Windows Movie Maker Question

This may be a wild stab in the dark, but is there anyone out there who has any knowledge about Windows Movie Maker?

I have edited a 15 minute movie*, and would like to save it in a DV video format from the software (as this will be the best quality output to convert and burn to DVD).. However every time I try to save the movie, the program seems to throw a bit of a fit, and ends up generating a 18 gigabyte file that has a running time of one hour and twenty six minutes!?!?  Now the original (unedited) footage I originally imported from the camcorder is only 22 minutes long, so quite where this mysterious hour and four minutes have come from I have no idea??

I have tried saving the project under a different name and selecting a different destination for the movie, but the file that gets output is still 18 gig in size.  This is very annoying.

If it turns out that I cannot output a DV AVI - what's the best file format available (from the non-Media Centre version of Windows Movie Maker) in terms of quality? 

Alternatively is there any alternative packages that can do the capture from a DV camcorder, editing (including digital wipes between edits for that truly George Lucas look between scenes) and burning directly to DVD?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated..

* - Aye, this is a very "proud Dad" movie, but I care not as she looks very cute all the way through and her grandparents in Spain will be very pleased to receive the DVD (as they have not seen her since June) if I can ever get the sodding thing to work...

George Lucas is a Cunt

I apologise for the strong language.
But for years (since 1997 in fact) I've tolerated the special editions of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as we were told that they were the only versions of these flicks that the beardy bastard Lucas was going to let us see.

Hell, I even bought the original Star Wars trilogy on DVD knowing that having Hayden Christensen pop up at the end of Return of the Jedi (along with all the other unneccesary changes) would depress the fuck out of me, as it was further evidence that Lucas never knew when to stop tinkering, and he was modifying the trilogy I grew up loving into as much of an elongated toy advert as the new trilogy...

But, now he has my money for the goddawful "Special" Editions - he pulls this masterstroke: The Original Versions of Star Wars on DVD.

What a complete bastard.







Well, of course I'm going to buy 'em, but still..