How do I open older iMovie projects?

I upgraded to Lion, and now can't open any of my imovie projects, as "PowerPC applications are no longer supported." Anyone have a solution???

What version of iMovie do you have?
Matt

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Can I open an imovie project from an external hard drive on a different computer other than my own? If so how?

If you used the Finder to move the files, iMovie will have lost track of them. iMovie holds the locations of the Event files, and Project files contain references to those locations. If you move the files, iMovie has no way of knowing where they are.
If you can, first move all the files back to their original locations. Plug in the external drive. Open iMovie and move the files in iMovie's interface (help explains how, but basically, just drag and drop in the event pane).
Then you can connect the drive to the new computer, and iMovie will see them.

How do I open a iMovie 2.0 file in iMovie HD? Does it convert?

How do I open a iMovie 2.0 file in iMovie HD? Does it convert?
I have a movie from iMovie vers. 2.0.1. I want to open it on our new Mac Mini which uses iMovie HD 5.0.2.
Please tell me this is doable. Or can I get a copy of iMovie 2.0 to run it on my new Mac? I want to make copies of the movie by burning a dvd. Pls help.

iMovie 2.0.1 ran in Mac OS 9, not Mac OS X. If I recall, it is necessary to boot your Mac into Mac OS 9 to run it. It won't run in Mac OS 9 Classic running inside Mac OS X. Your Mac cannot boot into Mac OS 9, so you probably can't run iMovie 2.0.1.
You probably wouldn't want to anyway, for versions of iMovie that ran in Mac OS 9 used the OS 9 file name structure, which causes problems for projects converted to Mac OS X.
The simplest solution is to simply import the project.mov file that's inside the iMovie 2 project folder to a new iMovie HD project. (Don't import the iMovie 2 project file, import its .mov file.) Because of the name problem, it's possible this won't work either, but it probably will.
That will deliver the entire iMovie 2 project as a single clip to the iMovie HD project. The clips you had in iMovie 2 won't be editable, but everything will be there and play in the proper order.
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I have an iMac, purchased in January 2011. How can I save an iMovie project to a DVD or Flash Drive which can be played on a PC or any DVD player

I will give you a basic primer, not going to get to in depth, as far as parameters, size of project, or the storage size of your usb flash drive, etc.
1. you have your finished iMovie project. Under iMovie>Share menu. Choose export using quicktime.
2. make Movie self contained. This way your Mov, Mvi, etc files will be part of the movie and it can play without having to reference the events, because it is actually there.
3. so, now on your desktop ( or any where else set up quicktime to save your file) you will see a quicktime file.
Drag & Drop that file on to the icon of your USB Flash Drive, etc.
4. Details that I omitted because I admit I am not well versed. Most Likely that quicktime file is larger than your USB Flash Drive. You have to use one of quicktime compression work flows, also if you open the just created quicktime file. It will open quicktime player and under the File>Export you have to options. I have a Movie that was 42GB 1080P, I exported it as a 720P, so it would still be playable on a large screen and now the new file was less than 2.5GB.
5. Oh, no i just realized that the file should be playable on a PC, as long as the PC has quicktime for windows installled and you left that USB formated at MS DOS as it came originally, or a PC will not recognize it. Will it open up on your Blu-Ray Player that has a USB port, not sure. Since there is no menu. but, perhaps just pushing play will start movie.
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How do I add an iMovie project to the iPad?

How do I add an iMovie project to the iPad? I have added the project to the pane in iTunes but the iPad has no way to import. I am using iOS 8.0.2. Also, when I open iMovie in the iPad, I see one project and video available but it is not shown in iTunes. What the heck is going on?
Thanks.

First thing I'd try is dropping the Quality level down to Medium or maybe half-way between High and Medium.
Matt

Can't re-import older iMovie projects

I have lots of video from pre-HD days and was able to digitize them into the older version of iMovie straight from Sony Handycam with Digital8 tape and a firewire. Now, iMovie won't see the camera, nor will it re-open the iMovie projects. Quite a few years between using this process, so just wondering if I need to find legacy software or something?

Hey robozoot,
Because you cannot see your camcorder in iMovie, try out some of the general troubleshooting in the article below. It will have you ensure that the camera is making a connection by looking in System Profiler as well as making sure that iMovie will support the camera.
iMovie: Can't see or control camera or camcorder
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS1059
Take it easy,
-Norm G.

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I have a 5 year old Mac Book with OS 10.6.8 and it can not be upgraded to Mountain Lion. I just got an iPad with retina. How do I get an iMovie project onto my iPad?

