.MOV FILE FROM IPHOTO

I CAN ONLY SEEM TO EXPORT .M4V FILES THROUGH iphoto SLIDESHOW ALL OF A SUDDEN...I NEED .MOV FILES - ANY IDEAS?

File -> Export and - this is key - Set the Kind to Original
For help accessing your photos and videos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491

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    Is there any way to export an entire album of both movies and photos at once? I want to set the movies to export as original and the photos as JPEG, HIGH, with Metadata. Possible?
    No. The export window will only take one set of criteria at a time.
    Regards
    TD

  • Unable to import movie files from iphoto '08 into imovie HD

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    ahostmadsen wrote:
    .. and I import AVI video clips directly without converting to .dv, without problems.
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    .. If you convert to .dv, the size just blows up.
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    iMHD6 is a dv-editor; the mpeg4 feature is only a toy, to spice up iSight recordings.. for sure, the QTengine can convert a lot, but too much conversion (from one lossy codec, e.g. divx, into another, e.g. mp4) means a (dramatic) loss of pic quality..
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  • .mov files from iPhoto into iMovie... How?

    I have some video files (.mov) that I'd like to keep in iPhoto and also sync into my iPhone, but I'm not quite sure what the sequence should be. 
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    AFAIK there is no way to share movies from iPhoto.
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  • Help with importing .mov file from iphoto

    I have a casio exilim ex-z1080 digital camera. I have imported the jpg and mov files into iphoto, but can't seem to get it to import into imovie. i read a similar post to mine but could not understand. can anyone help in lay person's terms?
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  • Cannot export movie files from iPhoto 11 (9.5)

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    Having the same problem.
    Upgraded to Mavericks and iPhoto 9.5, and now getting this, every single time.
    Happens with both Original and Current exports. The failed files are all point to the Previews location. I checked the first few, which do exist, but are 0KB big. However their master file location is fine.
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    Incredibly frustrating! iPhoto is useless to me now, and I have no way to get my photos out of it.
    Here's the exact feedback I sent apple:
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    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5478191?tstart=0
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  • Can't import .mov file from iphoto

    Can anyone tell me why I can't import an .mov file into imovie from iphoto. The help manual says I should be able to but. when I try, the .mov files on the import window are greyed out and not selectable. I thought imovie played this type of file.

    Can anyone tell me why I can't import an .mov file into imovie from iphoto. The help manual says I should be able to but. when I try, the .mov files on the import window are greyed out and not selectable. I thought imovie played this type of file.
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  • Exporting .mov files from iPhoto...

    My iPhone barely has free memory so I wanted to transfer my pictures and videos from my Camera Roll to iPhoto. Then, I tried exporting all those files to my external hard drive. After waiting for an hour, exporting was finished but I observed something weird: the size of the folder containing all of the photos and videos that were just exported was 16GB, while it is said in iTunes that those files should take up 21GB of memory. I tried to investigate why. Scrolling down, I noticed that nothing seemed to be wrong with all of the photos (.jpg). But, when I tried to play the videos (.mov), the QuickTime Player only displayed a black screen with no accompanying audio. I tried using VLC, but it wouldn't play anything as well. The duration of the videos were the same, though. So, my speculation is that the reason why the folder had a smaller size was that the videos imported from iPhoto weren't properly copied. Afterwards, I checked the file properties of one .mov file. To my surprise, the videos were working in the preview found in the lower portion of the properties tab. The size of one video was: 70,255 bytes (131 KB on disk). That kinda confused me because (even though I'm not a tech buff), I know that 70,255 bytes is not equal to 131 kb (unless you can prove otherwise). I also do not know what "on disk" exactly means --- maybe this is the reason why the folder says it has a size of 16 gb instead of 21 gb? I really do not know...
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    Thanks for the questions TD!
    Mac Pro OS X 10.9.2
    Ipad is 7.0.6 and the videos are still on my Ipad and I can play them on the Ipad.  This is where they were originally created, on my Ipad, March 2013.
    Iphoto '09, version 8.1.2
    No, the videos do not play in Iphoto.  They have the camera icon on the lower left identifying them as a video and the seconds or minutes, as the as the case may be on the lower right, ex. 0:23, and also identified as a Quicktime movie with size information, ex. 480x640, 12.2 MB.
    Some of the videos were taken in portrait and some in landscape, same problem regardless of orientation.
    I have videos created before this date and after which play fine and also which exported with no problem.  Haven't tried all of them because I have a lot of videos but just a few to test. 
    I'm now wondering if I can simply delete the videos from Iphoto and reupload them from the Ipad since they are still on there and playing no problem.  Or has the software changed and is no longer directly responsive.
    I appreciate your time and any suggestions you may have for this particular problem.  

  • Movie files in iPhoto

    I moved several .mov files from iPhoto list (using options of original file format, move into new folder) so I could being them into iMovie.  (I now know there is a better way, but too late).  Neither iMovie, or iPhoto can find/resolve address for this new file.  Instead of a folder of files I seem to have one big mushed file.  Any hope of backing up and separating or recovering my original separate .mov images?  Thanks. 

    Exactly how did you "move" these .mov files
    The correct way is to select them in iPhoto and export (file menu ==> export) with kind = original
    And iMovie can import directly from iPhoto with no intermediate step
    LN

  • IPhoto reads wrong date of .mov file from iPhone 3GS...help!

    Hi all
    Need some help/advice please.
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    The .mov files in GC show the correct creation date, but iPhoto reads the actuals file's modified date instead of the internal creation date? So strange?
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    iPhoto gets it's date and time from the Photos Exif metadata, not the file creation or modification dates. It will only use those if your photos have no Exif.
    If you subsequently export these files then the created and modification dates a re very likely to change.
    You can adjust the date and time rather more easily in iPhoto (Using either the Photos -> Adjust Date and Time and/or the Photos -> Batch Change commands) You can also write the corrected date and time to the Exif of the oriignals files, and export it along with the file in the future.
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    You know that you can move pics and movies around inside iPhoto, right? Drag them from Event to Event?
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    TD

  • I have the new version of iMovie, and when i try to start the program, i can't because it says that it is looking for some movie files from the Iphoto, so all the program is locked up... how can i do to restart the program??

    i have the new version of iMovie, and when i try to start the program, i can't because it says that it is looking for some movie files from the Iphoto, so all the program is locked up... how can i do to restart the program??

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  • Can't import .mov files from my camera into iPhoto

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    I am having trouble moving files from iphoto to a thumb drive.  During the same session sometime I can move 10 photos at a time, the next time I can only move one photo and sometime no photos will move.  I also have trouble downloading photos to the internet.  I was using a MacBook Pro and had no problems like this.  I then upgraded to the MacBook Pro with Retina Vision and this is the computer I am having problems with.  Can anyone please give me a suggestion in how to fix this problem. THANK YOU.

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