Imovie 11 timecode issue DV tape import

Hi all,
I am having an issue with importing a DV tape of my Sony Recorder, as it skips several scenes. I have been investigating and it seems I have Timecode issue with the DV tape, It states in several forums that I have to deselect the option to "import as individual clips". However I am unable to locate this option . Can anybody help my out or give me another solution of how to solve the issue of skiping several scenes while importing?
I much Appreciate it.
Kind Regards,
WBCK

Hi
However I am unable to locate this option . Can anybody help my out or give me another solution of how to solve the issue of skiping several scenes while importing?
In iMovie 1 to HD6 - this can be selected in iMovie Pref (Settings)
in iMovie'08 to 11 - I have not found it at all !
And if the final product is a DVD - then using iMovie HD6 - WILL RESULT in the BEST POSSIBLE DVD !
As it can (opposed to iMovie'08 to 11) deliver max quality over to iDVD - and as DVDs are as standard Interlaced SD-Video - keeping this from the miniDV tape to the final DVD will Guarantee the best quality possible.
Alt. to get it in without time code
1. Use a miniDV Camera - analog out - A/D-box - FireWire in to Mac
or
2. Make a miniDV tape Copy. From Camera A - via FireWire - to Camera B - BUT TO GET THIS OK - the new tape must be DUMMY RECORDED - full tape out.
Just set one Camera to record it with just about anything (a wall or other not interesting) - and the full 62 minutes !
Then re-wind it and now record the copy onto it - THIS TO GET ONE UNBROKEN TIMECODE
This also needs a 4-pin to 4-pin FireWire Cable - BUT will give an unbroken miniDV tape Copy.
• USING A CLEANING miniDV tape - from time to time - is also a good strategy to keep broken timecodes to a minimum.
• SO ALSO - Recording the full tape before - Viewing (rewinding) it or even WORSE - unloading it (DON'T DO IT).
Some Cameras has a FIND END of Recording - to take up recording next sequence without any code breaks - Use it - My Cameras has it and one can do this to 100% if tape has not been unloaded. One perfectly the other I need to back a few frames - to get it to work.
Yours Bengt W

Similar Messages

  • DV tape import trouble

    I am currently archiving quite a big amount of SD DV footage in FCPX. I'm using a pretty old consumer DV camcorder as a source, connected via FireWire 400.
    My workflow is to archive every whole tape to disk as quickly as possible and use the archive files as a source later on, since the camcorder will soon be retired.
    Sometimes, however, archiving fails with the following behavior:
    Tape is inserted
    Clicking "Archive..." button in FCPX import window, entering name and clicking OK.
    Camcorder neither rewinds nor starts capturing, but "archiving..." message appears with timecode counting.
    I press "play" on the camcorder manually, now it really seems to be archiving something. "archiving" message with time indicator counting in the top left of the capturing window, original timecode counting in the top right.
    at the end of the tape (after an hour or so), FCPX rewinds the tape
    after rewind, a couple of seconds of footage are captured
    A message appears along the lines everything has been captured successfully.
    Shockingly, when I open the captured archive package, there is only on clip with the first few frames of the tape in it. Everything else seems to be gone!
    Sometimes, not even the archive package with the name I entered exists. Sometimes, I look into the trash and there is an empty archive package with the name I entered.
    According to FCPX documentation, archiving from DV tape should start at the current tape position and terminate automatically at the end of the tape. It never worked for me like this. Either FCPX rewinded the tape and captured from the start after I enterd the archive name, or the tape didn't move at all, and I had to start it manually. What can be wrong here?
    Are there any settings to instruct FCPX to continue archiving on timecode breaks? It should be possible to automatically skip to the next valid timecode...
    Mirko

    It's an imac super model with i7, dual video card, etc. so it's not a computer limitation. The camcorder is an older version of another one I have (both Sony), and the tapes (all Hi 8) made after 2000 imported into archives-no problem (not mini-DV, regular DV Hi 8). The tapes made prior to 1999 won't import from either camcorder-I've tried. The camcorders are both connected using Firewire 800 (main imac port). The cable is fine-since I have imported the Hi 8 DV's  The newer Canon using mini-DV tapes imported with no problem.
    So, I know I'm using the proper protocols. I turned off all the rendering options to simplify import to the lowest common denominator. In attempting to import into imovie as well I get the same message "NO DATA FROM DEVICE". The archive mode does rewind the tape, plays the tape, and the monitor shows the images. However, nothing is being recorded. The arcives are automically dumped into the trash after import is complete. Regardless, I can't import into an "event" either-the same message appears.
    Any help welcome.

