I just did my first short movie in windows movie maker (the only thing I have). The software only lets you save the file as a movie maker file. how do I make the file play in windows media player?

can you export to .wmv?

better question is....Did you get the backroll?

oh god the backroll.... not even close. <BR>trying to post the video (too funny) <BR> <BR>I figured out how to save it as an avi file... but the file is over 300mb. Now I need to know how I can compress it to upload it to the web. <BR> <BR>Anyone?

ronia, here ya go...everything you need to know to compress! <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.dpcfilms.com/HowTo/articles/CompressingVideos/index.asp" target="_blank">http://www.dpcfilms.com/HowTo/articles/CompressingVideos/index.asp</a>

Thanks Joe. I did exactly that and got my first video up and running. Kinda cheesy but it was fun to make. <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=17637" target="_blank">http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=17637</a>