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This page is about the more significant recent changes to the site, comments about what I'm currently working on that will effect it in the future, and anything else that might be of interest to users of Windows Movie Maker, Photo Story and Expression Media. The info is for a rolling one year period.
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Although this site is in English and I live in the Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA) area... almost half of the visitors are from other countries. As of March 28, 2009 the site's highest traffic ranking is in...
Hong Kong followed by Malaysia and Phillipines.
Just a note to say hello to everyone there.
Here are some of the statistics that help me understand who visits this website... as of 4/5/09:
What's New and Where's the Website Going?
July 3, 2009 - This video is the largest project yet in my quest to use video to show both a majestic scene and the parts of it that suck you in, catching your eyes and mind.
If you've been to Washington DC you know how difficult that is, coming home with the all-too traditional 'snapshots'. Click the image to see it and the steps I used to make it.
Click the image to go to the video tutorial.
June 22, 2009 - We just returned from a vacation to Washington DC, the Atlantic shore of Delaware/Maryland/Virginia, and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
While gone, Pixelan released version 5 of their SpiceFX packs. I like what I see in the new version and look forward to using the new effects, transitions and title overlays with my vacation pix and clips.
I'll start with the new Picture-in-Picture and Title Animations wizards.
June 9, 2009 - To check a search engine, it's easiest to use something familiar. I'm a long-time user of Google now checking Microsoft's bing. For my initial check I searched for 'windows movie maker papajohn'. I'm not only interested in the content links provided but the added paid-for sponsored ones.
We'll see what bing and others add to the equation.
June 3, 2009 - The October 22, 2009 release date for Windows 7 will mark the end of Movie Maker's first 9 year era for me. It helped me take my first dive into computer non-linear digital video editing. It's been an interesting, educational, rewarding, and fun era.
Windows Live Movie Maker and whatever else we use in Windows 7 will begin the next era. It's only a few months away and I'm watching developments to see where it takes us.
June 1, 2009 - Here's my first sample video that effectively transitions from an overall scene stitched together from a batch of frame snapshots to an item of specific interest in the camcorder footage.
Click the image to go to the video tutorial.
May 28, 2009 - I uploaded a copy of my latest Chicago video to neptune's Mediashare service... and noticed a better viewing experience compared to vimeo.
Vimeo is a free service.... Mediashare isn't. Each has its place.
May 25, 2009 - A trip to Chicago last Thursday gave me another chance to make a movie using a mix of camcorder clips and 7 megapixel still shots from my Canon SD750.
I used the panorama-making feature of Windows Live Photo Gallery to stitch stills into large composites such as this 14,137 by 4,623 pixel image. Click it for more info and to watch the video.
May 22, 2009 - The AVCHD file format is gaining user momentum.... enough to add a new page of its own to the Import Movie Source Files > Video section.
It's touted as an easy to use format for videos attached to emails or uploaded to online social networks... but as often is the case, those who sell the cameras can't help you include them in your Movie Maker projects.
The new page is online but needs lots of work to flesh it out so it provides guidance as easy to follow as the cameras that take them. I'll be working on it over the days ahead.
May 14, 2009 - There are many great free software tools to prepare still pictures for movies and stories. Here are a couple I recently added to my toolbox:
VirtualStudio is a stand-alone, full-featured photo editor.
tinti photo filter - Select which colours to pop, and the rest become black & white. It sounds interesting but I haven't gotten the hang of using it yet.
May 13, 2009 - 'Busted by MSN's Soapbox hosting service'... I was testing Windows Live Movie Maker on Windows 7 last night. Starting with the random footage on my camcorder tape, I edited it with Windows Live Movie Maker and published the test movie to Soapbox, the default online service the app connects to.
All went fine. My only problem was Soapbox didn't allow the movie to be viewed. It said the music used for the one minute segment shot at my grand-daughter's annual dance recital was copyrighted.
Do they have a point? Sure. Do I feel it's OK to put a movie of my grand-kids dance recital online for family and friends viewing? Yes. I'll use a different online service that's a bit more tolerant.
May 9, 2009 - Shape Collage is new to my toolbox, a utility that makes a neat opening picture for a Photo Story.
View my first test story that uses it... on vimeo at Shape Collage Sample.
May 4, 2009 - the PhotoStory ShowRoom channel of vimeo, developed by John Lauwers, opened to the public today. There's a new vimeo widget at the right of the main website page, just above the one for the Photo Story Magic group.
