Windows Movie Maker

[dazie]

How have I worked on computers for this long and never played with this program?  I'm having a ball with it right now.

I wish I had more than 4 minutes to present my topic though.   

[Alice]

Someday I should post my Barney & Friends, Golddigger video.

[dazie]

Crapcrapcrap.

I need help.  I have my project complete, I just have to assemble it.  Therein lies the problem.

I already put in the "soundtrack" and went to put in the narration, but WMM doesn't allow for two audio tracks.  How do I combine my narration with my music? 

[Alice]

Crapcrapcrap.

I need help.  I have my project complete, I just have to assemble it.  Therein lies the problem.

I already put in the "soundtrack" and went to put in the narration, but WMM doesn't allow for two audio tracks.  How do I combine my narration with my music? 

Put in the soundtrack, save it as a movie file... not as a project.  Then you're going to open a new project, insert the saved movie and then you can layover the narration, but you won't be able to screw with the soundtrack anymore.

[dazie]

So I can have my slides, plus a movie, plus my narration, all going at the same time?

[Alice]

So I can have my slides, plus a movie, plus my narration, all going at the same time?

Yes.  But once you save something as a movie file, you can't change it when you drop it in a new project.

[dazie]

So I can have my slides, plus a movie, plus my narration, all going at the same time?

Yes.  But once you save something as a movie file, you can't change it when you drop it in a new project.

Excellent.  Thank you!

I want to go back to work right now and finish.  *lol*

[Bennyhana]

I would mix the audio in a separate program (like audacity) and then put it in the video.  that way, you have a little more flexibility before you output the finished product.


(Not two audio tracks?  WTF was MS thinking?)

[dazie]

I made the narration tracks in Audacity, but I had to go up to a campus computer lab to do it.  I don't know when I'll have time to get up there again.  As soon as I realized I couldn't do what I thought I could do I considered running back up to the lab, but it was already past 7pm. 

If I can't get it to work with Alice's suggestion, back to Audacity I go!

[Bennyhana]

I made the narration tracks in Audacity, but I had to go up to a campus computer lab to do it.  I don't know when I'll have time to get up there again.  As soon as I realized I couldn't do what I thought I could do I considered running back up to the lab, but it was already past 7pm. 

If I can't get it to work with Alice's suggestion, back to Audacity I go!

Audacity is open source, and a free download, available for multiple platforms, if that helps.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

[dazie]

I made the narration tracks in Audacity, but I had to go up to a campus computer lab to do it.  I don't know when I'll have time to get up there again.  As soon as I realized I couldn't do what I thought I could do I considered running back up to the lab, but it was already past 7pm. 

If I can't get it to work with Alice's suggestion, back to Audacity I go!

Audacity is open source, and a free download, available for multiple platforms, if that helps.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

NO WAY!  How cool!  I'd never even heard of it before yesterday.

Thanks!

[Alice]

I would mix the audio in a separate program (like audacity) and then put it in the video.  that way, you have a little more flexibility before you output the finished product.


(Not two audio tracks?  WTF was MS thinking?)

That it's a free program and if someone is going to care about making quality movies, they'd probably invest in software.

[dazie]

Hotdamn.  I was able to install it.

Oh yeah.  No actual work getting done today.   

[Bennyhana]

I would mix the audio in a separate program (like audacity) and then put it in the video.  that way, you have a little more flexibility before you output the finished product.


(Not two audio tracks?  WTF was MS thinking?)

That it's a free program and if someone is going to care about making quality movies, they'd probably invest in software.

That attitude is exactly why those annoying and retarded mac ads exist.  Free (or bundled with a $200+ operating system at no additional cost) doesn't mean it HAS to be crappy.

[Alice]

I would mix the audio in a separate program (like audacity) and then put it in the video.  that way, you have a little more flexibility before you output the finished product.


(Not two audio tracks?  WTF was MS thinking?)

That it's a free program and if someone is going to care about making quality movies, they'd probably invest in software.

That attitude is exactly why those annoying and retarded mac ads exist.  Free (or bundled with a $200+ operating system at no additional cost) doesn't mean it HAS to be crappy.

Doesn't mean it has to be crappy, but it can be.  Because people still buy it.

[Bennyhana]

I would mix the audio in a separate program (like audacity) and then put it in the video.  that way, you have a little more flexibility before you output the finished product.


(Not two audio tracks?  WTF was MS thinking?)

That it's a free program and if someone is going to care about making quality movies, they'd probably invest in software.

That attitude is exactly why those annoying and retarded mac ads exist.  Free (or bundled with a $200+ operating system at no additional cost) doesn't mean it HAS to be crappy.

Doesn't mean it has to be crappy, but it can be.  Because people still buy it.

Yeah, right now, they do.  There may come a time when the punk in the hoodie starts gaining a reasonable amount of market share outside of schools.  Then MS will be in trouble, and there will be no one to blame but themselves.

[Bennyhana]

I should add that I don't want this to happen, because I really hate macs, and I think that everything apple has done that has brought the mac its popularity (starting with the iMac) goes against just about everything I like in a computer.

I don't like apple's hardware monopoly and unintuitive operating system.

I don't like Microsoft's "We have a monopoly, therefore we don't have to develop software that's actually good until right before we release the next version" attitude.

I don't like the "THE COMMAND LINE IS THE ONLY WAY REAL MEN INSTALL SOFTWARE" attitude of Linux.


I have run all three (both fedora core and ubuntu linux, and I'm posting this from my Mac at work).  I'm destined to be bitchy about computers forever, i think.

[Jessie]

I like the mac vs pc ads.

I totally have a nerd crush on John Hodgman.

[Bennyhana]

I like the mac vs pc ads.

I totally have a nerd crush on John Hodgman.

I don't like them, because I end up yelling at the TV, refuting the claims of the hoodied slackass.

[Jessie]

I like the mac vs pc ads.

I totally have a nerd crush on John Hodgman.

I don't like them, because I end up yelling at the TV, refuting the claims of the hoodied slackass.

But...John Hodgman!

[Bennyhana]

I like the mac vs pc ads.

I totally have a nerd crush on John Hodgman.

I don't like them, because I end up yelling at the TV, refuting the claims of the hoodied slackass.

But...John Hodgman!

I'm not gay!