Follow-up question to FCE vs. iMovie

When I asked yesterday for a comparison of FCE to iMovie, and how they were different, I realized what I really I want to know is why FCE is considered better than iMovie. And what can FCE do that iMovie can't do? Thanks.

Please don't start another thread on the same topic when you have one that you haven't responded to.
The question is mostly answered in the thread that was linked in your original post. What about the discussion in that linked thread is not clear?
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13175828#13175828
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IMovie and external hard drive: follow up question

This is a follow up question from the iMovie 6 forum. Hopefully, this question will help the poster on that forum as well. I, too, am working on multiple iMovie 5.0.2 projects at the same time and am running out of hard disk space. I would like to transfer remaining miniDV tape to an external hard drive and, when finished, transfer these clips from the external hard drive to the current iMovie project in my Powerbook, one project at a time. Is this possible ? Will I transfer files from the external hard drive to the Powerbook hard drive and then to iMovie, or directly from the external hard drive to iMovie ? Do I have to format the external drive to Mac OS Extended as advised in iMovie 6 forum in order to transfer miniDV tape to the external hard drive ? When pressing the erase tab to format the external hard drive, will this erase files already on the hard drive before formatting ? Can I transfer projects I am not working on from iMovie to the external hard drive and then transfer them back to the Powerbook when it is time to work on them ? Sorry about all the questions but I need to think very simple-minded when it comes to computer related issues. Thanks for your help.

I was able to use and store iMovie in the external hard drive using my Powerbook as a monitor, so I presume it is formatted correctly
Sorry, but you cannot assume the drive is formatted correctly. iMovie doesn't tell you the drive format is incompatible with iMovie. (it should, but it doesn't.) Some iMovie project features can be saved and some cannot.
It's easy to check the disk format. In the Finder, click on the drive icon and choose File > Get Info from the Finder menubar. The window that opens shows the disk Format. You want it to say "Mac OS Extended". "(Journaled)" is optional.
With some drives, sometimes even that can be wrong. To be sure, use Disk Utility to check the format. When you click on the drive in the list along the left side of the Disk Utility window, the format is displayed at the bottom of the window.
Always, always, always check the disk format before using a drive with iMovie.
Karl

Thanks for the reply to my question regarding sound in iMovie and sending me the online links. however the online links are impossible to play as they upload too slowly with the result that the playing keeps stopping waiting for the content to catch up

Thanks for your reply to my question regarding sound in iMovie. However I cannot follow the links you sent as they upload too slowly and therefore the instructional movie keeps stopping waiting for the content toload. Surely theremust be a solution for this??
Thanks in advance
lolly

Please continue posting in your original thread.
With the amount of traffic on these forums it is impossible to chase around finding this.

Backing up unedited family video: Should I capture using FCE or iMovie?

I have >50 hours of family video (kids) that I'm not ready to edit yet. I would like to capture the footage in order to back it up because it is priceless. My plan is to buy some large hard disks and save video there, and then when Blu-Ray comes out, I'll buy a Blu-Ray drive and burn Blu-Ray disks as an additional layer of safety.
The captured files will need to be in a format that lasts. As far as I can tell, both FCE and iMovie save captured clips as Quicktime files, which I'm guessing will be around for a while and compatible with future video editing apps. Both FCE and iMovie can import Quicktime clips. I'll be importing the entire hour of video from each tape, in a single capture.
My question is this:
If...
(a) rendering doesn't bother me (like importing clips using iMovie then editing using FCE)
(b) timecode isn't important to me (iMovie doesn't save timecode)
... is there any reason to capture the video using Final Cut instead of iMovie?
The only feature that FCE has that iMovie doesn't, is the ability to detect dropped frames during capture. Are there other reasons?
I like the fact that iMovie splits the capture into individual clips at each break and saves each clip as an individual file. If you're willing to do the work, FCE/FCP can do this to, using DV Start/Stop detect, making the segments into subclips, then exporting them as individual clips. FCP makes this a practical possibility using batch export, whereas FCE lacks that feature and exporting each clip one by one is impractical (I have maybe 200 individual clips per hour of tape). But this is a task I plan for later. Right now my concern is finding the "best way" to capture and save all this video for later editing.
I guess I could also ask, should timecode be important to me? My tapes contain a lot of timecode breaks, so recapturing video from tape automatically isn't likely to work well. I don't know any other reason timecode might be important for consumer-level family video.
PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5 GHz 3GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7) NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT

Anthony,
while I fully agree with Al answer, let me add one note in favor of iMovie in answering your original specific question (note: I'm a quite happy user of FCE for all its advantages over iMovie, but for the point I'm going to make).
The basic difference between FCE and iMovie in scene detection (based on the same principle of using date/time breaks as dividers), is that iMovie creates as many media files as clips during capture itself, while FCE Subclips are created AFTER the capture of a unique media file, using DV Start/Stop Detect and Make Subclip, that does NOT splits files.
So you'd better consider now if recovering unused disk space, by trashing unused clips, will be a major issue for you in the future, when you'll be editing your movies. If so, keep in mind that this job is very simple if you captured with iMovie and then imported its clips to FCE (and if you confirm you don't mind about TC and audio rendering), while it is quite complex if you captured directly with FCE, and, I'd say, not recommended unless absolutely needed.
Piero

Why is so hard for FCE or iMovie to read AVCHD files?

I have some AVCHD files (.MTS) on a hard disk. No camera. And no, the directory format has not been preserved. The files were just copied, and renamed for backup purposes. "Log and Transfer..." in FCE gives me an error about the directory structure. And I can't import with iMovie (just won't let me select the files.)
Now, I think I would have a better chance of finding a solution, if I knew why Final Cut Express 4 or iMovie 7.1.1 can only read the AVCHD file format from the camera directly, or when the directories are setup in a particular way.
Why can't it just read the file? Like how any program can read a JPEG without having to plug-in a camera or create a folder called "PRIVATE" or whatever?
I've wasted several hours on this problem today, and the the only conclusion i can come up with is that Apple has some seriously incompetent or just plain lazy engineers.
There must be a proper technical reason... right?

Hi -
Jason Moore3 wrote:
It's just so weird that all FCE and iMovie can read the files - they just require you to "connect the camera". Why is the camera so important to reading the file?
It's not. It's just an easy way to insure that when FCE or iMovie are looking at the file storage directory, FCE or iMovie will see all the files, the metadata, the media, etc.. It also makes for an easier work flow- just plug in the camera, no need to off-load files and remember where the are stored, etc.. And, it helps develop a workflow where people are not just copying the media files to another disk without the metadata, as in your case, or make a mistake and copy the metadata without the media.
Imagine this: three big tractor trailers pull up outside your house loaded with stuff. As you go out to meet them a driver hands you a small package. You open it up, and inside is a complete description of what is packed, how each item is packed, where each item is in the container, and how best to unpack the containers for the easiest installation in your house. That is what the metadata does. Could you unpack the containers without it? Yes. Is it the optimal way? No.
Many threads discuss how it's possible to backup the whole directory and making a disk image and then "tricking" iMovie/FCE into reading the files, which leads me to think that this stupidity is intentional.
This is not a trick. iMovie has the "Archive All" button on the import window. To later access those files you would use the menu File > Import > Camera Archive. In FCE, where one would expect a slightly more computer savvy user, you can use Disk Utility to create a disk image of the contents of the camcorder files, then later, use Log and Transfer from within FCE to import the footage from that disk image.
Someone doesn't want people to actually have a HD video format that is easy to work with (OMG pirates!!) and so it's been crippled to make it a PITA to work with.
Hmmm, well, all you have to do is follow the recommended workflow - connect the camera, import the footage, and edit. FCE and iMovie take care of the footage conversion from AVCHD which is a format incredibly difficult to edit in to a format that allows easy editing, all without user intervention.
The end result is, I can't view my own content.
The system Apple developed of converting AVCHD to either AIC or Pro Res is probably the best way to make the editing process as painless as possible for the end user.
Having said that, Sony Vegas, a windows application, will natively edit AVCHD files, without any conversion. I don't have any experience with it so can't say what the experience is like, but it might be an alternative for you if the iMovie/FCE workflow is not working for you.
Hope this helps.
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Follow up question about image not looking good in canvas-Shane?

I guess this is a follow up question for Shane....
You wrote this in response to someone a year ago which helped me out.
Shane's Stock Answer #49 - Why is the quality different between what I see in the Viewer and what I see in the Canvas?
Well... the viewer is just that-- a viewer. It will display anything that fcp will recognize as usable video or graphics. The canvas is a viewer too, but at the pixel dimension specified by the settings of your project and sequence.
For example, if your graphic or footage is much higher resolution than your 720x480 DV sequence, FCP is interpolating down your file to fit the settings of the sequence. Usually this makes it look not so hot. DV is a 5:1 compression working with a 4:1:1 color depth. Your pristine picture images and graphics are being crushed.
Same with picture files. HIgh res pics now adopt the sequence settings and will render to those specs, and most likely they are not as high quality.
So, based on your answer, I made an HDV sequence, dropped my DVCPro50-NTSC footage and my tiffs into the sequence and now the stills look great. Is this an okay workaround or do you have another suggestion? I'm worried about this HD sequence taking too long to make a compressed QT from in the end.
Thanks!

Photo JPEG is a good option. But this all depends on what your final output will be. If you are going to make a DVD, then that is SD, so using an HD sequence setting makes no sense. Photo JPEG is good, but not realtime in FCP. DV50 or ProRes NTSC are good options.
Unless you are making an HD master...in which case ProRes 422 for HD is good

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Currently when a question is answered it will be linked to the question. We sometimes have participants requiring further information about the same question, but Adobe Connect does not seem to allow participants to click the response and add follow up questions. As a presenter you can click on answered questions and add more but participants always have to submit new unlinked questions. Is there a way for participants to ask follow up questions in Q&A pod so that they are threaded to their original question?

Currently when a question is answered it will be linked to the question. We sometimes have participants requiring further information about the same question, but Adobe Connect does not seem to allow participants to click the response and add follow up questions. As a presenter you can click on answered questions and add more but participants always have to submit new unlinked questions. Is there a way for participants to ask follow up questions in Q&A pod so that they are threaded to their original question?

Follow up question...

I just purchased a Airport Extreme from the Apple Store yesterday. I purchased it to extend/share my iPhone 5 hotspot. I have figured out how to have AEBS join my hotspot, but it does not seem to have access on the Ethernet ports in the back?? This is my needed feature, unfortunately I live in an area that only offers DSL and only 2.5mbps.. . Using my phone I'm able to receive 10-20mbps on LTE/4G, and fortunately for me I have unlimited data on my hotspot. So I'm set for the wireless devices in my home, but struggling getting wired devices working....
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Tim
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This solved my question by Bob Timmons on Nov 28, 2013 3:33 PM
No, only the AirPort Express. There are 2 Ethernet ports on the Express. If you need more, you can add an Ethernet switch.
The Express has a special feature called ProxySTA that allows it to join a network and the Ethernet ports will be enabled when it does this.
Might be fun to ask one of the sales guys what exactly ProxySTA is and what it does before you explain it to them. Even the "genius" may not know.
See the answer in context
Follow Up Question----
I asked the apple salesperson about proxySTA, first I got a blank stare then, some nonsense to attempt they knew what it was.
So I picked up the Express, set it up to join my hotspot and it works really well!!! The only problem is the hotspot only allows five connections. The express eats one, that only leaves four! Is there another way to set up the express so it can handle the dhcp so my hotspot only sees the one connection to the express??
Thanks,
Tim

Now please perform a hard reset on the second Express by holding in the reset button for 10 seconds, then release. Allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
Make sure that the Ethernet connection from the first "joining" Express goes to the WAN "O" port on the second Express creating a wireless network.
Don't worry about the Double NAT message for now, just make sure that you can now log on to the Internet through the second Express wireless network.
You may need to power off both Express devices and restart the "joining" Express first, then start up the "creating" Express.
Once you verify that everything is working, you can go back in using AirPort Utillty and click to ignore the Double NAT so that a green light will be displayed on the second Express.

