Movie Maker issues

[mark]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

I'm new to Movie Maker. I've recently created a movie using nothing more
than still jpg images. Not every time, but most times when I start to move
pictures around in the timeline the program seems to lock up. In fact, when
I check the task manager it shows no CPU time being used by the program.
There is literally nothing else going on... just idle CPU time. After
waiting for rather extended periods of time (at least 15 minutes or more) I
usually end up terminating the program through the task manager (of course,
the task manager says the program is not responding, but eventually kills it
anyway).

Another problem (and this is every time)... I launch Movie Maker, it comes
up just fine, and then I open an existing project (the same one I mentioned
above). This loading takes about half an hour to accomplish. It's a .MSWMM
file (same format the project was saved as). This is ridiculous. When I
check the task manager the CPU is pegged at 100% for the Movie Maker program.
So it's obviously working. If this is the kind of responsiveness I can
expect however, I'm extremely disappointed.

I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100, 866MHz PIII, 512MB RAM,
80GB HD. I have plenty of hard drive space available (more than 40+ GB).
I've completely rebuilt my system around a month ago, so I don't think I have
any drastic fragmentation problems. Besides, all other applications respond
just fine. I use Norton System Works 2004 as my Anti-virus solution, but I
try to keep it disabled whenever I'm doing video or sound work. So, any
ideas on the above problems? Is my system not powerful/fast enough? If I
need a system that is 1GHz or better, again, I would be extremely
disappointed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

How big is the project? It sounds like it is a low pc spec problem.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
Laird of Glencairn
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9FC0BAAB-F5AB-49E9-B7A6-CA7F1D8C3898@microsoft.com...
> I'm new to Movie Maker. I've recently created a movie using nothing more
> than still jpg images. Not every time, but most times when I start to
move
> pictures around in the timeline the program seems to lock up. In fact,
when
> I check the task manager it shows no CPU time being used by the program.
> There is literally nothing else going on... just idle CPU time. After
> waiting for rather extended periods of time (at least 15 minutes or more)
I
> usually end up terminating the program through the task manager (of
course,
> the task manager says the program is not responding, but eventually kills
it
> anyway).
>
> Another problem (and this is every time)... I launch Movie Maker, it
comes
> up just fine, and then I open an existing project (the same one I
mentioned
> above). This loading takes about half an hour to accomplish. It's a
..MSWMM
> file (same format the project was saved as). This is ridiculous. When I
> check the task manager the CPU is pegged at 100% for the Movie Maker
program.
> So it's obviously working. If this is the kind of responsiveness I can
> expect however, I'm extremely disappointed.
>
> I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100, 866MHz PIII, 512MB
RAM,
> 80GB HD. I have plenty of hard drive space available (more than 40+ GB).
> I've completely rebuilt my system around a month ago, so I don't think I
have
> any drastic fragmentation problems. Besides, all other applications
respond
> just fine. I use Norton System Works 2004 as my Anti-virus solution, but
I
> try to keep it disabled whenever I'm doing video or sound work. So, any
> ideas on the above problems? Is my system not powerful/fast enough? If I
> need a system that is 1GHz or better, again, I would be extremely
> disappointed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
>

 

[mark]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

About 370+ still images. My pc specs are mentioned in the original post. If
it is indeed a lack of resources, I know I do not have what is currently
considered a "state of the art" machine, but it's still pretty powerful. As
mentioned before, if I require more than this, I am sorely disappointed with
this application.

Also, I should mention that if I create the project completely from scratch
(i.e. starting a new project and reloading all images), I can complete this
task in about 30 seconds (of course, I still need to add my transitions and
so forth). So, why it would take so much longer to reopen this project at
some later time is beyond me. And, there is still the problem with the
lockups.

By the way, I've been test driving a trial version of another application
(out of frustration of this application). The application is Adobe Premiere
Elements, and so far I have had no problems with it. It can handle all my
images with ease, and I have yet to experience any crashes or lockups. It's
more than I would like to spend, but if I can't get WMM to work, oh well.

