Windows Movie Maker

1/20/18  At the 1/15/18 meeting, a member asked for a recommendation of a (free) video editing program.  I had recommended Windows Movie Maker.

I checked and it has officially been discontinued and no longer supported.  However, if your PC had Win XP before upgrading to Win 7/8/10, it should still be on your PC.

Microsoft claims that the Win 10 "Photos" app replaces Movie Maker, but it does not replace it functionally at all.  Don't bother if you really want to edit videos.

If you search the Internet for "free Windows Movie Maker Download", you may see a few sites that offer it.  However, DON'T DO IT".  These all seem to have valid Windows .msi installation files, but reportedly they also include viruses.

So ... What to Do?

Here are two free video editors that have been ported to Windows from Linux and that seem to offer good results.

Kdenlive Download:  https://kdenlive.org/download/
Kdenlive Video Review:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddxc3hskBoM

Openshot Download (64 bit only):  https://www.openshot.org/download/
Openshot Video Review:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCKKyqQPkqQ