Windows Movie Maker

I used Windows Movie Maker on my Windows 7 PC. When I got a new PC, it had Windows 8 and WMM 2013. WMM 2013 does not support MP4 or anything but WMV. My Youtube quality got terrible so I switched back to the 2012 version. But you have to open it in compatibility mode, Check Windows 7. You only have to do this once.

1. Press the Windows Logo button on keyboard and type Movie Maker.

2. Right-click on Movie Makerand click Open file location.

3. Select Movie Maker shortcut then right-click on it and choose Properties.

4. Click Compatibility tab and then under Compatibility mode tick the checkbox  to Run this program in compatibility mode for: once you have checked it, the drop list down option below will be enabled.

5. On the drop list down option, choose Windows 7 and click Apply and OK  to save the changes.

Learn that here:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/moviemaker-program/windows-8-movie-maker-2012-crashes/aa6d4c21-8bff-4f21-b672-a5b2e103a8ce

Ironically, the quality issue seems to be a Google tube problem. I have to save the files at a high resolution, otherwise they look like crap after being uploaded. Even previously uploaded videos, that use to look fine now look terrible.