Help with AVI files on Desktop!!

I have two AVI files on the desktop that I want to put into imoive to edit them, but imovie won't import them. I tried by going to the import movie under file but they are both grayed out. THen I tried to rename them, but still they were grayed out. Please someone help!!!

I have two AVI files on the desktop that I want to put into imoive to edit them, but imovie won't import them.
iMovie '08 will only import files which it can edit. If audio and/or video compression format is not editable, then it will not import. For instance, many AVI files use DVI ADPCM compressed audio with M-JPEG video. In this case the audio is not compatible but the video is so the file will not import. In such a case you would have two options. The first is to change the audio, keep the video an import the modified file. The easier option would be to use a conversion application like QT Pro ($30), GarageBand (included in iLife), MPEG Streamclip (free), FFmpegX (donation-ware), Visual Hb (pay-ware) or a similar application to convert both audio and video to iMovie '08 compatible files for import. In most cases, even iMovie HD (free download for iLife users) will convert AVI files as part of the import process.

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Hi everyone. I just got an iMac for Christmas. I've been a PC user all my life, so I'm new to some of this stuff. My question is about .avi movie clips.
I have a Casio Exilim digital camera. As soon as I set up my iMac I uploaded all data from my digital camera. I have several short movie clips in iPhoto. I can hear the audio, but I don't see video. How can I watch the videos on my new computer and use iMovie.
Thanks in advance for your help!

AVI is a container type, a container can contain any number of audio and video compression types, some of which may be editable and some not, some of which may be compatible with imovie and some not.
QT Pro (and a number of other 3rd party applications) may help you convert these files to an appropriate format. It would help if we knew what compression types are used, you can determine this by opening the movie in QT and choosing inspector from the window menu.
AVI is a very old MS proprietary format, it was even abandoned by MS over 10 years ago, unfortunately there is a small possibility AVI files can contain long forgotten compression types which there are no converters for, although since your files are from a modern camera this is quite unlikely.
Report back with the compression types and someone will help further.

Newbie, help with .AVI files!

I am trying to put .AVI files on my imovie hd, but when they eventually load there is nothing there but blackness. I am trying to get these files on imovie hd so that i can make my own dvd. I really dont know what i might need to do. Do I convert the avis to something? If so, what program would be used?
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Hi Nicholas,
ffmpeg is a very mighty conversion tool (besides the pro $$$ tools as Compressor), but as you experienced, no that convenient; indeed you hav eto install manually all that libraries, on ffmpegs webiste that is all discrbed in detail.. I can't guide you, I'm using an older version and it was a painstaking process of trial&error... ;-))
BUT...
you haven't told us, what codec is INSIDE the avi... avi is, as .mov, just a media container, containing many flavors of compression codecs, from sorenson, to mp4, from pic to divx....
you haven't told where these avis come from (... or you don't dare to tell us ), but there's a high chance, that it contains just plain mpeg1/2....
in that case, there's some other, much more convenient tool on the market,
have a look here for Streamclip, it accepts .avi containers too....
it's free, for mpeg1 it works "as is"; I would give that a try, before juggling with encoders... ;-)))
you would help us with diagnosis&therapy, when telling us where these avis come from...

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Hey, I have 4.44 GB i .avi files that I want to play on my iPad,
I really do not want to convert all of those files.
I have tried FlexPlayer.
It keeps on crashing and not all the names show up.
I am going to try PlayAble later.
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I would prefer free but if it's paid I don't mind as long as it's not too much,
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Both flex:player (don't let the name make you think it's great) and Playable suck - they're on the worse end of spectrum. Don't bother with them.
If you absolutely want free, go for either MoliPlayer or QQPlayer, they're the best. (Reviews are at http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/87/review-brand-new-free-video-player-qqplayerhd and http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/87/free-multimedia-player-moliplayer-ipad-fixed-a nd-enhanced-now-its-recommended ).
Nevertheless, I really would get a decent commercial player instead. The size of the AVI file hints on it being (at least 720p) HD. For that, you'll need AVPlayerHD or ProPlayer. (These two have the best, most effective MPEG4 / ASP decoder. They're basically the same so you only want to purchase one of them.)

Need help with .AVI files...they won't display.

Hello, I jsut installed Premier Elements 12, now my .AVI files will not display.

Putting aside copyright issues in (naive?) belief you have a legitimate use of the material, your problem lies in the file or disk. One of them is either corrupt or not compatible with the drive you are trying to read it on. Try it on another computer (even a PC) and if you can read it on that computer make a new copy of the file on a new disk or a firewire drive (or USB stick if it fits).

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http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=5371&fileID=5001
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I was going to wait till you bumped your post again.
Don't do that.
Please.
There are dozens of AVI codecs that have been obsolete for ten years and even more that never made it to the Macintosh. QT may or may not be able to open them. If you can play them, export from QTP to conventional DV and bring the newly created copy of the movie into a conventional DV sequence in FCP. There are other AVI conversion utilities.
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James.
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Close Premiere. Change the name of the folder the current AVI files are in. Reopen Premiere. When it asks you where the files are, point it to the new ones.
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The comment I have often seen is to the effect that "a Matrox card makes a good door stop"
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Hi
For some reason, quicklook no longer looks inside avi files. I get a black screen and audio, but no visual. This is a recent problem, nothing has changed on my system other than itunes 9 being installed. AVI files worked fine with quicklook but have now stopped.
Anyone have any ideas what could cause the problem? I've rolled back to itunes 8 but the problem persisted.
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Hi there
I had this problem too but I think that I have a good solution for ya!!! Ok do you have "Perian"?
If so then go here; http://www.perian.org/#support and at the line that say's "removing obsolete QuickTime Components" just do this and voila it should all come back to normal.
Hope this will help ya, let me know!!!
Serge

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