This new channel features selected stories from the larger group.
April 28, 2009 - a Book of Face - click the image
The pictures were made by PhotoFunia
April 25, 2009 - Video from Composite Images - click the image
April 24, 2009 - Movie Maker 2.1 Issue - Shrinking Movie Duration When Saving to DV-AVI file
You'd think by now I'd be running out of new Movie Maker issues. Here's one that popped up a couple nights ago on a client's computer while I was running it by remote control. I verified the issue on my own XP system after the session.
It was a slideshow type project, a few hundred still pictures (JPG) with a transition between each... and a half dozen music files on the audio track. His problem was not being able to save the project due to its complexity.
The music files saved fine to a wma file. The complete video track saved OK to a DV-AVI file and a PocketPC quality wmv file... but couldn't get past first base with a high quality wmv setting.
The issue we noticed was the overall duration of the DV-AVI video file was about 18 seconds shorter than the same project saved to the PocketPC wmv... the wmv was right and the DV-AVI wrong. As the music had been synced to selected pictures, the difference in overall duration had a dramatically bad impact on the project.
My confirming test using 100 pictures without transitions showed a saved DV-AVI or WMV file have the same overall duration. After adding a transition to each picture, the DV-AVI movie is much shorter than the WMV. Based on picture and transition duration settings, the WMV is right.
It's an issue I'm still studying.
April 22, 2009 - Movie Maker Shines
At a family get-together Saturday I had a chance to show Jillian (10 years old) how to use Movie Maker. I hadn't seen her since she got her first digital camera.
It took 30 minutes to walk her through connecting the USB cable, copying the files to her dad's computer, and making a movie complete with video clips, still pix, transitions and effects, music background and title overlays. The movie saved and played fine.
She was thrilled by the experience and called the next day to say she had made two more. She remembered the steps and hadn't run into any issues. It's always refreshing to see someone start off with such a positive movie-making experience!!
Having worked with Movie Maker for about 8 years now, I can say her experience is much more typical than those who run into issues.
April 12, 2009 - Learning Expression Studio 2
I'm just starting what I expect to be a year of learning the Expression Studio 2 suite. I installed it on a cute little 500 GB Toshiba external drive attached to my Vista Home Basic laptop. My evening sessions at Barnes and Noble will be dedicated to exploring it.
What's in it worth learning? The latest in website design and distributing online media.
April 11, 2009 - Using Flip's Mino-HD camcorder files
Flip's Mino-HD camcorders record to H.264 MP4 files, a challenge for users of Movie Maker. Downloading FlipShare software will get you Invision's 3ivx codecs/filters. With the filters you'll be able to play the files in WMP and maybe use them in Vista's MM6 or the new Windows Live Movie Maker.
Do a file conversion for use in any version of Movie Maker. Use Rad Video Tools (rename the MP4 extension to MOV first) for an AVI file. Use a general purpose conversion utility such as Xilisoft's Video Converter for a WMV. Both conversion tools can retain the High Def size and quality.
See the Cameras and Capture Devices > Brands > Flip page for more info.
April 4, 2009 - Still Studying Things
It's a good time to do some video file type/codec testing.
I grabbed a pack of freebie CDs given away at our Celebration Theater last year. The discs are great!! Movie trailers, posters and other things so well interactively packaged that they beat most DVDs for pure enjoyment. My quest as usual is to see what files they used and how to rip them to ones that work in Movie Maker? I'll begin on my XP system.
Click the image for a sample...
The files on the discs...
The larger movie trailers tended to be MOV files so I turned to RadVideo Tools for those. It didn't recognize the MOV files with FLV extensions so I...
March 26, 2009
I spent a few days looking at the traffic to my website. I'm interested in who goes there, what they're looking for, and how does my site help.
An extremely helpful and interesting app is VisitorVille, which shows website log data in a unique animated way. Click this image to see what I mean.
It's nice but beyond the reach of my limited budget. I can live with my ISP and Google Analytics reports.
March 20, 2009
Windows Live Photo Gallery includes a great panorama making feature... select a batch of pictures and it'll stitch them together into a large composite that can do wonders for a story.
Click the image to view a sample Photo Story made with a few panoramic pictures.
