Also, check for space to fit the movie on the hard disc, ensure it's not
trying to save it somewhere there isn't any. Same goes for the temp files.
HDD is defragmented. There are no breaks in the movie which might be causing
confusion.

In the future, for a pure still slide show, look at using photostory 3. Free
from MS, link here
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPa...Programmes.htm

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Rehan" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:urMuLG5yFHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> There is some equation that papajohn has figured out related to project
> complexity involving number of clips, effects and transitions...
>
> Easiest would be to divide the whole project into 3 or 4 sub projects and
> make individual movies. Afterwards you can combine the three/four of them
> in yet another project.
>
> --
> Rehan
> MS MVP -- Digital Media
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
>
>
>
> "TJ" <TJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:244979CF-9AC7-4B7E-9951-883D236101B2@microsoft.com...
>> I've added still photos to WMM in the past with no problem. Right now
>> I'm
>> trying to create a 30 min slide show with about 200 photos, by far the
>> most I
>> have ever done. Unfortunately, WMM freezes up when I try to save the
>> collection of photos as a movie file. For everything else the program
>> works
>> fine. And my PC is new, with tons of power, RAM, etc. I'm wondering if
>> there is something about using photos in WMM that is problematic. Any
>> advice?
>> --
>> TJ
>
>