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> How big is the project? It sounds like it is a low pc spec problem.
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> Laird of Glencairn
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9FC0BAAB-F5AB-49E9-B7A6-CA7F1D8C3898@microsoft.com...
> > I'm new to Movie Maker. I've recently created a movie using nothing more
> > than still jpg images. Not every time, but most times when I start to
> move
> > pictures around in the timeline the program seems to lock up. In fact,
> when
> > I check the task manager it shows no CPU time being used by the program.
> > There is literally nothing else going on... just idle CPU time. After
> > waiting for rather extended periods of time (at least 15 minutes or more)
> I
> > usually end up terminating the program through the task manager (of
> course,
> > the task manager says the program is not responding, but eventually kills
> it
> > anyway).
> >
> > Another problem (and this is every time)... I launch Movie Maker, it
> comes
> > up just fine, and then I open an existing project (the same one I
> mentioned
> > above). This loading takes about half an hour to accomplish. It's a
> ..MSWMM
> > file (same format the project was saved as). This is ridiculous. When I
> > check the task manager the CPU is pegged at 100% for the Movie Maker
> program.
> > So it's obviously working. If this is the kind of responsiveness I can
> > expect however, I'm extremely disappointed.
> >
> > I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100, 866MHz PIII, 512MB
> RAM,
> > 80GB HD. I have plenty of hard drive space available (more than 40+ GB).
> > I've completely rebuilt my system around a month ago, so I don't think I
> have
> > any drastic fragmentation problems. Besides, all other applications
> respond
> > just fine. I use Norton System Works 2004 as my Anti-virus solution, but
> I
> > try to keep it disabled whenever I'm doing video or sound work. So, any
> > ideas on the above problems? Is my system not powerful/fast enough? If I
> > need a system that is 1GHz or better, again, I would be extremely
> > disappointed. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
> >
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

I have a Dell P4 2.8GHz 1G RAM and have similar
problems. It works only slightly better than another P3
1.1GHz machine. The problems crop up when you add
transitions. Seems MovieMaker is extremely limited in
terms of the number of images (still or video) and
transitions you can add. Very nice interface. Too bad
it is only useful for small projects.


>-----Original Message-----
>About 370+ still images. My pc specs are mentioned in
the original post. If
>it is indeed a lack of resources, I know I do not have
what is currently
>considered a "state of the art" machine, but it's still
pretty powerful. As
>mentioned before, if I require more than this, I am
sorely disappointed with
>this application.
>
>Also, I should mention that if I create the project
completely from scratch
>(i.e. starting a new project and reloading all images),
I can complete this
>task in about 30 seconds (of course, I still need to add
my transitions and
>so forth). So, why it would take so much longer to
reopen this project at
>some later time is beyond me. And, there is still the
problem with the
>lockups.
>
>By the way, I've been test driving a trial version of
another application
>(out of frustration of this application). The
application is Adobe Premiere
>Elements, and so far I have had no problems with it. It
can handle all my
>images with ease, and I have yet to experience any
crashes or lockups. It's
>more than I would like to spend, but if I can't get WMM
to work, oh well.
>
>"Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> How big is the project? It sounds like it is a low pc
spec problem.
>>
>> --
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> Laird of Glencairn
>> www.dvds2treasure.com
>> www.simplydv.com
>>
>>
>> "Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>> news:9FC0BAAB-F5AB-49E9-B7A6-
CA7F1D8C3898@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm new to Movie Maker. I've recently created a
movie using nothing more
>> > than still jpg images. Not every time, but most
times when I start to
>> move
>> > pictures around in the timeline the program seems to
lock up. In fact,
>> when
>> > I check the task manager it shows no CPU time being
used by the program.
>> > There is literally nothing else going on... just
idle CPU time. After
>> > waiting for rather extended periods of time (at
least 15 minutes or more)
>> I
>> > usually end up terminating the program through the
task manager (of
>> course,
>> > the task manager says the program is not responding,
but eventually kills
>> it
>> > anyway).
>> >
>> > Another problem (and this is every time)... I
launch Movie Maker, it
>> comes
>> > up just fine, and then I open an existing project
(the same one I
>> mentioned
>> > above). This loading takes about half an hour to
accomplish. It's a
>> ..MSWMM
>> > file (same format the project was saved as). This
is ridiculous. When I
>> > check the task manager the CPU is pegged at 100% for
the Movie Maker
>> program.
>> > So it's obviously working. If this is the kind of
responsiveness I can
>> > expect however, I'm extremely disappointed.
>> >
>> > I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100,
866MHz PIII, 512MB
>> RAM,
>> > 80GB HD. I have plenty of hard drive space
available (more than 40+ GB).
>> > I've completely rebuilt my system around a month
ago, so I don't think I
>> have
>> > any drastic fragmentation problems. Besides, all
other applications
>> respond
>> > just fine. I use Norton System Works 2004 as my
Anti-virus solution, but
>> I
>> > try to keep it disabled whenever I'm doing video or
sound work. So, any
>> > ideas on the above problems? Is my system not
powerful/fast enough? If I
>> > need a system that is 1GHz or better, again, I would
be extremely
>> > disappointed. Any help would be greatly
appreciated, thank you.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>.
>