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I cannot afford to upgrade my computer and sw from xp. How do I open older files created in InDesign CS2

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Someone tell me this is a message about the newer version that has not been installed on my computer.
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How do i open a created project that is in a file in NWDS 7.2?
I tried the below method:
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Hi,
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How can I watch an imovie project in a microsoft pc?

I got itunes installed in my pc running on microsoft vista. How can I watch an imovie project I´ve imported into itunes from my ipad?

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May be 100% out - still I take a chance
I would
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IMovie 10 Can NOT Import Files from Older iMovie Projects

I have older iMovie projects on an external drive and want import/upgrade them to iMovie 10.
After choosing the old projects, iMovie 10 examines the old projects for a while and then gave me a list of files that it cannot import. The files I remember on the very long list are .plist and iMovie project files.
Should I be concerned? In other words, is iMovie 10 now using a new file format that makes these files superfluous? Will iMovie going to incorporate their information in the new architecture, or will some functionality be missing from the imported projects?
I'm running iMovie 10.0.2 on OSX 10.9.2 on a 27" iMac.
Thank you for your time and attention.

I'm going through my old iMovie projects and importing them one-at-a-time into iMove '11 (ver 9.0.9, build 1795)
I don't know the version of the projects that I'm importing but they have this directory structure and have file creation dates in 2007:
Unfortunately, when I import them, I lose most of the editiing that from the old project:
In case you can't read the area in red, it says:
Notes about the imported project:
All transitions wll be replaced by Cross Dissolves.
Titles and music tracks will not be imported.
Video effects will not be imported.
Isn't there a way to import older iMovie projects in their entirety and completely intact?
Thank you for your time and attention.
- nello

I can not open my iMovie project

I can not open my iMovie project. Everytime I click on it, the spinning wheel keeps spinning and spinning until I force quite the iMovie. Please help?

OK Let's take a step back.
If you imported video clips from a camcorder there would be an Events folder in the Movies/iMovie Events/ folder.
You have the option as you import from a camcorder to send your Event to an external drive instead. In this case, it would be in the iMovie Events folder at the top level of the external drive.
If your project has no video clips, but only photos, there may be no events folder, only links to iPhoto.
Similarly, if your camera imported your video clips to iPhoto, and you used the iPhoto event in iMovie, then your clips are in iPhoto, and there is no separate iMovie event.

Cannot open an iMovie project file

I can no longer open an iMovie project file from my external hard drive. Other iMovie projects on the hard drive can be opened, but not my main project. I've transfered it back to my MacBook Pro and then tried importing it into a new project, but I get an error -43 message about Quicktime not able to 'parse' the file. I have also tried Lennart Thelander's "File Fixer" but this still does not open the file. File icon and file size (39.02GB) seem to be the same as when the file could be opened. Is there a way to recover this file?
Merci

iMovie doesn't support importing one iMovie project to another. When we try, we get exactly the error you quoted.
You can, however, import all the Timeline video and audio as a single clip to a new project. Or you can drag files from the Media folder of the project to the Timeline of a NEW project.
In the Finder, Control-click on the project icon and choose Show Package Contents from the popUp menu. You'll see the movie "Timeline Movie.mov" in the window that opens. You want to import that movie to a new project, or import selected files in the Media folder.
To import, drag the file to the Timeline of a NEW iMovie project. If importing the Timeline Movie, everything on the Timeline of the original project will arrive as a single clip in the new project.
If the project failed on the external drive, it may be because the disk does not use the disk format required by iMovie. Use Disk Utility to check the disk format, which must be "Mac OS Extended". If it's not that format, use Disk Utility to reformat the drive. (Which will erase all the files on the drive, so make backups.)
Karl

Can I open an imovie project in Final cut pro?

I have an imovie project that I want to open in final cut pro. It doesnt seem to want to let me. Any clues?

Hi mattyme,
It sounds like this thread might be answered, but I thought I'd offer a successful test case as my two cents. I just opened an iMovie project that one of our clients dropped off in FCP 5.1.4.
As Da Nam mentioned, open FCP, choose File > Open, navigate to the iMovie Project file and open it. It should ask you to save the new FCP Project file, and perform the rest of the functions for you automatically. (as it just did for me; project, clips and all)
Hopefully this offers a little reassurance.
Regards,
-James-

How can i play an iMovie project on my iPad?

How can i play an iMovie project created from my mac desktop on my iPad?

See this previous discussion.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15290488#15290488
It it the one on the right hand side of this page with the green checkmark.

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