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When I try to open an existing project, one that has 45GB of video editing in it, I get the message:
'A PROJECT FILE IS MISSING' and in smaller case the following:
"The file "still05.dv" couldn't be opened and is being skipped. Click " ignore all"to skip any remaining file messages."
Trying the IGNORE ALL procedure, as well as doing one clip at a time, another message appears:
"THE APPLICATION iMOVIE HD QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY. mac osx and other applications are not affected."
I ran a permissions and disk repair on my HD and everything is in working order. I have also gone to my preferences and trashed the 'iMovie plist" and the iPhoto plist. I estimate that there are about 6 clips that are causing the problem, but I can't get at them to correct it. Thes clips contain still photo and video data. I would be willing to sacrifice all of this to save the 45 minutes of almost finished video on the timeline viewer.
I have taken this problen to the local Apple Store Genius Bar, but they couldn't come up with any solution to save this project.
(I have a semi-edited file of this project saved on LaCie)
Robert Karz

Susan:
In case you missed it, the following might help you. Karl's first suggestion didn't work for me, but you might give it a try. The Quicktime solution I'll try later today. Good luck!
You're in virgin territory, Robert, so I doubt anyone has much of a clue. But for what it's worth...
iMovie HD wouldn't normally use "still05.DV" as a Media file name. It would use "Still 05.dv" instead. If it is in fact looking for "still05.DV" that may be a clue. So confirm the name.
It sounds like iMovie is trying to open the project as it should (in spite of not finding those files), but it's crashing because it's encountering a corrupt file. If one of the "missing" files is a corrupt file, you might try removing it/them from the project. They are in the Media folder of the project. (To look inside the project, Control-click on the project icon and choose "Show Package Contents" from the popUp menu.) Drag the file(s) outside the project package. Then trying to open the project.
I suggest doing that ONLY on a backup of the project.
You also might want to try opening the project.mov in QuickTime Player. Look for the "Timeline Movie.mov" inside the "Cache" folder of the project package. Double-click on it to open it in QT Player and try playing it there. Try this before removing Media files.
If the Timeline Movie.mov plays okay, you can import it to a new iMovie HD project. Everything from the old project will arrive in the new project as a single clip. Not the most convenient, but everything will be there and play in the proper order.
Or use Timeline Movie.mov to see what order to import Media files to a new project.
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