[Francis]

I just finished a long vacation in Italy... 10 days... had tons of video and
worked with it (during the vacation) on my laptop that I brought with me.
After tons and tons of work, clipping, editing, titles, music, etc., I ended
up with a video project was about 1.45 hours long. I went to save it to DVD
thinking it might be too big, but I gave it a shot. I thought, what the heck,
I'll always have the original project file to go back to and maybe chop up
into smaller pieces if there's any problem. Well, I gave it a shot and it was
taking too long (so I went back to the Movie Maker and reopened the project).
When I went back to the original project, there are tons of pieces of the
timeline that have a big red "X" on them... indicated that the program can't
find the files, I think? THAT A TON OF WORK LOST! I could maybe fish around
and find them, but that would take days for a project this big. Why did the
original project get so mesed up? I've noticed that once any movie is saved,
The project loses the source file locations. How can I fix this?

And isn't there some time of phone assistance I can seek? I'd be willing to
pay for it.


-Francis

[Graham Hughes]

Did you delete any of the source files to make space for something else? Are
they on an external hdd, which may have had it's drive letter changed?


--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F823B4F9-A892-46BF-9460-A0159BD7E362@microsoft.com...
> I just finished a long vacation in Italy... 10 days... had tons of video
> and
> worked with it (during the vacation) on my laptop that I brought with me.
> After tons and tons of work, clipping, editing, titles, music, etc., I
> ended
> up with a video project was about 1.45 hours long. I went to save it to
> DVD
> thinking it might be too big, but I gave it a shot. I thought, what the
> heck,
> I'll always have the original project file to go back to and maybe chop up
> into smaller pieces if there's any problem. Well, I gave it a shot and it
> was
> taking too long (so I went back to the Movie Maker and reopened the
> project).
> When I went back to the original project, there are tons of pieces of the
> timeline that have a big red "X" on them... indicated that the program
> can't
> find the files, I think? THAT A TON OF WORK LOST! I could maybe fish
> around
> and find them, but that would take days for a project this big. Why did
> the
> original project get so mesed up? I've noticed that once any movie is
> saved,
> The project loses the source file locations. How can I fix this?
>
> And isn't there some time of phone assistance I can seek? I'd be willing
> to
> pay for it.
>
>
> -Francis

[Francis]

No deletions. No external hard drive.

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> Did you delete any of the source files to make space for something else? Are
> they on an external hdd, which may have had it's drive letter changed?
>
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F823B4F9-A892-46BF-9460-A0159BD7E362@microsoft.com...
> > I just finished a long vacation in Italy... 10 days... had tons of video
> > and
> > worked with it (during the vacation) on my laptop that I brought with me.
> > After tons and tons of work, clipping, editing, titles, music, etc., I
> > ended
> > up with a video project was about 1.45 hours long. I went to save it to
> > DVD
> > thinking it might be too big, but I gave it a shot. I thought, what the
> > heck,
> > I'll always have the original project file to go back to and maybe chop up
> > into smaller pieces if there's any problem. Well, I gave it a shot and it
> > was
> > taking too long (so I went back to the Movie Maker and reopened the
> > project).
> > When I went back to the original project, there are tons of pieces of the
> > timeline that have a big red "X" on them... indicated that the program
> > can't
> > find the files, I think? THAT A TON OF WORK LOST! I could maybe fish
> > around
> > and find them, but that would take days for a project this big. Why did
> > the
> > original project get so mesed up? I've noticed that once any movie is
> > saved,
> > The project loses the source file locations. How can I fix this?
> >
> > And isn't there some time of phone assistance I can seek? I'd be willing
> > to
> > pay for it.
> >
> >
> > -Francis
>
>
>

[Wojo]

I'm not sure why it got messed up (are you sure none were move or are on a
CD?)
But it may not take days to find them all. In many cases if you right click
on one of the X's and click locate it will not only find that file but
automatically find all the other as well since they were likely moved
together.

"Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:304ABED8-843B-4201-898E-E3BC5599EAEA@microsoft.com...
> No deletions. No external hard drive.
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> Did you delete any of the source files to make space for something else?
>> Are
>> they on an external hdd, which may have had it's drive letter changed?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
>> www.dvds2treasure.com
>> www.simplydv.com
>>
>>
>> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F823B4F9-A892-46BF-9460-A0159BD7E362@microsoft.com...
>> > I just finished a long vacation in Italy... 10 days... had tons of
>> > video
>> > and
>> > worked with it (during the vacation) on my laptop that I brought with
>> > me.
>> > After tons and tons of work, clipping, editing, titles, music, etc., I
>> > ended
>> > up with a video project was about 1.45 hours long. I went to save it to
>> > DVD
>> > thinking it might be too big, but I gave it a shot. I thought, what the
>> > heck,
>> > I'll always have the original project file to go back to and maybe chop
>> > up
>> > into smaller pieces if there's any problem. Well, I gave it a shot and
>> > it
>> > was
>> > taking too long (so I went back to the Movie Maker and reopened the
>> > project).
>> > When I went back to the original project, there are tons of pieces of
>> > the
>> > timeline that have a big red "X" on them... indicated that the program
>> > can't
>> > find the files, I think? THAT A TON OF WORK LOST! I could maybe fish
>> > around
>> > and find them, but that would take days for a project this big. Why did
>> > the
>> > original project get so mesed up? I've noticed that once any movie is
>> > saved,
>> > The project loses the source file locations. How can I fix this?
>> >
>> > And isn't there some time of phone assistance I can seek? I'd be
>> > willing
>> > to
>> > pay for it.
>> >
>> >
>> > -Francis
>>
>>
>>

[Francis]

OK, got it working this afternoon. I went into my system and maxed out my
virtual memory, then went tback and hunted around for the "lost" clips. Once
I found the first two, Movie Maker magically automatically found all the rest
for me.

"Wojo" wrote:

> I'm not sure why it got messed up (are you sure none were move or are on a
> CD?)
> But it may not take days to find them all. In many cases if you right click
> on one of the X's and click locate it will not only find that file but
> automatically find all the other as well since they were likely moved
> together.
>
> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:304ABED8-843B-4201-898E-E3BC5599EAEA@microsoft.com...
> > No deletions. No external hard drive.
> >
> > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
> >
> >> Did you delete any of the source files to make space for something else?
> >> Are
> >> they on an external hdd, which may have had it's drive letter changed?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Graham Hughes
> >> MVP Digital Media
> >> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> >> www.dvds2treasure.com
> >> www.simplydv.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F823B4F9-A892-46BF-9460-A0159BD7E362@microsoft.com...
> >> > I just finished a long vacation in Italy... 10 days... had tons of
> >> > video
> >> > and
> >> > worked with it (during the vacation) on my laptop that I brought with
> >> > me.
> >> > After tons and tons of work, clipping, editing, titles, music, etc., I
> >> > ended
> >> > up with a video project was about 1.45 hours long. I went to save it to
> >> > DVD
> >> > thinking it might be too big, but I gave it a shot. I thought, what the
> >> > heck,
> >> > I'll always have the original project file to go back to and maybe chop
> >> > up
> >> > into smaller pieces if there's any problem. Well, I gave it a shot and
> >> > it
> >> > was
> >> > taking too long (so I went back to the Movie Maker and reopened the
> >> > project).
> >> > When I went back to the original project, there are tons of pieces of
> >> > the
> >> > timeline that have a big red "X" on them... indicated that the program
> >> > can't
> >> > find the files, I think? THAT A TON OF WORK LOST! I could maybe fish
> >> > around
> >> > and find them, but that would take days for a project this big. Why did
> >> > the
> >> > original project get so mesed up? I've noticed that once any movie is
> >> > saved,
> >> > The project loses the source file locations. How can I fix this?
> >> >
> >> > And isn't there some time of phone assistance I can seek? I'd be
> >> > willing
> >> > to
> >> > pay for it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -Francis
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

[Francis]

So here's a final question: a week ago, I made a much smaller movie for a
friend of mine. Now I'd like to go back and find it myself. When I tried to
do that, the original stuff really IS gone off of my computer. But I still
have the DVD I burned in making the movie. How can I get the DVD movie stored
on my hard drive?

