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1. wqwalter

   
   Posted on: August 19, 2009 at 2:53PM  

   The layout of Live Movie maker is a lot different than movie maker on XP but I have not found the Timeline where you layout the video, pictures, transitions, and audio for your presentation. How do you compose the movie to have the composition and flow that you want or do you just throw everything into a pot and let Movie maker do whatever it wants?

   Bill Walter
2. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: August 19, 2009 at 3:09PM  

   Hi Bill, there is a new "timeline" feature in the final release that lets you drag and drop videos and photos and arrange them and add transitions to them. It's on the right-hand side of the application. If you see the above screenshot, you can see I have a video and image added to my timeline in Windows Live Movie Maker. It might take some getting used to but I've been able to do some pretty complex videos with it to-date.

   If you're not seeing this, you may not have the final release. You would need to go to download.live.com to get the final release.

   But you certainly can compose videos to your needs as well as use Movie Maker's new AutoMovie feature.
3. Doc_XP

   
   Posted on: August 19, 2009 at 3:16PM  

   Hi Brandon,

   I'm happy WLMM now accepts WTV files, but...

   Can't get a short Win7 WTV to save as WMV. Get stuck at the very start of the progress bar and all i can do is kill WLMM ! (not using processor ressources nor HDD, just freezing)

   (Win7 RTM Fr x86 installed today !)

   Jean-Marc
4. dovella

   
   Posted on: August 19, 2009 at 3:22PM  

   Thanks Microsoft Amazing release, but is in English,

   now my live suite in in English :(

   Ok no problem but  .... Italian release ??
5. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: August 19, 2009 at 3:22PM  

   Doc XP, let me see what I can find out for you. I don't have a WTV file here with me to try and edit myself to see what happens unfortunately. This is something I actually haven't tried yet.
6. omgbbq

   
   Posted on: August 19, 2009 at 7:24PM  

   When will it support exporting to formats compatible with more computers and devices, like H.264?
7. Johnathan

   
   Posted on: August 19, 2009 at 9:09PM  

   I don't like that you cant capture video from a web cam like you could with Movie Maker for XP.
8. hitmouse

   
   Posted on: August 20, 2009 at 3:10AM  

   5 attempts to install it now - and associated compulsory updates of Messenger/Gallery/Writer. It gets to 100% complete, and then starts rolling back the entire installation. Then it shows a very unhelpful error "Programs were not installed because the installation was canceled. aborted:0x80004004)

   The associated online help topic (covering only XP and Vista) seems to assume the only reason this happens is because the Cancel button has been pressed.

   I've seen these same errors in previous releases of Windows Live products but there's nowhere to go for help. Would love to know who was responsible for reviewing the ugly error text and associated help.
9. thepunisher

   
   Posted on: August 20, 2009 at 8:45AM  

   hi brandon

   looks great :)

   however before i gonna install this one i want to make sure:

   this can be installed concurrently with the existing vista ultimate (64 bit) movie maker hd and will cause no problem to it whatsoever?

   thx

   tp
10. Bydia

    
    Posted on: August 20, 2009 at 9:18AM  

    All I wanted to do was download the Movie Maker, but have to use the websetup installer.

    First it said I already had the movie maker. So I had to manually remove the older version.

    Then the install said that besides installing the Movie Maker, the other programs needed to be updated. No way to say no... so I preceeded with the process. It said I only needed to download 160+ MB. No problem I have 2Mbps download should only take a few minutes.... I had it run for several HOURS!!!! The progress bar moved very slowly. Finally, I gave up... I don't want to leave my notebook running all night unattended as it gets too hot.

    Microsoft, please give me a way to download the whole package as a single .msi and let me install it offline.