IMovie - Rebuilding "iPhoto Movies" Database

Question

Hello... I'm having an issue with how iMovie is showing my iPhoto Movies.
I initially went into iMovie and had it build my iPhoto Movie database. Sometime later, I decided to organize my events in iPhoto and merge some events, which would move some movies into one event, instead of two. The issue is that in iMovie, the Event Name has changed or merged into one, but the movies are still being displayed separately.
For example, I have an event London. When merging two events within London, in iMovie, the movies are displayed as:
iPhoto Videos - London
iPhoto Videos - London
iPhoto Videos - London
instead of all of the videos being displayed in just one "iPhoto Videos - London", it's displayed multiple times.
If there isn't a fix for this specific issue, is there a way to have iMovie rebuild the iPhoto movies section? If this is possible, will it destroy any movies I have already created? Thanks!

Answer 1

I am having the same problem. My iPhoto movies in iMovie seem to be appearing under the names of the folders where they are stored in the iPhoto library folder. But that's a folder that's a no-no - touch it and seriously damage your iPhoto library. When I merge or otherwise rearrange events in iPhoto, those changes are not reflected in iMovie. iMovie should display iPhoto movies under the events in which they're stored - and that info should be updated as the user manages his/her iPhoto library.
Perhaps the answer has something to do with choosing "move" or "copy" when the movies are originally imported? Maybe iMovie '11 will address this problem?
Advice from anyone who can shed some light on this would be greatly appreciated!