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MSWMM to MP4: Open Windows XP Movie Maker Projects (Beta)

Windows Movie Maker projects from Windows XP and Vista (.MSWMM) open nowhere else. Upload one with its pictures, videos and music and get the movie as MP4.

Opens: WLMP, MSWMM, ZIP, MP4, WMV, JPG, PNG, MP3, WMA
Saves: MP4, XML (Premiere Pro), FCPXML, EDL, OTIO, SRT, VTT, CSV, PNG

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Movie Maker project
Choose files… or drop them here
.wlmp, .mswmm, .zip · up to 200 MB each, 10 files max
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    The .wlmp file Windows Movie Maker 2011 or 2012 saved, or the .MSWMM file of the Windows XP and Vista Movie Maker, or a .zip of the project with its videos, pictures and music.

    Media files (for the MP4) (optional)
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    .mp4, .m4v, .mov, .avi, .wmv, .asf, .mpg, .mpeg, .mts, .m2ts, .3gp, .mkv, .webm, .mod, .dv, .vob, .flv, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .bmp, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .wdp, .jxr, .heic, .mp3, .wma, .wav, .m4a, .aac, .aif, .aiff, .flac, .ogg, .mid, .midi, .zip · up to 200 MB each, 500 files max
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      The videos, pictures and music the project uses, as they are on your computer (any folder; they are matched by file name). Without them you still get the files for other editors, but no MP4.

      Options
      Make the MP4

      When the project's media files are uploaded, the movie is made as MP4. Choose "Editor files only" to skip it.

      As Movie Maker would choose from the media (1080p for HD videos and pictures, otherwise 720p or 480 lines for 4:3), or a fixed height.

      More options

      Older .MSWMM projects keep a small picture of every clip. Show it in place of a file that was not uploaded (and make a small version of the movie from the project alone), or show a card with the file's name.

      Where the videos, pictures and music will be on the computer you edit on, for example D:\Videos\Holiday or /Users/me/Movies/Holiday. The editor files then point there instead of to the paths Movie Maker had.

      Your files are deleted after processing.

      Open an .MSWMM file without Movie Maker

      An .MSWMM file is a project of the Windows Movie Maker that came with Windows XP and Windows Vista. It is the plan of a movie, not the movie: it names the pictures, videos and music on the computer it was made on, how long each one plays, the transitions and effects, and the titles and credits. That Movie Maker has not been available for years, and the newer Movie Maker and the Photos app cannot open these projects.

      Upload the .MSWMM file here together with the pictures, videos and music it uses, and get the movie as an MP4 that plays on any computer, phone or TV, or uploads to YouTube.

      What comes across

      • The storyboard and timeline as you left them: every clip cut where you cut it, sped up or slowed down, pictures shown for their time, the transitions between them.
      • Video effects such as fade in and out (from black or white), grayscale, sepia, film age, brightness, rotate, ease in and ease out.
      • Titles and credits with their font, colour, size and place, fading in and out; credits roll.
      • Music and sound effects at their place and volume, with their fades.

      Lost the pictures?

      An .MSWMM project keeps a small picture (153 x 115) of every clip. Upload the project on its own and the movie is made from those: soft and without the sound of the videos, but with every picture, title and transition in its place. When you upload some of the files, the others are shown from their small picture.

      Finding the files

      The project remembers the folders the files were in (the media list in the results shows each one). Upload the project on its own first to see the list, then upload it again with the files. They can come from any folder: they are matched by name. Files that are gone for good are shown from their small picture (or as a card naming them, if you choose), so everything else stays in time.

      Other editors

      The same upload also gives the edit as Premiere Pro XML, Final Cut Pro XML, EDLs and OpenTimelineIO, and the titles as SRT captions.

      Privacy

      Results are deleted automatically after 30 minutes, or straight away with "Delete now".

      More about what this tool reads and writes: Windows Movie Maker Project Converter (WLMP, MSWMM to MP4).

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