How to Increase the Speed of Videos on Windows Movie Maker

Windows Live Movie Maker

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   Open your video in Windows Live Movie Maker. Import the video file into the program, then drag the clip into the timeline. If you only want to speed up a specific section of the video, make sure to Split the video at the the beginning and end of the "sub-clip" to create a separately-adjustable clip.
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   Click the "Video Tools Edit" tab. Find this tab at the far-right end of the navigation bar along the top of the window: to the right of Home, Animations, Visual Effects, Project, and View.
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   Open the "Speed:" drop-down menu. Find this in the central "Adjust" section of the Video Tools Edit bar: above Duration; to the right of Background Color; and to the left of Split.
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   Choose the increment of speed increase. The values range down the drop-down menu relative to the original speed of the video: 1x. If you select 0.125x, you will slow the clip down to 1/8 of its the current speed. If you choose 64x, you will increasing the speed by sixty-four times the current pace. If you aren't sure which speed to use, consider why you need to speed up the video.^{[1] X Research source}

   1. Choose the highest values (64x, 32x, 16x) if you are speeding up a video of something incredibly slow: a sunset, or a snowman melting, or a plant growing.
   2. Use 8x or 4x if you want to fit something fairly slow into a much shorter span of video time: a snail crossing a driveway, or a group of people building something.
   3. Speed the video up 2x—double the original speed—if you want to speed along a regular scene without losing clarity, or if you want to minutely adjust a clip of something slow.
   4. If you decide that you want to slow down the video, use a small value: 0.125x, 0.25x, or 0.5x.
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   Review the new speed. Watch the video through, and make sure that the new, faster speed works with your vision for the project. If not: adjust it. Don't be afraid to split the clip in question into a collection of even-smaller clips, each with its own unique speed. Be aware that when you speed up the video, you shorten its duration – so it will look shorter on the timeline.^{[2] X Research source}