  • IMovie File Name Issues

    I am creating a slideshow in iMove 9.0.2 by taking RAW photo files, converting them to JPEG's in Aperture 3, then dragging the JPEG's into an iMovie project.  I deleted a photo from the iMovie slideshow project by selecting the thumbnail in the project, then hitting the Delete button. I also deleted the source photo from Aperture. 
    I then took the master RAW file of the deleted photo, gave it a different name, then assigned another RAW photo file the same name as the original deleted file.  Imported the new photo into Aperture, and dragged it into iMovie.  Instead of the new photo appearing in the project, iMovie still displays the old photo.  When I perform a "Control/Reveal In Finder" command on the incorrect thumbnail in iMovie, it leads to the proper photo in the Finder.  Aperture is also correct.  Only iMovie is having issues.  Is there any way to correct this prolem?

    First a basic question: Is the external drive formatted as Mac OS Extended?
    iMovie can't properly save to other formats and you may have trouble copying files via the Finder, too, if the drive is not Mac OS Extended.
    iMovie HD now stores its project folder as a "package". You can see the old iMovie 1-4-style folder structure by control-clicking (or right-clicking) the project package. Maybe the offending file is hiding there. ...but you really should not change the filenames -- the project should copy without such tweaks!!

  • Tape Import and transcode to proxy

    I've been working with the tape import from an HDV tape and camera.  My preferences are set to auto transcode to proxy on import, but when FCPX captures a tape to the archive, I import that archive into an event.  The footage now shows up as offline until I manually right click on the file and click transcode and select proxy file.  Anyone else having this issue or am I not doing it right.  I was thinking it should automatically transcode it.
    Thanks in advance,
    Mike

    I'd leave the Project and files set to ProRes.
    Turn off background rendering as most newish computers should keep up. No real need to render even before export time.
    When it comes Export time:
    You can choose ProRes LT in the export options which is quit adequate for a DVD.
    Use that export to author in the DVD software.
    Al

  • IMovie 08 hangs while trying to import iPhoto movies at the start.

    Hi guys,
    When I open Imovie 08, it asks me to import iphoto movies. Then it stays there for ages and never ends importing those movies. I know I can just skip this process but I want to edit those videos from iPhoto.
    I guess is some corrupted file it is trying to import what is causing this incident but I have no idea how to tell which is the "bad" file since iMovie doesn't give any information about it.
    Any clues?
    Thanks in advence

    Hi,
    I wouldn't say I have such a lot of movies in Iphoto but deffintely they are quite a few... anyway, I suspect it will never end because the timer gets bigger and bigger; and yes I left it running overnight with no luck.
    Is there any way to see in which video is iMovie having the problem? The other workarround means having to backup and delete videos randomly until I find "the bad one".
    Cheers.

  • Imovie slows down then freezes while importing from camera

    I am trying to import a movie from my canon hv10. I've never had problem the last 2 movies I did. but this time around it starts importing, and a few clips later, slows down to 1/8th time. then freezes. The camera is still playing but it has stopped importing. I have tried to pause it to let it catch up. Restarting it numerous times. It is being imported into my 500 GB hard drive. I have 400 GB available. It's worked before in HD. Any ideas? anything would be helpful, I've searched every single message board so far. thanks.

