
The few users who are heavily into editing videos, or those such as myself with mini-DV camcorders and tapes, will miss the familiar interface and features, and need to adapt. It can handle a much broader variety of source files, has a minimal number of editing features, and more hooks into online host services such as YouTube. Adapting to the shifts, Microsoft moved the future of Movie Maker into the camp of the Windows Live Suite. But over the years public preference shifted to tapeless hard drive, DVD, and flash card camcorders, along with using the video options of digital cameras and cell phones. Movie Maker’s roots are in the era of mini-DV camcorders, when connecting the camcorder to a computer with a firewire cable got you the easiest capture process, the best digital video quality, and problem-free files to edit. We’ll explore it to see if it’s user interface and features align with the statements.

Windows Live Movie Maker will be the simplest and easiest to use version of Movie Maker ever… yet more powerful.
