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widows movie maker resolution settings advice

Hi. I am confused as to what sensible resolution and bit rate settings to use in custom setup. I save movies to a flash drive and then plug and play on a Panasonic 47" tv. Obviously I want the best picture possible but f …

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windows movie maker custom set up

Hi. I know how to set up custom setting to save a finished project however I do not know how to delete a custom setting I have made and don't want anymore ?

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audio problems in windows movie maker

my problem is when i open i file directly with movie maker: i wait for it to process and then when i hit play i hear the audio in the right speaker/headphone but in the left speaker/headphone i hear something similar to …

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Windows Live Movie maker with a fault 0x80070643.

OT: Movie Maker/Essentials. Each time I try to download Movie Maker/Windows Essentials on my Windows 7, 32 bit, when it gets to around 60% loaded it breaks off telling me there is a problem and retracts the download to z …

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Movie Maker/Essentials

Each time I try to download Movie Maker/Windows Essentials on my Windows 7, 32 bit, when it gets to around 60% loaded it breaks off telling me there is a problem and retracts the download to zero. Then tells me the fault …

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Windows 8.1 photo Gallery

I updated my windows 8.0 to 8.1 in December 2014. Since then, when I download photos from my camera they all go into the Dec. 2014 folder. Before they all went into a folder into which the photo was taken ie 2014-02 (Feb …

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windows moviemaker will show video but not pics?

im trying to make a vid and the moviemaker shows the vid just fine but not pics. i already put the pics back to where they originally were, because i transferred it to my desktop and i read somewhere that it could be pro …

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Problem with windows Movie Maker-windows 7

I have been trying to edit a video from my camera. I have edited videos from this camera in the past with no problem however this si giving me trouble (gopro 3 white). The video is a drive in two parts. As I try to edit …

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VHS to DVD

I have been trying to transfer VHS tapes to my computer using a HDE 3 RCA to USB Audio/Video A/V Camcorder Adapter Cable for TV/Mac/PC. I have Windows Live Movie Maker. The computer does not recognize the VCR. I have tri …

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indows Live Movie Maker does not recognize the VCR.

OT: VHS to DVD. I have been trying to transfer VHS tapes to my computer using a HDE 3 RCA to USB Audio/Video A/V Camcorder Adapter Cable for TV/Mac/PC. I have Windows Live Movie Maker. The computer does not recognize the …

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Cropping video (MP4) in Movie Maker – Windows 7

Want to crop a 35 sec. segment (file is 29 min. in length). Then want to email the segment (a missed free throw in a high school basketball game). Will my MP4 file on my hard drive now be changed? i.e. no longer containi …

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my movie maker file stops playing after 2minutes

I have spent many hours to prepare a 10 minutes movie maker file,but once I finished and saved, the cursor stops after 2 minutes, the program can't play, copy or save the remaining part of my file although I can see all …

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Music has static on movies

I have made many movies using Windows Movie Maker 2.6. This time some of the music has static when it plays. They are mp3. How can I fix this? Janet [Moved from Community Participation Center]

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Windows Movie Maker

Hello, I've created a movie on my work PC but when transferred to a USB and opened on my personal laptop it has an error in place of all the pictures which reads "the file (pic name) is missing". I have the same software …

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Please help with movie maker error 80004003

Hello, please could you help me to solve a problem with this file? We can't open it and my daughter needs it for school project. Thanks a lot! https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=AF27F6AAFF058B79%211568

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