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Windows Live Photo Gallery:Photo Resizing

I have scanned most of my old photos. Most are TIFF format and generally around 10-12 Mb in size. As these are pre-digital camera photos the 'date taken' actually reflects the scanning date; rather than the actual 'date …

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Movie Maker

I'm trying to make a animation on movie maker, but every time I save the video random colored squares appear in the video. The files I use aren't the problem so, I don't know what to do. Please help, thanks.

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Windows Live Movie Maker Speed Up Problem

So, I was making a speed paint for YouTube yesterday and I had went to go to Windows Movie Maker to speed it up. I usually speed it up to 16x, so that's what I did. I replayed the video to see if everything was OK, but w …

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Movie Maker

Is there a way to make pictures less blurry when using movie maker

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Windows Photo Gallery Stopped Working

Today I installed Windows Essentials 2012 version 16.4.3528.0331 and when I select a photo file it won't open and stops working. Says something about a possible codec software problem. I've trying repairing it and gettin …

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Windows Movie Maker strips audio

Hi, I'm currently working on an editing project for a YouTube video. On one of the files I'm using, WMM is stripping the audio from a .mp4 fie. I know the audio is there because when I open it in another program for play …

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Import DV Tape into Movie Maker

I need to import from a DV tape on a Canon video camera to a laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. While the process to date assumes a Firewire connection on the computer, this computer has only USB-2. There is a Firewi …

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Windows Live Movie Maker

My windows live movie maker shows a screen that says: The system cannot find the file specified. I can access some of the files but not the most recent one. Can anyone out there help me? Thanks

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Movie maker makes video dark?

Hello! I'm having some issues with Movie Maker. I'm recording gameplay with OBS and when I look at the raw file (opened with windows media player) it looks great- everything is in order. But when I open the video file in …

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Movie maker only plays half

I´ve had a lot of problems using Movie maker. Recently this: I tried making a small video, transferring one picture, and adding a soundclip. BUT, the video ends up only playing the first 7 seconds of the soundclip. Am I …

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Error 0xC946002C

I cannot seem to edit a video i recorded on my computer using FRAPS. The video saves to an AVI. format and the file size is 5.12 gigabytes. Whenever i drag the video into the editor, the "!" icon appears. I updated my dr …

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Windows essentials

How can i download windows essentials 2012On windows ten.and if i can can i have a link 2 it.doest windows movie maker work on windows ten please send me link.

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Audio file won’t play in Windows Movie Maker

Hello Out there? Seeking help for Movie player. Have downloaded essentials 2012 on my windows 10 laptop done my video/Photo stream have applied the audio track but when I start the movie there is no audio..... Help Have …

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.wmv files play WORSE than .mp4 files in Movie Maker!

I have noticed that when editing my videos in Movie Maker 2012, .wmv files lag and freeze the program while .mp4 videos are fine! Why would your own video format play worse in your own program than a third-party format? …

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Windows Live Movie Maker 2011

I am trying to make training video's. When a new movie is complete, I use Save as.... to install it in memory in the video section. It has a file ending in: .wlmn Later when I try to reload it to run it in Movie Maker it …

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Windows Live Movie Maker 2011

I am trying to make training video's. When a new movie is complete, I use Save as.... to install it in memory in the video section. It has a file ending in: .wlmn Later when I try to reload it to run it in Movie Maker it …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 5, 2016