Movie Maker has been and still is a favorite video editing app for those learning about digital video editing. Microsoft tweaked the compatibility checks that stopped PS3 and it now downloads and runs fine on Windows 7. But, as I noted above, the final Windows 7 release had somehow turned off the ability to install or use PS3 on many computers. Clips produced could be used in Windows Live Movie Maker or classic Movie Maker projects. First developed for XP, the app downloaded, installed and ran fine on the beta releases of Windows 7. Photo Story 3 is a favorite of many when it comes to making those neat Ken Burns style video clips from high quality still pictures. Starting with no version of Movie Maker in Windows 7, I’m now running with five of them. Imported video clips can be browsed in the folders of the Windows Live Photo Gallery or imported into the collections of the classic versions of Movie Maker. MM1 and MM2.1 in Windows 7 also capture video from my mini-DV camcorder, when connected by FireWire. In addition to the newest version of Movie Maker, the Windows Live Suite includes a video import wizard that works with a mini-DV or digital8 camcorder connected by FireWire. It’s not surprising as they are very similar with one made for XP and the other for Vista. It turns out installing MM2.6 also resolved some Issues I experienced with MM2.1 in Windows 7. But I haven’t yet added many of the thousands of extra 3rd party special effects and transitions that are on my XP and Vista computers. I’ve copied MM1 and MM2.1 from my XP system and MM6 from my Vista system, registered the DLLs and they are working well. MM2.6 works well with the Pixelan Spice FX6 packages of extras and Wizards, and you can setup other custom effects and transitions to work with it. For that, you can use the import wizard in the Windows Live Suite. MM2.6 has the features to fully edit and produce a video, but it doesn’t have the importing feature of MM2.1. MM2.6 is the only classic version of Movie Maker that’s a stand-alone download from Microsoft and an easy installation … get it at: Although stripped of many features, it’s pretty much aligned with the familiar MM2.1 of Windows XP. It was produced by Microsoft to help those who were having problems with the version 6.0 in Vista. It turns out the special Vista edition MM2.6 downloads, installs and works fine on Windows 7. It’s good for quickly and easily making a video and uploading to YouTube, but not for anything close to the kinds of serious editing you can do with classic versions of Movie Maker.Įxperienced users will want to continue with what they’ve become accustomed to. That gets you the newest version, but one considerably slimmed down in features from MM2.1 in XP or MM6 in Vista. Microsoft recommends the free download of the latest Windows Live Suite, which includes Windows Live Movie Maker (WLMM) for Vista and Windows 7 (XP doesn’t support WLMM). It’s an operating system with little to nothing on it for doing video work … where do we go from here? Adding Movie Maker There wasn’t any software to do anything with the camcorder. It was recognized, a driver was automatically installed, but no options were presented, not even one to import video clips from the camcorder. I was curious to see my choices when I connect my Sony Mini-DV camcorder (TRV80 model) with a FireWire cable and turn it on in VCR mode. I had also read that Windows 7 automatically provides enhanced choices when you plug in a device. Similarly, Photo Story 3 (PS3) had installed and worked on each beta release, but wouldn’t install on the final… Microsoft resolved the PS3 issue but I’m still waiting for a Windows 7 compatible TV tuner driver. The driver had worked fine with each of the beta releases but was turned off by the final.Ģ. The driver for the TV Tuner on my 5 year old HP desktop isn’t Windows 7 compatible so I can’t watch or record TV with it. The final Windows 7 release introduced two new issues for me:ġ. Other than having Windows DVD Maker, it’s a clean slate with regards to making movies. The first thing I did was confirm what I’d read about Windows Movie Maker not being included. Windows 7 was formally released on OctoI and many others hosted release parties. A number of updates, along with the final release, were made after that. The first beta version released to the public was in January 2009. The next version of Windows beyond Vista is Windows 7.
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