MSWMM (Microsoft Windows Movie Maker) files cannot be viewed in Windows Media Player.
The project file must be Published or Finished in the program before it can be viewed in Media Player.
In order to see a Windows Movie Maker project file on ANY media player, you must first Publish/Finish the video. This exports/converts the project file into Standard Viewing format. Then it can be played on a media player.
You can only play a .MSWMM (MicroSoft Windows Movie Maker) project in the Windows Movie Maker program.Until you Publish or Finish the .MSWMM project it cannot be viewed in a media player, emailed, uploaded or burned to CD or DVD. The only way to view or edit the file is in the program.
Windows Media Player.
Once your project is Published/Finished in Windows Movie Maker, you can burn it to DVD using Windows Media Player. (Note: The computer must have a DVD drive installed on it).To burn your Published/Finished Movie Maker video onto DVD:> Open Windows Media Player (Start, All Programs, Windows Media Player)> Click on Burn, then Data CD or DVD (top menu)Follow the Burn instructions provided.
The Windows Media Player video has to be an actual file to be imported into Windows Movie Maker (meaning you can't drag and drop it).Although I haven't tried it, I believe you can copy the file from Windows Media Player and paste it into Windows Movie Maker (but I don't know this for sure).The best way to get media from Windows Media Player is to ensure it is Saved in the Library. Then, open the file's location and import it that way.
Try watching it on your Windows Media Player. If you can't see it on Windows Media Player, then it is not formatted correctly to view in Windows Live Movie Maker.
You can right-click on the file in Windows Movie Maker and select copy. Then, in Windows Movie Maker, paste it in the Imported Media pane.Or,Right-click on the file in Windows Media Player, scroll down to Open File Location, then import the media that way.
In my opinion, Windows Movie Maker.
There isn't a 'Now Playing' tab in Windows Movie Maker. Simply click on the > button under the preview pane to play the movie. Only one project at a time can be played in Movie Maker. Are you perhaps talking about Windows Media Player?
You have to download video to your computer before you can import it into Windows Movie Maker. You can't simply drag and drop it into the program from Media Player. Find the 'source video' on your computer and import it from there.
Windows Media Player only plays the videos. You can only create/edit video in Windows Movie Maker.
Right click on file, click open with Windows Movie Maker Project, Add clips and edit by deleting unwanted parts add music and click on DVD to save the movie in the format playable by Windows Media Player.