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Movie Maker end-of-life issues
Fantastic. Movie Maker won't import any video files made out of VirtualDub without procuring a yellow triangle, and now from what I'm reading, that software will reach the end of its life cycle on January 10th.
Starting off as a built-in program for Windows XP, Windows Movie Maker allowed for amateur filmmakers to create their own movies right on their desktops. When that functionality was removed from Windows 7 and onwards, it was offered as a separate download.
And just for the record, I've been encoding my movies using the x264 VFW codec. It gave WLMM no end of trouble, except now this...
Every time a file in my project doesn't work, I have to convert it again, and again only to find that WLMM doesn't support the codec. And specifically so ... If a file calling itself "abc.avi" was used in a project before, but then gets deleted, but a new file calling itself "abc.avi" with a longer length, different dimensions (1080p vs. 720p) and a different codec, then that's when the thing goes full tilt and rejects the file.
For this I ask three things:
Why doesn't WLMM acknowledge that files on the filesystem change constantly? If it sees something different from the one it had seen before, then it should "analyze" the file and process it into the timeline without giving that hideous yellow triangle.
What formats / codec combinations does WLMM support? I know that files I save out of the program also have to be run through a lengthy and time-consuming process because whatever codec that Microsoft is using is not entirely stable, either.
Are there alternatives to using Movie Maker? The last day to get the installer is on January 10th; trying to install Movie Maker beyond then will be impossible.