March 16, 2009
My XP MCE laptop is back, alive and better than ever. It's the first time I've gotten it to the SP3 level. The MM2.1 compatibility list went from over 70 line items to none... a clean system to explore anew.
I ended up reformatting the hard drive and installing the operating system from scratch.
March 13, 2009
Here's the link to my 4th article in the series at BrightHub about using Movie Maker in Windows 7...
Editing with XP's Movie Maker 2.1... but in Windows 7
March 12, 2009
My main XP working computer went belly-up last week. What surprised me most was how little I've missed it. I'd been adding to my collection of external and thumb drives (about 3 Terabytes total), maintaining all personal files on them, and routinely backing up files such as emails. I simply unplugged them from the crippled XP laptop and plugged them into my Vista laptop.
On Saturday, after going to the final basketball game of the season for my grandson Nick and his friend Jack, the missing XP laptop nudged me to finish my testing of Movie Maker options on Windows 7. This 2 minute video is my first project done in that test environment... done completely with a copy of MM2.1 from the dead XP laptop, from camcorder capture to uploading to vimeo.
The basketball project got me to finishing another article about Windows 7, this one about how XP's MM2.1 works on it. I'll add the link here in a couple days, as soon as BrightHub publishes it.
March 4, 2009
Tell me more about Windows Live Movie Maker beta, a new blog by JP Wollersheim, Windows Live Product Manager.
March 3, 2009
Click on the fish to see a 'proof of concept' Movie Maker project, a 5 minute 'linear story' over a 'background'.
March 1, 2009
The annual Microsoft MVP Summit kicks off today. Here's a music video from last year's Summit party. Click the image to watch it on facebook.
Yes, you can put your videos on facebook.... up to 20 minutes in duration.
February 27, 2009
File conversions are more in the limelight today, and I'm exploring some all-purpose 'Swiss Army Knife' file conversion utilities, starting with a comparison of the free Quick Media Converter and the moderately priced (expensive to some) Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate.
Looking at my first 10 test file conversions... all 'successfully' done by each to wmv files using default settings...
February 25, 2009
Many users look for a one-size-fits-all conversion tool. It's a great concept, something that makes for a simple conversion. Unfortunately, each system is different; something that works well for one doesn't for another.
The conversion utility I've found closest to being an all-purpose one is Xilisoft's Video Converter Ultimate. Clicking the link or image downloads a copy of the trial/demo version from my website. It doesn't take you to another website.
As different file types and codecs are becomming more important, I've taken steps to provide the tool directly. More info is on the Setup Movie Maker > Conversion Utilities page, and I'll be adding more detailed info about using it.
February 17, 2009
It's been a while since I distributed a video doodle. Here's a new one about Venice. Click the image.
February 14, 2009
I started two new training/support activities, a free interactive online monthly session for the first 15 to sign up, and a $10 per person group session. See the Products and Services page for additional details.
February 13, 2009
My 63rd article at Bright Hub is online, this one about Windows 7 - Record-Capture-Import Camcorder Video
Over 5 versions of Windows Movie Maker the word used to get video from a camcorder changed 3 times. We started with Record camcorder video with MM1, then went to Capture with MM2 and we're now at Import with MM6 and Windows Live.
This article explores how each version works in Windows 7 to 'get' video from my Sony TRV80 mini-DV camcorder tapes when it's connected with a firewire cable.
February 11, 2009
Today I started the next article in the series about Movie Maker in Windows 7, this one focusing on connecting my mini-DV camcorder by firewire and checking the video capture/import process with each of the 5 versions of Movie Maker.
None of them saw the camcorder until I installed the Windows Live Suite, which automatically setup the needed driver. After that, capturing with MM1, MM2.1 and Windows Live worked well. MM2.6 doesn't have a capture feature, and the capture wizard with Vista's MM6 didn't work.
There was one surprise... MM2.1 also captured video from the TV tuner on the system, but so far it's without audio.... :(
February 6, 2009
My 62nd article at Bright Hub is online, this one about my 5 Versions of Windows Movie Maker Running On Windows 7
Here's a fun project made in MM2.1 on XP with a little screen-capturing and a good bit of bluescreening.
February 2, 2009
My checks of MM1, MM2.1, MM2.6, MM6 and Windows Live Movie Maker in Windows 7 are chugging along. With no special installations, many features work.
Registering DLLs (with Admin permission) kick them into higher gears to turn on such features as custom effects, transitions and graphics overlays.