-Francis

"Wojo" wrote:

> I'm not sure why it got messed up (are you sure none were move or are on a
> CD?)
> But it may not take days to find them all. In many cases if you right click
> on one of the X's and click locate it will not only find that file but
> automatically find all the other as well since they were likely moved
> together.
>
> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:304ABED8-843B-4201-898E-E3BC5599EAEA@microsoft.com...
> > No deletions. No external hard drive.
> >
> > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
> >
> >> Did you delete any of the source files to make space for something else?
> >> Are
> >> they on an external hdd, which may have had it's drive letter changed?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Graham Hughes
> >> MVP Digital Media
> >> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> >> www.dvds2treasure.com
> >> www.simplydv.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F823B4F9-A892-46BF-9460-A0159BD7E362@microsoft.com...
> >> > I just finished a long vacation in Italy... 10 days... had tons of
> >> > video
> >> > and
> >> > worked with it (during the vacation) on my laptop that I brought with
> >> > me.
> >> > After tons and tons of work, clipping, editing, titles, music, etc., I
> >> > ended
> >> > up with a video project was about 1.45 hours long. I went to save it to
> >> > DVD
> >> > thinking it might be too big, but I gave it a shot. I thought, what the
> >> > heck,
> >> > I'll always have the original project file to go back to and maybe chop
> >> > up
> >> > into smaller pieces if there's any problem. Well, I gave it a shot and
> >> > it
> >> > was
> >> > taking too long (so I went back to the Movie Maker and reopened the
> >> > project).
> >> > When I went back to the original project, there are tons of pieces of
> >> > the
> >> > timeline that have a big red "X" on them... indicated that the program
> >> > can't
> >> > find the files, I think? THAT A TON OF WORK LOST! I could maybe fish
> >> > around
> >> > and find them, but that would take days for a project this big. Why did
> >> > the
> >> > original project get so mesed up? I've noticed that once any movie is
> >> > saved,
> >> > The project loses the source file locations. How can I fix this?
> >> >
> >> > And isn't there some time of phone assistance I can seek? I'd be
> >> > willing
> >> > to
> >> > pay for it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -Francis
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

You can copy the files from the DVD to your hard drive... if you want to
bring them into Movie Maker for editing, see the Importing Source Files >
Video > Discs page of my website.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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"Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D17926C5-772E-4A06-9B78-61E46A934ADF@microsoft.com...
> So here's a final question: a week ago, I made a much smaller movie for a
> friend of mine. Now I'd like to go back and find it myself. When I tried
> to
> do that, the original stuff really IS gone off of my computer. But I still
> have the DVD I burned in making the movie. How can I get the DVD movie
> stored
> on my hard drive?
>
> -Francis
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure why it got messed up (are you sure none were move or are on
>> a
>> CD?)
>> But it may not take days to find them all. In many cases if you right
>> click
>> on one of the X's and click locate it will not only find that file but
>> automatically find all the other as well since they were likely moved
>> together.
>>
>> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:304ABED8-843B-4201-898E-E3BC5599EAEA@microsoft.com...
>> > No deletions. No external hard drive.
>> >
>> > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Did you delete any of the source files to make space for something
>> >> else?
>> >> Are
>> >> they on an external hdd, which may have had it's drive letter changed?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Graham Hughes
>> >> MVP Digital Media
>> >> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
>> >> www.dvds2treasure.com
>> >> www.simplydv.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Francis" <Francis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:F823B4F9-A892-46BF-9460-A0159BD7E362@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I just finished a long vacation in Italy... 10 days... had tons of
>> >> > video
>> >> > and
>> >> > worked with it (during the vacation) on my laptop that I brought
>> >> > with
>> >> > me.
>> >> > After tons and tons of work, clipping, editing, titles, music, etc.,
>> >> > I
>> >> > ended
>> >> > up with a video project was about 1.45 hours long. I went to save it
>> >> > to
>> >> > DVD
>> >> > thinking it might be too big, but I gave it a shot. I thought, what
>> >> > the
>> >> > heck,
>> >> > I'll always have the original project file to go back to and maybe
>> >> > chop
>> >> > up
>> >> > into smaller pieces if there's any problem. Well, I gave it a shot
>> >> > and
>> >> > it
>> >> > was
>> >> > taking too long (so I went back to the Movie Maker and reopened the
>> >> > project).
>> >> > When I went back to the original project, there are tons of pieces
>> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> > timeline that have a big red "X" on them... indicated that the
>> >> > program
>> >> > can't
>> >> > find the files, I think? THAT A TON OF WORK LOST! I could maybe fish
>> >> > around
>> >> > and find them, but that would take days for a project this big. Why
>> >> > did
>> >> > the
>> >> > original project get so mesed up? I've noticed that once any movie
>> >> > is
>> >> > saved,
>> >> > The project loses the source file locations. How can I fix this?
>> >> >
>> >> > And isn't there some time of phone assistance I can seek? I'd be
>> >> > willing
>> >> > to
>> >> > pay for it.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > -Francis
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>