Windows Movie Maker is a persnickety program. Instead of saving the project, Publish or Finish it instead. You can always import the video back into the program for more editing. But, it saves the frustration of not being able to Save.
A Windows Movie Maker project file is in .MSWMMformat.
A Windows Movie Maker project file is in .MSWMMformat.
Resulting effectiveness of a Windows Movie Maker project is dependent on the creator's creativity.
Finalizing a Windows Movie Maker project is called Publishing (or Finishing the Movie in earlier versions of the program).
A Windows Movie Maker project file (MSWMM) can only be edited/viewed in the Windows Movie Maker program.A Windows Movie Maker movie/video file is the Finished/Published version of the project file which has been converted to a finished Standard Format for viewing.
You cannot Save/Publish/Finish a Windows Movie Maker project as in FLV format.
To change a Windows Movie Maker file into a .wmv, all you need to do is Publish/Finish the project in the program.Click on the Windows Movie Maker How-To link posted in the Related links section below for instructions on how to Publish/Finish your project.
You can use Video Pad or Video Spin if you don't want to use Windows Movie Maker for your video project.
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.
You can't get any projects from Windows Movie Maker (Vista) to play on Windows Movie XP. Windows Movie Maker project files (MSWMM) need to access the original source files in order to play the project. Therefore, if the original source files are not available on the system you are attempting to open the project file on, then the can't be displayed.The only way you can get a Windows Movie Maker project file (no matter what version) to display on another computer is by first Publishing or Finishing the movie. This process mixes down (exports) audio and video properties into a Standard Viewing Format.
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.
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