With spring in the air, and these initial positive checks, the future of making movies in Windows 7 is looking bright. See the About Movie Maker page for more details.
January 30, 2009
I received a tip that simply copying the MM6 folder from Vista to Windows 7 gets you a functioning Movie Maker 6... I checked it by copying the MM6 folder from my Home Basic laptop to an external drive and running it in Windows 7 from there.
This first check works fine with transitions and effects included in it, but Adorage and Pixelan add-on packs don't function. Thanks to this tip I'm now carrying MM6 around on a little external drive.
P.S. - Copies of MM1 and MM2.1 on the external drive also seem to work OK in Windows 7.
January 26, 2009
I've been checking Windows 7 to see what's new and what will continue to work in my video editing toolbox. Here's a couple things for custom title overlays in MM2.6.
If you've ever tried to draw a speech bubble... and you're not good at drawing freehand... you'll like the 'cloud callout' shape in Paint.
Shapes like this come in handy when used as part of a custom overlay image.
My custom title overlay starter kit has been used by many. It's a set of 10 images that users can replace with their own as they learn about using xml files with overlay images. They are standard 4:3 in size and static.
I made a second starter kit, this one for widescreen 16:9 overlays that move. It's online now for downloading, with details on the Edit Movies > XML > Script Types > Custom Overlays page.
January 23, 2009
Here's an experimental slide show that uses a screen capture of some iTunes visualizations for the video and scrolling pictures as custom title overlays.
January 19, 2009
The Panasonic DV codec, VirtualDub, VirtualDub MPEG2, and AVISynth work well in Windows 7. These are key items in my video software toolbox... those that work hand in hand with my Movie Maker projects.
Click the image to see my latest example, which uses an AviSynth script developed by HitTheBongo.
January 18, 2009 - My 61st article at Bright Hub is online, this one about Windows Movie Maker in Windows 7
January 14, 2009 - DV is 'down'.... MPEG-2, 4, 7, 21 and beyond continue
My weekly check of camcorder models at my local Sam's Club shows no mini-DV models. That's a clue. Others are Windows 7 not including the DV-based Movie Maker we're familiar with from Windows Me, XP and Vista, and new Apple laptops not having a firewire connection. We're heading toward the end of the era of home DV based video editing.
DV is great for editing... but not as well marketed as MPEG based video. Peter Symes, in his book Digital Video Compression said years ago "... DV exceeded its expectations; it is sometimes described as the technology that went from engineers to users before the marketing departments realized what was happening...".
While Movie Maker 1, 2 and 6 aligned with consumer DV, the world of MPEG-2 exploded. Today's camcorders at Sams are DVD and hard-drive models... ones that record MPEG-2. Online and gadget-based videos are mostly MPEG-4. Microsoft is joining in with their new MPEG-2 codec in Vista's Ultimate and Home Premium systems. These are more clues the future of home video editing will be of MPEG files, not DV.
I bought another pack of min-DV tapes before they stop selling them also, as they did the digital8 tapes.
January 8, 2009
Movie Maker isn't included in Windows 7, as it's being moved to the new Windows Live suite, an optional download..... BUT....Movie Maker 2.6 for Vista works fine on the beta of Windows 7, as does Photo Story 3.
January 6, 2009
Click the picture for a preview of Chuck Bentley's new video "A Postcard from Beijing and Shanghai". It'll be shown at 8pm on Thursday, January 22 at the Goodrich Kalamazoo 10 cinema (Michigan). Doors open at 7pm and admission is free.
January 3, 2009
It's a new year, time for another attempt at collaborative interactive work with those who have solved their issues with Movie Maker, developed skills with a toolbox of software, and want to expand their learning and fun projects by working with others.
There's a new Windows Live PapaJohn Group, which is free and open to all. We have 25 GB of space for images, video clips, music and project files.
To get it started I made a little project and put 3 files in a group folder:
Here's a link to the video sample to see what the project produces.
December 30, 2008
The Distribute Movies > YouTube page was revised... to include info about and a custom profile for the HighDef (HD) option.
December 22, 2008
My new article about the error message 'An interface has too many methods to fire events from' was published at Bright Hub.
December 16, 2008
There's a new version of Windows Live Movie Maker Beta, with added features including 'clip trimming', the one I've been waiting for. I'm exploring it now, updating the website and writing another article about it.
