerthan4GB.

FormoreinformationaboutconvertingavolumetouseNTFS,seethetopic"ToconvertavolumetoNTFSfromthecommandprompt"inWindowsHelpandSupport.

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Notenoughdiskavailablefreediskspace

Thereisnotenoughfreediskspaceavailabletosaveyourmovie.Thisoccurswhenthemoviefilesizeexceedstheamountoffreediskspacethatisavailable.


Reducethelengthofyourmoviebyremovingitemsfromthestoryboard/timelineinWindowsMovieMaker.Choosealowermoviesettingwhensavingyourmovie.Savethemovietoalocationthathasmoreavailablediskspace.

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Moviefilesavingdestinationdoesnotexist

Thespecifieddestinationforthesavedmoviefiledoesnotexist.Thiscanoccurifyouchosetosavethemovietoaremovablestoragedriveandthedriveisdisconnectedornotavailable.Thisissuemayalsooccurifyouchosetosaveyourmovietoanetworkdriveandthatdestinationisnotavailable.


Ifyouspecifiedaremovablestoragedriveasthesavingdestination,verifythatthedeviceisproperlyconnectedtoyourcomputerandthatthedriveorremovablemediaisstillavailable.Ifyouspecifiedanetworkdriveasthesavinglocation,makesurethatthenetworkcableforyourcomputerisattachedproperlyandthatthenetworkedcomputertowhichyouaresavingyourmovietoisstillavailable.Specifyasavingdestinationonyourcomputerharddisk.

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Sourcefilesformovienotfound

Oneormoresourcefilescannotbefound.Therefore,themoviecannotbesavedsuccessfully.Thiscanoccurifyoutrytosaveamovieafteroneormoreofthesourcefilesforthecorrespondingclipsinyourprojecthavebeenmoved,renamed,ordeleted.


Locatetheoriginalsourcefile,andmoveorcopyittothelocationonyourcomputerwhenitwasfirstimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker.VerifythatanynetworklocationsarestillavailableifthesourcefilewasoriginallylocatedonasharednetworklocationwhenitwasfirstimportedintoWindowsMovieMaker.

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SavingamovietoarecordableCD

TheRecordableCDsavingoptionletsyousaveyourmovieforplaybackonarecordableorrewriteableCD(CD-RorCD-RW).Whenthisoptionisselected,thefinalmovieissavedtoarecordableorrewriteableCDintheSaveMovieWizard.

InWindowsMovieMaker,moviessavedtoarecordableCDaresavedbyusingMicrosoftHighMAT™technology.AHighMAT(High-performanceMediaAccessTechnology)CDcancontainaudio,video,andpictures.HighMAT-compatibleconsumerelectronicdevicesrecognizehowthecontentisorganizedontheCD,andenableuserstoplaycontentusingthedisplayedmenus.TherecordableCDcanbeplayedbackonacomputeraswell.FormoreinformationaboutHighMAT,seetheMicrosoftWebsite.ConsumerelectronicdevicesthatcanplaybackHighMATCDscreatedinWindowsMovieMakerhavethefollowinglogo.

YoucanchoosetosaveoneormoremoviestoarecordableCD,whichtypicallyholdsupto650MB.Therefore,youmayhaveonelargemovieorseveralsmallermoviesonthesameCD.YoucansaveseveralmoviestothesamerecordableorrewriteableCDatdifferenttimes.ThisletsyouaddmoremoviestoarecordableCDasyoucreateandsavemoremoviesatdifferenttimesinWindowsMovieMaker

IfyouclicktheRecordableCDoption,theSaveMovieWizardproceedsasfollows.

1. SpecifyamoviefilenameandCDname.FormoreinformationaboutenteringamoviefileandCDname,seeNamingthesavedmoviefile.


2. Chooseasettingforsavingyourmovie.FormoreinformationaboutchoosingtheappropriatesettingwhensavingamovietoarecordableCD,seeChoosingamoviesetting.

3. Waitforyourmovietobesaved.FormoreinformationaboutmonitoringtheprogressforsavingamovietoarecordableCD,seeSavingamovieforplaybackonarecordableCD.

4. CompletetheSaveMovieWizard.Formoreinformation,seeCompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensavingamovietoarecordableCD.

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TosaveamovietoaCD-RorCD-RW

1. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveMovieFile,andthenclickRecordableCD.

–or-

IntheMovieTaskspane,underFinishMovie,clickSavetoCD.


3. IntheEnteranamefortheCDbox,typeanamefortheCD.

4. OntheMovieSettingpage,dooneofthefollowing:Tousethedefaultmoviesetting,clickBestqualityforrecordableCD(recommended).Thespecificsettingdetails,suchasthefiletype,bitrate,displaysize,aspectratio,andframesperseconddisplayedinthevideo,areshownintheSettingdetailsarea.Touseadifferentmoviesetting,clickShowmorechoices,andthenchooseanothermoviesettingfromthelist.

5. TosavethemovietoanotherrecordableCD,selecttheSavethismovietoanotherrecordableCD.ReplacetherecordableCDwithanother,andthenrepeatsteps2through4.

6. IftheCDisnotejectedautomaticallyfromtherecordableCDdrive,presstheejectbuttonontherecordableCDdrive.

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SavingamovieforplaybackonarecordableCD

ThispageofthewizardindicatesthesavingandcopyingprogressofyourmoviewhenyouchoosetosaveyourmovietoarecordableCD.Theamountoftimethemovietakestobesavedandcopieddependsonafewfactorsrelatedtoyourmovie,computer,andrecordableCDdrive.

Lengthofyourmovie.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesavedincreasesinproportiontothelengthofyourmovie.Forexample,amoviethatisonlyoneortwominuteslongtakeslesstimetosavethanamoviethatis15minuteslong(assumingthesamemoviesettingisselectedforboth).Therefore,ifyouhaveamoviethatisanhourinlength,theamountoftimeittakestosavethemoviecanbesignificant.Moviesetting.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesavedalsoincreasesifyouchooseahigherqualitysettingforsavingyourmovie.Forexample,ittakeslesstimetosaveamoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat160x120pixelsthantosavethesamemoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat640x480pixels(atthesamebitrate).Systemresourcesofyourcomputer.Theamountoftimeittakestosaveamoviealsodependsontheprocessorspeedandothersystemresourcesonyourcomputer.OthersystemresourcesthatcanalsoaffectthetimeittakestosaveamovieincludetheamountofRAMonyourcomputerandthespeedofyourharddisk.Forexample,assumingothersystemspecificationsonyourcomputerareequalandthesamemoviesettingisselected,itwilltakelongertosavemovieonacomputerthathasaprocessorspeedof600megahertz(MHz)thanonacomputerwithaprocessorspeedof1.5gigahertz(GHz)ormore.RecordingandwritingspeedofyourrecordableCDdrive.TheamountoftimeittakestowriteyourmovietotherecordableCDafterthemoviehasbeensaveddependsonthespeedofyourCDrecorder.

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CompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensavingamovietoarecordableCD

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardletsyoucompleteandclosethewizard.ForamajorityofrecordableCDdrives,theCDisejectedautomaticallyafteryouclickFinishtoclosethewizard.

Thefollowingoptionappearsonthispage.

SavethismovietoanotherrecordableCD

ClicktosaveacopyofyourmovieonanotherCD.WhensavingtoarecordableCD,thisoptionisclearedbydefault.Byselectingthischeckbox,youcanchoosetorepeatthestepsintheSaveMovieWizardtosavethemovietoadifferentCD.

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TroubleshootingsavingamovietoarecordableCD

ThissectioncoversthefollowingissueswhensavingamovietoaCD-RorCD-RW.

RecordableCDdrivenotdetected.ExplainstheissueandprovidessuggestionsforresolvingtheissuewherearecordableorrewriteableCDdriveisnotdetected.RecordableCDdrivenotenabledforrecordingCDs.ExplainstheissuewhentherecordableCDdriveisnotenabledforrecordingCDs.PermissiondeniedforrecordingCDs.ExplainstheissuewherethecurrentGroupPolicysettingspreventrecordingCDs.NorecordableCD.ExplainstheissuewhenarecordableorrewriteableCDisnotinsertedintherecordableCDdrive.CDisnotrecordableorrewriteable.ExplainstheissuewhenyourmoviecannotbesavedtoaCDbecausethediscisnotrecordableorrewriteable.

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RecordableCDdrivenotdetected

ArecordableCDdrivewasnotdetectedonyourcomputer.ThiserroroccurswhenyoutrytosaveyourmovietoarecordableCDdrivethatcannotbefound.


VerifythattherecordableCDdriveisconnectedproperlytoyourcomputer,poweredon,andthatanynecessarysoftwaredriversareinstalled.IfyouhaveanexternalrecordableCDdrive,restarttheCDdrive.

TorestartanexternalCDdrive,dothefollowing:

1. ClosetheSaveMovieWizard,saveanychangestoyourproject,andthencloseWindowsMovieMaker.

2. Double-clicktheSafelyRemoveHardwareicon(whichappearsinthelowerrighthandcornerofthescreenbydefaultontheSystemTray),selecttherecordableCDdrive,andthenclickStop.

3. ChoosetherecordableCDdriveintheStopaHardwareDevicedialogbox,andthenclickCloseintheSafelyRemoveHardwaredialogbox.

4. TurntherecordableCDdriveoff,andthenturnitonagain.

5. StartWindowsMovieMakerandtrysavingyourmovietotherecordableCDagain.

VerifythattheCDintherecordableCDdriveisanew,blankCD-RorCD-RWdisc.EndtheImapi.exeprocessinWindowsTaskManagerorrestartWindows.

Tostoptheimapi.exeprocess,dothefollowing:

1. ClosetheSaveMovieWizard,saveanychangestoyourproject,andthencloseWindowsMovieMaker.

2. ToopenWindowsTaskManager,right-clickanemptyspaceonthetaskbar,andthenclickTaskManager.

3. IntheWindowsTaskManagerdialogbox,selecttheProcessestab,selecttheprocessimapi.exe,andthenclickEndProcess.

4. CloseWindowsTaskManager.5. StartWindowsMovieMaker,openthesavedproject,andthentrysavingyourmovietoarecordableCDagainusingtheSaveMovieWizard.

Note

Toseeandendtheimapi.exeprocessinWindowsTaskManager,youmusthavetheappropriateAdministratorpermissions.IfyourloginaccountdoesnothaveAdministratorpermissions,youcannotendtheprocess.Inthissituation,closeWindowsMovieMaker,restartWindows,andthentrysavingyourmovietoarecordableCDagain.

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RecordableCDdrivenotenabledforrecordingCDs

CDrecordingforyourrecordableCDdrivehasbeendisabled.ThiserroroccursiftheEnableCDrecordingonthisdrivecheckboxhasbeenclearedfortheCDrecorderdriveproperties.

Toaddressthisissue,dooneofthefollowing:

ContactyoursystemadministratortoenableCDrecordingontherecordableCDdrive,andthentrysavingthemovietoarecordableCDagain.IfyourloginaccounthasAdministratorpermissions,dothefollowing:1. ClosetheSaveMovieWizard,saveanychangestoyourproject,andthencloseWindowsMovieMaker.

2. OpenMyComputer.3. SelecttherecordableCDdrive.4. OntheFilemenu,clickProperties.5. InthePropertiesdialogbox,clicktheRecordingtab,andthenselecttheEnableCDrecordingonthisdrivecheckbox.ClickOK.

6. StartWindowsMovieMaker,openthesavedproject,andthentrysavingyourmovietoarecordableCDagain.

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PermissiondeniedforrecordingCDs

YoudonothavetherequiredpermissionstocopytoarecordableCD.ThiserroroccursiftheRemoveCDBurningfeaturessettingissettoEnabledbythesystemadministratorinGroupPolicy.Thisisdonebysomecompaniesororganizationstoincreasesecurity.

Tocorrectthisproblem,doonethefollowing:

ContactyoursystemadministratortosettheappropriatepermissionsthatenableyoutocopytoarecordableCD,andthentrysavingthemovietoarecordableCDagain.

Note

ToseeandmakechangesinGroupPolicy,youmusthavetheappropriateAdministratorpermissions.

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NorecordableCD

ArecordableorrewriteableCDisnotinsertedintherecordableCDdrive.ThiserroroccursifarecordableCDisnotinsertedintherecordableCD.Tocorrectthisproblem,insertarecordableorrewriteableCDthatyourmoviecanbesavedto,andthencontinuesavingyourmovie.

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CDisnotrecordableorrewriteable

TheCDintherecordableCDdriveisnotrecordableorrewriteable.ThiserroroccursistheCDintherecordableCDdriveisnotarecordable(CD-R)orrewriteable(CD-RW)CD.

Tocorrectthisproblem,dothefollowing:

1. RemovethecurrentCDfromtherecordableCDdrive.2. Insertarecordable(CD-R)orrewriteable(CD-RW)CDintherecordableCDdrive(dependingonyourrecordableCDdrive).

3. ContinuesavingyourmovieintheSaveMovieWizard.

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Sendingamovieine-mail

TheE-mailsavingoptionletsyousaveyourmovieandthensenditasanattachmentbyusingyourdefaulte-mailprogram.Whenthisoptionisselected,thefinalmovieissavedtoatemporarylocation,andthensentasane-mailattachment.

IfyouclicktheE-mailsavingoption,theSaveMovieWizardproceedsasfollows.

1. Waitforyourmovietobesaved.Formoreinformationaboutmonitoringthesavingprogressofyourmovieforsavingitforsendinginane-mailmessage,seeSavingamovieforsendinginane-mailmessage.

2. CompletetheSaveMovieWizard.Formoreinformation,seeCompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensendingamovieinane-mailmessage.

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Tosendamovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessage

1. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveMovieFile,andthenclickE-mail.

–or-

IntheMovieTaskspane,underFinishMovie,clickSendine-mail.

2. Afterthemovieissaved,doanyofthefollowing:Toplaythemovieinyourdefaultplayerbeforesendingit,clickPlaythemovie.Tosavealocalcopyofthemovieonyourcomputerinadditiontosendingasane-mailattachment,clickSaveacopyofmymovieonmycomputer,enteramoviefilenameintheFilenamebox,andthenclickSave.

3. Inyourdefaulte-mailprogram,enterthee-mailaddressofthepersonyouaresendingthemovieto,addanyadditionaltexttothebody,andthensendthemessage.

Note

Ifyourmoviecannotbeattachedtoane-mailmessageautomaticallybyWindowsMovieMaker,youcanstillsendyourmoviebysavingittoyourcomputer,andthenmanuallyattachingthemovietoane-mailmessageinyoure-mailprogram.Formoreinformation,seeSavingamovietoMycomputer.

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Savingamovieforsendinginane-mailmessage

Thispageofthewizardindicatesthesavingprogressofyourmoviewhenyouchoosetosendyourmovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessage.Theamountoftimethemovietakestosavedependsonafewfactorsinrespecttoyourmovieandcomputer.

Whensavingamovieyouaregoingtosendinane-mailmessage,thetimeittakestocreateandsavethemovieisusuallylessthanwhenyouchooseanothersavingoption.Whenamovieisbeingsavedtosendinane-mailmessage,WindowsMovieMakerautomaticallychoosesthebestmoviesettingbasedonthelengthofyourmovie.Themoviefilesizeisoftenrestrictedtoasmallersizebecauseofthesizelimitssetforattachmentsbysomee-mailprovidersandtheneedtoavoidalongdownloadtimefortherecipientofyourmovie.

Theamountoftimethemovietakestosavedependsonafewfactorsrelatedtoyourmovieandcomputer.

Lengthofyourmovie.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesavedincreasesinproportiontothelengthofyourmovie.Forexample,amoviethatisonlyoneortwominuteslongtakeslesstimetosavethanamoviethatis15minuteslong(assumingthesamemoviesettingisselectedforboth).Therefore,ifyouhaveamoviethatisanhourinlength,theamountoftimeittakestosavethemoviecanbesignificant.Systemresourcesofyourcomputer.Theamountoftimeittakestosaveamoviealsodependsontheprocessorspeedandothersystemresourcesonyourcomputer.OthersystemresourcesthatcanalsoaffectthetimeittakestosaveamovieincludetheamountofRAMonyourcomputerandthespeedofyourharddisk.Forexample,assumingothersystemspecificationsonyourcomputerareequalandthesamemoviesettingisselected,itwilltakelongertosavemovieonacomputerthathasaprocessorspeedof600megahertz(MHz)thanonacomputerwithaprocessor

speedof1.5gigahertz(GHz)ormore.

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CompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensendingamovieinane-mailmessage

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardletsyoucompleteandclosethewizard.AfteryouclickFinishtoclosethewizard,yourdefaulte-mailprogramstartsandthemovieisattachedautomaticallytoanewe-mailmessage.Youcanentertherecipient’se-mailaddress,addadditionaltexttothee-mailmessageifyoulike,andthensendthemovie.


Playthemovie

Clicktoplaythemovieinyourdefaultplayer.Forexample,ifyourdefaultplayerisWindowsMediaPlayerandyouclickthislink,thePlayerwillstartautomaticallyandyoucanwatchyourmovie.

Saveacopyofmymovieonmycomputer.

Clicktosaveacopyofyourmovieonyourcomputer.Whensendingamovieasane-mailattachment,acopyofthemovieisnotpermanentlysavedonyourcomputerbydefault.Theonlypermanentcopyofthemovieissentinthee-mailmessage.Byclickingthislinkandenteringamoviefilename,acopyofthemovieissavedonyourcomputerandanothercopyissentinane-mailmessage.

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Troubleshootingsendingamoviebye-mail

Thissectioncoversthefollowingissueswhensendingamovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessage.

Filesizeistoolargetosendine-mail.Suggestionsforresolvingtheissuewherethemoviefileistoolargetosendasanattachmentinane-mailmessage.E-mailprogramdoesnotsupportautomaticattachments.Explainstheissuewherethedefaulte-mailprogramdoesnotsupportautomaticallyattachingamoviefiletoane-mailmessage.Determiningandchangingyourdefaulte-mailprogram.Explainshowtodetermineandchangeyourdefaulte-mailprogram.

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Filesizeistoolargetosendine-mail

Themoviecannotbesentinane-mailmessagebecauseitistoolarge.Manye-mailprovidersplaceafilesizelimitone-mailmessageattachments.


Usethespincontroltoincreasethefilesizelimitforane-mailattachment.Usethisifyoure-mailproviderdoesnotplacefilesizelimitsone-mailattachments.ClosetheSaveMovieWizard,ontheToolsmenu,clickOptions,clicktheAdvancedtab,andthenincreasethemaximumfilesizefore-mailattachments.RestarttheSaveMovieWizardandthentrysendingyourmovieasane-mailattachmentagain.Reducethelengthofyourmoviebyremovingitemsfromthestoryboard/timelineinWindowsMovieMaker.

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E-mailprogramdoesnotsupportautomaticattachments

Thedefaulte-mailprogramdoesnotenableattachmentstobeappendedautomaticallytoe-mailmessages.

Tofixthisissue,dooneofthefollowing:

Manuallyattachthemovietoane-mailmessage.

Toattachthemovietoane-mailmessage,dothefollowing:

1. ClicktheSaveacopyofmymovieonmycomputerlink.

2. Startyoure-mailprogram,createanewmessage,andthenattachthesavedmoviefiletothemessage.

3. Sendthemessagewiththeattachedmovie.

-or-

Specifyanewe-mailprogramthatletsattachmentsbeautomaticallyappendedtoe-mailmessages.

Relatedtopics

Determiningandchangingyourdefaulte-mailprogram.Troubleshootingsendingamoviebye-mail


Determiningandchangingyourdefaulte-mailprogram

Ifyourdefaulte-mailprogramdoesnotletyousuccessfullyattachamovietoane-mailmessage,youmightwanttospecifyanewdefaulte-mailprogram,andthentrysendingyourmovieasane-mailattachmentagain.Yourcurrentdefaulte-mailprogramandotherInternetoptionsarespecifiedinInternetOptionsinControlPanel.

Todetermineandchangeyourdefaulte-mailprogram,dothefollowing:

1. ClickStart,clickControlPanel,clickSwitchtoClassicview,andthendouble-clickInternetOptions.

2. IntheInternetPropertiesdialogbox,clicktheProgramstab.

3. IntheE-mailbox,thecurrentdefaulte-mailprogramnameisdisplayed.Ifyouwanttospecifyanewdefaulte-mailprogram,chooseane-mailprogramfromthelistofavailablee-mailprograms.

4. ClickOKtoapplythechanges.5. InWindowsMovieMaker,trysendingyourmovieasane-mailattachmentagain.

Relatedtopics

Troubleshootingsendingamoviebye-mail


SendingamovietotheWeb

TheWebsavingoptionletsyousaveyourmovieandthensendittoavideohostingproviderontheWeb.Thehostingprovidersarethird-partycompaniesthatletyoustoreyourmoviesontheirWebserver.InWindowsMovieMaker,youcanchoosefromavarietyofhostingproviders.AfteryourmovieissenttotheWebserver,youcanprovideyourfamilyandfriendswiththeWebaddresssotheycanwatchyourmovieontheWeb.

WhenusingTheWebsavingoption,theSaveMovieWizardproceedsasfollows.

1. Specifyamoviefilename.Formoreinformationaboutenteringamoviefilename,seeNamingthesavedmoviefile.

2. Chooseasettingforsavingyourmovie.FormoreinformationaboutchoosingtheappropriatesettingwhensavingandsendingamovietotheWeb,seeChoosingamoviesettingfortheWeb.

3. Waitforyourmovietobesaved.FormoreinformationaboutmonitoringthesavingprogressofyourmoviewhensendingittotheWeb,seeSavingamovieforsendingtotheWeb.

4. WaitforthemostcurrentvideohostingproviderinformationtodownloadfromtheWeb.Formoreinformation,seeGettingvideohostingproviderinformationfromtheInternet.