    I had a smilar problem. it came up when I changed OS to Leopard OS X 10.5.
    My Imovie HD 5 had been working fine until then under earlier OS versions, both in LP as well as in normal mode. Then all of a sudden importing stopped eery few seconds.
    I checked many discussions in this forum and tried a lot of suggested solutions, to no avail. I have now come to realise that Leopard is the problem, not the camera, the cable, or preferences or good old iMovie HD.
    I simply went back to an older laptop (iBook) running OS 10.3.9 and iMovie 3 . No problem whatsoever importing clips (just had to start a new project about every 20 minutes of clip import). Then attached my external harddrive via firewire, copied the projects to the Hard Disk and then opened them with iMovie HD 5 and bingo: the project was OK and could be further worked on.
    So that does not solve the basic problem, but is not too complicated as workaround.

  • How do I import a camera video from iphoto to imovie? I went to file, import, camera archives and the video I want I am not able to select. I even tried dragging it from my desktop, but it will not allow me to do so. Please help?

    How do I import a camera video from iphoto to imovie? I went to file, import, camera archives and the video I want I am not able to select. I even tried dragging it from my desktop, but it will not allow me to do so. Please help?

    Use File/Import/Movie and navigate to the file.

  • HT1844 Library Issue:  I just imported 2 CD's into ITunes.  They show up in "Recently Added" and on my other devices via ITunes Match, but NOT in the ITunes software on the computer where I added them.

    Library Issue:  I just imported 2 CD's into ITunes.  They show up in "Recently Added" and on my other devices via ITunes Match, but NOT in the ITunes software on the computer where I added them.  They show up in the search box, but when I click on the results it just kicks me to ALL my music.  I have imported thousands of songs/CD's before and this is a new one.

    Something may have gone wrong with the index of the Music playlist. Making another change to the library such as downloading the current iTunes Free Single of the Week, or deleting one track from your library and reimporting it, should fix the problem.
    If that doesn't work close iTunes and delete the hidden file sentinel from inside the main iTunes folder, then start iTunes again. It should run a consistency check when it starts up which ought to correct things.
    tt2

  • IMovie will not allow me to import photos from iPhoto

    the media button in imovie that suppose to let me import photos and music is not active and will not allow me to get anything, but if i check iphoto by itself it shows me everything i got. Please help i really need to get this project done by this week!
    Thanks In Advance

    You'll have to go this route:
    Starting over from scratch with new library
    Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
    1. Open the library package like this.
    2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
    3. Drag the subfolders of the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.
    This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
    Note:  your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

  • Issue with Contract Import

    Hello Folks,
    I am facing an issue with Contract Import. The contract import file has been struck in Contract Document importer and from past 4 days the status is showing as Running. Even in trace file, it is showing as "Mon Mar 16 18:05:51 CET 2015          Error during action"
    Is there any way where the import can be stopped or deleted?
    Any help is highly appreciated!!!
    Thanks in Advance!
    Regards,
    Vignesh

    Thanks John and Peter for your support. Unfortunately I cannot provide a screenshot of the issue since of the confidential material and has to re-do the work. I have re-done all the excel correction and re-created the Indesign merge document on a PC laptop. So far 'no' problems. I have a strong suspicion that the cause has been a macro used in excel to convert text or another one that I used to add values to the colum that InDesign found issue. Definetly InDesign should have reported a problem before merging the data. Yes, I am using CS5.5 with the latest update and Excel 2010 on a Mac. Still, I would like to find out what means the letter 'A' in the Data Merge Panel, since this may have directed me to find why the multiple 'AAA...' shown in the first line in the merge panel. Again thanks John and Peter: much appreciated.

  • I have video files on my desktop that i want to put into the new imovie 10.  I click on import and try to click on desktop but it wont let me

    I have video files on my desktop that i want to put into the new imovie 10.  I click on import and try to click on desktop but it wont let me.  Thanks for any help you can give!

    Are you in your user account?
    In the Import window you'll see a Desktop folder at the root level of our drive. You don't want that one.
    You want the one in your the folder for your user account.
    Matt

  • IMovie'08 (7.1) Crashes during Import from Camera

    Well, it is hard to say simpler then the subject line of this posting... iMovie'08 (7.1) Crashes during Import from Camera (PANASONIC PV-GS500). I use 24GHz MacBook Pro with 4Gig of RAM. Importing to OWC 500Gig RAID drive, as well as to the internal 200Gig 7200 RPM drive. So it certainly looks like not because of hardware. I tried to remove DIVX and Pearl plugins from QT folder in Library as it was suggested in previous postings to no success. It seems like I am not the only one with this problem here. If iMovie cannot import from camera then what is it good for? By the way, the previous version of iMovie works fine importing etc. Did I just wasted $79.00? Anybody knows the solution? I hope somebody can help.

