tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post5140680990727386713..comments2023-05-04T05:32:05.549-07:00Comments on Blaine's Movie Maker Blog: Installing Windows Movie Maker 6.0 on Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-82415140806841773692013-04-17T14:50:40.413-07:002013-04-17T14:50:40.413-07:00The classic versions of WMM don't handle mp4 f...The classic versions of WMM don't handle mp4 files well. But a conversion to wmv using something like Freemake Video Converter will give you a good quality file that will work.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-70697865480296058582013-04-17T14:33:10.850-07:002013-04-17T14:33:10.850-07:00Everything about downloading WMM 6 to my new compu...Everything about downloading WMM 6 to my new computer using Windows 7 is great except that I cannot open MPEG 4 files in WMM. These MPEG 4 files are mine, downloaded and saved to my computer that will play on Windows Media player, Media player Classic, VLC player etc. The error message I get is that I do not have the correct codec installed. Lots of info on the forums about similar problems but nothing I could find related to WMM 6 from you installed on Windows 7. So the questions are:-<br />1. Should MPEG 4/MP 4 files play on my WMM 6 install?<br />2. If a codec will fix it, who do I trust to download it from?<br />3. Other solutions? ideas? comments?<br /><br />I know I can convert my MP 4 to another format but I am using MP 4 to get it’s better quality.<br /><br />Thanks, Daryl.Daryl Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00321039857173339567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-3343857850910235182013-04-16T16:22:52.740-07:002013-04-16T16:22:52.740-07:00To Angel: I have used this software and found if y...To Angel: I have used this software and found if you click on the actual window with the video. Then right click, it will bring up another window for a selection for what you need. Just click on the correct effect and should work from there! Hope this helps.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468052739462859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-82250291314152659772013-04-15T05:40:40.930-07:002013-04-15T05:40:40.930-07:00Windows DVD Maker comes as part of Windows 7. But ...Windows DVD Maker comes as part of Windows 7. But Microsoft didn't include it as part of Windows 8. Also it can't be extracted from Windows 7 and copied/installed to 8, though some have tried. If you have 7, but can't get WMM 6.0 to call it directly, just save the .wmv file and then run Windows DVD Maker manually.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-12445722072317136902013-04-15T05:34:02.988-07:002013-04-15T05:34:02.988-07:00If it ran, it should be installed. Go to.c:\Progra...If it ran, it should be installed. Go to.c:\Program Files\Movie Maker.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-86713526410686074252013-04-15T01:50:04.668-07:002013-04-15T01:50:04.668-07:00This is great!!! However, I have a problem publis...This is great!!! However, I have a problem publishing to a DVD. When I select "Publish to"...and select "DVD", I receive the prompt that WMM needs to close my project and reoped it in the DVD program, it then closes my project but never opens up the DVD software...is that a different download? If so, do you have that available for download? Thanks again for making this available...I hate the newer version.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262682673601446396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-1124993739736829532013-04-11T14:43:56.771-07:002013-04-11T14:43:56.771-07:00I have a Windows 8 and I downloaded it, but for so...I have a Windows 8 and I downloaded it, but for some reason when I run the Exe nothing happens it says "Please wait while Windows configures Movie Maker 6.0 for Windows 7" and then closes, nothing happens after ^^<br />I have a 64 bit Toshiba laptop, currently running Windows Movie Maker 2.6 because I hate the new things ^^Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579122009016934346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-4004565253189304252013-04-11T13:04:27.785-07:002013-04-11T13:04:27.785-07:00Most of my transitions rely on Rehan's ShaderT...Most of my transitions rely on Rehan's ShaderTFX. Most likely you didn't correctly install the DirectX Runtimes as noted on his pages. The easiest way to confirm that is to see if any of Rehan's transitions are working first.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-29388696986884660292013-04-11T12:20:30.081-07:002013-04-11T12:20:30.081-07:00First let me say thank you for all of this great i...First let me say thank you for all of this great information. I have a Windows 7 laptop and have downloaded the transition and effects you have given. However, When I go to select an effect, that works. But the transitions are not working. Any time I select a transition and preview it all I see is the standard fade. Once applied to the slide, still no transition. PLEASE HELP!