5. Selectavideohostingprovider,andthenenteryouraccountsign-ininformation.Formoreinformationaboutchoosingandsigningintoavideohostingprovider,seeChoosingandsigningintoavideohostingprovider.

6. Waitforyoursigninaccountinformationtobeverified.Formoreinformation,seeSigninginprogress.

7. Waitforyourmovietobesenttothevideohostingproviderthatyouspecified.FormoreinformationaboutsendingamovietotheWeb,seeSendingamovietotheWebprogress.

8. CompletetheSaveMovieWizard.Formoreinformation,seeCompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensendingamovietotheWeb.

Note

Ifyoudonothaveanaccountwithavideohostingprovideralready,youcansignupwithonethroughWindowsMovieMaker.Formoreinformationaboutsigningupwithavideohostingprovider,seeChoosingandsigningintoavideohostingprovider.

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TosendamovietoavideohostingproviderontheWebTroubleshootingsendingamovietotheWebSavingandsendingmovies


TosendamovietoavideohostingproviderontheWeb

1. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveMovieFile,andthenclickTheWeb.

–or-

IntheMovieTaskspane,underFinishMovie,clickSendtotheWeb.


3. OntheMovieSettingpage,dooneofthefollowing:ChooseoneofthemoviesettingsthatbestmatchestheInternetconnectionspeedofyourintendedaudience.ClickShowmorechoices,andselectoneoftheadditionalmoviesettings.

Waitforyourmovietobesaved.

4. OntheSelectaVideoHostingProviderandSignInpage,dooneofthefollowing:

Ifyouhaveanaccountwithavideohostingprovider,intheProvidernamelist,clickthevideohostingproviderthatyouhaveanaccountwith,intheUsernamebox,typeyourusername,andtheninthePasswordbox,typeyourpassword.Ifyouwanttosaveyourpassword,selecttheRemembermypasswordcheckbox.Ifyoudonothaveanaccountwithavideohostingprovider,clickSignupnowtoseealistofvideohostingprovidersavailableforyourcountryorregion,andthensignupandestablishanaccountwithaprovider.Signinwithyournewusernameandpassword.

Waitforyourmovietobeuploadedtothevideohostingprovider’sserver.

5. Doanyofthefollowing:ToplaythemovieontheWebafteryouclosethewizard,selecttheWatchmymovieontheWebafterIclickFinishcheckbox.Tosavealocalcopyofthemovieonyourcomputeranduploadacopytothevideohostingprovider’sserver,clickSaveacopyofmymovieonmycomputer.

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ChoosingamoviesettingfortheWeb

ThispageletsyouselectamoviesettingforyoursavedmoviesoyoucanbestmatchthetotalbandwidthyouraudiencehasavailabletoconnecttotheWebandwatchyourmovie.Byselectingtherightsetting,youcanensurethatyourmovieplaysataqualitylevelthatisacceptable,regardlessofyouraudience’sconnectionspeed.ForinformationaboutchoosingmoviesettingsandtheroleInternetconnectionspeedsplayinchoosingasetting,seeUnderstandingconnectionspeeds.

Thefollowingoptionsareavailablewhensavingamoviethatcontainsbothvideoandaudio.

Dialupmodem(56Kbps)

Specifiesthatyouraudiencewillmostlikelyuseadial-upmodem(atapproximately56Kbps)toconnecttotheWebandwatchyourmovie.

ISDN(64Kbps)

SpecifiesthatyouraudiencewillmostlikelyuseanISDNconnection(atapproximately64Kbps)toconnecttotheWebandwatchyourmovie.

DSL,cablemodem,orhigher(384Kbps)

Specifiesthatyouraudiencewillmostlikelyuseabroadbandconnection(atapproximately384Kbpsorhigher)toconnecttotheWebandwatchyourmovie.

Bestfittofilesize

Specifiesthatyouwantyourmoviefilesizetofitwithinacertainsize.Thisishelpfultouseifthevideohostingproviderplacesanyfilesizelimitsonmoviesthataresenttotheirserver.Youcanthenchooseamaximumfilesize.ThisoptionappearsifyouclickShowmorechoices.

Othersettings

Providesadditionalmoviesettingsforyourmovie.ThisoptionappearsifyouclickShowmorechoices.

Relatedtopics

ChoosingamoviesettingSendingamovietotheWeb


SavingamovieforsendingtotheWeb

ThispageofthewizardindicatesthesavingprogressofyourmoviewhenyouchoosetosendittoavideohostingproviderontheWeb.

WhensavingamovieyouaregoingtosendtotheWeb,thetimeittakestocreateandsavethemovieisusuallylessthanwhenyouchooseanothersavingoption.Themoviefilesizeisrestrictedtoasmallersizebecauseofthesizelimitsandbitraterestrictionssetbysomevideohostingproviders.

Theamountoftimethemovietakestosavedependsonafewfactorsinrespecttoyourmovieandcomputer.

Lengthofyourmovie.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesavedincreasesinproportiontothelengthofyourmovie.Forexample,amoviethatisonlyoneortwominuteslongtakeslesstimetosavethanamoviethatis15minuteslong(assumingthesamemoviesettingisselectedforboth).Therefore,ifyouhaveamoviethatisanhourinlength,theamountoftimeittakestosavethemoviecanbesignificant.Moviesetting.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesavedalsoincreasesifyouchooseahigherqualitysettingforsavingyourmovie.Forexample,ittakeslesstimetosaveamoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat160x120pixelsthantosavethesamemoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat640x480pixels(atthesamebitrate).Systemresourcesofyourcomputer.Theamountoftimeittakestosaveamoviealsodependsontheprocessorspeedandothersystemresourcesonyourcomputer.OthersystemresourcesthatcanalsoaffectthetimeittakestosaveamovieincludetheamountofRAMonyourcomputerandthespeedofyourharddisk.Forexample,assumingothersystemspecificationsonyourcomputerareequalandthesamemoviesettingisselected,itwilltakelongertosavemovieonacomputerthathasaprocessorspeedof

600megahertz(MHz)thanonacomputerwithaprocessorspeedof1.5gigahertz(GHz)ormore.

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GettingvideohostingproviderinformationfromtheInternet

ThispageindicatestheprogressofdownloadingvideohostingproviderinformationfromtheWeb.Duringthistime,informationsuchasthevideohostingprovidersavailableforyourcountryorregion,thevideohostingprovider’sname,andtheserveraddressforwheremoviesareuploadedtoareincludedinafileanddownloadedtoyourcomputer.

ThefilethatcontainsthevideohostingproviderinformationisnamedFTPinfo.dat,anditislocatedonyourharddiskat\DocumentsandSettings\UserAccountName\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker.Forexample,iftheWindowsoperatingsystemisinstalledondriveC,andyouraccountnameisJohn,thevideohostingproviderinformationfileislocatedinC:\DocumentsandSettings\John\LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\MovieMaker\FTPinfo.dat.Thisfileisstoredforeachuseraccountonthecomputer.

Note

WindowsMovieMakercommunicateswithMicrosoft.comtodownloadacurrentlistingofprovidersavailableinyourgeographiccountryorregion.ThislistisbasedonyourcurrentRegionalandLanguagesettingsinControlPanelandwillbestoredinyourLocalSettingsfolder.Formoreinformationaboutprivacy,seetheWindowsMovieMakerprivacystatementattheMicrosoftWebsite.

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Choosingandsigningintoavideohostingprovider

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardletsyouchooseandsignintoavideohostingproviderfortheWeb.Thesign-ininformationyouenterischeckedbythevideohostingprovider’sservertoverifythatitiscorrect.


Providername

Specifiesthevideohostingproviderthatyouhaveanaccountwith.

Username

SpecifiesyourusernameforsigningintotheWebserver.

Password

SpecifiesyourpasswordforsigningintotheWebserver.

Remembermypassword

Specifiesthatyouwantyourpasswordtobestoredonyourcomputer,soyoudonothavetoprovideiteachtimeyouusethisprofiletouploadyourmovietothespecifiedserver.IfyousharethiscomputerandWindowsaccountwithotherusers,itisstronglyrecommendedthatyouleavethischeckboxclear.

Signupnow

ClicktogotoaWebpagethatletsyouseethevideohostingprovidersavailableinyourcountryorregion.Youcansignupwiththevideohostingproviderofyourchoicefromthispage.

Note

AcookieisatextfilethatisplacedonyourcomputerharddiskbyaWebserver.Cookiesareuniquelyassignedtoyou,andcanonlybereadbyaWebserverinthedomainthatissuedthecookietoyou.WhenyouclicktheSignupnowlinkinWindowsMovieMaker,acookieisdownloadedtoyourcomputer.Formoreinformationaboutprivacy,seetheWindowsMovieMakerprivacystatementattheMicrosoftWebsite.Ifyouwanttopreventtheserversfromstoringcookiesorifyouwanttobepromptedbeforetheyarestoredonyourcomputer,youmustchangethesecuritysettingsinMicrosoftInternetExplorer.Formoreinformationaboutcookies,seeInternetExplorerHelp.

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Signinginprogress

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardindicatestheprogressofsigningintothevideohostingprovider.Duringthistime,thesign-ininformationyouenteredissenttothevideohostingproviderwhocheckstomakesurethesign-ininformationiscorrectbeforeyourmovieisuploadedtoitsserver.

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SendingamovietotheWebprogress

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardindicatestheprogressofuploadingyourmovietothevideohostingprovider'sserver.ThetimeittakestouploadthemovietotheWebserverdependsonthefollowingfactors.

Lengthofyourmovie.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesentincreasesinproportiontothelengthofyourmovie.Forexample,amoviethatisonlyoneortwominuteslongtakeslesstimetosendthanamoviethatis15minuteslong(assumingthesamemoviesettingisselectedforboth).Therefore,ifyouhaveamoviethatisanhourinlength,theamountoftimeittakestosendthemoviecanbesignificant.Moviesetting.Thetimeittakesforyourmovietobesentalsoincreasesifyouchoseahigherqualitysettingforsavingyourmovie.Forexample,ittakeslesstimetosendamoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat160x120pixelsthantosendthesamemoviewithamoviesettingthatdisplaysthevideoat640x480pixels(atthesamebitrate).YourInternetconnectionspeed.ThetimeittakesforyourmovietobesentanduploadedtotheWebalsodependsonyourInternetconnectionspeed.Forexample,ittakesmoretimetosendamoviethatisfiveminuteslongoveradial-upmodem(56Kbps),thanitdoeswhensendingthesamemovietotheWeboverabroadbandInternetconnection,suchasDSL,cablemodem,orhigher(384Kbps).

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CompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhensendingamovietotheWeb



WatchmymovieontheWebafterIclickFinish.

SelectifyouwanttowatchthemovieontheWebafteryouclickFinish.Thisletsyoupreviewyourmovieinthesameformatyouraudiencewillseeit(assumingtheInternetconnectionspeedsarethesame).

Saveacopyofmymovieonmycomputer.

Clicktosaveacopyofyourmovieonyourcomputer.Whensendingamovietoavideohostingprovider,acopyofthemovieisnotpermanentlysavedonyourcomputerbydefault.Theonlypermanentcopyofthemovieissenttoandstoredonthevideohostingprovider’sserver.Byclickingthislink,acopyofthemovieissavedonyourcomputerandanothercopyissenttothevideohostingprovider’sserver.

