How to compress movies with Windows Movie Maker


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How to compress movies with Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker comes with Windows XP. You can use it to convert AVI video captures into WMV files. It's easy once someone shows you how.

1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start / All Programs / Accessories / Windows Movie Maker.

2 In the Movie Tasks pane, in the Capture Video section, click Import video.

3 Select an AVI video capture and click Import.

4 Drag the clip from the Collection area to the first cell of the timeline.

5 In the Movie Tasks pane, in the Finish Movie section, click Save to my computer.

6 In the Save Movie Wizard, choose a new file name, path and click Next.

7 Checkmark Other settings.

8 In the Other settings dropdown list, select High Quality Video.

(large) = 640 x 480 pixels
(small) = 320 x 240 pixels

9 Click Next.

10 Click Finish.

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