ON MY GOSH. I CAN'T GET OVER HOW EVERY SINGLE PERSON
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION IS A "DISGUISED SALESPERSON"
TRYING TO SUCKER YOU INTO BUYING THEIR UNNECESSARY &
BOGUS SOFTWARE.
If you’re using Windows Movie Maker, there
is the possibility that you mistakenly saved
your vid as a "MSWMM" with "Save Project".
You should really save your video as a "AVI"
or "WMV" using "Save Movie File" (Win XP)
or "Publish Movie" (Vista).
There is a ton of difference between the first
example and the other 2. MSWMM is not a
true video, but really a "work-in-progress". If
you'd like to upload a video to YouTube that
won't give you the dreaded "Failed" or "error"
message, simply do one of the 2 alternative
methods above, or consider the following as
the ideal way to save and upload your video:
1 -- click the blue "Tasks" icon.....(you'll get the "Movie Tasks" menu)
2 -- click "Finish Movie", the 3rd option.....(it will expand to 5 choices)
3 -- click "Save to my Computer"....(the "Save Movie" wizard appears)
4 -- enter the name of your movie....(it is best to save in "My Videos")
5 -- click "Next" at the bottom.....(you'll see the "Movie Setting" page)
6a -- for regular video, click "Best quality for playback".....(the default)
6b -- for 16:9, click "Show more choices", then tweak it until 640x360
7 -- click "Next" at the bottom.....(the saving might take quite a while)
8 -- click "Finish" at the bottom.....(your video is saved the good way)
YouTube recommends your video format be
MPEG-4 at 480x360 recorded together with
sound in MP3 audio, all at a rate more than
24 frames per second. For 16:9 widescreen,
the dimensions of YouTube's "Flash" player
are exactly 640x360. Other file formats that
are readily accepted by YouTube are: MOV,
MPG, AVI, and WMV -- which is the format
for Windows Movie Maker.
Here are my relevant "Help" references with
their URL addresses completely written-out
in full, followed by their direct links:
Differences between "projects" and "movies"
windows help . microsoft . com / Windows / en - US / Help / 4cad 2674 - 4d43 - 4751 -
9b0d - 3ba8 febd a8d6 1033 . mspx
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/4cad2674-4d43-4751-9b0d-3ba8febda8d61033.mspx
How to save your video if you've got Win XP
www . microsoft . com / windows xp / using / movie maker / create / save to pc . mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/savetopc.mspx
How to save your video with Windows Vista
windows help . microsoft . com / Windows / en - US / help / 4ea4 b6cd - 0cfe - 4d02 -
8122 - 16c2 8828 cdf2 1033 . mspx # EJ
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/4ea4b6cd-0cfe-4d02-8122-16c28828cdf21033.mspx#EJ
YouTube's ideal video format / compression
www . google . com / support / youtube / bin / answer . py ? hl = en & answer = 91450
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=91450
I hope my answer is what you're looking for.
IMPORTANT...IF YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO '"CONVERT'" YOUR VIDEO UPLOAD,
YOUTUBE RECOMMENDS ONE OF THESE TWO '"FREE'" COMMAND-LINE TOOLS:
"FFMPEG" or "SUPER"
YouTube's conversion tool recommendation
www . google . com / support / youtube / bin / answer . py ? hl = en & answer = 55744
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55744