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TroubleshootingsendingamovietotheWeb

ThesectioncoversthefollowingissueswhensendingamovietotheWeb.

Movienotacceptedbyvideohostingprovider.ExplainstheissuewhenyourmoviecannotbesenttotheWeb.CannotdownloadlatestvideohostingproviderfromtheWeb.ExplainstheissuewhenthelatestvideohostingproviderinformationcannotbedownloadedfromtheWeb.Novideohostingprovidersavailableinyourcountryorregion.Explainstheissuewhennovideohostingprovidersareavailableforyourcountryorregion.

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Movienotacceptedbyvideohostingprovider

Themoviecannotbesenttothespecifiedvideohostingprovider’sserver.Themoviemaynotbeacceptedbythevideohostingproviderinoneormoreofthefollowingcircumstances:

Thereisnotenoughavailablespaceontheservertostorethemovie.Themoviefileissavedatahighermoviesettingandbitratethanispermittedbythevideohostingprovider’sserver.


Verifythatyouhaveenoughspaceavailableonthevideohostingprovider’sserverandyouraccounttoaccommodatethemovie.Ifnecessary,throughyourWebbrowser,logintoyouraccountthroughthehostingprovider’sWebsite,anddeleteanyunwantedorunusedcontentyoucanaccessthroughyouraccount.Savethemovieatalowermoviesettingwithalowerbitrate.Thisreducesthefilesize.

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CannotdownloadlatestvideohostingproviderfromtheWeb

ThelatestvideohostingproviderinformationcannotbedownloadedfromtheWeb.WhenyouchooseTheWebsavingoptionintheSaveMovieWizard,WindowsMovieMakerautomaticallydownloadsafilefromaMicrosoftWebsitethatcontainsalistingofvideohostingproviders,alongwiththerequiredserverinformation,availableforyourcountryorregion.

ThisproblemmayoccuriftheMicrosoftWebsitecannotbecontacted,itcannotfulfilltherequest,orifthereisnocurrentInternetconnection.

Tofixthisproblem,verifythatyourcomputerisconnectedtotheInternet.Forexample,youmightwanttoopenyourWebbrowserandmakesurethatyoucanviewaWebsitetomakesureyourInternetconnectionisworkingproperly.

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Novideohostingprovidersavailableinyourcountryorregion

ThemoviecannotbesenttoavideohostingproviderontheWebbecausetherearenovideohostingprovidersavailableinyourcurrentcountryorregion.

ThegeographicregionorcountryisdeterminedbythecurrentsettingintheRegionalandLanguageOptionsinControlPanel.WindowsMovieMakerusesthelocationsettingtodetermineifthereareanyvideohostingprovidersavailableforthespecifiedcountryorregion.

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RecordingamovietoaDVcamera

TheDVCamerasavingoptionletsyourecordthemovieyoucreatetoatapeinaDVcamerathroughWindowsMovieMaker.ThisletsyouorotherswatchthefinalmovieonaDVcameraoronTVwhenyouconnectthecameratoaTV.Whenyouchoosethisoption,themovieisrecordedtothetapeinyourDVcamera,soitappearsonthetapewithexistingvideoyoumighthaverecordedbacktotapeorrecordedwithyourDVcamera.

Torecordyourmovietotape,yourDVcameraneedstobeintheplaybackmode(oftenlabeledVCRorVTRonyourcamera).

IfyouclicktheDVCamerasavingoption,theSaveMovieWizardproceedsasfollows.

1. IfyouhavemorethanoneDVdeviceconnectedtoyourcomputerandpoweredon,selecttheDVdeviceontheDVCamerapagethatcontainsthetapethatyouwanttorecordyourmovieto.FormoreinformationaboutchoosingaDVdevice,seeChoosingaDVdevice.

2. Setyourcameratoplaybackmode,andthenrewindorfast-forwardthetapetothepointwhereyouwantyourmovietoberecorded.Formoreinformationaboutcuingyourtape,seeCuingyourtape.

3. Waitforyourmovietobecreatedandthenrecordedtotape.Formoreinformationaboutrecordingamovietotape,seeRecordingtotape.

4. CompletetheSaveMovieWizard.Formoreinformation,seeCompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhenrecordingtotape.

Note

InadditiontorecordingamovietotapeinaDVcamera,youcanalsorecordmoviestoatapeinaSonyDigital8HandycamorHi8Handycamcameras.

Relatedtopics

TorecordamoviebacktotapeTocopyamovieonDVtapetoananalogtapeTroubleshootingrecordingamovietoDVtapeSavingandsendingmovies


Torecordamoviebacktotape

1. SwitchyourDVcameraonandverifythatitisinplaybackmode(oftenlabeledVCRonthecamera).

2. OntheFilemenu,clickSaveMovieFile,andthenclickDVcamera.

–or-

IntheMovieTaskspane,underFinishMovie,clickSendtoDVcamera.

3. IfyouhavemorethanoneDVdevicepoweredonanddetectedbyWindowsMovieMaker,ontheDVCamerapage,choosetheDVdevicethatcontainsthetapeyouwanttorecordyourmovieto.

4. OntheCueYourTapepage,usingthetransportcontrolsonyourcamera,rewindorfast-forwardthetapetothepointwhereyouwantyourmovietoberecorded.

Caution

Youshouldverifythatyouarenotoverwritingaportionofthetapethatcontainscontentyouwanttokeep.

5. IntheWindowsMovieMakerdialogbox,clickYestocontinueinthewizard.

Waitforyourmovietobecreatedandrecordedtotape.Thetimeittakestocreateandrecordthemovietotapedependsonthelengthofthemovieandthesystemresourcesonyourcomputer.YoucanpreviewthemovieintheLCDdisplayofyourDVcameraasyourmovieisrecordedtotape.

6. OntheCompletingtheSaveMovieWizardpage,click

Finish.

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TocopyamovieonDVtapetoananalogtape

1. ConnectyourDVcameratoyourVCR,oftenbyusingoneofthefollowingconfigurations:

Composite(RCA)inputs.ConnecttheDVcameraandVCRthroughaconnectionthatusesRCA-styleconnectors.ThecompositeVideoandAudioOut(manytimesthisisoneinputonaDVcamera)areconnectedtothecompositeVideoIninput(whichisyellow)andAudioInleftandrightinputs(whicharewhiteandred,respectively)ontheVCR.Manytimes,theseinputsarelocatedonthefrontofmanyVCRstoday.S-video.ConnecttheDVcameraandVCRthroughaconnectionthatusesRCA-styleconnectorsfortheaudioandS-videoforthevideo.TherightandleftAudioOutinput(manytimes,thisisoneinput)areconnectedtotheAudioInleftandrightinputs(whicharewhiteandredrespectively)ontheVCRwhileanS-videocableisconnectedtotheDVcameraandVCRtorecordthevideo(ifyourVCRhasanS-videoconnector).

2. UsingthetransportcontrolsontheDVcamera,fast-forwardorrewindtothepointofthetapewhereyouwanttobeginrecordingtothetapeintheVCR.

3. UsingthetransportcontrolsontheVCR,fast-forwardorrewindtothepointofthetapewhereyouwanttobeginrecordingthecontentfromtheDVcameratothetapeintheVCR.

Caution

MakesurethetapeintheVCRdoesnotcontainanyvideoyouwanttosave.ItwillbeoverwrittenwiththecontentontheDVtape.

4. SettheVCRtorecordfromtheappropriatevideoandaudio

inputs.Forcompleteinformationaboutrecordingfromtheappropriateinput,seethedocumentationprovidedwithyourVCR.

5. PressRecordontheVCRtobeginrecording.6. PressPlayontheDVcameratobeginplayingbackthemovie.

7. PressStopontheVCRtostoprecording.8. PressStopontheDVcameratostopplayback.

Note

UsingthisconfigurationletsyoushareyourmovieswithothersandwatchthemovieonaTV.TheconfigurationyouusetoconnectyourDVcameratoyourVCRdependsonyourspecificcameraandVCR.ManyVCRmanualscontainspecificinformationabouthowtoconnectaVCRtoavideocamera.

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ChoosingaDVdevice

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardonlyappearsifyouhavetwoormoreDVdevicespoweredonanddetectedbyWindowsMovieMakerafterclickingtheDVcameraoptiontorecordyourmovietotape.YoucanthenchoosetheDVdevicethatcontainsthetapeyouwanttorecordyourmovieto.

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Cuingyourtape

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardpromptsyoutocueyourtapetothepointyouwanttostartrecordingyourmovie.YoucanusethetransportcontrolsonyourDVcameratodothis.

Caution

Beforeyoubeginrecording,makesurethetapeorpartofthetapeyouwanttorecordyourmovietodonotcontainanyvideothatyouwanttosave.Whenrecordingtotape,theexistingvideoandaudiocontentonthetapeisoverwrittenandlost,andthevideoandaudioofthemovieyoucreatedinWindowsMovieMakerappearsonthetape.

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Recordingtotape

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardindicatestheprogressofrecordingyourmovietothetapeinyourDVcamera.Duringthispartoftheprocess,WindowsMovieMakercreatesatemporarymoviefileandthenrecordsthemovietothetape.YoucanwatchtheprogressofthemovieasitisrecordedtotapeontheLCDdisplayofyourcameraasthemovieisrecordingtotape.

Note

Afteryourmovieiscreatedandrecordedtothetape,thetemporarymoviefileisdeletedautomatically.Ifyouwanttosaveacopyofyourmovieonyourcomputeraswell,restarttheSaveMovieWizardafteryourmovieisrecordedtothetape,andthenchoosetheMycomputersavingoption.Formoreinformationaboutsavingyourmovietotheharddiskonyourcomputer,seeSavingamovietoMycomputer.

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CompletingtheSaveMovieWizardwhenrecordingtotape


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TroubleshootingrecordingamovietoDVtape

ThesectioncoversthefollowingissueswhenrecordingamovietoDVtape.

NoDVdevicefound.SuggestionsforresolvingtheissuewhenaDVdeviceisnotfoundwhenrecordingtothetape.DVcameradoesnotsupportDVIn.ExplainstheissuewhereDVInisnotsupportedonaDVcamera.SwitchDVcameratoVCRmode.ExplainstheDVcameramodeforrecordingamovietotape.NotapeinDVcamera.ExplainsissuewherenotapeisintheDVcamera.DVtapeiswrite-protected.Explainswrite-protectionandremovingwrite-protectionsoyourmoviecanberecordedtotape.Firstsecondsofmovierecordedtotapearemissing.Explainshowtoworkaroundtheissuewherethefirstfewsecondsofamovierecordedtotapearemissing.EntiremoviemaynotfitontapeifrecordinginSPmode.ExplainstheissuewhereamessageoccursthatindicatestheentiremoviemaynotfitonthetapeifyouarerecordinginSPmode.TemporarymoviefileexceedstheFAT324-gigabytesizelimit.Explainshowtofixtheissuewhereyourmoviefilecannotbecreatedbecauseitexceedsthe4GBfilesizelimitsupportedbytheFAT32filesystem.

