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Live feed from my JVC Camcorder

I was wondering if I can capture a live feed from my JVC camcorder. I'd like to see my video as I'm recording it. Sorry using movie maker! Thx

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Spicing two edited videos

I have create two separate videos that I edited in Movie Maker and saved and I wanted to splice the two together to make one video. I can open the first one but when I try to add the second video, which was created and e …

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Movie Maker – no picture

I am trying to edit holiday video clips - MPEG - on new laptop with Windows 8.1. They load up fine; there is sound but no picture. No error message. They play properly on Media Player etc. What am I doing wrong? Can anyo …

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file corruption on movie maker

my files keep coming up as corrupted when im almost done editing and then i cant save. somebody please help! also there are lines at the bottom of my videos picture that kind of look like heart rate sensor lines?

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movie maker

when i put my videos into the movie maker, i almost get done editing it and then one of the videos pops up as corrupted. and when i delete this video another pops up as corrupted! and also my videos have jagged lines at …

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Error Message 0xC945002D

The exact error message 0xC945002D Your program and version Windows Live Movie Maker (Build 16.4.3522.0110) Your operating system and version Windows 7 Pro x64, w/Media Center, completely updated Your browser and version …

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Windows Movie Maker only sometimes plays audio

I've been uploading prerecorded audio via the record narration button, and I know it's the right type of file because it plays and I can edit it... sometimes. But when I save it and then try to go back in and continue ed …

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Making audio mp3 segways in moviemaker

I used to make Segway tracks from merging mp3 files on XP moviemaker. Now I have windows 8.1 it doesn't appear to accept mp3 files. Am I missing something? Neil

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WebCam versus Import

Hi, I've a sony DV PC9e and Movie maker will import live video captured from the camera. Why then will the same video stream from the same camera not show in the webcam window? Message is:- Sorry MM can't record audio or …

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WebCam versus Import

Hi, I've a sony DV PC9e and Movie maker will import live video captured from the camera. Why then will the same video stream from the same camera not show in the webcam window? Message is:- Sorry MM can't record audio or …

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Movie maker

I have been using movie maker for years now. I have a project just started and saved. I wanted to begin another very short project just to email a video. When adding the clip to project Movie maker locked up. That is to …

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Movie maker

When adding videos to a Project, the videos perform with excessive judders. THESE ARE NOT CAMERA SHAKE, as the video when viewed on it's own is fine. I appreciate that the editing mode of Movie Maker is of draft quality, …

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Windows Movie Maker Black Preview Screen Problem

Whenever I import a video into Movie Maker, the audio plays but the preview screen is black. I have tried updating my video card drivers, and they're all up to date. I installed the latest version of Movie Maker which is …

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Photo gallery not working windows 8

So, I doubt this will be fixed as nothing else ever has in windows 8. It ran fine for 6 months, so I guess that's better than most people. I have still not received any answer to my last posts on windows error reporting …

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Cannot update Live Essentials 2012 (Win 8.1)

Hi I am trying to install the update to Live Essentials that keeps popping up but it fails. I have tried clean boots and uninstalling but every time I get Couldn't install program Couldn't install these programs: Mail, P …

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How do I create video clips in the new movie maker?

Hello. In the older version of Movie Maker, you can have it go through a video and automatically create clips. I can't seem to find out how to do this in the newer version. Creating them manually is going to be very time …

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Stopping the looping in Movie Maker

Is there a way to set movie maker to stop looping after the last slide? I'd like to hold/stop the movie at the end on the last slide. Right now it loops to the beginning and continues replaying.

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Windows Live Movie Maker

Is it possible to download (free download) the latest version of Windows Live Movie Maker? If so can someone please tell me how to do it. Thanks.

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why movie maker loses captions after editing

I am using WMM in Win 8.1, have used for years. Whenever i add captions to photos, all is fine until I go back and edit something. ie: I add a title frame for a group of pictures. The captions under the pictures that fol …

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