Pls advise current info as to combining 3 iMovie projects into one iMovie. Thanks!

Pls advise current info as to combining 3 imovie projects into one imovie. I will finish with idvd.
I am in a rush today to complete a video for my brother's memorial for tomorrow. Thanks!

Thanks for your reply, Klaus. I'm just now getting to try your suggestion to copy and paste from timeline rather than drag and drop from clipviewer. Alas, it seems to be choking terribly on the transfer. This video is not a 60 minute movie, either; it's about ten minutes. I has about 60 files to it. I did get to the point where I felt confident enough to empty the trash and save the project, so I assume the clips that are there are not still "attached" to the unedited dvs.
Earlier I tried to export, in the advanced settings, to the full quality dv, but the quality really dropped, way too much for the intended use. I'm pretty much stumped at this point, unless I can hear some other suggestions.
What I might try doing is simply dragging and dropping all the packet contents of the media folder into the other movie's media folder, but then I suspect I'll have to rebuild the darn thing from bits and pieces and it may be like putting Humpty Dumpty back together again...ugh.
I'm sure I'm not the first person to face this challenge, am I? Of course, my lesson learned is to build one dvd's contents in one imovie project. If it weren't for the fact that I need to offer viewers the option to "play movie" (play all the videos as one movie) I'd simply drag each movie into iDVD and do it that way (the dvd showing each video separately).
Would still love to hear of other possible solutions here, before trying some other forum.
thanks!
B

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Combining several iMovie projects into one, time-not space-being the factor

Hello,
Space is not an issue (large external drive), but I'm trying to figure out the fastest way to combine several iMovie projects into one (so each movie will become a chapter in iDVD). I'm pretty sure there must be a better way than I'm attempting, selecting all the clips in clipviewer, then dragging and dropping to the new project clipviewer. As I've done this, the "time remaining" window keeps growing (started out about 4 minutes, climbed to "92 minutes remaining," then I aborted the move). Details: each movie is about 8-10 minutes long, widescreen, made up of various (sometimes many) dv clips, audio segments, still photos, etc.
I have added dv clips to a project via the media folder (project unopened), but this was a single item and simple to move from trash into the project. In this case, I'm not sure what to move in order to save the entire project intact.
Thanks so much for any help,
b
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Thanks for your reply, Klaus. I'm just now getting to try your suggestion to copy and paste from timeline rather than drag and drop from clipviewer. Alas, it seems to be choking terribly on the transfer. This video is not a 60 minute movie, either; it's about ten minutes. I has about 60 files to it. I did get to the point where I felt confident enough to empty the trash and save the project, so I assume the clips that are there are not still "attached" to the unedited dvs.
Earlier I tried to export, in the advanced settings, to the full quality dv, but the quality really dropped, way too much for the intended use. I'm pretty much stumped at this point, unless I can hear some other suggestions.
What I might try doing is simply dragging and dropping all the packet contents of the media folder into the other movie's media folder, but then I suspect I'll have to rebuild the darn thing from bits and pieces and it may be like putting Humpty Dumpty back together again...ugh.
I'm sure I'm not the first person to face this challenge, am I? Of course, my lesson learned is to build one dvd's contents in one imovie project. If it weren't for the fact that I need to offer viewers the option to "play movie" (play all the videos as one movie) I'd simply drag each movie into iDVD and do it that way (the dvd showing each video separately).
Would still love to hear of other possible solutions here, before trying some other forum.
thanks!
B

Combine 2 iMovie projects into one movie

Referring to thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1172735&tstart=0
I was able to combine both movies into one iMovie, after lots of hard drive clearing! I also had a problem with QT export quality, but remembered to export in "expert setting" as a DV stream, which worked well.
Follow up questions:
1. In QuickTime, is the "Expert Setting" / DV Stream output better, worse or the same as "Full Quality" export setting? I might be going through unnecessary pains to wait ou thte Expert Setting when Full Quality could be just as good and take less time, I'm not sure.
2. My movie is long - I know that DVDs hold 120 minutes of footage, not counting the themes. I think my movie, without themes, is about 2 hours long (it's a documentary). I'd also like to include some supplemental footage that will easily cover 1 additional hour. I believe the next step is to burn the final movie onto 2 DVD discs, if not 3. Once I create chapter markers in iMovie and begin burning, will the system ask for an additional DVD or do I need to figure out how to divide this up ahead of time?
Thank you!