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NoDVdevicefound

ADVdevice,suchaDVcamera,wasnotdetectedonyourcomputersoyourmoviecannotberecordedtotape.Youmayencounterthiserrorforthefollowingreasons.

TheDVcameraisnotpoweredon.TheDVcamerawentintostandbymode.SomeDVcameraswillgointostandbymodeiftheDVcameraisintherecord(Camera)modewithatapeinitandnovideooraudioissenttoorfromthecamera.

Tofixtheproblem,dooneormoreofthefollowing,andthentryagain:

VerifythattheDVdeviceisconnectedproperlytoyourcomputerusinganIEEE1394cable.VerifythattheDVcameraispoweredonandinplaybackmode.SwitchtheDVcameraoffandthenonagaintoplaybackmode.

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DVcameradoesnotsupportDVIn

YourDVcameradoesnotsupportDVIn.YoumayencounterthiserrorifyourDVcameradoesnotsupportDVIn,whichmeansthatcapturedvideocannotbesentfromacomputerorotherdevicetotheDVcamera.

CheckthedocumentationforyourDVcameratoseeifDVInissupportedforyourcamera.

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SwitchDVcameratoVCRmode

TheDVcameraneedstobeinplayback(usuallylabeledVCRorVTRonthecamera)modetorecordyourmoviefromyourcomputertoDVtape.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsatypicalcontrolonaDVcamerathatisusedtoswitchthecamerabetweencameramodeandplaybackmode.

Tofixtheproblem,dooneormoreofthefollowing,andthentryagain:

VerifythattheDVcameraispoweredonandinplaybackmode.VerifythattheDVdeviceisconnectedproperlytoyourcomputerusinganIEEE1394cable.SwitchtheDVcameraoffforafewsecondsandthenonagaintoplaybackmode.

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NotapeinDVcamera

YourmoviecannotberecordedtotapebecausethereisnotapeinyourDVcamera.

Tofixthisproblem,insertawriteableDVtapeintothecamera,andthentrytorecordyourmovietotapeagain.

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DVtapeiswrite-protected

ThetapeinyourDVcameraiswrite-protectedandyourmoviecannotberecordedtoit.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsaDVtapewithwrite-protectionremovedsoamoviecanberecordedtothetape.

Tofixtheproblemandrecordyourmovietotape,dothefollowing:

1. EjectthetapefromyourDVcamera.2. Movethewrite-protectiontabonthetapefromSAVEtoREC.

3. InsertthetapeintheDVcamera.4. Makesurethetapedoesnotcontainanyvideoyouwanttosave,andthentryrecordingtotapeagain.

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Firstsecondsofmovierecordedtotapearemissing

Thefirstfewsecondsofyourmoviemaynotberecordedsuccessfullytotape.ThisproblemoccursifaDVcameradoesnotstartquicklyenoughwhenrecordingamovietotapeinWindowsMovieMaker.Inthissituation,WindowsMovieMakerbeginssendingthevideotothecamerabeforethecameraisreadytobeginrecordingtotape.Thiscausesthefirstfewsecondsofthemovietonotberecordedcorrectly.

Toworkaroundthisissue,dothefollowing:

1. ClickStart,pointtoAllPrograms,pointtoAccessories,andthenclickPaint.

2. OntheImagemenu,clickAttributes.3. IntheUnitsarea,clickPixels.4. IntheWidthbox,type320.IntheHeightbox,type240.5. Inthetoolbox,clickFillWithColor,andthenchooseblackasthefillcolor.

6. OntheFilemenu,clickSave.IntheFilenamebox,typeanameforyourimage,andthenclickSave.

7. OpenWindowsMovieMaker,importthepictureyoujustcreatedandaddittothebeginningofthestoryboard/timelinesoitappearsforafewsecondsinyourmovie.

8. RecordyourmoviebacktotapebychoosingtheDVcameraoptionintheSaveMovieWizard.

Whenyourmovieisrecordedbacktotape,thefirstfewframesofmissingvideoonthetapewillbeblank,blackframesandthemovieonthetapeshouldbeginwiththeactualcontentofyourmovie.

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ToimportexistingdigitalmediafilesTorecordamoviebacktotapeTroubleshootingrecordingamovietoDVtape


EntiremoviemaynotfitontapeifrecordinginSPmode

TheentiremoviemaynotfitonthetapeifyouarerecordinginSPmode.Thismessageoccursifthevideooraudioonthestoryboard/timelineislongerinduration,suchasgreaterthan90minutes.

WhenrecordingyourmovietoDVtape,therearebasicrecordingmodesthatdeterminetheamountofvideoyoucanrecordtoaDVtape.ThetwobasicrecordingmodesareSPandLP.WhenrecordinginSPmode,thetapespeedisfasterwhencomparedtorecordinginLPmode.Thoughthequalityoftherecordedvideoisincreased,theamountofvideoandaudiothatcanberecordedtothetapeisdecreased.

Tofixtheproblem,dooneormoreofthefollowing:

Reducethelengthofyourmoviebyremovingitemsfromthestoryboard/timelineinWindowsMovieMaker.OntheDVcamera,settherecordmodetoLP.FormoreinformationaboutswitchingtherecordingmodeonyourDVcameratoLP,seethedocumentationassociatedwithyourDVcamera.

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TemporarymoviefileexceedstheFAT324-gigabytesizelimit

ThetemporarymoviefilecreatedwhenyouarerecordingyourmovietotapeonaDVcamera(ormoviefilesavedonyourcomputerwhenchoosingadifferentmovielocation)exceedthe4-gigabyte(GB)filesizelimitsupportedbytheFAT32filesystem.Thismessageoccursifyouaresavingalongermoviefileatahigherqualitysetting,suchaswhenyousaveamovieasaDV-AVIfileandwhenyouchoosetorecordyourmovietotape,onavolumeorpartitionthatisusingtheFAT32filesystem.ThefilesystemisusedbyMS-DOSandotherWindows-basedoperatingsystemtoorganizeandmanagefiles.


Reducethelengthofyourmoviebyremovingitemsfromthestoryboard/timelineinWindowsMovieMaker.Ifyourcomputerharddiskhasmultiplepartitions,andoneisformattedusingtheNTFSfilesystem,gobackintheSaveMovieWizard,andthensaveyourmovietothatpartition.Ifyouaresavingyourmovietotapeandyouhavemultiplepartitionsonyourharddisk,andonepartitionisformattedusingtheNTFSfilesystem,specifythisdriveasthetemporarystoragelocationintheOptionsdialogboxinWindowsMovieMaker(ontheToolsmenu,clickOptions).ConvertyourfilesystemtousetheNTFSfilesystemwhichdoesnothaveafilesizelimit.


1. SaveyourcurrentprojectinWindowsMovieMakerandthencloseWindowsMovieMaker.

2. Closeanyopenapplications.

3. ConvertyourfilesystemtousetheNTFSfilesystem.FormoreinformationaboutconvertingavolumetouseNTFS,seethetopic“ToconvertavolumetoNTFSfromthecommandprompt”inWindowsHelpandSupport.

Relatedtopics

TospecifythetemporarystoragelocationTosaveaprojectTroubleshootingrecordingamovietoDVtape


Namingthesavedmoviefile

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardprovidesinformationaboutwhereyouwanttosaveyourmovie.ThispageappearswhenyouchooseeithertheMycomputer,RecordableCD,orTheWebsavingoption.


Enterafilenameforyoursavedmovie

Providesaspaceforyoutoenterafilenameforyourmovie.Themaximumnumberofcharactersforthefilenameis64.

Whennamingandsavingamovieyouaregoingtosendinane-mailmessageortotheWeb,usethecharactersAthroughZ(uppercaseorlowercase),thenumbers0through9,andtheperiod(.)inthemoviefilename.SomeWebserversandproxyserverscanonlyunderstandthesecharacters.

Thefollowingcharacterscannotbeusedinthemoviefilename:<>*?/\|;=+[]()":

Chooseaplacetosaveyourmovie

Specifiesthelocationtowhichyouwanttosaveyourmovie.ThisoptionappearswhenyouchoosetheMycomputersavingoption.Tochangetheplacethemovieissavedto,eitherclickoneoftheplacesinthedrop-downboxorclicktheBrowsebutton,andthenchoosethenewplaceforthesavedmoveintheresultingdialogbox.Thedestinationyoucanselectisspecifiedinthefollowingways.

IfyouchosetheMycomputersavingoptionandwanttosavethemovietoyourharddisk,theformatDrive:\FolderName,whereDriveisadriveonyourcomputerandFolderNameisanameofafolderonthespecifieddriveisused.Ifthepathandfolderisnotlistedinthedrop-downbox,youcanclickBrowse

tofindafolderorcreateafolder.

Forexample,ifyouwanttosaveyourmovietoafoldernamedMoviesonyourdriveC,youwouldselectC:\Movies.

IfyouchosetheMycomputersavingoptionandyouwanttosavethemovietoasharedcomputer,theformat\\Servername\Sharedfolder,whereServernameisthenameofthesharedcomputer,andSharedfolderisthenameofthesharedfolderisused.

Forexample,ifthesharedcomputernamedSharedComputerhasasharedfoldernamedSavedMovies,youwouldselect\\SharedComputer\SavedMovies.

EnteranamefortheCD

ProvidesaspaceforyoutoenteranamefortheCD.ThisoptionappearswhenyouchoosetheRecordableCDsavingoption.

ThenameoftheCDhelpstoidentifytheCD.ThisnameappearsinWindowsExplorerorMyComputerwhenthefinalCDisloadedintoaCD-ROMdrive.ThemaximumnumberofcharactersfortheCDnameis16.

Bydefault,thenameoftheCDisfirstenteredautomaticallyaccordingtofilenameyouenterforthesavedmovie.However,youcaneditthenamefortheCDaswell.

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Choosingamoviesetting

ThispageoftheSaveMovieWizardletsyouchoosewhatsettingsyouwanttousewhensavingyourmovieusingtheMycomputerorRecordableCDmoviesetting.Themoviesettingyouchoosedeterminesthequalityandfilesizeofthesavedmoviefile.Asthevideodisplaysizeandvideobitrateincreasewithhighermoviesettings,sodoesthefilesize.Likewise,ahighermoviesettingandbitrateresultsinalargerfilesize.Whenchoosingthemoviesetting,considerfilesizealongwithhowyouplantoshareyoursavedmovie.

ThefollowingisalistingoftheoptionsdisplayedonthispageoftheSaveMovieWizard.

Bestqualityforplaybackonmycomputer(recommended)

Specifiesthatyouwanttosaveyourmovieattherecommendedmoviesetting.Thismoviesettingencodesthevideoatahigherqualitysetting.Thespecificmoviesettingthatisselectedisdeterminedbytheoriginalqualityofthevideoandaudiocontentonthestoryboard/timeline.ThisoptionappearswhenyouchoosetheMycomputersavingoption.

Thissettingiswell-suitedforamajorityofthemoviesyousavetoyourcomputer.