Follow-up question on ZXM08U16 table E_TDRSEG (function group XM08)

Rich's suggestion worked (on how to retype the E_TDRSEG table received from MIRO by include ZXM08U16 in the function group XM08.
Before asking my new follow-up question, let me recap the original SAP typing of this table and the way I've retyped it (following Rich's instructions):
The original SAP typing is:
E_TDRSEG TYPE MMCR_TDRSEG
TYPES: mmcr_tdrseg TYPE mmcr_drseg OCCURS 0,
TYPES: BEGIN OF mmcr_drseg_co.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE cobl_mrm_d.
TYPES: cr LIKE drseg_cr    OCCURS 0,
       unpl_refwr TYPE refwr,
       END OF mmcr_drseg_co.
TYPES: BEGIN OF mmcr_drseg.
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE drseg.
TYPES: cr LIKE drseg_cr OCCURS 0,
       co TYPE mmcr_drseg_co OCCURS 0,
       sm LIKE drseg_sm OCCURS 0,
       charact TYPE rbcharact_instance OCCURS 3,
                                       "instances of characteristics
       uebgmat TYPE matnr,
       uebrblgp TYPE rblgp,
       selkz_db TYPE selkz,
       rblgp_old TYPE rblgp,           "rblgp before aggregation
       END OF mmcr_drseg.
I retyped this as follows:
TYPES:
ty_cobl_mrm_d        TYPE cobl_mrm_d,
ty_drseg_cr          TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF drseg_cr with DEFAULT KEY,
ty_drseg_sm          TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF drseg_sm with DEFAULT KEY,
ty_charact           TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF rbcharact_instance with DEFAULT KEY,
BEGIN OF ty_mmcr_drseg_co.
    INCLUDE            TYPE ty_cobl_mrm_d.
    TYPES:
      cr               TYPE ty_drseg_cr ,
      unpl_refwr       TYPE refwr,
END OF   ty_mmcr_drseg_co,
ty_co                TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_mmcr_drseg_co
                       WITH DEFAULT KEY,
BEGIN OF ty_mmcr_drseg.
    INCLUDE            TYPE drseg.
    TYPES:
      cr               TYPE ty_drseg_cr,
      co               TYPE ty_co,
      sm               TYPE ty_drseg_sm,
      charact          TYPE ty_charact,        "instances of characteristics
      uebgmat          TYPE matnr,
      uebrblgp         TYPE rblgp,
      selkz_db         TYPE selkz,
      rblgp_old        TYPE rblgp,             "rblgp before aggregation
END OF   ty_mmcr_drseg.
DATA:
    x_mmcr_drseg       TYPE mmcr_drseg,
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo    TYPE ty_mmcr_drseg,
    it_mmcr_drseg      TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_mmcr_drseg,
    x_drseg_cr         TYPE drseg_cr,
    x_drseg_sm         TYPE drseg_sm,
    x_drseg_co         TYPE ty_mmcr_drseg_co.
But here's my question. To load the new table from the SAP table, I've had to use the code below. Is there any way to simplify this code? (I don't think there is because the drseg structure is included in the old and the new, so you can't simply say new-drseg = old-drseg. But maybe there's another way to do it and I'm not seeing it. Also, note that I had to loop on each of the inner three tables because it wouldn't compile when I tried statements of the form "new-table[] = old-table[].)
LOOP AT e_tdrseg INTO x_mmcr_drseg.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-anln1     = x_mmcr_drseg-anln1.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-anln2     = x_mmcr_drseg-anln2.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-aplzl     = x_mmcr_drseg-aplzl.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-arewr     = x_mmcr_drseg-arewr.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-areww     = x_mmcr_drseg-areww.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-aufnr     = x_mmcr_drseg-aufnr.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-aufpl     = x_mmcr_drseg-aufpl.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-basme     = x_mmcr_drseg-aufpl.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bedat     = x_mmcr_drseg-bedat.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-begru     = x_mmcr_drseg-begru.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bewae     = x_mmcr_drseg-bewae.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-ekgrp     = x_mmcr_drseg-ekgrp.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bpmng     = x_mmcr_drseg-bpmng.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bprme     = x_mmcr_drseg-bprme.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bpumn     = x_mmcr_drseg-bprme.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bpumz     = x_mmcr_drseg-bpumz.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bpwem     = x_mmcr_drseg-bpwem.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bprem     = x_mmcr_drseg-bprem.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bsmng     = x_mmcr_drseg-bsmng.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-budat     = x_mmcr_drseg-budat.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bukrs     = x_mmcr_drseg-bukrs.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-bwtar     = x_mmcr_drseg-bwtar.
    LOOP at x_mmcr_drseg-cr INTO x_drseg_cr.
      APPEND x_drseg_cr TO x_mmcr_drseg_oo-cr.
    ENDLOOP..
    LOOP at x_mmcr_drseg-co INTO x_drseg_co.
      APPEND x_drseg_co TO x_mmcr_drseg_oo-co.
    ENDLOOP..
    LOOP at x_mmcr_drseg-sm INTO x_drseg_sm.
      APPEND x_drseg_sm TO x_mmcr_drseg_oo-sm.
    ENDLOOP..
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-charact   = x_mmcr_drseg-charact.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-uebgmat   = x_mmcr_drseg-uebgmat.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-uebrblgp = x_mmcr_drseg-uebrblgp.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-selkz_db = x_mmcr_drseg-selkz_db.
    x_mmcr_drseg_oo-rblgp_old = x_mmcr_drseg-rblgp_old.
ENDLOOP.

