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hope someone out there can help a puzzled soul .i put a home movie on pc from camcorder ,then made an edited version using windows movie maker . all ok so far (chuffed with my results) .but the edited version had disappeared when i tried to burn to dvd using dvd flick .when not using flick it reappears .dvd flick willfind and burn unedited version no problem . using xp .

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  • millwalll
    millwalll Posts: 912 Forumite
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    How are you adding the file to flick ? using it menu or dragin and droping it
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  • Hi,
    It may be that when you are saving the file after editing it in movie maker you are saving it as the wrong file type , try saving it as another file type then try again.
  • millwalll
    millwalll Posts: 912 Forumite
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    Hi,
    It may be that when you are saving the file after editing it in movie maker you are saving it as the wrong file type , try saving it as another file type then try again.


    Yeah that what I was thinking it maybe.
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  • Quaint1
    Quaint1 Posts: 364 Forumite
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    Is it possible that Windows Movie Maker isn't saving the edited file in the same place as the unedited version? It might be lurking somewhere in My Documents (possibly in My Videos)
    Au Res.,
    Paul
  • scully49
    scully49 Posts: 6 Forumite
    thanks for the response .both the unedited and edited versions (different icon ) are in the "my videos" folder and are there until i try to "add title" through dvd flick then only unedited one appears .i must say at this point i've tried two other burning programs since posting with the same result .what file type suggest i try
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    Don't know anything about DVD flick, but I'd try renaming the edited file and save in as .avi
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  • foreversomeday
    foreversomeday Posts: 1,011 Forumite
    You don't save a file in Windows Movie Maker, you need to go into the File menu but instead of clicking "Save As", click "Export". It will then be in the correct file format to burn to a DVD using DVDFlick.

    HTH :)

    The save function, by the way, is for saving half-finished projects, so you can edit it a bit, save and come back to it. It is confusing though!
    I don't believe and I never did that two wrongs make a right
  • exup
    exup Posts: 1,235 Forumite
    are you actually saving the file as a completed movie in movie maker - or is it just the project. You will be able to view the project as a complete movie in the movie maker program - but nothing else will be able t access it.

    Once you save the file as a WMV - Mpeg or AVI file type - then other programs should be able to access it - such as Windows Media Player
    Don't try to teach a pig to sing - it wastes your time and annoys the pig
  • scully49
    scully49 Posts: 6 Forumite
    thanks exup you're a saviour and i'm dumb . i wasn't saving it to my computer but as a project . frustration meant i didn'nt see the obvious mistake
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