Questions tagged [windows-movie-maker]
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Cropping videos in Windows Live Movie Maker
I want to crop (as in, take a subset of each frame, like when you crop a photo) a video in Windows Live Movie maker. Is there a way to do this, and failing that is there another free tool i can use to do that?
RCIX
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How can I mix two movies together before I handbrake them?
How can I mix two movies together before I handbrake them?
I've got a two part movie on my disk as a pair of VideoTS folders. I want to generate one output movie. I plan on using handbrake to do the encoding, unless someone can point out a better…
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How can I capture a video with Windows 7
I am trying to capture a live video from my digital camera using Windows 7.
Live Movie maker and Windows Movie maker 2.6 do not have "capture" menu item.
Apparently, Windows Movie maker 2.1 has a "capture" menu item. However, I don't know how to…
user12029
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Video plays upside down only in VLC media player
I seem to have an issue that is exactly the opposite of that of many other users with upside down video's.
The usual problem is that video players like Windows media player, quicktime or others play a video upside down. The answer to that issue is…
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Why does Windows 7 not provide Movie Maker?
When I was using Windows XP SP 2, I was used to making movies using Movie Maker which was already provided.
Now, with Windows 7, why is there no Movie Maker included?
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Set custom, non-standard aspect ratio in Movie Maker
I am trying to edit video which has a non-standard aspect ratio. In the project settings for Movie Maker I can only see two aspect ratio options:
Standard (4:3)
Widescreen (16:9)
Even if I set the frame width and height to a non-standard ratio…
Jim
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How can I import h.264 encoded MOV files into windows movie maker?
I have a couple of digital camcorders that output .MOV files encoded in h.264 video/AAC audio. They won't load into Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Player - I guess I need to install some codecs. Where can I get these?
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In the new version of Windows 7 MovieMaker, where is the (1) cutter, (2) timeline, and (3) fade?
I have Windows 7 and wanted to make a quick movie with Movie Maker but apparently in the new version of MovieMaker they changed the interface to the Office 2007 Ribbon and now I can't find the functionality I used to use:
All I want to do is:
cut…
Edward Tanguay
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WinXP Movie Maker Codec Error
I'm trying to use Windows XP Movie Maker, but when I try to import an AVI video, it shows an error telling me that it wasn't import due to an the fact that the codec wasn't available (I'm able to see the video using the windows media player)
First,…
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How to change language in Windows Movie Maker
Every time I open Windows Movie Maker, it comes up in a foreign language (Swedish?). I've already tried going to Control Panel, and going to Region and Language, and it didn't work.
How do I change Movie Maker's language back to English?
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Unable to move Desktop Files on Windows 7
Has anyone come across an issue while running on Windows 7 Professional on a domain, where all the sudden they can no longer move around any files on the desktop?
What's even more weird is when I try to rename a file on the desktop I get a prompt…
Nick M.
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Windows Movie Maker freezes when I touch the timeline?
When using Windows Movie Maker under Windows XP, if I click on the timeline then WMM freezes and I'm forced to close it.
Everything had been working fine until I added a title to the video. How can I fix this?
Skcsim
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Remap paths used in Windows Movie Maker projects
I need to rebuild path structures for old Windows Movie Maker projects under a new Windows 7 install.
The problem is that those projects refer to files of a certain file path that can't be rebuiltd in Windows 7 ("Documents and Settings" is…
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Upload Video to Instagram made with Windows Movie Maker
I've made a video using Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker and I've tried saving it as "Recommended for this project", "Android Phone (Medium)" and iPhone. It saves the video as a .mp4 using the H.264 codec. Then I upload the .mp4 to my google photos…
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How can I capture webcam view with Microsoft Movie Maker
I used to use Microsoft Movie Maker to record video from my webcam.
Now I have Win7 and just downloaded the latest version of movie maker (14.0.8091.0730), the one that has the Office-10-like Ribbon on the top.
But in this version I find no way to…
Edward Tanguay
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