txmacgirl wrote:
...1. In QuickTime, is the "Expert Setting" / DV Stream output better, worse or the same as "Full Quality" export setting?
same.
.. will the system ask for an additional DVD or do I need to figure out how to divide this up ahead of time?
no, iDVD isn't that clever (hey, suggestion to programmers!)
you have to split your iM project into 2/3 parts manually ...
if enough disk space is avail, you can simply select a few clips (=half/third of project) and choose 'selected clips only' in the Export dialog to create the 'parts'; drag that export into yoir iDVD project. when the disk is finished, you can erase the export-file, choose the next clips... repeat.

How do you import multiple iMovie projects into one iDVD project?

Hi.
I'm 17, and am trying to create a DVD of when the family went on a cruise. For different places/days, I've created different iMovie projects.
But, when I want to export to iDVD, it only lets me put one iMovie project into one iDVD project?
I've tried dragging the actual iMovie project files into iDVD but that doesn't work.
I know I could export to QuickTime and then drag it into iDVD, but it seems exporting just to iDVD is much quicker, and the quality is better.
Anyone know how I can do this?
cheers
+P.S. If it helps, it's iMovie '11 with iDVD '09.+

That is not true. You can use them all in one DVD. I have just created my first DVD which has a trailer, a movie with chapters and several different slide shows.
All you have to do is save each project to Media Browser. (Choose Share in toolbar). Open iDVD and choose your theme or no theme. On the right will be all your options such as audio, media photo's etc. Choose your various video's/projects etc and just drag and drop which ones you want to the page and they will automatically put themselves there with the given name of each video/project.

Combine two iMovie projects into one iDVD project?

Could someone help me figure out the best way to combine two iMovie (HD 5) projects into one iDVD project? I currently have a documentary with one iMovie project at 1 hour exactly. I am starting a second one and would like all this to go on one DVD eventually. I am especially concerned about what happens with the chapter markers already created in each iMovie project - how is that combined when the two are put together? If there is a link for this info, I'd be happy to read that as well.
Thank you!

I would combine them by saving each completed imovie (without chapter markers) as a full quality QuickTime movie.
Then start a completely new imovie project and import each of those in to make make one large imovie. (But remember, your DVD will only hold about 120 minutes of footage and that doesn't count the themes).
That's when I would add the chapter markers.
BTW-it's going to take up a lot of disk space to save the movie s and to burn the DVD.
Sue

Combining multiple projects into one?

from a recent vacation i have imovie projects for each city, 6 in all, each being between 2:45 and 5 minutes long. i did each in its own project to keep clips organized better, but when the final project plays, i want the cities to run one after the other, without kicking out to the menu everytime. basically what im asking is is there a way to merge these seperate projects into one, or do i have to compress each and then make a totally new imovie from that?

welcome phiphika to the  board…
in terms of convenience, I would indeed export/share all 6 movies.
to tape, or as Quicktime/FullQuality…
both methods create a lossless copy of your final movie(s).
in step II, import all 6 project into a new iM project, as said above, you don't loose ay quality with that back'n forth copying... only some time ;-)… you can set then chapter markers etc....
besides, your workflow is as mine on larger projects: not 678 clips into one monstrous project of some dozends Gigabytes, just segments…

How do I combine multiple projects into one project

I have about 35 movie projects made in iMovie 11 that I want to combine into about 8 movie projects. What's the best way to do this?

