Saving project to my computer causes it to hang

I have a finished movie project which I want to save to my computer. I need
to save as DV-AVI(NTSC) format as I plan to burn to a DVD. It starts up fine
enough but when it gets to around 31% it starts to hang. I attempted it
several times. Same result. I had no problem saving to my hard drive using a
..WMV, or high quality NTSC format.

My project is saved on a 250GB external hard drive with a USB connection. I
have 2GB of RAM, 31GB of free pc disk space, and run XP Pro.

Any suggestions to make this work? My movie run time is about 1 hour and 40
minutes.

Thanks

A first place to start is to see if you have incompatible source (video
and/or audio) files. Try this URL:

http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...patibility.htm

Another trick that sometimes works is to uncheck the boxes in Movie Maker|
Tools| Options| Compatibility.


"Mark" <m.doherty@snet.net> wrote in message
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>I have a finished movie project which I want to save to my computer. I
>need to save as DV-AVI(NTSC) format as I plan to burn to a DVD. It starts
>up fine enough but when it gets to around 31% it starts to hang. I
>attempted it several times. Same result. I had no problem saving to my hard
>drive using a .WMV, or high quality NTSC format.
>
> My project is saved on a 250GB external hard drive with a USB connection.
> I have 2GB of RAM, 31GB of free pc disk space, and run XP Pro.
>
> Any suggestions to make this work? My movie run time is about 1 hour and
> 40 minutes.
>
> Thanks
>

dv.avi = 13gb per hour.
1 hour 40 mins = 22gb

As you only have 31gb free there is no room for the tempoaray files required
to build your movie.

I suspect freeing up at least another 30gb will mean that the dv.avi will
then save.

WMV being much more compressed will fit on such free space as you have.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Mark" <m.doherty@snet.net> wrote in message
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>I have a finished movie project which I want to save to my computer. I
>need to save as DV-AVI(NTSC) format as I plan to burn to a DVD. It starts
>up fine enough but when it gets to around 31% it starts to hang. I
>attempted it several times. Same result. I had no problem saving to my hard
>drive using a .WMV, or high quality NTSC format.
>
> My project is saved on a 250GB external hard drive with a USB connection.
> I have 2GB of RAM, 31GB of free pc disk space, and run XP Pro.
>
> Any suggestions to make this work? My movie run time is about 1 hour and
> 40 minutes.
>
> Thanks
>

Actually unchecking those options worked. Brilliant!
Thanks

"On Request" <onrequest@mychoice> wrote in message
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>A first place to start is to see if you have incompatible source (video
>and/or audio) files. Try this URL:
>
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...patibility.htm
>
> Another trick that sometimes works is to uncheck the boxes in Movie Maker|
> Tools| Options| Compatibility.
>
>
> "Mark" <m.doherty@snet.net> wrote in message
> news:_fa8k.23722$ZE5.18577@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>I have a finished movie project which I want to save to my computer. I
>>need to save as DV-AVI(NTSC) format as I plan to burn to a DVD. It starts
>>up fine enough but when it gets to around 31% it starts to hang. I
>>attempted it several times. Same result. I had no problem saving to my
>>hard
>>drive using a .WMV, or high quality NTSC format.
>>
>> My project is saved on a 250GB external hard drive with a USB connection.
>> I have 2GB of RAM, 31GB of free pc disk space, and run XP Pro.
>>
>> Any suggestions to make this work? My movie run time is about 1 hour and
>> 40 minutes.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>

Glad it worked for you. I keep most all of my Compatibility boxes unchecked
most of the time. Sometimes, WMM will add one on its own, and I might leave
it checked if it does not cause a problem, but for the most part the boxes
are unchecked. I learned about this trick from PapaJohn's web site at:
http://www.papajohn.org/
That is a good place to learn about the ins and outs of Movie Maker.

"Mark" <m.doherty@snet.net> wrote in message
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> Actually unchecking those options worked. Brilliant!
> Thanks
>
> "On Request" <onrequest@mychoice> wrote in message
> news:uSSd2Yi1IHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>A first place to start is to see if you have incompatible source (video
>>and/or audio) files. Try this URL:
>>
>> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...patibility.htm
>>
>> Another trick that sometimes works is to uncheck the boxes in Movie
>> Maker| Tools| Options| Compatibility.
>>
>>
>> "Mark" <m.doherty@snet.net> wrote in message
>> news:_fa8k.23722$ZE5.18577@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>I have a finished movie project which I want to save to my computer. I
>>>need to save as DV-AVI(NTSC) format as I plan to burn to a DVD. It starts
>>>up fine enough but when it gets to around 31% it starts to hang. I
>>>attempted it several times. Same result. I had no problem saving to my
>>>hard
>>>drive using a .WMV, or high quality NTSC format.
>>>
>>> My project is saved on a 250GB external hard drive with a USB
>>> connection.
>>> I have 2GB of RAM, 31GB of free pc disk space, and run XP Pro.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions to make this work? My movie run time is about 1 hour and
>>> 40 minutes.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>
>