http://live.pirillo.com/ – Wow. Pixie and Wicket sure were tiny the day we brought them home. Watching them in Windows Movie Maker reminds me of a question from a chatter recently. He wants to know how to convert a .WMM file into an .AVI file for use on YouTube.

The .wmm file format in Windows Movie Maker is not actually the movie file. That format is for your working project. It includes everything you’ve added or will add. If you actually want to publish the file to a movie format, there are a few steps to take:

• Click the “Publish movie button”
• Push it to your computer
• Name the file
• Choose the quality setting that is good for playback on your computer. That should be the default setting
• Save / publish the movie. This automatically puts it into a .WMV format, which is uploadable to YouTube

Make sure your videos are compressed under 100MB. YouTube doesn’t allow anything larger to be uploaded, even by me.

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