Windows Live Movie Maker FAQ s

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1 Windows Live Movie Maker FAQ s What kind of files can I use in Movie Maker? You can add the following types of video, photo, and audio files to Windows Live Movie Maker. Project file types (format) Windows Movie Maker project files.mswmm Windows Live Movie Maker project files.wlmp Video file types (format) Windows Media Video (WMV) files.wmv Windows Media files.asf and.wm AVCHD files.m2ts and.m2t Apple QuickTime files.mov and.qt DV-AVI files.avi Microsoft Recorded TV Show.dvr-ms and.wtv files MPEG-4 movie files.mp4,.mov,.m4v,.3gp,.3g2, and.k3g MPEG-2 movie files.mpeg,.mpg,.mpe,.m1v,.mp2,.mpv2,.mod, and.vob MPEG-1 movie files.m1v Motion JPEG files.avi and.mov Photo file types (format) Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) files.jpg,.jpeg,.jfif, and.jpe Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files.tif and.tiff Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) files.gif Windows Bitmap files.bmp,.dib, and.rle Icon files.ico and.icon Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files.png HD Photo files.wdp

2 Audio file types (format) Windows Media Audio (WMA) files.asf,.wm, and.wma Pulse-code Modulation (PCM) files.aif,.aiff, and.wav Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) files.m4a MP3 files.mp3 How do I add videos and photos in Movie Maker? 1. On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos. 2. In the Add Videos and Photos dialog box, open the folder that contains the photos or videos that you want to add, select the video files and photos, and then click Open. To select multiple photos and videos, press and hold the Ctrl key, and then click each photo and video you want. You can quickly add photos and videos files to Movie Maker by dragging them from Windows Explorer to Movie Maker. How do I import photos and videos from cameras and other devices? Do one of the following, depending on the type of device that you're importing from: Connect your digital camera to your computer using its USB cable, and then turn on the camera. Connect a video camera that records to an internal hard drive or flash memory card to your computer using a USB connection. Insert the flash memory card into a card reader (if you have one). Insert the data CD or DVD into the disc drive on your computer. Click the Movie Maker button, and then click Import from device. If the Photos and videos will be imported into Windows Live Photo Gallery message appears, click OK.

3 In the Import Photos and Videos window, click the device that you want to import photos and videos from, and then click Import. On the New photos and videos were found page, do one of the following: To review, organize, and specify photos and videos to import, click Review, organize, and group items to import, click Next, and then go to the next step. To import all the photos and videos at once, click Import all new items now, type a name for all the photos and videos, and then click Next. For each group of photos and videos that you want to import, click Enter a name, and then type a name for the group. How do I trim a video in Movie Maker? Click the video that you want to trim. Under Video Tools, on the Edit tab, in the Editing group, do one or more of the following: To set a new start point for the video, drag the slider underneath the preview monitor to the point that you want the video to start, and then click Set start point. To set a new end point for the video, drag the slider underneath the preview monitor to the point that you want the video to stop playing, and then click Set end point. How can I save or keep my work if I m not finished editing? Save the project often. It will not be saved automatically. Use Save project in the blue drop down menu. Your working project will be saved as a.wlmp project file which can only be opened in Live Movie Maker. What kind of video file does Movie Maker create?

4 The only file format that can be exported from Windows Live Movie Maker is.wmv (which is Windows Media Video). It cannot export avi, mov, mp4, m4v, etc. Only wmv How do I publish my movie on the web? After you're done editing, on the Home tab, in the Sharing group, click the More button, and then click Add a plug-in. Follow the instructions to download and install the publishing plug-in. On the Home tab, in the Add group, click Add videos and photos. In the Add Videos and Photos dialog box, open the folder that contains the photos or videos that you want to add, select the video files and photos, and then click Open. After you're done editing, on the Home tab, in the Sharing group, click the plug-in for the website that you want to publish your movie on. Follow the instructions to publish your movie on that website. How can I make a custom setting and use it to save a movie in Movie Maker? Windows Live Movie Maker already has many built-in settings that you can choose from when you're ready to save your movie. But you can also save your movie with a custom setting you create. This lets you save your movie at a quality level and size that meets your specific needs. After you're done editing, on the Home tab, in the Sharing group, click Save movie, and then click Create custom setting. To create a new custom setting that's based on an existing setting, click the Setting list, and then choose an existing setting. In the Name box, type a name for the new custom setting. This is the custom setting name that will appear in Movie Maker.

5 In the Video settings area, do the following: In the Width and Height boxes, enter the video display size you want (in pixels). In the Bit rate box, enter the bit rate (in kbps) for your setting. In the Frame rate box, enter the number of frames per second for your setting. In the Audio format list, click the audio settings you want to use and and then click Save. In the Save Custom Setting dialog box, type a file name for the new setting in the File name box, and then click Save. In the Create Custom Setting dialog box, click Close.