Any iMovie gurus here?

I apologize if this is uncouth but I have a nice cold wet dog house waiting for me to sleep in tonight if I don't get this issue resolved today/tonight:
here's my post in the iMovie section:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10819206#10819206
Thank you my friends,
Tom

I've never used iMovie.
iMovie, last I knew, used DV Stream for its production codec. It's a totally weird format. Every framehas to built in it.
Hope you find some help soon, wish I could help more.
bogiesan

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I'll admit it, I'm a total iMovie newbie, My daughter has more experience with the app than I have. However, I've been asked by said daughter's lacrosse coach to tape the games for later analysis. Since lacrosse is a club sport (not an academic sport) we don't have access to the high school's video equipment, though I can use the press box at the field. With our personal camcorder, the field of view is slightly over half the field. Another parent has volunteered to let me use thier identical camera.
Is it possible with iMovie HD to combine two video feeds in a split frame (correct term???) to provide full field coverage. I realize that I'll have to crop both video feeds to prevent overlap in the middle.
Has anybody had any experience with this type of editing.
I kinda wish, they had asked me to setup a mail/dns/web server for the team. That I can handle.
Thanks,
Jeff

Jeff,
I think a better solution would be to shoot with a tripod and cover the whole field panning left to right (or if you prefer right to left)
Shooting with two cameras can only be a plus (both cams on tripods, one with a wide view and the other with a tighter view of the action,) Knowing when to cut between camera footage and when to show split screen or picture in picture is also a plus.
Here Dan provides tips for shooting with 2 or more cameras
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6013.shtml
Just to add to Split Screen methods using iMovie
Slick plugin vol. 4 Hollywood Editions by GeeThree.com has a split screen plugin that does a superb job. It cost $50 but you get 3 additional great plugins effects( picture in picture, vidmix, Matte-tastic,) Plus a Stand alone application "Slick Motion". IMHO this Slick Motion is a very good application for animating photos/still images. No flicker/shimmer/jagged edges you often get in "iMovies Ken Burns effect". The only drawbacks are limited features and you can only import one photo at a time but, the quality is very good. If I didn't already own Photo to Movie or Still Life I think I would use this app before iMovies Ken Burns.
Anyway back to Slick's "Split Screen" plugin easy to use, a real "no-brainer (no manual needed) with adjustment sliders to position either video sources to the right or left (if necessary). Here's the link, if you're interested.
http://www.geethree.com/slick/galleries/d_v4.html
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// From JAVA PROGRAMMING: FROM THE BEGINNING, by K. N. King /
// Copyright (c) 2000 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. //
import jpb.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.Thread;
public class bjack{
     public static int playerCount=0;
public static int dealerCount=0;
public static int computerCount=0;
// public static int cCard1 = 0;
//public static int cCard2 = 0;
public static int newCard = 0;
int ep, pl;
BJStates bjstates;
     public bjack (BJStates parent, int episodes, int plays)
          bjstates = new BJStates(this, 1000, 100);
          //int ep, pl;
public static void main(String[] args) {
     int playerWins = 0;
     int dealerWins = 0;
     int computerWins = 0;
     SimpleIO.prompt("Learn or Play?");
String userInput1 = SimpleIO.readLine();
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Card playerCard1 = Card.pickRandom();
Card playerCard2 = Card.pickRandom();
Card dealerCard1 = Card.pickRandom();
Card dealerCard2 = Card.pickRandom();
Card computerCard1 = Card.pickRandom();
Card computerCard2 = Card.pickRandom();
Card nCard = Card.pickRandom();
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" " + playerCard2);
System.out.println("Computer cards: " + computerCard1 +
" " + computerCard2);
System.out.println("Dealer cards: " + dealerCard1 +
" " + dealerCard2);
// Compute initial counts for player and dealer and computer
int playerCount = getCount(playerCard1) +
getCount(playerCard2);
int dealerCount = getCount(dealerCard1) +
getCount(dealerCard2);
int computerCount = getCount(computerCard1)+
                         getCount(computerCard2);
//int cCard1 = getCount(computerCard1);
//int cCard2 = getCount(computerCard2);
int newCard = getCount(nCard);
// Check whether player's count is 21. If so, dealer
// must have 21 or lose automatically.
if (playerCount == 21) {
if (dealerCount != 21 && computerCount != 21)
dealerCount = 0;
computerCount = 0;
} else {
// Player's count was not 21. Ask player to draw
// additional cards and determine new value of
// player's hand.
playerCount = getPlayerCards(playerCard1,
playerCard2);
// Player loses if new count exceeds 21
if (playerCount > 21)
playerCount = 0;
else {
// Player's count does not exceed 21. Show dealer's
// cards.
//System.out.println("Dealer's cards: " +
// dealerCard1 + " " + dealerCard2);
// Draw additional cards for dealer and determine
// new value of dealer's hand
dealerCount = getDealerCards(dealerCard1,
dealerCard2);
// Dealer loses if new count exceeds 21
if (dealerCount > 21)
dealerCount = 0;
// Compare player's count with dealer's count to
// determine the winner; display the outcome and
// update the win counts
if (playerCount > dealerCount && playerCount > computerCount) {
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playerWins++;
} else if (playerCount < dealerCount && computerCount < dealerCount) {
System.out.println("Dealer wins");
dealerWins++;
} else if (playerCount < computerCount && dealerCount < computerCount){
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computerWins++;
else
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" Player: " + playerWins + " Computer:" + computerWins);
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// answer is no
