Avi files not imported

my older imac only imports photos, not avi files. on another intel imac, both photos and avi files import without any problem. any ideas? all software updates, iphoto, and OS are the same.

yes. the files are the same, and are short clips (less than 15 sec) from a digital camera. one machine imports them into the library, and the files are viewable with quicktime. the other machine doesn't import any of the files.

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I have to say this problem only occurs with my 27" iMac and not at all with a MacBook Pro or a 20" iMac. I have tried repeatedly to copy the DVD to the 27" iMac but the problem still persists.
*+Now this is the really weird bit+:*
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HarrisS13 wrote:
Thanks ad2345.
I tried a different converter and also changed the playback preferences -which was down at 44.1kHz- up to 96kHz as I know the hi res files are supposed to be up at this level.
Not sure if it was one or the other of your suggestions, or both, but it has worked, so many thanks for your quick and effective help!
Regards,
Steve
Steve,
Glad it helped. Enjoy the music!
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Hi board,
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I put my AVI file in Media info and found the following :
Format
: AVI
Format/Info
: Audio Video Interleave
File size
: 491 MiB
Duration
: 15s 367ms
Overall bit rate
: 268 Mbps
Video
ID
: 0
Format
: JPEG
Codec ID
: MJPG
Duration
: 15s 367ms
Bit rate
: 268 Mbps
Width
: 1 536 pixels
Height
: 698 pixels
Display aspect ratio
: 2.2:1
Frame rate
: 30.000 fps
Color space
: YUV
Chroma subsampling
: 4:2:2
Bit depth
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Scan order
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using a cannon power shot i have filmed time lapse footage before and brought it into an older version of imove and gotten it to open on my old (white edged) imac. I now have imove11 and a new imac. these same timelapse AVI files will not play on quicktime now or register to be found for imovie even with an import. Regula speed AVI files will still download from the camera and work on quicktime and imove11.
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Thank you very much.
But AVI and .mov will take much size than .dat files.
so its better to concentrate in .dat files also for JMF I think.
Is it true.
I have a file of avi takes - 100mb for 3 min play of video
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[Edit] not sure why/how they were working before. Usually, with either the Xvid, or DivX CODEC's, one will get a Cannot Import error, or will get either Audio, or Video only. I have never been able to edit any Xvid, or DivX files, in either PrE, or PrPro - never even once. I just convert, if the client cannot get original source files, and I even have a quality loss diagram to show them how the footage will look - not very good, IMHO. I make them sign-off on that quality loss, before I start.
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You originally posted:
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twswing
Just a reminder to those reading your thread...at the onset I wrote
There are certain .avi files with certain video compression that can be highly problematic, such as,
AVCHD.avi
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Frame Height 480 pixels
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NTSC
FLIP
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Before getting my brand new MacPro, I was working my video montages with a PC, and using the software Scenalizer to import my files from the camcorder to the hard drive (ubcompressed). I may have now several hundreds of clips stored on various LaCie external hard drives.
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Welcome to the forums!
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