Windows Movie Maker on Windows 10
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Initial release | September 14, 2000 |
Stable release | 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331) (April 17, 2014 | )
Development status | Discontinued |
Operating system | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 |
Included with | Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista |
Platform | IA-32 and x64 |
Available in | 64 languages |
Type | Video editing software |
License | Freeware |
Website | windows |
Windows Movie Maker (codenamed Sundance, formerly known as Windows Live Movie Maker in Windows 7) is video editing software by Microsoft. It is a part of Windows Essentials software suite and offers the ability to create and edit videos as well as to publish them on OneDrive, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, and Flickr. Movie Maker was officially discontinued without a replacement on January 10, 2017.
The first release of Windows Movie Maker was included with Windows ME in 2000.
Version 1.1 was included in Windows XP a year later, and included support for creating DV AVI and WMV 8 files. Version 2.0 was released as a free update in November 2002, and added a number of new features. Version 2.1, a minor update, is included in Windows XP Service Pack 2. The Movie Maker in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 had more transitions and support for DVD burning.
The next version of Movie Maker was released as part of Windows Vista and – like most Windows components – reported version number 6.0.6000, same as Windows Vista itself. It included new effects and transitions, support for playback on the Xbox 360, and support for the DVR-MS file format that Windows Media Center records television in. The HD version in Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista also added support for capturing from HDV camcorders. The capture wizard also created DVR-MS type files from HDV tapes. However, the Windows Vista version of Windows Movie Maker removed support for importing video from an analog video source such as an analog camcorder, VCR or from a webcam.