If you want those Media Browser versions they are 'squirreled away' or 'hidden' should I say in the the .rcproject file I think. That project file is in the following location:
Mac HD > Users > (your home folder) > Movies > iMovie Projects > <CTRL> + click on the project name then choose Show Package Contents. This will reveal the folders in thercproject container. The movies will be in the movies folder.

Put two imovie projects into one idvd project?

I have been trying for days to do something that seems so simple.
I have two imovie projects with chapters that I'd like to place as two separate movies into a single idvd project. I have tried everything, seems it should be as simple as clicking and dragging from one to the other. But idvd tells me the imovie project isn't prepared for sharing. If I share them to idvd, I get two separate projects. How do I combine them into one?

Best place to combine QT movies is in iMovie itself (that or FCP). However, the following link makes reference to combining two or more iDvd slideshows in iDvd. But one may also add multiple QT movies to the slideshow feature w/in iDvd.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9368329&#9368329
http://homepage.mac.com/toad.hall/.Pictures/Forum/iDVD8movieSS.png
hope this helps but if not just come on back.
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More than one iMovie project into one iDVD project??

Hi,
I am editing several iMovie projects which I had intended to put on one DVD using iDVD.
Can I use iMovie to share several projects to one iDVD project or should I use iDVD to import several (completed) iMovie projects to the one iDVD project?
Can I even have more than one project on in an iDVD project?
I am currently importing a large video file to iMovie so iMovie is inaccessible.
My iMovie projects are video only (no menus, etc. until I import to iDVD).
Cheers

Well, it is recommended that you use the 'Best Performance' default setting from iDVD's Preferences for movies under 60 minutes to get the best quality.
If you want to put 60-120 minutes on one DVD, you have to select either 'High Quality' or 'Professional Quality' Both will give good results; PQ will take a bit longer to do and is supposed to be higher quality.
I usually make movies just under 2 hours, and I always use PQ. I am pleased with the quality of my movies on DVD disks. However, you should know that I am using iMovie 6 and not any hi-def videos (yet ).
David Pogue explained the process of 'Best Performance' and 'Best Quality' (what the option was before HQ and PQ) like this:
Best Performance option allots "+a fixed, predetermined amount of data to each frame of video...no matter how many minutes of video...A lot of the DVD might wind up being empty--if...the project contains less than an hour of video. But the process will go quickly, and the video will look really great+."
Best Quality option uses "+every micron of space on this blank DVD+" because it analyzes "+the amount of video...included+," and divides "+it into the amount of space available on the DVD. The amount of information used to describe an individual frame of video will vary from project to project, and it will take...a lot longer to burn the DVD because+" of "+so much analysis. But at least+" you "+will get two hours of great-looking video per disc.+"
If your videos are short, you might want to try all the encoding options and see which gives you the best quality.

Merging six iMovie projects into one iDVD movie?

Hi,
I've got 6 iMovie projects which I want to burn on to DVD. But, I don't want them as individual movies, but as one movie. Also, I'd like it to be able to select chapters for each project of these iMovie projects on the DVD - is this possible?
Thx,
Mont

Mont,
iMovie doesn't offer a way to combine projects (yet!)... So, the workaround is to either create a new project with clips from the other 6 projects' events, or to use QT Pro to concatenate all the 6 rendered movies into a single one (easy to do with cut-n-paste using QT Pro), and re-import the final one back into iMovie, or import the individual Movies (rendered project output files) one-by-one back into a new iMovie project.
You would then use the Chapter Markers at the top right of the Project pane, and drag-n-drop them at appropriate points on your project clips where you want the chapters to begin. Once you export the final movie (using the Share option - to iDVD, or browser, or using QT), you can then import this into iDVD, which will recognize the chapter markers automatically.
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Importing older iMovie projects into new iMovie events

I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard and am running iMovie 8.0.5. I like the event library. But I have a number older iMovie projects, created a few years ago -- with pain -- from analog Hi8. I would rather not have to go through the pain of reimporting from the tape. Is there any conversion from iMovie 6 (cannot remember the actual version--it was a few years ago) project to the current event library?

