Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

calum-cook — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:19:01 GMT

What do you mean, pretty much everyone has an iPhone? Last time I checked, WM still had a deservedly higher market share.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

efjay — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:28:57 GMT

@JohnCz; I actually meant the capability to convert a movie to a WM device compatible format, including taking into account the screen resolution. With Movie maker now the only res for PPC's/WM is 320x240 which is only 1 of the resolutions supported now by WM phones meaning having to resort to 3rd party software just to get a playable file. However you are most likely to see an option for an ipod which will convert and play back much better than on MS's own mobile OS.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

hamiltonguy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:25:12 GMT

Thank god, that beta was an unmitigated disaster. I dont care about uploading to youtube. I want to dress up my home movies.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

JohnCz — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:39:26 GMT

@efjay, phones and portable devices are great for communication, gathering (ex. camera) and consuming content on the go. i think editing content (ex. Movie Maker) would be fairly painful. however, perhaps a very basic feature set, like adding titles and geo/tagging could be useful.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

andrew19ao — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:32:01 GMT

Finally. Even Windows Movie Maker in XP did not have enough capabilities.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

efjay — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:30:14 GMT

Please pass on the message NOT to forget Windows Mobile phones, its really sad to see some great software from MS that does not work or does not even consider WM users. Doesnt stop devs from developing for other platforms (as i know pretty much everyone has an iphone) but seriously, interface aside WM is one of the mose powerful mobile OS's available and its ridiculous to see MS themselves constangly ignoring it.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

JohnCz — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:58:12 GMT

this is good news...trim/split editing is crucial for even the simplist of home video. and I can't imagine composing anything longer than 5 minutes without some kind of time line. i'm happy they are addressing these.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

Alber1690 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:11:06 GMT

I'm with "mrmckeb" on this and immensely pleased to see attention brought to this issue :D!!!

When I saw Windows Movie Maker completely dissapear from Windows 7, I was devasted because all I could picture was the made-for-2-year-olds Windows Live Movie Maker as the "alternative." But finally, I have renewed hope that Windows Movie Maker might actually have a decent replacement in Windows 7.

re: Windows Live Movie Maker: coming this year (but not yet)

mrmckeb — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:37:03 GMT

Thankyou, this news is what I wanted to hear.