December 13, 2008
Chuck Bentley, a Kalamazoo film-maker will have a private showing of his new productions "A Postcard from Ireland" on Wednesday night, Dec 17.
His work is routinely shown on cable access TV. This is his first at a large public movie complex. It's open to all with free admission. To
To help advertise it, I scanned a newspaper article, used Pixelan's Pan/Zoom Wizard to move around it, wrapped the clip with a few opening frames from the production and put it on vimeo. Here's the link.
December 12, 2008
The leading search term by those seeking help from this site is "An interface has too many methods to fire events from", with more than 6 times the searches than the second place word "codec".
The error message occurs when trying to import an MPEG-2 file. The Import Movie Source Files > Video > MPEG page recommends converting them to others that work. I'm working on a series of articles that covers this topic in more depth.
December 9, 2008
The downloadable e-book version of my book
is now available free from Packt Publishing... yes, they are a great publisher!
December 8, 2008
December 1, 2008
I did a tech support session today with someone who had installed Corel's DVD Copy 6 software about a week ago, and since then his MM2.1 has crashed when being opened. I found nothing wrong with his setup and uninstalling the sofware returned Movie Maker to normal.
As a check, I downloaded and installed Corel's 30 day free trial of DVD Copy 6 and experienced the same issue with my MM2.1. Renaming .ax and .dll files didn't resolve it, so I uninstalled it also. I'll be adding info to my website's problem solving section, and placing a caution on the InterVideo DVD software page (now part of Corel) to help those who have it or are thinking of getting it.
November 30, 2008
I added a 6th article to the series at BrightHub about Windows Live Movie Maker. Here's the link:
Windows Live Movie Maker Meets YouTube
November 26, 2008
YouTube has a bigger, better, newer, larger player. I made new custom 4:3 and 16:9 profiles for Movie Maker 2.1 and 6, along with Photo Story 3. See the Distribute Movies > YouTube page for download links.
Here are links to my first test files made with the new profiles. Be sure to check the 'watch in high quality' option, a link just under the player.
I'd been having problems with YouTube for quite a while, not converting Photo Story 3 files successfully. In this new round of testing, it worked flawlessly with both movies and stories.
November 22, 2008
There's a new 'How To' on the Manage Your Files > Collections page, showing 3 large MM1 collections being imported into MM2.1 in a couple minutes
November 11, 2008
If you like to choose from lots of professional video effects and transitions... and who doesn't... there are 2 new packs from Adorage just in time for your holiday movies, a pack of 30 transitions and another of 30 effects.
I started this new album at vimeo to show demo videos.
I've been working with Adorage to setup new links.
I received a sample file from a Sanyo Xacti camera that records AVCHD video MP4 files. The MP4Cam2AVI utility didn't convert it to something Movie Maker could use.
I did a successful conversion using Rad Video Tools. First I binked it, then converted the bink file to an AVI using Windows Media 9 compression. See the Setup Movie Maker > Codecs and Compressors page for a link and info.
November 8, 2008
I helped a user of MM6 in Spain render her finished project... to find when she reviewed the movie closely, two short scenes were different than what she wanted.
She on her Vista Home Premium system was seeing some different frames than I was seeing on my Vista Ultimate, both of which were able to use the DVD MPEG2 source files.
I resolved it by converting the two MPEG2 files to DV-AVI and, with MM6 closed, slipping them into the source file location, using the same file names and extension. That jogged my project file so I was seeing the same frames she was looking at.
It was an MPEG2 file issue, not a Spanish versus English version of Vista or a PAL versus NTSC issue. Even with Vista's MM6 and Microsoft's new MPEG2 codec, MPEG2 files can bite you.
November 6, 2008
I just published a series of 5 articles about the new Windows Live Movie Maker... online at BrightHub
November 4, 2008
MP4Cam2AVI is an open source conversion app I've been testing... not successfully enough to do more than encourage you to check it yourself with your personal files. Here's the link...
October 28, 2008
It's a month today since we got back from our long vacation. I'm pretty well back into my routine of being involved in all aspects of Movie Maker... and starting to write new articles for Bright Hub. The new Windows Live Movie Maker will be the first new subject.
The Photo Story Magic channel at vimeo continues to develop. I added a widget to easily see the latest or jump off to it. Scroll down to it on the right side of this page.