    FOUND FIX
    I found this fix in another thread post. iMovie 7 appears to be bugged, but you can import movies if you download iMovie6 HD. It's apparently free from apple for iLife 08 users.
    Here's the link so you can download it.
    http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/AppleSupport_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OSX/downloads/061-3532.20070807.nq3ER/iMovieHD6.dmg
    Hours spent trying all sorts and iMovie HD ... just seems to work. Someone suggested that I use an external HD to improve performance. Just make sure you don't use Fat32 because it bombs when the file size gets to 2GB lol. It's a limitation of the Fat32 format. Since you can't access NTFS directly, you're a bit stuffed if you want to use the external HD with you Mac and PC. Either format it for your mac or your pc.
    Message was edited by: PJ Cook

  • Pre-Loading Timecode on a Tape

    I'm sure this has been answered here. However, I did a search and could not find the answer. (I may not be thorough, but at least I'm honest)
    What is the best process for "pre-loading" a tape with timecode? I want to eliminate the situation where I get a break in timecode on the tape.
    Is it as simple as just putting a tape in the camera and hitting record until the tape runs out? Or is there a better way?

    Kevin, JohnAlans suggestion is a common practice, particularly with analog tape for 'insert' editing purposes.
    I've read though, that this may not be optimal for 'shooting' DV tape, as it can cause strange behavior, were there to be any..camera induced timecode breaks.
    Best practice for this comes down the the shooter.
    - Get in the habit of always rolling 5 sec. of tape before action starts and 5 seconds of tape after action ends.
    - Try not to turn the camera off.
    - Try not to do 'searches' on tapes that are being recorded on.
    - If the camera is turned off, or you need to search back into the tape, make sure you do NOT roll past the end of the last recorded frame...preferable stop a couple of seconds prior to the last recorded frame, and begin recording there.
    - If your camera is capable of generating Bars, try to record 10 seconds of bars in between scene or location changes.
    Hope that helps,...I was understanding your question to deal with 'timecode breaks' that affect captures. If you're concerned about 'blacking' tapes for editing, that's a different deal.
    Kevan
    EDIT - I knew I missed something...if you have to pop the tape out of the camera at any point, follow the above listed practice of cueing up to a couple of seconds prior to the last recorded frame, and start recording there to pick up continous timecode.
    Really, really try not to (DON'T) use 'free-run' timecode. It will make editing an absolute nightmare.

  • I recently purchased a macbook pro and i am trying to put some camcorder footage from my sony vx 2000 onto iMovies. for some reason i cannot import or capture any footage from my camera and tapes onto the imovies. i have the 9 to 4 inch pin firewall cable

    i have a sony vx2000 and a macbook pro and i obtained the 9 to 4 inch firewall cable. my issue is that cant get any footage from my vx2000 to my imovies. i have looked up how to do it online and they make seem like you just plug it in and go its all golden. but not for me what am i doing wrong it does seem to be recoginize that my camera is even plugged in and no way letting import of capture any of my footage to my imovies. please help

    The camera must be plugged in to AC power (not batteries only). And generally, the camera should be set to Play mode, not recording mode.

  • Importing tape into Imovie 11. How do I import all the clips as one long clip?

    How do I import all the clips as one long clip? I have 45 min of footage and I want it as one long take I can edit in Final Cut ProX. When I import, all the clips are split up when the scene cuts. I just want the 45 min in one long video.

    iMovie will import the tape as if it is direct from the camera. It will sense the scene breaks and put all the clips in chronological order.
    If you want to import it as one long clip, I suggest you load the tape into the app that you edited the tape with. Then export it out as a QuickTime movie in the DV codec. You can import this MOV file into FCPX or iMovie.

Maybe you are looking for