BestfitforrecordableCD(recommended)

SpecifiesthatyouwanttosaveyourmovietoarecordableCDattherecommendedmoviesetting.Thismoviesettingencodesthevideoatahigherqualitysetting.Thespecificmoviesettingthatisselectedisdeterminedbytheoriginalqualityofthevideoandaudiocontentonthestoryboard/timeline,aswellasbytheamountofavailablespaceontherecordableCDandinthespecifiedtemporarystoragelocation.ThisoptionappearswhenyouchoosetheRecordableCDsavingoption.

Thissettingiswell-suitedforamajorityofthemoviesyousavetoarecordableCD.

Showmorechoices

Clicktoseeadditionalmoviesettings.

Bestfittofilesize

Specifiesthatthesavedmovieshouldfittoaspecifiedfilesize.Whenthisoptionisselected,thesettingsthatareusedforsavingthemoviearedeterminedbyWindowsMovieMaker.Themovieisthensavedatasettingwheretheresultingmoviewillbeatorbelowthespecifiedfilesize.

Thissettingisidealifyouhaveafilesizerequirementorlimitforyourfinalmoviefile.Toincreasethequalityofthefinalmoviefilesize,youcanspecifyalargerfilesizelimit.ThisletsWindowsMovieMakeruseahighermoviesettingtosavethemoviecomparedtoifyouspecifyalowerfilesizelimitwiththesamecontentonthestoryboard/timeline.

Othersettings

Providesalistofadditionalmoviesettingsyoucanchoosetosaveyourmoviewith.Whenchoosingasettingfromthislist,considerhowyouplantosharethefinalmovie.ThislistrangesfrommoviesettingssuitedforvideoonaPocketPCtovideosuitedforlocalplaybackwhichissavedatahighbitrateandmoviesetting.

Settingdetails

Displaysthesettingsforthesavedmoviefileatthecurrentsetting.Thefollowingdetailsareprovided:

Filetype.Thetypeoffilethemoviefileissavedasonyourcomputer.PossiblefiletypesincludeWindowsMediaVideo(WMV)filesorAudio-VideoInterleaved(AVI)files.

Bitrate.Thetotalbitrateofthesavedvideoandaudio.Typically,ahigherbitratewillresultinhigher-qualityvideowithsmoothermotion.However,asthebitrateincreases,sodoesthevideofilesize.

Displaysize.Thesizethevideodisplaysat(inpixels)inyourmovie.Thefirstnumberindicatesthewidthofthevideo,whilethesecondnumberindicatestheheightofthevideo.

Framespersecond.Thenumberofframesthataredisplayedpersecondinthesavedmoviefile.Typically,ahighernumberorframespersecondwillmakethemotionofobjectsorpersonsinyourvideoappearsmoother.

Videoformat.Thevideostandardforthesavedvideofile.ThetwopossibleformatsareNTSCandPAL.Thespecificvideoformatdependsontheselectedvideocapturedeviceandthevideoformatituses.ThisvalueisdisplayedwhencapturingvideoasaDV-AVIvideofile.

Moviefilesize

Providestheestimatedfilesizeofthesavedmovieandtherequiredavailablespaceneededonyourharddisk(whensavingtoyourcomputer)orontherecordableCD(whensavingtoarecordableCD)tostorethesavedmoviefile.Theestimatedamountofdiskspaceconsumedbythemoviefileisdisplayedinthisareaanddeterminedbythelengthofthemovieandtheselectedmoviesetting.

Formoviesettingsthatarebasedonthequalityofthesavedmovie,afilesizeestimateisnotavailablebecausethesizeofthemovievariesdependingonthecontentsofthetimelineandtheselectedmoviesetting.

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Configuringoptions

YoucanconfigureWindowsMovieMakeraccordingtoyourownpreferences.Forexample,youcanspecifythedefaultauthornamethatappearsforthemoviesyousave.

Relatedtopics

SettinggeneraloptionsSettingadvancedoptionsUsingWindowsMovieMaker


Settinggeneraloptions

TheGeneraltabletsyousetthedefaultoptionsforgeneralsettingsandoptionsinWindowsMovieMaker.Byusingthisdialogbox,youcancustomizeandconfiguresomesettingsinWindowsMovieMakertofityourownneeds.

InthistaboftheOptionsdialogbox,thefollowingoptionsappear.

Defaultauthor

Specifiesthedefaultnameofthepersonwhocreatedthemovie.Thenameisdisplayedbydefaultwhenyousaveaprojectasamovie;theauthor’snameappearswhenthemovieisplayedinsomemediaplayers,suchasWindowsMediaPlayer.Therefore,donotenteranypersonalinformationthatyoudonotwantotherstosee.Formoreinformationaboutprivacy,seetheWindowsMovieMakerprivacystatementattheMicrosoftWebsite.

Temporarystorage

Specifiesthetemporarystoragelocationforcapturedaudio,aswellassavedmovies.Whenyouarecapturinganaudionarration,thetemporarybufferfileisstoredinthislocation,andthenremovedwhenthefinalcapturedaudiofileissaved.

Whensavingamoviethatyouaregoingtosendinane-mailmessageortoavideohostingproviderontheWeb,acopyofthemoviefileisstoredinthislocationuntilthemovieissentsuccessfully.WhensendingamovietoatapeinaDVcamera,thetemporarymoviefilethatiscreatedisstoredinthislocationuntilthemovieisrecordedtothetape.

ClickBrowsetofindthelocationyouwanttospecifyasyourtemporarystoragelocationonyourcomputer.Youmaywanttochangeyourtemporarystoragelocationtospecifyalocation


thathasmoreavailablediskspace.Forexample,ifyourharddiskhastwopartitions,youmaywanttochoosethedrivethathasmoreavailablediskspacewhencapturingvideoorsavingamoviethatyouwanttorecordtoatapeinaDVcamera.

Openlastprojectonstartup

SpecifieswhetherthelastsavedprojectisopenedautomaticallywhenWindowsMovieMakerisstarted.Ifthischeckboxiscleared,anewblankprojectisstartedwhenWindowsMovieMakerisstarted.

SaveAutoRecoverinfoevery

Specifiesthatyouwantaprojectandyourcollectionsfiletobesavedautomaticallyafterthespecifiedamountoftime,inminutes.Whenthischeckboxisselected,theprojectandcollectionsfileisautomaticallysaved,alongwithanychangesinyourprojectandcollectionsduringthespecifiedamountoftime.Thisletsyourecoveryourworkifapowerfailureorsimilarproblemshouldoccur.

Downloadcodecsautomatically

SpecifiesthatWindowsMovieMakerattemptstodownloadcodecsautomaticallywhenyouchoosetoimportavideooraudiofilethatusesacodecthatisnotinstalledonyourcomputer.YoumustbeconnectedtotheInternetforthisoptiontowork.IftheappropriatecodecisfoundonaMicrosoftWebsite,thecodecisthendownloadedandinstalledsilentlywithoutanyuserintervention.

Ifyoudonotwantcodecstobeinstalledautomaticallyonyourcomputer,clearthischeckbox.Toinstallcodecs,youmusthavetheappropriateAdministratorpermissions.

ResetWarningDialogs

Clickthisbuttontoresetthedifferentwarningdialogboxesthat

appearinWindowsMovieMaker.IfyouselectedtheDonotshowthisdialogagaininoneofthedifferentwarningdialogboxes,thesewarningdialogboxeswillappearagainafteryouclickthisbutton.

ClearAllPasswordsandUserNames

ClickthisbuttontoresetallusernamesandpasswordsthathavebeenenteredandstoredinWindowsMovieMaker.InWindowsMovieMaker,usernamesandpasswordsarestoredonaper-userbasis.Youcouldclickthisbuttontocleartheusernameandpasswordsothattheappropriateusernameandpasswordmustbere-enteredwhenyousendamovietotheWebifyouselectedtheSavemypasswordcheckboxwhensavingamovietoavideohostingproviderontheWeb.Thishelpstoaddanotherlayerofsecurity,sothatotherscannotsendamovietoavideohostingproviderusingyouraccountinformation.

RestoreAllDefaults

ClickthisbuttontoreturnWindowsMovieMakertothedefaultsettingsforoptionsandsettingsdisplayedontheGeneraltab.Forexample,ifyouselectedanewtemporarystoragelocationandchangedthedefaultauthorname,andlaterdecidedthatyouwantedtochangethesesettingbacktothedefault,alongwithotheroptionsdisplayedontheGeneraltab,youcanclickthisbuttontoreturntothedefaultsettings.

Relatedtopics

TospecifythedefaultauthorTospecifythetemporarystoragelocationToautomaticallyopenthelastprojectwhenWindowsMovieMakerstartsTochangethesaveintervaltimeforautomaticfilerecoveryToautomaticallydownloaduninstalledcodecsToresetwarningdialogboxes

ToclearallpasswordsandusernamesTorestoredefaultgeneralsettingsConfiguringoptions


Tospecifythedefaultauthor

1. OntheToolsmenu,clickOptions,andthenclicktheGeneraltab.

2. IntheDefaultauthorbox,typethenameyouwanttodisplayastheauthorname,whichappearsinmanymediaplayerswhenthemovieisplayedback.

Note

Thedefaultauthornameyouenterbecomestheauthornamethatisdisplayedbymanymediaplayerswhenyourfinalsavedmovieisplayedback.Therefore,donotenteranypersonalinformationthatyoudonotwantotherstosee.

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2. IntheTemporarystoragebox,enterthedefaultlocationwhereyouwantyourcapturedaudiofilesandmoviefilestobetemporarilysaved.

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ToautomaticallyopenthelastprojectwhenWindowsMovieMakerstarts


2. SelecttheOpenlastprojectonstartupcheckbox.

ThenexttimeyoustartWindowsMovieMaker,thelastsavedprojectwillbeopenedautomaticallyandyoucancontinueworkingfromthepointatwhichtheprojectwassaved.

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Tochangethesaveintervaltimeforautomaticfilerecovery


2. SelecttheSaveAutoRecoverinfoeverycheckbox.3. Intheminutesbox,specifyhowoftenyouwantWindowsMovieMakertoautomaticallysaveyourprojectandcollectionsfile.

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Toautomaticallydownloaduninstalledcodecs


2. SelecttheDownloadcodecsautomaticallycheckbox.

Codecsareinstalledautomaticallywithoutanyuserinterventionifthischeckboxisselected.Therefore,ifyouwanttobepromptedornotifiedwhenanuninstalledcodecneedstobedownloadedandinstalledonyourcomputer,clearthischeckbox.

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Toresetwarningdialogboxes


2. ClickResetWarningDialogsifyouwantallpreviouslyhiddenwarningdialogstoappearagain.

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Toclearallpasswordsandusernames


2. ClickClearAllPasswordsandUserNamesifyouwantallpasswordsandusernamesyouenteredinWindowsMovieMakertobecleared.

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Torestoredefaultgeneralsettings


2. ClickRestoreAllDefaultsifyouwanttheoptionsdisplayedontheGeneraltabtobesettotheoriginaldefaultsettings.

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Settingadvancedoptions

TheAdvancedtabletsyousetthedefaultoptionsforadvancedsettingsandoptionsinWindowsMovieMaker.Byusingthisdialogbox,youcancustomizeandconfiguresomesettingsinWindowsMovieMakertofityourownneeds.

