<p>I'm using Windows Live Movie Maker on Windows 7.</p>

<p>I made a screen capture video with a third party app which produces <strong>.avi</strong> files. Its quality is perfect. Its properties: </p>

<ul>
<li>Resolution: 1280 * 720 (720p)</li>
<li>Frame Rate: 15</li>
<li>Kbps: ~10.000</li>
<li>Video Size: ~23 MB</li>
</ul>

<p>I imported it to Movie Maker. And without any modification I just exported it with these settings:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4a1eU.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>The resulting video was 1.5 MB and of course in <strong>.wmv</strong> format.</p>

<p>The quality drastically lower.</p>

<p>Than I tried increasing frame rate (till 30), bit rate (til 60.000), resolution (till 1080p). No change!</p>

<p>I don't care about the size (in MB), I want a big high quality video.</p>

<p>I'll add lots of videos and do lots of editing and Windows Movie Maker is a very practical tool for an amateur like me.</p>

<p>So <strong>is there a way to get a very high quality video from Movie Maker?</strong></p>

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2013-01-08T08:06:14.850Z
Simple answer- no. It is a free, basic, home editor. Get a proper one and you'll be fine:-)
Dr Mayhem
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Windows Live Movie Maker Output Video Quality Low
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# Windows Live Movie Maker Output Video Quality Low

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-07)

I'm using Windows Live Movie Maker on Windows 7.

I made a screen capture video with a third party app which produces **.avi** files. Its quality is perfect. Its properties:

* Resolution: 1280 \* 720 (720p)
* Frame Rate: 15
* Kbps: ~10.000
* Video Size: ~23 MB

I imported it to Movie Maker. And without any modification I just exported it with these settings:

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/4a1eU.jpg)

The resulting video was 1.5 MB and of course in **.wmv** format.

The quality drastically lower.

Than I tried increasing frame rate (till 30), bit rate (til 60.000), resolution (till 1080p). No change!

I don't care about the size (in MB), I want a big high quality video.

I'll add lots of videos and do lots of editing and Windows Movie Maker is a very practical tool for an amateur like me.

So **is there a way to get a very high quality video from Movie Maker?**

**Tags:** video-editor, windows, video-quality, screen-casting, freeware

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Simple answer- no. It is a free, basic, home editor. Get a proper one and you'll be fine:-)  

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