Windows Live Movie Maker has a button to directly upload your project to YouTube. Sometimes however there might be technical reasons and the button might not work. The workaround is that you save your movie in a YouTube accepted format and then use the YouTube upload link to directly upload your movie. There are a few steps to follow to save your WLMM project in .WMV format. This is a format that is accepted by YouTube. When you hit the upload button on YouTube - you will be able to upload your video without any problems. This post will be a guide on how to save a windows live movie maker file for YouTube. This way you're all set to get your videos up and running on YouTube no matter what.

How to save a windows live movie maker file for YouTube
1. Go ahead and create your video project
2. When it comes time to save click on
3. The drop-down on the top
4. Choose 'Save Movie'
5. Now choose 'Recommended for this project' and hit save
6. You're done.

This way you can quickly save your movie in a YouTube accepted format and directly upload the same. There will be no hassles and everything will go smooth.

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