InthistaboftheOptionsdialogbox,thefollowingoptionsappear.

Pictureduration

SpecifiesthedefaultamountoftimeyouwantpicturestodisplayinyourprojectwhenaddedtotheVideotrackofthetimelineortothestoryboard.Thedefaultdurationisdeterminedbythecurrentsettingwhentheclipisaddedtothestoryboard/timeline.Forexample,ifyouimportedseveralpicturesandthenaddedthemtothestoryboard/timelinewiththePicturedurationoptionsettofiveseconds,thepicturesaddedtotheVideotrackwoulddisplayforfiveseconds.However,ifyouchangedthedefaultdurationto10secondsandthenaddedpicturestothestoryboard/timeline,thenewlyaddedpictureswoulddisplayfor10seconds.

Transitionduration

SpecifiesthedefaultamountoftimeyouwantvideotransitionstodisplayinyourprojectandfinalsavedmoviewhenaddedtotheTransitiontrackofthetimelineortoavideotransitioncellonthestoryboard.Thedefaultdurationforvideotransitionsisalsodeterminedbythecurrentsettingwhentheclipisaddedtothestoryboard/timeline.Formoreinformationaboutworkingwithvideotransitions,seeWorkingwithvideotransitions.

Videoformat

Specifiesthevideoformatthatisusedwhenrecordingamoviebacktotape.Theformatyouchoosedeterminesthevideo

formatusedbyyourDVcamera,whichvariesbycountryorregion.TheselectedvideoformatisusedwhenthemovieissenttotapeinyourDVcameraifWindowsMovieMakercannotautomaticallydetectthevideoformatforyourDVcamera.ThissettingisautomaticallysetbasedontheRegionalandLanguageOptionsettingsinControlPanel.

ThecurrentvideoformatalsodetermineswhethereithertheNTSCorPALsettingsaredisplayedwhencapturingvideoorsavingmoviesafterselectingtheOthersettingsoptionforeithertask.FormoreinformationaboutthevideoformatusedbyyourDVcamera,consultthedocumentationprovidedwithyourDVcamera.

Aspectratio

Specifiestheaspectratioforyoursavedmovies.Thesettingyouchoosedeterminestheaspectratio,whichistherelationofthewidthtotheheight,ofthevideodisplayforyourfinalsavedmovie.

Ifyouselect16:9,thesettingsyoucanchoosefromwhensavingamovieincludesettingsthathaveawidthtoheightratioof16:9.Ifyouselect4:3astheaspectratio,thesettingsyoucanchoosefromincludeprofilesthathaveawidthtoheightratioof4:3.Videoconvertedbetweenthetwoaspectratiosmaycausethefinalsavedmovietoappeardistortedduringplayback.

Maximumfilesizeforsendingamovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessage

Specifiesthemaximumfilesizeforsendingamovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessage.Youcansetthisoptionaccordingtoanyattachmentfilesizelimitsthatmaybesetbyyoure-mailprovider.WindowsMovieMakerthenautomaticallyselectsthebestmoviesettingbasedonthedurationandcontentonthestoryboard/timelineandthefilesizelimityou

enter.

Becausemanye-mailprovidershaveattachmentfilesizelimits,youcansetthisvaluetothefilesizelimitofyoure-mailprovider.WindowsMovieMakerdisplaysawarningifthemovieyouaresavingexceedsthefilesizelimitthatissetwhenyouchoosetheE-mailsavingoptionintheSaveMovieWizard.

RestoreAllDefaults

ClickthisbuttontoreturnWindowsMovieMakertothedefaultsettingsforoptionsandsettingsdisplayedontheAdvancedtab.Forexample,ifyouselectedanewdefaultdurationforpicturesandvideotransitions,andlaterdecidedthatyouwantedtochangethesesettingbacktothedefaults,alongwithotheroptionsdisplayedontheAdvancedtab,youcanclickthisbuttontoreturntothedefaultsettingsforthistab.

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TospecifydefaultdurationsTosetthevideoformatTosettheaspectratioTosetthemaximummoviefilesizeforsendingmoviesbye-mailTorestoredefaultadvancedsettingsConfiguringoptions


Tospecifydefaultdurations

1. OntheToolsmenu,clickOptions,andthenclicktheAdvancedtab.

2. Tospecifythedefaultdurationsfordigitalmediafilesandvideotransitions,dothefollowing:

ForPictureduration,enterthetime(inseconds)youwantpicturestoplaybackbydefaultwhenaddedtothestoryboard/timeline.ForTransitionduration,enterthetime(inseconds)youwantaddedvideotransitionstoplaybackbydefaultwhenaddedtothestoryboard/timeline.

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Tosetthevideoformat


2. DependingonyourDVcameraorVCRandthevideoformatituses,dooneofthefollowing:

SelectNTSCifyourDVcameraorVCRusestheNTSCvideoformatstandard.SelectPALifyourDVcameraorVCRusesthePALvideoformatstandard.

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Tosettheaspectratio


2. Dooneofthefollowing,basedontheaspectratioyouwanttouseforyoursavedmovies:

Choose4:3ifyouwantsavedmoviestobedisplayedatanaspectratioof4:3.Choose16:9ifyouwantsavedmoviestobedisplayedatanaspectratioof16:9.

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Tosetthemaximummoviefilesizeforsendingmoviesbye-mail


2. IntheMaximumfilessizeforsendingamovieasanattachmentinane-mailmessagebox,enterthemaximumfilesizeformoviesyouwanttosendinane-mailmessage.

Tofindanyfilesizelimitsthatmayexistforsendingfilesase-mailattachments,contactyoure-mailprovider.

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Torestoredefaultadvancedsettings


2. ClickRestoreAllDefaultsifyouwanttheoptionsdisplayedontheAdvancedtabtobesettotheoriginaldefaultsettings.

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Accessibilityforpeoplewithdisabilities

Microsoftiscommittedtomakingitsproductsandserviceseasierforeveryonetouse.Thefollowingtopicsprovideinformationaboutthefeatures,products,andservicesthatmakeMicrosoftWindowsMovieMakermoreaccessibleforpeoplewithdisabilities:

AccessibilityfeaturesinWindowsMovieMakerAccessibilityfeaturesinWindowsMovieMakerHelpAccessibleproductsandservicesfromMicrosoft

Note

TheinformationinthissectionappliesonlytouserswholicenseMicrosoftproductsintheUnitedStates.IfyouobtainedthisproductoutsidetheUnitedStates,yourpackagecontainsasubsidiaryinformationcardlistingMicrosoftsupportservicestelephonenumbersandaddresses.Youcancontactyoursubsidiarytofindoutwhethertheproductsandservicesdescribedinthissectionareavailableinyourarea.Accessibilityinformationisavailableinotherselectlanguages,includingJapaneseandFrench.Formoreinformation,seetheMicrosoftWebsite.



AccessibilityfeaturesinWindowsMovieMaker

InadditiontoaccessibilityfeaturesandutilitiesinWindows,thefollowingfeaturesmakeWindowsMovieMakermoreaccessibleforpeoplewithdisabilities:

Keyboardshortcuts

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AccessibilityfeaturesinWindowsMovieMakerHelp

WindowsMovieMakerHelpincludesfeaturesthatmakeitaccessibletoawiderrangeofusers,includingthosewhohavelimiteddexterity,lowvision,orotherdisabilities.

Inaddition,WindowsMovieMakerHelpisavailableontheWebattheMicrosoftWebsite.

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KeyboardshortcutsforusingtheHelpwindow

ByusingthefollowingkeyboardshortcutsinHelp,youcanquicklyaccomplishmanycommontasks.

Todothis… Usethiskeyboardshortcut…

DisplaytheHelpwindow. F1SwitchthecursorbetweentheHelptopicpaneandthenavigationpane(Contents,Search,andIndextabs).

F6

Selectthenexthiddentextorhyperlink.

TAB

Selecttheprevioushiddentextorhyperlink.

SHIFT+TAB

PerformtheactionfortheselectedShowAll,HideAll,hiddentext,orhyperlink.

ENTER

DisplaytheOptionsmenutoaccessanyHelptoolbarcommand.

ALT+O

HideorshowthepanecontainingtheContents,Search,andIndextabs.

ALT+O,andthenpressT

Displaythepreviouslyviewedtopic

ALT+O,andthenpressB

Displaythenexttopicinapreviouslydisplayedsequenceoftopics.

ALT+O,andthenpressF

Returntothespecifiedhomepage.

ALT+O,andthenpressH

StoptheHelpwindowfromopeningaHelptopic(usefulifyouwanttostopaWebpagefromdownloading).

ALT+O,andthenpressS

OpentheInternetOptionsdialogboxforMicrosoftInternetExplorer,whereyoucanchangeaccessibilitysettings.

ALT+O,andthenpressI

Refreshthetopic(usefulifyouhavelinkedtoaWebpage).

ALT+O,andthenpressR

Printalltopicsinabookoraselectedtopiconly.

ALT+O,andthenpressP

ClosetheHelpwindow. ALT+F4

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TochangetheappearanceofaHelptopic

1. Tocustomizethecolors,fontstyles,andfontsizesusedinHelp,opentheHelpwindow.

2. ClickOptions,andthenclickInternetOptions.3. OntheGeneraltab,clickAccessibility.SelectIgnorecolorsspecifiedonWebpages,IgnorefontstylesspecifiedonWebpages,andIgnorefontsizesspecifiedonWebpages.Youalsocanchoosetousethesettingsspecifiedinyourownstylesheet.

4. TochangethecolorsusedinHelp,seeTochangethecolorofthebackgroundortextinHelp.Tochangethefont,seeTochangethefontinHelp.

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TochangethecolorofthebackgroundortextinHelp

1. OpentheHelpwindow.2. ClickOptions,andthenclickInternetOptions.3. OntheGeneraltab,clickAccessibility.ThenselectIgnorecolorsspecifiedonWebpages.Youalsocanchoosetousethesettingsspecifiedinyourownstylesheet.

4. TocustomizethecolorsusedinHelp,ontheGeneraltab,clickColors.CleartheUseWindowsColorscheckbox,andthenselectthefontandbackgroundcolorsyouwanttouse.

Note

IfyouchangethebackgroundcoloroftheHelptopicsintheHelpwindow,thechangealsoaffectsthebackgroundcolorwhenyouviewaWebpageinMicrosoftInternetExplorer.

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TochangethefontinHelp

1. OpentheHelpwindow.2. ClickOptions,andthenclickInternetOptions.3. OntheGeneraltab,clickAccessibility.TousethesamesettingsasthoseusedinyourinstanceofMicrosoftInternetExplorer,selectIgnorefontstylesspecifiedonWebpagesandIgnorefontsizesspecifiedonWebpages.Youalsocanchoosetousethesettingsspecifiedinyourownstylesheet.

4. TocustomizethefontstyleusedinHelp,ontheGeneraltab,clickFonts,andthenclickthefontstyleyouwant.

Note

IfyouchangethefontoftheHelptopicsintheHelpwindow,thechangealsoaffectsthefontwhenyouviewaWebpageinMicrosoftInternetExplorer.

