What's going on with my movie maker?

Question

I've been making videos with my Windows Movie Maker. I record the videos on my webcam then I use the Movie Maker to cut some ends off and add titles and credits.
Sometimes when I'm ready to save it says that it can't save because all the files aren't there or there is not enough space. But all the files are there and before the movie is made they show me how much room will be needed and how much space is available. The needed room is always in MBs while the space is in GBs. I even just tried cutting some ends off but I still get the same problem.
What's going on?

Here's the problem, all my movies are in teh same file. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Answer 1

You don't seem to have an out-of-space issue, in this case, this error would only occur if you are working on a movie and then you actually move the movie files around on your hard drive. Movie Maker would be pointing to a specific location where the original movie files are, and if it cant find the files there, it gives this error.

If you havent moved any files, the problem could be something unrelated to the message you are getting. It is possible that it is a codec issue. if you go to: http://www.papajohn.org/ , from the left menu click on "problem solving..Xp" folder, then "Cant save a movie" file. It will lead you to an excellent page where it explains in details the problem and what you should do. Hope it works out for you.

May I also suggest using Ulead as a video editor, its excellent and really easy to use.