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Why does Windows Movie Maker 2 freeze when I try to save a large movie file?
John Savill
April 14, 2003
1 Min Read
A. Windows Movie Maker 2 users might encounter a problem when they try to save a movie whose size is greater than the available RAM. No fix exists for this problem, but you can implement one of the following workarounds:
Buy more RAM.
Close any unnecessary programs on your computer.
Increase the pagefile size, which might let the computer write to disk more of the items in memory and thus free more memory.
Save the movie in a lower quality (on the Movie Setting page, select "Other settings," then select "High Quality Video (small)").
Reduce the size of your movie by removing unnecessary parts such as pictures and video transition effects.
Save the movie in small sections and then import the sections into a collection.
If you can't work around this problem, you might want to consider third-party production software such as Ulead Systems' MediaStudio Pro 7.
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