Yes. File/IMPORT/From iMovie HD
See the HELP for the limitations.

Combining multiple projects into one larger project?

If I have multiple separate projects and now want to combine them, edits, titles and all into a larger project, is it possible? I expected that it might be possible to drag one project into another and place it intact onto the timeline for the new project. Since every combination of dragging a project around has evidently failed to accomplish what I'm expecting... is there a way to do this?

welcome phiphika to the  board…
in terms of convenience, I would indeed export/share all 6 movies.
to tape, or as Quicktime/FullQuality…
both methods create a lossless copy of your final movie(s).
in step II, import all 6 project into a new iM project, as said above, you don't loose ay quality with that back'n forth copying... only some time ;-)… you can set then chapter markers etc....
besides, your workflow is as mine on larger projects: not 678 clips into one monstrous project of some dozends Gigabytes, just segments…

Importing iMovie project into another iMovie project

Due to some problems experienced, I had to import video clips from my DV camera into two separate projects.
However, I would like to edit my video clips together as it was intended to be one continuos video after being edited.
When I open the first project and try to import the other project into it, I get a message saying:
Error during import
The file could not be imported: The file "_" can't be imported; QuickTime couldn't parse it: -43
As I am on a deadline, I would really appreciate any input.
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I'm getting the same problem and I've even tried cutting and pasting the clips to a new drive. Opening up a new project and then importing the clips into the new project. It tells me that it is preparing the clip for import and then nothing happens. Imovie hd goes into non responsive mode, I have to force quit cuz it hands up for about 20 minutes... then when I try to open the new project, the clip I was trying to import is listed as being in the trash. if pull it into the timeline half of it will be there but the other half won't.. This has only just started to happen. I've been able to do it successfully two days before. Any ideas?

Anyone have experience with combining several projects into one?

I have four separate projects (they're actually four sections of one movie) I want to combine into one so I can burn them all together onto one DVD.
The separate discs run approximately 29:00, 29:00, 24:00 and 13:00, for a combined total time of about 1 hour and 35 minutes.
Now, on the blank DVDs I'm using, it says you can put up to 2 hours of video on them. But I've had people tell me that it's really not a good idea to put more than an hour of video on one disc. (The total size would be 12.4 GB (4GB/3GB/5 GB/0.4 GB), and the disc says that it holds 4.7 GB. But I was told by someone that the size doesn't matter, it's the amount of time that does.)
I'm a bit nervous about combining everything, because when I was first working on this movie, I had it all together in one project, and right before I was finished with it, the Circling Pinwheel of Doom arose and never went away. I never figured out what happened, but I have a feeling it was because the project was so big. Nothing the people at the Apple Store did made it work, and they deduced the file was corrupted or something, and I had to start all over again.
(That's why I separated it into four sections this time.)
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I spoke with AppleCare and they gave me good advice on how to do this.

Combining iDVD projects into one.

I have a few videos I burned from iMovieHD to iDVD 5 and now I want to combine them in pairs on one DVD, using a master menu that lets you select which video you want to watch. How can I do this? I dont have the iMovie files anymore and I didn't burn a disc image of iDVD to the hard drive. I mean, it should be able to do it, right? iDVD created the videos, it should be able to read them again to create new ones. Why would it create files that it cant read later? Any help on combinning multiple iDVD videos to one would be great! Thanks!
jt burke

You need the original movies to make a new DVD. iDVD references your movies wherever you have them stored; delete those movies and you now have broken links.
A disk image references an iDVD project. The content of that original project. It is only used to burn new copies of that project; you can't modify a disk image.
iDVD didn't "create" the movies; iMovie did. iDVD just references those movies.
Your only hope here would be to rip your movies from the disc, using something like Streamclip or DVxDVD or by a pass thru solution ... doing that, though, you would likely take a quality hit.
Once you ripped the movies to iMovie you could create a new iDVD project

Pls advise current info as to combining 3 iMovie projects into one iMovie. Thanks!

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