Hi,

I have a problem with Windows Movie Maker. It will import media fine but as
soon as I try to drag anything into the timeline (video or photo), the
application crashes and I get the message "Windows Movie Maker has stopped
working".



I found some discussion on the net about Nero causing a problem but I do not
have this installed. I am using the 32 bit version of Vista Ultimate Edition.

Have you got roxio installed?
Has it always been a problem, or has it worked at some point?
If it worked before, what changes to the syustem have you made?
If it's never worked, what file types are you using?

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"sirfartalot" <sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1885E1D5-BF5C-46E9-9DBF-3A0F5CF4D5A5@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with Windows Movie Maker. It will import media fine but
> as
> soon as I try to drag anything into the timeline (video or photo), the
> application crashes and I get the message "Windows Movie Maker has stopped
> working".
>
> I found some discussion on the net about Nero causing a problem but I do
> not
> have this installed. I am using the 32 bit version of Vista Ultimate
> Edition.

No, I don't have Roxio installed. I've never tried to use Movie Maker before
so it has never worked for me but I do have a lot of software installed.

As far as 'video' software is concerned (if this is what could be causing a
problem), I have divx, Quicktime and Real installed. I also have the QT and
real alternative codecs installed and I suppose you could possibly call Flash
8 a video application. Are you aware if any of these could be a problem?

I've tried to use Movie maker with jpeg files to create a photo slideshow. I
know the Vista beta used to work with dvr-ms files from my media centre so I
tried editing one of those and found exactly the same thing - the application
crashes as soon as you try to add anything to the timeline.

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> Have you got roxio installed?
> Has it always been a problem, or has it worked at some point?
> If it worked before, what changes to the syustem have you made?
> If it's never worked, what file types are you using?
>
> --
>
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.com
>
>
> "sirfartalot" <sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1885E1D5-BF5C-46E9-9DBF-3A0F5CF4D5A5@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem with Windows Movie Maker. It will import media fine but
> > as
> > soon as I try to drag anything into the timeline (video or photo), the
> > application crashes and I get the message "Windows Movie Maker has stopped
> > working".
> >
> > I found some discussion on the net about Nero causing a problem but I do
> > not
> > have this installed. I am using the 32 bit version of Vista Ultimate
> > Edition.
>
>
>

"sirfartalot" <sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1885E1D5-BF5C-46E9-9DBF-3A0F5CF4D5A5@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with Windows Movie Maker. It will import media fine but
> as
> soon as I try to drag anything into the timeline (video or photo), the
> application crashes and I get the message "Windows Movie Maker has stopped
> working".
>
> I found some discussion on the net about Nero causing a problem but I do
> not
> have this installed. I am using the 32 bit version of Vista Ultimate
> Edition.

When it crashed it wrote an event in the event logs. Look in the Event
Viewer in the System and the Application logs and post the details from the
error.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

This is in the 'administrative events' log:

Faulting application MOVIEMK.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp
0x4549b5b6, faulting module MMSwitch.ax, version 0.9.7.0, time stamp
0x3dcbc7c6, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00001d31, process id
0x14f8, application start time 0x01c7a70e295fc6f0.

This is in the 'application' log:

Fault bucket 351019664, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response:
http://oca.microsoft.com/resredir.as...cket=351019664
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: MOVIEMK.exe
P2: 6.0.6000.16386
P3: 4549b5b6
P4: MMSwitch.ax
P5: 0.9.7.0
P6: 3dcbc7c6
P7: c0000005
P8: 00001d31
P9:
P10:


There is no entry in the 'system' log.


"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> "sirfartalot" <sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1885E1D5-BF5C-46E9-9DBF-3A0F5CF4D5A5@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem with Windows Movie Maker. It will import media fine but
> > as
> > soon as I try to drag anything into the timeline (video or photo), the
> > application crashes and I get the message "Windows Movie Maker has stopped
> > working".
> >
> > I found some discussion on the net about Nero causing a problem but I do
> > not
> > have this installed. I am using the 32 bit version of Vista Ultimate
> > Edition.
>
> When it crashed it wrote an event in the event logs. Look in the Event
> Viewer in the System and the Application logs and post the details from the
> error.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
>

Okay it appears that I've just answered my own question by clicking on the
link in the log and found that the problem was with the Morgan stream
switcher. I've just uninstalled it and movie maker now works.

I wouldn't have looked there and seen the link though if it wasn't for the
post here so it was still you that solved the problem (I didn't answer my own
question really !!). Many Thanks.

