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Movie Maker

Yesterday I was able to load up about half of my videos into Movie Maker and it worked fine. today I went to add more videos (using MP4 from GoPro Hero3) and I can see in the file the video but they have a little time cl …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 20, 2015

movie maker for windows 8.0

I tried to add a video in .mpg format. It added but with only audio and no video. I then converted the .mpg format into mp4 format using VLC. Now it played video but no audio May I please know the cause of the problem an …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 20, 2015

Photo Gallery & Movie Maker post-Win10 Upgrade

I use both Windows Photo Gallery and Movie Maker on a Win 7 System. (I believe the latest incarnation of these products is as part of Windows Essentials 2012). 1) Will both Photo Gallery and Movie Maker continue to run s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 20, 2015

Problem publishing my movie to facebook

When I try to publish my movie on facebook I am getting an error message (0x80048823). I am using windows 7 and I have windows live movie maker version 2011. I saved the video to my pc and tried to upload it from my vide …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 18, 2015

Movie Maker – do not have enough memory

I have completed making my movie and when I go to burn it to disc, I am told that I do not have enough memory and that I should change the resolution in order to save. It is very long 2.45 hours. Now I have looked this u …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 18, 2015

Movie Maker

I have completed making my movie and when I go to burn it to disc, I am told that I do not have enough memory and that I should change the resolution in order to save. It is very long 2.45 hours. Now I have looked this u …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 18, 2015

I cant get movie maker narration to work

Hi i have microsoft essentials and windows 8.1 i have narrated on a video and the brown wave on the narrated part is there at the bottom of the clip but there is no narration on playback. There is an audible click as tho …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 18, 2015

Movie Maker cuts off last 3-4 seconds of my MP3 audio

I have been working on my 5th video with Movie Maker. No major issues with adding MP3 audio before. This time I have put together a long series of photos totaling about 10 minutes. I add a MP3 audio clip (entire song las …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 18, 2015

Movie Maker cuts off last 3-4 seconds of my MP3 audio

I have been working on my 5th video with Movie Maker. No major issues with adding MP3 audio before. This time I have put together a long series of photos totaling about 10 minutes. I add a MP3 audio clip (entire song las …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 18, 2015

Movie Maker is a hassle

Why does Movie Maker try to save EVERY single photo I save on my computer as a movie? It is an extra 3 step process that is truly ridiculous? Why are there no help files available? Why do I have to go through a stupid si …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 17, 2015

Password Reset

I don’t know if this is a place to post my problem, but I have been trying for a month to find a solution to my problem of not being able to send/receive e-mails from my default Windows Live account. Around 5/8/2015 my a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 17, 2015

Forgotten password and need to reset password

I don’t know if this is a place to post my problem, but I have been trying for a month to find a solution to my problem of not being able to send/receive e-mails from my default Windows Live account. Around 5/8/2015 my a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 17, 2015

Forgotten it and need to reset password

I don’t know if this is a place to post my problem, but I have been trying for a month to find a solution to my problem of not being able to send/receive e-mails from my default Windows Live account. Around 5/8/2015 my a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 17, 2015

Movie Maker — has stopped working

I have gotten a good way into making a slideshow. Every time I open the program, I get the message "Movie Maker has stopped working...A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 17, 2015

Windows Movie Maker

I made two videos.The first opens in Movie Maker but the second will not though I can play it on Media Player.The reason given is that the type of file is not supported on Movie Maker.Why the difference and can I do anyt …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 16, 2015

Is there a way to highlight an object in movie maker?

I am making a sports highlight reel and looking to highlight or "arrow" a particular person at the beginning of a section. Can this be done in movie maker? I did find this previous post were it leads to a program someone …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 15, 2015

Photo Gallery and Movie Maker

Upon purchasing Windows 8.1, I discovered that to see Titles and/or Captions in a slide show, you had to move photos to Movie Maker. I suggested to the design team they should fix this so that an option to view or these …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 15, 2015

Problem with created videos in Movie Maker

Hello. I am making a video in Movie Maker and it has specific cuts that match certain lyrics and dynamics in a song. It plays fine and the edits are on target when playing the originally created video in Movie Maker. How …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 14, 2015