You have to Publish/Finish/Save your WMM (Windows Movie Maker) video first before you can convert it to an .avifile.
To Publish/Finish/Save your WMM project:
> With your project in the Time-line view of WMM
> Click on View and Tasks, to open the task pane
> Under Publish to ---- (Windows Vista v2.6)
> Under Finish Movie (Windows Xp v2.1)
> Choose - This computer
> Name the movie and select a destination to save it in
> Click Next
> Select option: Best quality for playback on my computer (recommended)
> Click Publish or Finish (depending on your WMM version)
Once the video is Published/Finished you can convert it to an .AVI using a video converter. Free video converters are available online. Simply Google: free video converters.
You don't need to change the file format of an .mp3 to use in Windows Movie Maker since the program accepts the format. These are the Audio formats Windows Movie Maker can import:.aif, .aifc, .aiff, .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma
A Windows Movie Maker project file is in .MSWMMformat.
To change your Windows Movie Maker audio file name extension (format) to .wma all you need to do is Publish/Finishit.Published video is exported in .wmv format, while audio is mixed-down into .wma format.Simple. Publish/Finish the project audio.
You can't change WMM (Windows Movie Maker) files into other formats. The way files are converted to other formats is through the Publishing/Finishing process.Publishing/Finishing the movie in Windows Movie Maker "mixes-down" audio and video properties resulting in conversion from WMM project format to a finished format.Depending on the Windows Movie Maker version you are using, you must either Publish or Finish/Save the movie project in order to change the file format.
The only way to change a Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (.MSWMM) file into another format is by Publishing or Finishing the project.
You can't choose the format type in Windows Movie Maker. Just publish or finish the video first. Then convert the .wmv file to whatever format you like with a video converter.
No. Windows Movie Maker records in .wma (Windows Media Audio) format. However, you can import and edit .wav files in the program.
To change the video from a project file (MSWMM) to a Standard viewing format such as .wmv in Windows Live Movie Maker, you simply have to Publish it.
You need to convert Quicktime videos to a format compatible with Windows Movie Maker.
Use Windows Movie Maker
You cannot Save/Publish/Finish a Windows Movie Maker project as in FLV format.
You cannot convert a Windows Movie Maker file into any other format. The only way to change the format is to Publish/Finish the project, which exports (mixes-down) audio/video properties into Standard viewing format. Once that is done, you can convert the file into whatever format you wish.