Hi
I don't think, I'm agree with you, u can only replace some statament:
LOOP AT E_TDRSEG INTO X_MMCR_DRSEG.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-ANLN1     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-ANLN1.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-ANLN2     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-ANLN2.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-APLZL     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-APLZL.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AREWR     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AREWR.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AREWW     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AREWW.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AUFNR     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AUFNR.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AUFPL     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AUFPL.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BASME     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AUFPL.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BEDAT     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BEDAT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BEGRU     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BEGRU.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BEWAE     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BEWAE.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-EKGRP     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-EKGRP.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPMNG     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPMNG.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPRME     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPRME.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPUMN     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPRME.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPUMZ     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPUMZ.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPWEM     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPWEM.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPREM     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPREM.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BSMNG     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BSMNG.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BUDAT     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BUDAT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BUKRS     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BUKRS.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BWTAR     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BWTAR.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CR[]      = X_MMCR_DRSEG-CR[].
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CO[]      = X_MMCR_DRSEG-CO[].
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-SM[]      = X_MMCR_DRSEG-SM[].
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CHARACT   = X_MMCR_DRSEG-CHARACT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-UEBGMAT   = X_MMCR_DRSEG-UEBGMAT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-UEBRBLGP = X_MMCR_DRSEG-UEBRBLGP.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-SELKZ_DB = X_MMCR_DRSEG-SELKZ_DB.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-RBLGP_OLD = X_MMCR_DRSEG-RBLGP_OLD.
ENDLOOP.
If you want to use APPEND statament u need to refresh the target table at very loop:
LOOP AT E_TDRSEG INTO X_MMCR_DRSEG.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-ANLN1     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-ANLN1.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-ANLN2     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-ANLN2.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-APLZL     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-APLZL.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AREWR     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AREWR.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AREWW     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AREWW.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AUFNR     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AUFNR.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-AUFPL     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AUFPL.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BASME     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-AUFPL.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BEDAT     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BEDAT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BEGRU     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BEGRU.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BEWAE     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BEWAE.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-EKGRP     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-EKGRP.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPMNG     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPMNG.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPRME     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPRME.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPUMN     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPRME.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPUMZ     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPUMZ.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPWEM     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPWEM.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BPREM     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BPREM.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BSMNG     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BSMNG.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BUDAT     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BUDAT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BUKRS     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BUKRS.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-BWTAR     = X_MMCR_DRSEG-BWTAR.
REFRESH: X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CR,
           X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CO,
           X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-SM.
APPEND LINES OF: X_MMCR_DRSEG-CR TO X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CR,
                   X_MMCR_DRSEG-CO TO X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CO
                   X_MMCR_DRSEG-SM TO X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-SM.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-CHARACT   = X_MMCR_DRSEG-CHARACT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-UEBGMAT   = X_MMCR_DRSEG-UEBGMAT.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-UEBRBLGP = X_MMCR_DRSEG-UEBRBLGP.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-SELKZ_DB = X_MMCR_DRSEG-SELKZ_DB.
X_MMCR_DRSEG_OO-RBLGP_OLD = X_MMCR_DRSEG-RBLGP_OLD.
ENDLOOP.
Max

