Windows Movie Maker is not working Mimosa 6/9/2007 4:16:01 PM I just purchased a Sony Vaio with Windows Vista and Movie Maker. I was trying to make a copy of a home video which I had put onto a DVD with a Sony recordable DVD Writer and Player. When I import the scenes it goes through all the motions, but then I get no video. Can anyone help me... before I decide to return this machine.

Re: Windows Movie Maker is not working "PapaJohn" <papajohn[ at ]chartermi.net> 6/9/2007 5:30:37 PM Only the Home Premium and Ultimate versions of Vista can handle DVDs an inputs.... and if it can't then you need to do file conversions. See my website's Import Movie Source Files > Video > Discs page. -- website references are to www.papajohn.org PapaJohn "Mimosa" <Mimosa[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:68900AB4-3078-4981-BDF4-19FC791D2360[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I just purchased a Sony Vaio with Windows Vista and Movie Maker. I was > trying to make a copy of a home video which I had put onto a DVD with a > Sony > recordable DVD Writer and Player. When I import the scenes it goes > through > all the motions, but then I get no video. Can anyone help me... before I > decide to return this machine.

Re: Windows Movie Maker is not working Adam Albright <AA[ at ]ABC.net> 6/9/2007 7:48:14 PM On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 13:30:37 -0400, "PapaJohn" <papajohn[ at ]chartermi.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Only the Home Premium and Ultimate versions of Vista can handle DVDs an >inputs.... and if it can't then you need to do file conversions. See my >website's Import Movie Source Files > Video > Discs page. Kind of stupid of Microsoft to call it Movie Maker then, don't you think? Face it, Movie Maker is basically JUNK that is prone to crash or simply not work. Even under the best of conditions it doesn't work well. WHY would anybody in their right mind that wants to try to make videos use it, beats me. There are many other applications out there that are way better and don't crash constantly. You can either spend your time fighting with Microsoft crap or spend your time making videos. Kind of obvious which choice smart people make.

Re: Windows Movie Maker is not working "PapaJohn" <papajohn[ at ]chartermi.net> 6/9/2007 9:31:47 PM each to his own.... give a car to some and it crashes or doesn't work ... give the same car to others and it runs fine. I teach Movie Maker at my local library. Just before each class they set up the room with a dozen Sony Vaio laptops.... never used for Movie Maker until my classes.... and the users are new to the software. The funny thing is that in the classes we capture video from my camcorder, make movies, publish them, etc. No matter which of the randomly selected computers we use for the class, the movie-making works fine. There are lots of other video editing software packages to use... I encourage users to get them for the added features. Movie Maker is entry-level starter software. My libary classes use XP, not Vista... but Movie Maker in Vista is about the same as XP. --- website references are to www.papajohn.org PapaJohn "Adam Albright" <AA[ at ]ABC.net> wrote in message news:oj0m63pkluc0fup2tq7dhqhfd2h7i1falh[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 13:30:37 -0400, "PapaJohn" <papajohn[ at ]chartermi.net> > wrote: > >>Only the Home Premium and Ultimate versions of Vista can handle DVDs an >>inputs.... and if it can't then you need to do file conversions. See my >>website's Import Movie Source Files > Video > Discs page. > > > Kind of stupid of Microsoft to call it Movie Maker then, don't you > think? > > Face it, Movie Maker is basically JUNK that is prone to crash or > simply not work. Even under the best of conditions it doesn't work > well. WHY would anybody in their right mind that wants to try to make > videos use it, beats me. There are many other applications out there > that are way better and don't crash constantly. > > You can either spend your time fighting with Microsoft crap or spend > your time making videos. Kind of obvious which choice smart people > make. >