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702049953515386075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-87393857670177359132013-04-10T01:21:50.473-07:002013-04-10T01:21:50.473-07:00thank you so much! you saved my life!thank you so much! you saved my life!Savitha A Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079248198298260541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-10632412549590172312013-04-06T19:13:57.666-07:002013-04-06T19:13:57.666-07:00.mswmm files are the project files for assembling ....mswmm files are the project files for assembling your movie; they are essential just text files with a list of file names and applied transitions and effects. For viewing and archiving you want to publish the final movie which will be in .wmv format.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-64916829695350646412013-04-06T18:52:48.877-07:002013-04-06T18:52:48.877-07:00What a relief! Thanks for making this so easily a...What a relief! Thanks for making this so easily available. I spent a couple of hours in shock and scrambled the web for a solution before I found your downloads. My vista mswmm files work perfectly with the 64 bit version. Do you recommend converting them to a more generic type for future compatibility issues?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Sandysashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979021444671991041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-42646586458833822682013-04-04T08:32:29.689-07:002013-04-04T08:32:29.689-07:00Blaine,
Thanks for making this available. I used ...Blaine,<br /><br />Thanks for making this available. I used to use a Vista laptop, but that crashed and I was unable to get my programs off, only my documents. I tried using the new Movie Maker for my Windows 7 laptop, and I hated that there were so many things that I couldn't do anymore. I mainly used it for creating tribute videos and slideshows with original music, and the new Movie Maker made it so hard to get the two to meet up correctly. Now that I can use the Vista version again, it makes it so much easier for me.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />DavidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144616592637242911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-21028871431950957012013-03-29T13:59:42.294-07:002013-03-29T13:59:42.294-07:00I suggest, at this point, asking about WLMM 2011 i...I suggest, at this point, asking about WLMM 2011 in the <a href="http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/moviemaker?tab=all" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Community Forums for Movie Maker</a>. This sounds like a bigger problem unrelated to the version of Movie Maker that is being run.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-27933563024725636352013-03-29T13:53:12.434-07:002013-03-29T13:53:12.434-07:00And I re-installed WLMM 2011 with same basic resul...And I re-installed WLMM 2011 with same basic result, although I don't get the "file in use" message. Can create and save the project, but once you remove it from WLMM it can't be re-opened. No message from the program as to why. Something odd going on here, but I don't know what it is. RMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506924240044630118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-3496563557332719902013-03-29T13:08:35.229-07:002013-03-29T13:08:35.229-07:00The files I am working with are .wmv files. As I n...The files I am working with are .wmv files. As I noted, MM did work correctly for a very short period of time (a day or so). Source location of the files is the C drive of the computer. Clean boot did not correct the issue. There does not appear to be a logical solution to this issue. Guess I will give up on MM 6. RMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506924240044630118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-20978208864624866822013-03-29T11:58:42.419-07:002013-03-29T11:58:42.419-07:00I'm afraid I've not encountered those erro...I'm afraid I've not encountered those errors. I would try a project just with photos and another with a sample .wmv. If that works I'd try converting your files to .wmv and .wma. If it doesn't I'd check the source location and make sure it isn't on an external or network drive. And a clean boot is another good idea.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-10790832610446759662013-03-29T08:51:48.434-07:002013-03-29T08:51:48.434-07:00I have been searching for days for an answer to my...I have been searching for days for an answer to my problem and am about to give up. I am new to WMM so I will do my best to explain clearly my problem. <br /><br />I installed WMM 6.0 from your site on a Win 7 64 bit machine (I had also installed WLMM 2011, but have since uninstalled it). Everything seemed to work fine for a very short period of time. Now I can't open my projects in WMM. I do know not to move or re-name the source file or else connection will be lost. <br /><br />The first time I try to open the project it will appear that it is going to open and then I get nothing. Subsequent attempts to open produce a "file in use" error message. I do get a "preview size" message which appears briefly in the MM viewer.