"sirfartalot" wrote:

> This is in the 'administrative events' log:
>
> Faulting application MOVIEMK.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp
> 0x4549b5b6, faulting module MMSwitch.ax, version 0.9.7.0, time stamp
> 0x3dcbc7c6, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00001d31, process id
> 0x14f8, application start time 0x01c7a70e295fc6f0.
>
> This is in the 'application' log:
>
> Fault bucket 351019664, type 1
> Event Name: APPCRASH
> Response:
> http://oca.microsoft.com/resredir.as...cket=351019664
> Cab Id: 0
>
> Problem signature:
> P1: MOVIEMK.exe
> P2: 6.0.6000.16386
> P3: 4549b5b6
> P4: MMSwitch.ax
> P5: 0.9.7.0
> P6: 3dcbc7c6
> P7: c0000005
> P8: 00001d31
> P9:
> P10:
>
>
> There is no entry in the 'system' log.
>
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
> > "sirfartalot" <sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1885E1D5-BF5C-46E9-9DBF-3A0F5CF4D5A5@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a problem with Windows Movie Maker. It will import media fine but
> > > as
> > > soon as I try to drag anything into the timeline (video or photo), the
> > > application crashes and I get the message "Windows Movie Maker has stopped
> > > working".
> > >
> > > I found some discussion on the net about Nero causing a problem but I do
> > > not
> > > have this installed. I am using the 32 bit version of Vista Ultimate
> > > Edition.
> >
> > When it crashed it wrote an event in the event logs. Look in the Event
> > Viewer in the System and the Application logs and post the details from the
> > error.
> >
> > --
> > Kerry Brown
> > Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> > http://www.vistahelp.ca
> >
> >
> >

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:44:00 -0700, sirfartalot
<sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>No, I don't have Roxio installed. I've never tried to use Movie Maker before
>so it has never worked for me but I do have a lot of software installed.
>
>As far as 'video' software is concerned (if this is what could be causing a
>problem), I have divx, Quicktime and Real installed. I also have the QT and
>real alternative codecs installed and I suppose you could possibly call Flash
>8 a video application. Are you aware if any of these could be a problem?

That isn't "video editing" software, which is what you need and
depending on what package you buy if you plan on making DVDs you
likely will need DVD authoring software as well. They are often sold
separately.

You generally only need DVD Authoring software if you want chapters, a
sub menu system, and other commercial grade features.

The first thing any Microsoft fanboy will try to do is blame some
third party application every time Movie Maker or DVD Makers crashes
or refuses to do what it is suppose to. That's their default answer to
every problem Movie Maker and DVD Maker causes or falls victim to
since both are so poorly written. It seems to be a reflex action of
fanboys, point your finger outward, never inward. As you obviously
know Vista is perfect and totally bug free and every crash is somebody
else's fault, never Microsoft's fault, never, never, never. <snicker>

You're welcome. The error reporting system and logs in Vista are a huge
improvement over previous versions of Windows.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"sirfartalot" <sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:76293A28-ED80-4AC0-B2DB-35F6DA1BD156@microsoft.com...
> Okay it appears that I've just answered my own question by clicking on the
> link in the log and found that the problem was with the Morgan stream
> switcher. I've just uninstalled it and movie maker now works.
>
> I wouldn't have looked there and seen the link though if it wasn't for the
> post here so it was still you that solved the problem (I didn't answer my
> own
> question really !!). Many Thanks.
>
> "sirfartalot" wrote:
>
>> This is in the 'administrative events' log:
>>
>> Faulting application MOVIEMK.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp
>> 0x4549b5b6, faulting module MMSwitch.ax, version 0.9.7.0, time stamp
>> 0x3dcbc7c6, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00001d31, process
>> id
>> 0x14f8, application start time 0x01c7a70e295fc6f0.
>>
>> This is in the 'application' log:
>>
>> Fault bucket 351019664, type 1
>> Event Name: APPCRASH
>> Response:
>> http://oca.microsoft.com/resredir.as...cket=351019664
>> Cab Id: 0
>>
>> Problem signature:
>> P1: MOVIEMK.exe
>> P2: 6.0.6000.16386
>> P3: 4549b5b6
>> P4: MMSwitch.ax
>> P5: 0.9.7.0
>> P6: 3dcbc7c6
>> P7: c0000005
>> P8: 00001d31
>> P9:
>> P10:
>>
>>
>> There is no entry in the 'system' log.
>>
>>
>> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>>
>> > "sirfartalot" <sirfartalot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:1885E1D5-BF5C-46E9-9DBF-3A0F5CF4D5A5@microsoft.com...
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I have a problem with Windows Movie Maker. It will import media fine
>> > > but
>> > > as
>> > > soon as I try to drag anything into the timeline (video or photo),
>> > > the
>> > > application crashes and I get the message "Windows Movie Maker has
>> > > stopped
>> > > working".
>> > >
>> > > I found some discussion on the net about Nero causing a problem but I
>> > > do
>> > > not
>> > > have this installed. I am using the 32 bit version of Vista Ultimate
>> > > Edition.
>> >
>> > When it crashed it wrote an event in the event logs. Look in the Event
>> > Viewer in the System and the Application logs and post the details from
>> > the
>> > error.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kerry Brown
>> > Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> > http://www.vistahelp.ca
>> >
>> >
>> >