I keep getting the following error message while sharing my iMovie to iDVD. "Unable to prepare project for publishing" error (-2125).

I keep getting the following error message while sharing my iMovie to iDVD. "Unable to prepare project for publishing" error (-2125). I'm running iMovie 09 v. 8.0.6 on a iMac with OSX v 10.6.8, 2Ghz core duo, 1GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM. Any ideas why?

That particular error comes up for a number of reasons, sometimes it's the size of the movie you're trying to export. Bengt Wärleby a longtime contributor to the iMovie Discussion Group has advised a number of people on this error code, so I am going to link to his latest advice he's given to anyone trying to export to DVD from iMovie: Bengt's tips for great DVDs.
Specifically, try bypassing Share to iDVD by using Share to Media Browser instead.
In the Share to Media Browser dialog box choose the Large Size.
When(If?) it gets through that process, quit iMovie altogehter then go to iDVD.
Create a new project and click on the Media button near the lower right hand side of the Project Window.
Then click the Movies button in the Browser window just above that.
Under the iMovie star icon you should see the name of the project you shared out from iMovie.
Drag that into the project and burn the DVD.
If it's still to large or you get the same -2125 error code trying to Share using the Medium size instead. But again if you really get stuck consult Bengt Warleby's User tips:
Bengt's tips for great DVDs

How to follow a question and not a whole community?

How to follow a question and not a whole community?
THanks.

If that's not the problem turn off all the blue checks and bookmark the question. To view tap your name then bookmarks, unfortunately with this method you don't get the email updates.
Michael Vallance

More about FCE vs iMovie import

Everyone should remember that FCE originally only supported HDV. And, as Steve writes in his book, HDV is always RECORDED as 1080i by both FCE and iM. Makes no difference what you set you camera too.
There are no 1080P settings for FCE -- only 1080I and 720P. This is the world of HDV.
When FCE first supported AVCHD it only did 1440x1080i. Then they added support for 1920x1080i.
Steve found that 1080p30 AVCHD was converted to 1080i60 AIC. He assumed FCE missed the fact the video was PROGESSIVE. I think he mat be wrong. I think FCE saw 1080p30 and said "I don't support 1080p30" so I'll convert it to INTERLACE when I compress it to AIC.
So I Goggled MPEG-2 and learned that progressive has a HEADER per FRAME while interlace a HEADER per FIELD. WOW!
That means when P becomes I the number of Headers doubles. Since each Header is a bunch of bits, the I file must become larger -- without any increase in image quality.
This may explain why you found 20% more bits but no difference in picture quality. What do you think?
Can you give us the data rates for 1080i60 for FCE and iM. This is where yu can really see if there is any quality difference. If the bit rates are the the same then the video is the quality is the same.
And, can you post the picture that you used to compare FCE vs iMovie. I'd like to see if I can SEE any difference.
PS: does imakefullhd support 10.6 yt?

