by eturo
I made this music video using Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for Windows 7. I created this for our 4th Wedding Anniversary. (hehehe)
The Music Video Special
About Windows Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker is a video creating/editing software application, included in Microsoft Windows Me, XP, and Vista. It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie. New effects and transitions can be made and existing ones can be modified using XML
code. Windows Movie Maker is also a basic audio track editing program.
It can apply basic effects to audio tracks such as fade in or fade out.
The audio tracks can then be exported in the form of a sound file
instead of a video file.
Version History
Windows Me
The first release was included with Windows Me in 2000, but it was not available in Windows 2000, which was released in the same year as Me (2000). Version 1.1 was included in XP in 2001.
Windows 2000
While Windows 2000 does not come with Windows Movie Maker, it is
still possible run the Windows Me version of Movie Maker on Windows
2000. If the Movie Maker program files are copied from Windows Me and
transferred to Windows 2000, the application will run perfectly. This
can also be done with version 1.1.
Windows XP
Version 1.1 was included in Windows XP a year later, and included support for creating DV AVI and WMV 8 files. Version 2.0 was released as a free update in November 2002, and added a number of new features. Version 2.1, a minor update, is included in Windows XP Service Pack 2. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 introduced a new version of Windows Movie Maker, 2.5, with more transitions and support for DVD burning.
Windows Vista
A WPF version was included in some builds of Windows "Longhorn" (now Windows Vista), but was removed in the development reset.
Version 6.0 of Windows Movie Maker in Windows Vista includes new effects and transitions, and support for the DVR-MS file format that Windows Media Center records television in. The HD version in Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista adds support for capturing from HDV camcorders. The capture wizard will create DVR-MS
type files from HDV tapes. However, the Windows Vista version of
Windows Movie Maker no longer supports importing video from an analog
video source such as an analog camcorder, VCR or from a webcam.
Some systems might not be able to run the new version of Windows
Movie Maker. Therefore, Microsoft has also released an updated older
version 2.6 for Windows Vista on the Microsoft Download Center. This
version includes the old effects and transitions, and is basically the
same as Windows Movie Maker 2.1, but without the ability to capture
video. Installation requires Windows Vista and is only intended for use
on computers where the hardware accelerated version cannot be run.
Windows 7
In Windows 7, the latest iteration of Windows, Windows Movie Maker is no longer included in favor of its counterpart Windows Live Movie Maker,
which is based on a different code base and has different
functionalities. It is offered as a free download within the Windows
Live suite. However, Windows Movie Maker 6.0 files can be copied over
and run from a Windows Vista installation to Windows 7. This method works for all versions of Windows Movie Maker including the DirectX
version if a computer's hardware supports it. Windows Movie Maker 2.6
can be freely downloaded and is also Windows 7 compatible.
You can download the latest version of Movie Maker here. Grab it now and try it. Create videos for your love ones, family, or friends.
