IMovie 11 and JVC HM100
Just the other day I found this video on how to get Perian Quicktime components so to use my JVC HM100
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSQI0nS0lw
worked great- but now only a few days later- I am now unable to select the video files (they are now grayed out) to import. Was there an update to iMovie or QuickTime that broke compatibility? I have checked this on both my MacBook and MacBook Pro...
I have removed the components, redowloaded them and replaced them- but nothing works. QuickTime is still able to play them, same with iPhoto, but iMovie is not able to import or recognize them as a mov to be imported...can anyone help or has this happened to anyone else recently?
The solution I ended up doing was using a machine that has FCP on it. BUT, I found out later for those who do not have FCP- there are opensoruce versions of the Codecs that will allow iMoive 11 to view and edit the video files.
You can download and install the free Perian XDCAM Open Source Component here.... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/164630.html
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/PerianXDCam.component.zip
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