Both 1080i50 and 1080p25 are RECORDED on AVCHD as 1080i50 at 25fps.
Although this is different behavior from the Region 60 Canon's, it is not incorrect. FCE and FCP will convert this to 1080i50 AIC with a frame rate of 25fps. The difference is that the video SHOT at 25p will never show combing!
How does iM09 convert (Optimize) them to AIC?
Both 1080i50 and 1080p25 are converted to 1080i50 AIC.
A) If you add a Swap FX to 1080i50 (shot at 50i) and export as 1080i50 you'll see NO combing because iM sees the 50i and deinterlaces.
That's not what happens! Adding a Swap FX to 1080i50 (shot at 50i) and exporting as 1080i50 you WILL see combing because iM did not deinterlace. This indicates that iM09 is "seeing" the video as PROGRESSIVE and passing all 1080-lines through.
Either iM09 is ignoring the QT 50i tag or it is checking the 25fps tag and calling it 25p or it is ignoring both QT flags and working internally with all 1080-lines -- just like iM08 and iM09 v8.0.0. I suspect that Apple only changed the Region 60 code when they released 8.0.1.
B) If you add a Swap FX to 1080i50 (shot at 25p) and export as 1080i50 you'll see NO combing because no combing is possible with Progressive video.
PS1: what will FCE do with 1080p25? Since the AVCHD recording claims it is 1080i50 it will pass it through as 1080i50 AIC just as does iM09. This will make no problems for FCE.
PS2: Just as a reminder: 1080i60 and 1080i60/24p are recorded as AVCHD at 1080i60. Both FCE and iM09 pass both through as 1080i60 AIC. However, 1080p25 is recorded as AVCHD at 1080p25. iM09 passes this through as 1080p25 AIC. FCE converts it to 1080i50 AIC.

Why can't I ask any follow-up questions?

Why is my earlier message marked 'Read Only' . . . it's the only one I can find that is. I have follow-up questions, and can't find anything in the Help section that addresses 'Read only'.

deweyrich, I don't know how it got marked as such, but I've fixed it.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Jerry.
- Peter

Widescreen from FCE to iMovie

How do I ensure that widescreen in FCE exports to widescreen in iMovie. The iMovie project is created as widescreen, but when I export from FCE which is also in widescreen it open in iMovie as a small rectangular box with a very large border of black.
Thanks

What are the sequence settings & clip settings in your FCE sequence? You can check these in the FCE Browser.
How are you exporting from FCE? To QuickTime Movie ... or to QuickTime Conversion?
What versions of FCE and iMovie are you using?

Fce or imovie 06

what are some advantages with using fce over imovie 06 ? i've only been using a mac for a few months now and have gotten pretty used to using i movie 06. i like imovie 08 for editing but it just does not have as many features as i like it to have. for only $200 it seems really tempting, i'm just not sure what it would add for me.
another thing for me is to be able to add a new track to a movie and be able to choose which track to listen to when played on a dvd player. i know imovie does not do this. does fce do this ?

I think you should read something about FCE: Final Cut Express.
Anyway FCE (and today a new version 4 was released) provides far more features than iMovie.
And it's also quite different from iMovie (either 6 or 08) and more difficult to learn: as a Mercedes is different from a... bike: with both you can move around, but you need a driver licence for a Mercedes.
About being able to choose tracks on the DVD player, it's not a feature for iMovie or FCE: It's up to the DVD authoring application. And, as far as I know, only DVD Studio (in the FCS 2 suite) can do that.
Piero

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