Windows 7 - Windows movie maker is giving me a message and I cant open my doc.

Asked By Ki

27-Aug-07 01:36 PM

About a week ago I made a movie on the movie maker and burnt it onto a dvd.
The dvd works still but when I try to open the file on movie maker from the
hard drive it gives me the message

the file C:\Users\user\Videos\highschooldvd.MSWMM cannot be opened because
it is not a valid Windows Movie Maker project file.

I dont understand because it is in the MSWMM format.

Can you help? I want to make more copies of my dvd.

28-Aug-07 02:25 PM

That is weird.  You have not moved or deleted it by mistake have you?
Could you just copy your dvd using your dvd burning software?

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
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03-Sep-08 09:32 PM

I am having this problem. I have previously published 2 DVD's. I have
just created another movie, but this time with music. I saved the file
and now it won't let me open it up either in Windows Vista Movie Maker
or Windows Vista DVD Maker. It says that it is not a valid windows Movie
Maker Project file. But it is saved with *.mswmm extension. I have
downloaded Vista Codec, shut down my computer and rebooted and I still
can't open the file. I'm very frustrated with this and desperately do
not want to spend another day putting together this 15 minute movie. Any
help would be appreciated. HELP!


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bnana
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03-Sep-08 10:07 PM

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Maybe there is an issue with an incompatible source file:

Have a look at the following articles:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm

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John Inzer
MS Digital Media MVP

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I am a volunteer

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me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

06-Sep-08 01:02 PM

None of these websites helped.  I am using the appropriate file types,
video is .avi, music is .wma and pictures are .bmp.   If you know of
anything else that can help I'd appreciate it.


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bnana
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06-Sep-08 02:50 PM

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Might be worth a try to recreate the project...
maybe your .mswmm file is corrupted.

There are many varieties of .avi and it may be
worth a try to use a .wav file for your audio.

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John Inzer
MS Digital Media MVP

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

07-Sep-08 06:13 AM

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com



Yep, there are over 800 different avi file types, and only dv.avi works
properly

08-Sep-08 09:48 AM

I am recreating the project.  But in case it corrupts again, how would I
convert my .avi file type to dv.avi?


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bnana
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09-Sep-08 05:15 AM

YOu need to find out what sort of avi file it is.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/avicodec.html

Then use an app which will convert that file type to WMV, which would be my
choice of conversion, as dv.avi is not a file type that most conversion apps
will convert to.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com