October 20, 2008
Windows Movie Maker Live... for Vista
...promises to be a much simpler yet more powerful version of Movie Maker...
I installed it on a Vista Ultimate desktop and Home Basic laptop, and started a new page of the website.
Setup Movie Maker > Windows Live Movie Maker
I tested the processes from a Sony TRV80 mini-DV camcorder to a finished saved movie on my hard drive... and from a Canon SD750 digital camera with a video option to an online video host. They worked but with a few bugs and an output file of less visual quality than I prefer. See the website page.
October 7, 2008
The new branch of the menu for our "Europe 401" vacation is now live, with a new channel on vimeo for trip stories and movies.
A beta version of a new Vista Windows Live Movie Maker was released in Sept 2008. It's a minimalist version with many fewer features than MM2 or MM6. I have it running on my Vista laptop.
Sept 30, 2008
We returned home last night from a 5 week vacation in Italy and Malta... unpacked today and started to look at the 14,000 pictures and 15+ hours of video footage.
I'll be adding another new branch to the Living Projects page... "Europe 401"... for family and friends to view what they choose.
August 8, 2008
Here's a sample clip showing the basic painting and drawing options of the MSU Cartoonizer filter for VirtualDub.
... and a link to get the Cartoonizer
August 3, 2008
The first draft of the table of contents to newsletters and articles is complete... fine tuning will go on forever. I hope it helps some readers.
August 1, 2008
... 43 of the newsletter links have been added to the new table of contents, mixed with the articles at Bright Hub... only another 150 newsletters to go before the project is completed.
I'll be keeping this rolling 12 month list up to date and limiting the 'what's new' items on the main page to the more significant items.
July 30, 2008
With about 200 newsletters and 50 Bright Hub articles online, it's time for a table of contents page with links to them all, sorted by topics. It'll be about a week in development.
The Bright Hub articles are there and I'm starting to fold in the newsletter links now.
July 28, 2008
Route Generator is an easy to use and effective tool to annotate a map. Here's a sample clip using their Airplane. The graphics that come with it can be replaced with your own. Use the generated clip in your Movie Maker project.
July 20, 2008
I just finished a tutorial showing the steps used to make this clip of the Detroit skyline with the new Pixelan Pan/Zoom Wizard for Movie Maker... click the picture to view it.
The tutorial is online at Bright Hub
Test clips made with the Pixelan wizard are at this Test Clips... channel of vimeo. You can view the flash files made by vimeo or download my original wmv files.
July 11, 2008
In a new article at Bright Hub... Let's Go Camcorder Shopping Virtually... I browse the Summer B&H Catalog with you.
July 8, 2008
One of my projects over the last week was to get a Photo Story 3 project onto a widescreen DVD playing on a stand-alone DVD player at a wedding rehearsal dinner party. The quality of the story was high and the project was an enjoyable challenge, and a learning experience on a few counts.
DVD Maker was fussy about disc manufacturers and burning speeds. It's an HP computer that preferred Verbatim discs to HP ones. The widescreen DVDs played fine on computers but my el-cheapo DVD player hooked up to a standard TV chopped off the right and left of the video to display it at a cropped full height but not distorted. The video played first rather than the menu, and looped continuously, per the project option settings.
MyDVD made DVDs that played well on both computers and my DVD/TV setup, appropriately letter-boxing the video to show it widescreen. But it had no options to start with the video and repeat continuously.
The project finished ahead of schedule and looking great. For my part in the project, there's a new entry on my testimonials page. Now I'm waiting feedback about which of the two discs Jerry ended up using.
With the blossoming of the internet, search engines are needed to provide meaningful assistance to those who don't know my site. And with that blossoming comes the advertisers and spammers.
It's rare for me to have two clean machines at the same time, each starting with no line items in MM2.1's Compatability list.
The Indeo and Motion JPEG AVI files worked equally well in XP, playing in WMP10 and working in MM2.1 projects.
The Xilisoft Converter turned all the MP4 files and some of the FLV files to WMV files that worked fine in Movie Maker. I'm still wrestling with converting the few remaining FLV files.
As you can see, it's possible. It's not yet practical as a single pass movie, as my computer took 13 hours to save it.
I'll be doing more testing over the next couple weeks and putting the full results on the Setup Movie Maker > Conversion Utilities page.
Happy Holidays from PapaJohn on Vimeo.
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