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String userInput = SimpleIO.readLine();
if (!userInput.equalsIgnoreCase("Y"))
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          /*public void run()
          /*X whatever = new X();
          class X implements Runnable {
               X() {
Thread t = new Thread(this);
t.start();
public void run() {
//bjothers(); //some code that executes the functionality of the thread
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     //     public void run() {
/// BJStates();
/*public void Work() {
while(true)
System.out.println("+|+");
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                    //B//JStates.curPlay = 0;
                    //running = true;
                    //thisThread.start();
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                    //BPlayers.player[1].setCurrentStrategy(Q);
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          bjstates.setPlays(pl);
          bjstates.start();
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// NAME: getDealerCards
// BEHAVIOR: Adds cards to the dealer's hand until the
// value reaches 17 or more
// PARAMETERS: card1 - One of dealer's original two cards
// card2 - The other original card
// RETURNS: Value of the dealer's hand, including
// original cards and new cards
private static int getDealerCards(Card card1, Card card2) {
int dealerCount = getCount(card1) + getCount(card2);
int aceCount = 0;
// Determine number of aces among original pair of cards
if (card1.getRank() == Card.ACE)
aceCount++;
if (card2.getRank() == Card.ACE)
aceCount++;
while (true) {
// If the dealer's count exceeds 21 and the hand
// contains aces still valued at 11, then reduce the
// number of aces by 1 and reduce the count by 10
if (aceCount > 0 && dealerCount > 21) {
aceCount--;
dealerCount -= 10;
// Return if dealer's count is at least 17
if (dealerCount >= 17)
return dealerCount;
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Card newCard = Card.pickRandom();
System.out.println("Dealer drew: " + newCard);
dealerCount += getCount(newCard);
// Check whether the new card is an ace
if (newCard.getRank() == Card.ACE)
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// NAME: getPlayerCards
// BEHAVIOR: Adds cards to the player's hand until the
// value exceeds 21 or the player decides to
// stand
// PARAMETERS: card1 - One of player's original two cards
// card2 - The other original card
// RETURNS: Value of the player's hand, including
// original cards and new cards
private static int getPlayerCards(Card card1, Card card2) {
int playerCount = getCount(card1) + getCount(card2);
int aceCount = 0;
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aceCount++;
if (card2.getRank() == Card.ACE)
aceCount++;
while (true) {
// If the player's count exceeds 21 and the hand
// contains aces still valued at 11, then reduce the
// number of aces by 1 and reduce the count by 10
if (aceCount > 0 && playerCount > 21) {
aceCount--;
playerCount -= 10;
// Return if player's count exceeds 21
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return playerCount;
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SimpleIO.prompt("(S)tand or (H)it? ");
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playerCount += getCount(newCard);
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aceCount++;
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//public void run() {
     /*     int s;
          while (true) {
          try {
                    Thread.currentThread().sleep(10);
          } catch (Exception e)
                    System.out.println("Exception on sleep");
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                         s = bjothers.calcState(card);
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               curAction = strat[strategy].selectAction(s);
               //take choosed action
               switch(curAction) {
                         case BStrategy.HIT : {
                              addCard(Cards.next());
                         drawCards();
                         points = calcPoints();
                         if (points<=21) {
                                   setCanPlay(true);
                         else
                                   setCanPlay(false);
                         break;
                         case BStrategy.STAND : {
                         setCanPlay(false);
                         break;
                         default : {setCanPlay(false);}
// NAME: getCount
// BEHAVIOR: Returns the Blackjack value of a particular
// card
// PARAMETERS: c - a Card object
// RETURNS: The Blackjack value of the card c. The value
// of a card is the same as its rank, except
// that face cards have a value of 10 and aces
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private static int getCount(Card c) {
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case Card.TWO: return 2;
case Card.THREE: return 3;
case Card.FOUR: return 4;
case Card.FIVE: return 5;
case Card.SIX: return 6;
case Card.SEVEN: return 7;
case Card.EIGHT: return 8;
case Card.NINE: return 9;
case Card.ACE: return 11;
default: return 10; // TEN, JACK, QUEEN, KING
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     bjstates = new BJStates(this, ep, pl);
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No indentation
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j0ni wrote:
Preamble:
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Perhaps I was foolish to switch this on so soon - or indeed at all; I still have inexplicable inabilities to play a huge number of tracks in iTunes Share, across all devices (though it is not the same set of tracks on each device). But on the other hand, I don't see this issue described when I google around, so perhaps this is an anomaly, maybe some inconsistent/corrupt data, and there's a standard set of "switch it off and on again" steps that people might be able to suggest to take care of it.
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For the last 2 days I've been trying to import ANY type of video file from iMovie into iDVD 7.0.3 but again and again, I get the error: "Unsupported File Type : Unknown format"
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