How can I upload videos onto youtube from Windows Movie Maker?
filed in Xde La on Nov.26, 2009
I don’t have a Mac, so I use Windows Movie Maker. It never uploads for me. I don’t know if I should save it differently. Its the only software I have, other than Power Director, which isn’t for youtube. Any help?
November 26th, 2009 on 5:44 pm
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If you’re using Windows Movie Maker, there is
the possibility that you mistakenly saved your
video as an "MSWMM" file with "Save Project"
rather than save it as an "AVI" or "WMV" with
"Save Movie File" (Win XP) or "Publish Movie"
(Vista).
There is a world of difference between the first
example and the others: not only is MSWMM
considered a "work-in-progress", it is not even
a "true" video. The other 2 examples are what
you need to properly save your file and upload
it to YouTube.
The best way to save and upload your video is:
1 — click the blue "Tasks" icon…..(you’ll get the "Movie Tasks" menu)
2 — click "Finish Movie", the 3rd option…..(it will expand to 5 choices)
3 — click "Save to my Computer"….(the "Save Movie" wizard appears)
4 — enter the name of your movie…..(it is best to stay in "My Videos")
5 — click "Next" at the bottom…..(you’ll see the "Movie Setting" page)
6a — for regular video, click "Best quality for playback"…..(the default)
6b — for 16:9, click "Compress to" and tweak it until you see 640×360
7 — click "Next" at the bottom…..(you will get the "Completing" page)
8 — click "Finish" at the bottom…..(the saving may take quite a while)
9 — click the blue "Tasks" icon again…..(you’ll get the "Movie Tasks")
A — click "Finish Movie" again, the 3rd option…..(you’ll get 5 choices)
B — this time, click "Send to the Web"…..(I’m sure you know the rest)
YouTube suggests that the video format be
MPEG4 at 480×360 recorded together with
sound in MP3 audio, all at a rate of greater
than 24 frames per second. Other files that
are accepted include AVI, MPG, MOV and
WMV (which is Windows Movie Maker).
Here are my relevant "help" references with
their full URL addresses — followed by their
direct links:
Difference between "projects" and "movies"
windows help . microsoft . com / Windows / en – US / Help / 4cad 2674 – 4d43 – 4751 –
9b0d – 3ba8 febd a8d6 1033 . mspx
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/4cad2674-4d43-4751-9b0d-3ba8febda8d61033.mspx
How to save your video within Windows XP
www . microsoft . com / windows xp / using / movie maker / create / save to pc . mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/savetopc.mspx
How to save your video with Windows Vista
windows help . microsoft . com / Windows / en – US / help / 4ea4 b6cd – 0cfe – 4d02 –
8122 – 16c2 8828 cdf2 1033 . mspx # EJ
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/4ea4b6cd-0cfe-4d02-8122-16c28828cdf21033.mspx#EJ
YouTube’s ideal video format/compression
www . google . com / support / youtube / bin / answer . py ? hl = en & answer = 91450
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=91450
I hope my answer is what you’re looking for.
November 26th, 2009 on 5:44 pm
save the moviemaker file as a movie. on the left of WMM it will say finish project
November 26th, 2009 on 5:44 pm
I make every one of my videos for Youtube in Windows Movie Maker & I never have any trouble uploading them. Are you saving the video to your My video file as a WMV format, then uploading it from there to Youtube..? Because you CAN NOT upload it straight from Movie Maker to Youtube, it will not work…
November 26th, 2009 on 5:44 pm
You have to save your windows movie make file as wmv video at first, if you don’t know how to do that, you may refer to the part 3 of this guide.
http://www.mac-dvd.com/import-dvd-into-windows-movie-maker-imovie-itunes.html
Then you can upload the wmv video to youtube,
November 26th, 2009 on 5:44 pm
In moviemaker, theres a button on the left that says save to my computer. click that and name the file and follow the steps. than it will take a few minutes to export your video to a wmv file. once that is done you can upload that wmv file to youtube. the problem your probably having is that window movie maker project files arent actual video files they pull all of their clips from different files. so if you delete all the original clips you made the movie with… the movie maker file will just be blank. so there ya have it. hope this helps!
November 26th, 2009 on 5:44 pm
Ensure the file format is correct before uploading to youtube…
Using windows movie maker — you have to save it into the proper file format, that is "wmv" file (use the "save movie file" on the menu at the top left) before upload..
The WMV file will be smaller in size but still quite good quality.. so uploading it will be faster.
also some movie maker version requires to be published instead of save… for that, press "ctrl-p" to publish or search&select a publish option from the menu at the top of the program window.
–for best editing….
use windows movie maker (included in your windows machine)… it can help you make beautiful slideshow or video clip(e.g. mixing your songs with pictures/video/etc)…. then save it as video file such as wmv file format… finally upload.
or .. Just get those clips you want , save & convert them, and then mix/match with pix/sound/etc using windows movie maker to create new masterpieces….
this will help you…. Use ‘zillatube’. This is the easiest (and also the fastest) way.
Zillatube produces mpg/mp3 formats from youtube that are compatible with windows movie maker(or media player), and more.
It is very easy to download and convert videos. Then edit those converted mp3/mpg videos with windows movie maker… save your file as wmv and then upload.
It works very well….just google search for "zillatube"
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November 26th, 2009 on 5:44 pm
You should make video avi or mpeg format for youtube. You can try the all-in-one DVD and video software, meet all your needs. It converts DVD’s and videos wmv or avi with high speed and quality.
http://www.youtubetoipod.org/cucusoft-ultimate-dvd-video-converter/cucusoft-ultimate-dvd-video-converter-suite.html
Also, you can google some other software:
http://www.google.com