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Custom settings for DVD video in win 7 movie maker

Hi everyone, I have saved a movie maker project file with win 7 wlmm. Now i want to save DVD video movie 1280x720 ratio in .mpg format for play back on common DVD player. If it is possible, what custom settings should i …

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Custom settings for DVD video in win 7 movie maker

Hi everyone, I have saved a movie maker project file with win 7 wlmm. Now i want to save DVD video movie 1280x720 ratio in .mpg format for play back on common DVD player. If it is possible, what custom settings should i …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 25, 2015

cant install movie maker in my students computer

Hi, I can't install movie maker in my students computer because they have a standard user but when I try to enter in administrator its said access denied the students computers are conected to a server 2008 R2 standard H …

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Movie Maker blurry photo issue

Hello. I am using the newer version of media player. It was downloaded to my computer approximately 3 months ago. I have saved an image as a JPEG and as a PNG from my computer. I used the snipping tool and saved it under …

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Windows Movie Maker Stops All Sound

I was working in Movie Maker and I was putting in a picture and a mp3 made the picture match up to the mucis and when I was trying to watch it before I saved it there was no sound coming out, I check my speakers, audio c …

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Movie Maker Windows 8 and mpg files

I am in desperate need of help converting mpg video files (from my Sony Handycam) to a format that can be used in Windows Movie Maker. When I had Windows 7, this was no problem . . . I was able to use the mpg files, make …

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Error code 0x80070057

I was recently using windows live movie maker when my video files started getting little warning signs. This was after about 30 minutes of me splitting, moving, watching and using the video files normally, they then star …

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Windows Live Photo Gallery –undo an action

I accidentally moved many pictures from a memory card to the desktop--each picture has its own folder and icon--UGH! Is there a way to undo that without deleting each one individually?

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Can’t get Windows Live essentials to install!

When I attempt to install windows live essentials I will be asked for administrative permission, following that a window will appear saying that windows live essentials has been properly installed and finally a window wi …

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Audio files in Movie Maker no longer recognized

I have been able to use Movie Maker and upload audio commentary to my video and even though the audio file is shown correctly in terms of the audio wavelength appearing correctly. But now the program no longer plays the …

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Can’t view added folders

In Photo Gallery Live, I am unable to open photos that are stored on my external hard drive. I have not had this issue in the past. Even after including folders from the hard drive using FILE-> Include Folder->Add, I am …

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Cannot get Video on Movieamker (Audio Only)

Downloaded .MOD files from camcorder. Converted to .MPG. I get video and audio with Windows Media Player and CyberLink's PowerCinema, but no video on Moviemaker. I would like to edit the files with Moviemaker.

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Pin Start Image In A Slide – Movie Maker

Here is my problem... I create a movie and post it to FB and I want the movie to always display slide one when it finishes, the entire movie will show perfect but the first page visible on FB is not slide 1 e.g I have 13 …

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Why can I no longer install Windows Essentials 2012?

And, Auto-Collage for that matter. Both, apparently, are dependent on net framework 3. I just had to do a complete refresh of my system using an 8.1 image on a USB Flash. Another issue, but I could not use - still can't …

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Windows Movie Maker won’t start

I installed Windows Essentials to get Movie Maker, and I get the error that tells me my requirements are insufficient. My card supports DDI 10.1, I installed the patch at https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2741355?wa=wsign …

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No audio from .MP4 videos in Movie Maker

I am trying to import videos I've recorded with my cell phone into movie maker, however when I preview the video from within movie maker, there is no audio. I am moving the video files from my phone to my laptop and savi …

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RESOLUTION

I am trying to reduce resolution on saved images in windows photo gallery from 600 dpi or 300 dpi to a smaller amount. I am able to resize image to small, medium or large, but the DPI is still at 600. When I resize to "s …

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