<br /><br />I have uninstalled MM6 several times, and I have tried fixes published for other "file in use" messages given in Win 7. I also get a "fugitive" options tab that hangs on my screen if I open Tools>Options in MM 6 (it remains even after MM 6 is closed). <br /><br />This has been quite frustrating. I save the project and it exists and shows the appropriate file extension for a WMM 6 project. But, as soon as I remove it from the MM timeline there is no re-opening that project. I can even close MM and go to the project file and click to open it and that will open MM, but the file still will not show up in MM and then it shows the "file in use" error if you try to open it again in MM. <br /><br />Hope you can help. Thanks RMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506924240044630118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-49687155239851216772013-03-27T12:33:31.101-07:002013-03-27T12:33:31.101-07:00Yeah...that didn't happen :-) - the offer to l...Yeah...that didn't happen :-) - the offer to load recovered files that is. I had interim saved about 20 mins prior but evidently I'd been very efficient in the subsequent time because when I opened the saved file I was VERY surprised to see how much was missing! I had been working only with JPGs - loading them into MM the goal being to make a slideshow type movie with titles on the different photos. No audio and I had not yet published. Had imported 20 JPGs about a meg each and had added about 12 of them to the timeline with titles and transitions between. My saved file only had 4 of the images in the timeline, so I lost quite a bit of work. Thank you though for the info and thanks for this site and all the tips. Yesterday was the first time I started WLMM on my relatively new Win7 machine and about fell over when I realized that it wasn't the same program I'd been using the last couple of years. Being able to so quickly load and run it was great. I'm just going to save much more often and hope there are no more crashes.Buckscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567545847756754510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-35437387434810476042013-03-26T17:10:01.924-07:002013-03-26T17:10:01.924-07:00@Buckscaper, if the AutoRecover feature works, the...@Buckscaper, if the AutoRecover feature works, the next time you restart Movie Maker it offers to load your recovered files. But the bigger question is why you are encountering crashing. For best results, work with .wmv videos and .wma audio. You can check Freemake for a couple of conversion programs.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-19438307743634328762013-03-26T15:46:23.551-07:002013-03-26T15:46:23.551-07:00The 64bit loaded up just fine on my Win7 PC but it...The 64bit loaded up just fine on my Win7 PC but it crashed while working on a project. The autosave feature was enabled for 10min intervals but no idea where the autosaved file is. I only see a 3kb .TMP file in the folder. Any ideas? THANKS!Buckscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567545847756754510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-89920008388513289232013-03-25T17:58:13.627-07:002013-03-25T17:58:13.627-07:00None of the older versions work well with .mp4 fil...None of the older versions work well with .mp4 files. I've always worked around that by using something like Freemake Video Converter to turn them into palatable .wmv files instead.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-33673178531329131552013-03-25T17:49:14.830-07:002013-03-25T17:49:14.830-07:00I am an old WMM fan and now have 7.0 = miss the ti...I am an old WMM fan and now have 7.0 = miss the timeline. I downloaded 2.6, but it doesn't seem to allow my mp4 files from my Flip camera - ? (thought the old computer/program did.) Before I install it, will your 6.0 version "like" my mp4 files? Thx, SVHsvonhaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311559322678814225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-5782897910476240322013-03-25T17:47:12.485-07:002013-03-25T17:47:12.485-07:00I'm an old WMM user and am trying to use mp4 f...I'm an old WMM user and am trying to use mp4 files from a Sony Flip camera. Could have sworn they worked in my old computer/program, but 2.6 doesn't support them, but 7.0 does. Before I install your 6.0 version, will it work with the mp4 files? Thx - SVH.svonhaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311559322678814225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826224.post-183122909957228942013-03-19T10:55:42.470-07:002013-03-19T10:55:42.470-07:00There aren't any tools or add-ons for color co...There aren't any tools or add-ons for color correction. There are some <a href="http://goo.gl/B1eRC" rel="nofollow">custom effects</a> for tinting or film looks but that's more for altering the final color.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com