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May 27^th, 2009 at 3:31pm

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So get this I was working on an awesome FS9 video for about a month, and I just got finished with it last night right? So its about 4:31 in length.... so I go to click "Publish". Oh boy heres where the problems begin.. Its to a good 25%-30% published and this is where I get a message like this "Windows could not allocate 1280x1024" and some weird number with the word "Codec" next to it.. so then I thought.. ahh maybe because some of my shots were too big interms of resolution and maybe it won't publish that, so then I thought, maybe I will update my version of WMM, so then I went to microsoft's website and downloaded windows movie maker 2.6, so then I thought this might fix the trick! So i tried to open my movie that I created which was a .MSWMM file (which is standard windows movie maker file) and that didnt work! It wouldnt open it at all, so Im furious at this point because I worked hard on this video..

What I did to test my clips.. was I just imported some of the clips I used to record, which were 1280x1024, and I tried to publish them, and it published fine with no errors at all! So now at this point, I am completely stuck!... Advice? Huh

btw: OS Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bit, and I used FRAPS (unregistered) to record.

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Reply #1 - May 27^th, 2009 at 3:58pm

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What was the 'weird number' it gives you?

Codec means:

Compression (Co)
Decompression (Dec)

It is software used to make videos compressed and then you need the same software on your computer to able to uncompress it to be able to play it. If you do not have the right codec you can't uncompress the videos and therefore cannot play them. If you do not have the right codec to compress it, you cannot compress it. A popular codec (of which there are quite a few) is DivX and XviD.

Get the CCCP. No, that isn't soviet, it is the Combined Community Codec Pack available from here. Install it, reboot your computer and try again.

You could also try getting K-Lite codec pack, the DivX and Xvid codecs.

Install them, reboot, try again. Say what happens.

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Reply #2 - May 27^th, 2009 at 7:25pm

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machineman9 wrote on May 27^th, 2009 at 3:58pm:

What was the 'weird number' it gives you?

Codec means:

Compression (Co)
Decompression (Dec)

It is software used to make videos compressed and then you need the same software on your computer to able to uncompress it to be able to play it. If you do not have the right codec you can't uncompress the videos and therefore cannot play them. If you do not have the right codec to compress it, you cannot compress it. A popular codec (of which there are quite a few) is DivX and XviD.

Get the CCCP. No, that isn't soviet, it is the Combined Community Codec Pack available from here. Install it, reboot your computer and try again.

You could also try getting K-Lite codec pack, the DivX and Xvid codecs.

Install them, reboot, try again. Say what happens.

Well I went ahead and installed them, and rebooted..

still nothing...

the publishing gets to about 54%, and does not advance Lips Sealed

also, the DIVX converter does not support MSWMM files.. so I cant really do anything with it..

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Reply #3 - May 28^th, 2009 at 6:48am

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What format are you trying to publish to?

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Reply #4 - May 28^th, 2009 at 10:29am

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Jersey Flyer wrote on May 27^th, 2009 at 7:25pm:

machineman9 wrote on May 27^th, 2009 at 3:58pm:

What was the 'weird number' it gives you?

Codec means:

Compression (Co)
Decompression (Dec)

It is software used to make videos compressed and then you need the same software on your computer to able to uncompress it to be able to play it. If you do not have the right codec you can't uncompress the videos and therefore cannot play them. If you do not have the right codec to compress it, you cannot compress it. A popular codec (of which there are quite a few) is DivX and XviD.

Get the CCCP. No, that isn't soviet, it is the Combined Community Codec Pack available from here. Install it, reboot your computer and try again.

You could also try getting K-Lite codec pack, the DivX and Xvid codecs.

Install them, reboot, try again. Say what happens.

Well I went ahead and installed them, and rebooted..

still nothing...

the publishing gets to about 54%, and does not advance Lips Sealed

also, the DIVX converter does not support MSWMM files.. so I cant really do anything with it..

MSWMM is a PROJECT file, not a VIDEO file.

MSWMM is like a drawing board for a movie - It just contains infomation as to how it should look such as 'clip 1 play from time 0 to time 10' 'clip 2 play time 10 to time 35'. It just says how it should look. You will need no codec to save that file, it just is just a file saying where clips can be found on your computer and what effects to give them.

When you publish the movie, it takes all these clips, combines them and gives you the proper video file. This uses codecs. This is actual video, the MSWMM is just information which Movie Maker interprets to know what clips it should use.

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Reply #5 - May 28^th, 2009 at 10:31am

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ShaneG wrote on May 28^th, 2009 at 6:48am:

What format are you trying to publish to?

I am trying to publish to either a .wma or a .avi, basically any format that will allow me to post a video on Youtube or SimTV

and for Machineman, I'm sorry I didnt know that about the .MSWMM files.. my trouble just comes changing the files from .MSWMM to an actual video file..

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Reply #6 - May 28^th, 2009 at 11:32am

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Jersey Flyer wrote on May 28^th, 2009 at 10:31am:

ShaneG wrote on May 28^th, 2009 at 6:48am:

What format are you trying to publish to?

I am trying to publish to either a .wma or a .avi, basically any format that will allow me to post a video on Youtube or SimTV

Not sure if the .wma was a typo or not, but that's an audio format. Try .wmv, I use the same setup as you, and have no problem with this format. Wink

I've had no luck with .avi either. Undecided

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Reply #7 - May 28^th, 2009 at 6:41pm

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Ahhh still nothing will work... here let me give you some screenshots to let you see what I am seeing...

This is the menu I see when I want to "publish" the movie..

The error I get after about 15-50% published

Other options... (Tried them all, never worked..)

Embarrassed

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Reply #8 - May 28^th, 2009 at 6:50pm

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Hmmm, that's what I see when I go to publish, same setting too.

Is this the same error, before & after the Movie Maker update you did?

And just tossing out ideas if so, have you moved any of the original source files, or folders, or perhaps altered them in some way?

I'm asking because of the statement in the error, it seems to imply a path problem of some sort. So I wouldn't think it was a conversion problem, but one of a lost source file or destination.

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Reply #9 - May 28^th, 2009 at 8:08pm

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ShaneG wrote on May 28^th, 2009 at 6:50pm:

Hmmm, that's what I see when I go to publish, same setting too.

Is this the same error, before & after the Movie Maker update you did?

And just tossing out ideas if so, have you moved any of the original source files, or folders, or perhaps altered them in some way?

I'm asking because of the statement in the error, it seems to imply a path problem of some sort. So I wouldn't think it was a conversion problem, but one of a lost source file or destination.

The pics I posted above are the ones from before when I updated WMM, the new version that I installed won't even let me open my project file, it gives me a message saying "The file was created by a version of Windows Movie Maker that is not supported".

I am almost certain that all the path files for every clip and every file is untouched and in its place.. maybe I'll just try to re-make the video on the new version... it will be a Pain in the... but hey never hurts to try..

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