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AccessibleproductsandservicesfromMicrosoft

Thefollowingtopicsprovideinformationaboutthefeatures,products,andservicesthatmakethisMicrosoftproductmoreaccessibleforpeoplewithdisabilities:

AccessibilityinMicrosoftWindowsAdjustingMicrosoftproductsforpeoplewithaccessibilityneedsFreestep-by-steptutorialsMicrosoftdocumentationinalternativeformatsAssistivetechnologyforWindowsCustomerserviceforpeoplewhoaredeaforhard-of-hearingGettingmoreaccessibilityinformation

Note

TheinformationinthissectionappliesonlytouserswholicenseMicrosoftproductsintheUnitedStates.IfyouobtainedthisproductoutsidetheUnitedStates,yourpackagecontainsasubsidiaryinformationcardlistingMicrosoftsupportservicestelephonenumbersandaddresses.Youcancontactyoursubsidiarytofindoutwhetherthetypeofproductsandservicesdescribedinthissectionareavailableinyourarea.Accessibilityisavailableinotherselectlanguages,includingJapaneseandFrench.Formoreinformation,seetheMicrosoftWebsite.

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AccessibilityinMicrosoftWindows

ManyaccessibilityfeatureshavebeenbuiltintoMicrosoftWindows,startingwiththeintroductionofWindows95.Thesefeaturesareusefulforindividualswhohavedifficultytypingorusingamouse,areblindorhavelowvision,orwhoaredeaforhard-of-hearing.Thefeaturescanbeinstalledduringsetup.FormoreinformationaboutthevariousaccessibilityfeaturesofMicrosoftProducts,suchasMicrosoftWindowsXPProfessional,WindowsXPHomeEdition,WindowsMillenniumEdition,Windows2000,Windows98,andWindows95,seetheMicrosoftWebsite.

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AdjustingMicrosoftproductsforpeoplewithaccessibilityneeds

AccessibilityoptionsandfeaturesarebuiltintomanyMicrosoftproducts,includingtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Accessibilityoptionsandfeaturesareusefulforindividualswhohavedifficultytypingorusingamouse,areblindorhavelowvision,orwhoaredeaforhard-of-hearing.

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Freestep-by-steptutorials

Microsoftoffersaseriesofstep-by-steptutorialstohelpyoulearnhowtoadjusttheaccessibilityoptionsandsettingsonyourcomputer.Thetutorialsprovidedetailedproceduresonhowtoadjustoptions,features,andsettingstomeettheneedsofpeoplewithdisabilitiesandaccessibilityneeds.Thisinformationispresentedinaside-by-sideformatsothatyoucanseeataglancehowtousethemouse,thekeyboard,oracombinationofboth.

Tofindstep-by-steptutorialsforMicrosoftproducts,seetheAccessibilitysectionoftheMicrosoftWebsite.

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Microsoftdocumentationinalternativeformats

Inadditiontothestandardformats,documentationformanyMicrosoftproductsisavailableinotherformatstomakeitmoreaccessible.Ifyouhavedifficultyreadingorhandlingprintedmaterials,youcanobtainthedocumentationformanyMicrosoftproductsinother,moreaccessibleformats.YoucandownloadmanyofthesebooksfromtheMicrosoftWebsite.

MicrosoftproducesanindexofaccessibledocumentationontheAccessibilitysectionoftheMicrosoftWebsite.

Inaddition,youcanobtainadditionalMicrosoftpublicationsfromRecordingfortheBlind&Dyslexic,Inc.Thesedocumentsaredistributedtoregistered,eligiblemembersoftheirdistributionserviceonaudiocassettesoronfloppydisks.Thecollectioncontainsmorethan80,000titles,includingMicrosoftproductdocumentationandbooksfromMicrosoftPress.ForinformationabouteligibilityandavailabilityofMicrosoftproductdocumentationandbooksfromMicrosoftPress,contact:

RecordingfortheBlind&Dyslexic,Inc.20RoszelRoadPrinceton,NJ08540

PhonefromwithintheUnitedStates:(800)221-4792PhonefromoutsidetheUnitedStatesandCanada:(609)452-0606Fax:(609)987-8116

RecordingfortheBlind&DyslexicWebsite

Webaddressescanchange,soyoumightbeunabletoconnecttotheWebsiteorsitesmentionedhere.

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AssistivetechnologyforWindows

Awidevarietyofaccessibilityaids,orassistivetechnologyproducts,areavailabletomakecomputerseasiertouseforpeoplewithdisabilities.

MicrosoftprovidesasearchablecatalogofaccessibilityaidsthatrunonMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystemsattheAccessibilitysectionoftheMicrosoftWebsite.

AmongthedifferenttypesofproductsavailablefortheMS-DOS,Windows,andWindowsNToperatingsystemsare:

Programsthatenlargetheinformationdisplayedoralterthecolorofinformationonthescreenforpeoplewithvisualimpairments.ProgramsthatdescribeinformationonthescreeninBrailleorsynthesizedspeechforpeoplewhoareblindorhavedifficultyreading.Hardwareandsoftwareutilitiesthatmodifythebehaviorofthemouseandkeyboard.Programsthatenablepeopletotypebyusingamouseortheirvoice.Wordorphrasepredictionsoftwarethatenableuserstotypemorequicklyandwithfewerkeystrokes.Alternativeinputdevices,suchassingleswitchorpuff-and-sipdevices,forpeoplewhocannotuseamouseorakeyboard.

Upgrading

Ifyouuseassistivetechnology,beforeyouupgradeeitheryoursoftwareorhardware,besuretocontactyourassistivetechnologyvendortocheckcompatibilitywithproductsonyourcomputer.YourassistivetechnologyvendorcanalsohelpyoulearnhowtoadjustyoursettingstooptimizecompatibilitywithyourversionofWindowsorotherMicrosoftproducts.



Customerserviceforpeoplewhoaredeaforhard-of-hearing

Ifyouaredeaforhard-of-hearing,completeaccesstoMicrosoftproductandcustomerservicesisavailablethroughatexttelephone(TTY/TDD)service.

Customerservice

YoucancontactMicrosoftSalesInformationCenteronatexttelephonebydialing(800)892-5234between6:30AMand5:30PMPacifictime,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays.

Technicalassistance

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Glossary

Tofindatermintheglossary,clicktheletterofthealphabetthatisthefirstletterinthetermyouwanttolookup.

YoucanalsoreadglossarytermswithinthetextofHelpbyclickingtheunderlinedglossarytermlinks.Afteryouclickaglossarylink,theglossarytermanddefinitionappearinapop-upwindow.Toclosethewindow,clickanywhereonthescreen.

A B C D E F G H I J K L MN O P Q R S T U V WX Y Z

B

bandwidth

Anetwork'scapacityfortransferringanamountofdatainagiventime.

bitrate

Thenumberofbitstransferredpersecond.

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C

capture

Torecordaudio,video,orstillimagesasdigitaldatainafile.

capturedevice

Hardwarethattransfersaudioandvideofromanexternalsource,suchasaVCRorcamcorder,toacomputer.

clip

Smallsegmentofalargervideofile.

codec

Anabbreviationforcompressor/decompressor.Softwareorhardwareusedtocompressanddecompressdigitalmedia.

collection

Acontainerfororganizingclips.

compression

Aprocessforremovingredundantdatafromadigitalmediafileorstreamtoreduceitssizeorthebandwidthused.

content

Audio,video,images,text,oranyotherinformationthatiscontainedinadigitalmediafileorstream.

cross-fade

Amethodofsmoothlymovingfromonevideocliporphototoanother.Withacross-fadetransition,theframesintheplayingclipfadeoutastheframesinthenewclipfadein.Inthefilmindustry,thesameprocessiscalledadissolve.

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D

depthoffield

Themeasurementoftheareainfrontofandbehindthesubjectthatisinfocus.

digitalvideo(DV)

Videoimagesandsoundstoredinadigitalformat.

directmemoryaccess(DMA)

Memoryaccessthatdoesnotinvolvethemicroprocessorandisfrequentlyusedfordatatransferdirectlybetweenmemoryandaperipheraldevice,suchasadiskdrive.

download

Totransferafileoveranetworkinresponsetoarequestfromthedevicethatreceivesthedata.Downloadedcontentiskeptonthereceivingdeviceforplaybackondemand.Incontrast,streamedcontentisplayedasitisdelivered.

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F

frame

Oneofmanysequentialimagesthatmakeupvideo.

framerate

Thenumberofvideoframesdisplayedpersecond.Higherframeratesgenerallyproducesmoothermovementinthepicture.

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H

header

Apartofthefilestructurethatcontainsinformationrequiredbyanapplicationtodecompressandrenderthecontent.Theheaderinaprotectedfilealsocontainsinformationrequiredtogetalicense.

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I

IEEE1394

Seedefinitionfor:InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE)1394

InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE)1394

Ahigh-speedserialbusstandardthatprovidesenhancedcomputerconnectivityforawiderangeofdevices,includingconsumerelectronicsaudio/video(A/V)appliances,storageperipherals,othercomputers,andportabledevices.

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M

microphonenoise

Unwantedsoundthatiscapturedwhenobjectstouchamicrophoneinadvertently.

moirépattern

Videoartifactsthatoccurwhenrecordinganobjectthathasmanythin,parallellines.

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P

projectfile

Thefilethatcontainsinformationaboutthefilesthathavebeenimportedintoorcapturedinthecurrentproject,andhowfilesorclipshavebeenarranged.

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R

record

Seedefinitionfor:capture

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S

source

Audioandvideocontentthatcanbecapturedandencodedfromdevicesinstalledonyourcomputerorfromafile.

split

Todivideanaudioorvideoclipintotwoclips.

storyboard

Aviewoftheworkspacethatdisplaysthesequenceofyourclips.

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T

timeline

Theareaoftheuserinterfacethatshowsthetimingandarrangementoffilesorclipsthatmakeupaproject.

trim

Tohidepartsofafileorclipwithoutdeletingthemfromtheoriginalsource.Filesandclipscanbetrimmedbyadjustingthestartorendtrimpoints.

trimpoints

Thepointswhereplaybackofafileorclipbeginsandends.Therearetwotrimpoints:starttrimpointandendtrimpoint.

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W

WindowsMediafile

Afilecontainingaudio,video,orscriptdatathatisstoredinWindowsMediaFormat.Dependingontheircontentandpurpose,WindowsMediafilesuseavarietyoffilenameextensions,suchas:.wma,.wme,.wms,.wmv,.wmx,.wmz,or.wvx.

WindowsMediaTechnologies

AfamilyofdigitalmediasoftwaredevelopedbyMicrosoft,suchasWindowsMediaServices,WindowsMediaEncoder,andWindowsMediaPlayer.

WindowsMovieMaker

Softwareforcapturing,editing,andarrangingaudioandvideosourcematerialtocreatemovies.

workspace

TheareaofWindowsMovieMakerinwhichyoucreateyourmovies.Itconsistsoftwoviews:storyboardandtimeline,whichactasacontainerforworkinprogress.

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