i have a problem with my movie maker 2.0 that i
downloaded frok this website.when i try to add video
effects to my clips it closes on me.the same thing
happens with the transitions,title and a whole lot of

Ordered the following from Amazon.co.uk about a month ago :-
Jon Bounds,  et al "Windows Movie Maker 2 Zero to Hero"
And just relieved the following yesterday:-

How important is the video card. The MM2 system
requirements don't mention anything. Can I get by with an
8MB onboard card or should I splurge for an AGP card? If
so, how powerful of a card would I need?

I put my clips together and then went to finalize the
movie.  It will only copy a portion of it (I'm saving it
to my computer, and it has tons of space). Someone please
help!

Do you get the same quality using either of them?

How do I upload digital video if my camera uses usb 2.0
technology?
The only thing that I have seen is fire wire...what do I
do

I have the same as Ranjan Sinha. As soon as I try to drop
a title or transition into my movie....POOF!, the whole
program just exits.
Any ideas?

Can anyone help me increase the brightness of a video. I
know in Adobe Photoshop and other image editing programs
you can accomplish this. Does MovieMaker2 have this
setting?

Does anyone have any comments regarding the quality of DI-
AVI compared with .wmv?
I captured my clips using the "best settings for playback
on my computer", not realising that this was a .wmv or

Being a veteran of MM2 issues and problems I have remebered every word of
Papajohn's website backwards (:-) - thanks PPJ). However, I am trying to
clarify how MM2 works in a little more detail when saving projects.
My issue is I have 256MB RAM and whilst I have saved AVI files of 2 ...

Can anyone tell me if there is a noticable difference in
quality between capturing as DV-AVI (720 x 480) and
Windows Media Video (640 x480)?
I thought the WMV capture was a higher quality because it

For info, Pixelan just released a new package of special effects for Movie
Maker 2. Here's what their website - www.pixelan.com says:
"Added by popular request. 63 different pans/zoom moves within an image --
just like in Microsoft Photo Story, except now within Movie Maker 2! Zoom ...

i have the same problem as ranjan & Tom.  Insert a
transition and poof...program gone!

When I try to create a movie after editing and stuff. The
creat feture hangs.
I name it select the format then the progress bar gets to
about 67% with 2 minutes left, and nothing happens after

Ever since I upgraded to Movie Maker 2, whenever I go to
add a title, or go to video transitions, the program exits
on me as if I had clicked the "x" button.
Any help on this is really appreciated.