IMovie camera import issues

I am unable to import mp4 video from new Canon HF M50 into iMovie 11 on my MacBook Air. The camera shows up in system profile as connected and is shown in iPhoto, but not in iMovie. I want to avoid adding large videos to my photo library and use iMovie to import clips. This process worked one time, but I am unable to replicate. Any suggestions?

So, I played around with the options and now I am able to import video directly into iMovie. I erased all media from the internal flash and the sdhc card. I was recording in 9mbps mpeg-4 format. I changed to AVCHD format (SP mode). I recorded a clip, switched to playback mode and plugged in camera to power and USB. A prompt came up on the camera screen to select the memory source (ALL-PC Only, Internal, or Card). I chose Card and then iMovie (already open) opened up the Video Import box. I tried this with a clip saved on the Internal memory and that worked as well. Before, I was not getting the prompt to select which memory to read.
Overall, this is good I think. I was concerned I would not being able to edit AVCHD clips in iMovie, but now it seems like that is the only clip I am able to import.

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ZSH wrote:
... So, for example, if I raise my right hand, it shows up as my left hand in the video. What is wrong here? How do I fix this?
.. raise the other hand.. no, kiddin'!
a video is no mirror, it shows the world from the camera's perspective..

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Okay, still trying to get my import issue resolved.
I have a SONY HDR-HC3 DVmini.
No problems with iMovie 3 on my Powerbook.
iMovie 6 on my MDD will let me control the camera, but the screen stays BLUE with no IMPORT.
My buddy thinks it might be a Quicktime issue.
He said to download Quicktime Pro, that might resolve this issue.
I can copy the iMovie 3 file to my machine with iMovie 6 and do the editing, just not the importing...
THANX

Hi
Can be so much.
Often Camera has to be connected to Charger/mains during Capture.
An majority is a faulthy - badly connected FW-Cable (USB don't work at all)
My list on this
*NO CAMERA or A/D-box*
Cable
• Sure that You use the FireWire - USB will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin FW one ?
• Test another FW-Cable very often the problem maker.
Camera
• Test Your Camera on another Mac so that DV-in still works OK
• Toogle in iMovie pref. Play-back via Camera (on<->off some times)
• Some Cameras has a Menu where You must select DV-out to get it to work
• Camera connected to "charger" (mains adaptor) - not just on battery
Does Your Camera work on another Mac ?
Sorry to say it is to easy to turn the 6-pin end of the FW-cable 180 deg wrong.
This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK eg recording and playback to TV)
Connections
• Daisy Chaining most often doesn’t work (some unique cases - it’s the only way that work (some Canon Cameras ?))
Try to avoid connecting Camera <--> external HD <--> Mac but import directly to the Mac then move
the Movie project to dedicated external hard disk.
Mac
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
I go for a minmum of 25Gb free space for 4x3 SD Video - and my guess is 5 times more for 16x9 HD ones
after material is imported and edited.
SoftWare
• Delete iMovie pref file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
• Any strange Plug-ins into QuickTime as Perian etc ? Remove and try again.
• FileVault is off ? (hopefully)
Using WHAT versions ? .
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie 8 (7.1.?) ?
• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
*Other ways to import Your miniDV tape*
• Use another Camera. There where tape play-back stations from SONY
but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
• If Your Camera works on another Mac. Make an iMovie movie project here and move it
over to Your Mac via an external hard disk.
(HAS TO BE Mac OS Extended formatted - USB/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange WILL NOT DO)
(Should be a FireWire one - USB/USB2 performs badly)
from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpfull insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
from Karsten.
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
camera set to 'Play' , not rec/computer/etc.?
camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About../More..
under Firewire.. what do you read..?
More
• FileVault - Secure that it’s turned off
• Network storage - DOESN’T WORK
• Where did You store/capture/import Your project ?
External USB hard disk = Bad Choise / FireWire = Good
If so it has to be Mac OS Extended formatted
----> UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange is NOT Working for VIDEO !
mbolander
Thanks for all your suggestions. What I learned is that I had a software problem. I had something called "Nikon Transfer" on my Mac that was recognizing my Canon camcorder as a still camera and was preventing iMovie from working properly. After uninstalling Nikon Transfer and doing a reboot, everything worked great.
I never liked the Nikon Transfer software anyway--I guess I'll get a cheap card reader and use that to transfer photos in the future.
*No Camera or bad import*
• USB hard disk
• Network storage
• File Vault is on
jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
or no firewire will work
see if that halps
DJ1249 wrote
The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
Yours Bengt W

HT204382 i have a kodak camera which i recorded video and i have and macbook labtop and when goes on imovie to import it cannot, what is my problem?

i have a kodak camera which i recorded video and i have and macbook labtop and when goes on imovie to import it cannot, what is my problem?

I found this previous post. Does it help?
"Movie '09 and the Kodak Playsport HD".
His advice worked like a charm:
"This camera is a lot of fun and when i connected it to iMovie 09 I, in the first case, had to go to File, Import Movies and navigate to the SD card and choose all the .mov files which then imported seamlessly. Was able to edit and share the movie no problem."
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Camera import real-time preview is not working--first frame still image remains in the window, although the video import works fine, that is clips/events are in the Event Library, as expected.
This problem appeared after installing recent update packages, specifically iDVD 7.1.2, iWeb Update, iPhoto 9.1.5, GarageBand Update (6.0.4) and iMovie 9.0.4. System is up-to-date, 10.6.8. No other new software installed. Camera is a Canon HV20, connected via Firewire.
Interestingly, real-time preview during import in iMovie works perfectly fine!
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I've talked to you before about my DMG import issue and I am still having Trouble. The person I have recieved the files from showed me how it worked on his computer with the "camera import" feature. In the port window the DMGs are greyed out and I can not import them.
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I'm just pulling out my hair over this weird iMovie issue (or camera/tape issue - not sure). I'm still using iMovie 6 because I don't like numero 8 (yet).
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(I posted the same answer to a similar thread)
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.. This can definitely not be done in iMovie?
it can, via iPhoto..
but not from any still-cam, which wants to be a 'video camera' ..
it is easy to teach a digital still-cam to 'record' a dozend frames per second.. but how this bunch of stills finally get converted in those devices into some codec, a video-editor-app can understand is sometimes a mystery ..
usually, you shouldn't care for codecs using the iApps .. iApps are by concept plug'n play, simple & convenient..
if you notice any trouble, go specific, tell us in detail type & model of device, or make use of the Search feature, e.g. Exilim is discussed +ad nauseam+ on this board ..
you increase getting advice on this user2user board dramatically, when you don't 'mix' issues, as 'dv doesn't import, mpeg doesn't import, my still-cam doesn't import'.. these are different issues, with different answers, and probably different experts answering ..-

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Latest model New iMac 27 " screen 3.4 ghz intel core I7, 12 GB of memory running Mac OS X version 10.7.4
Imovie 11 version 9.0.7
New Sony hd camcorder model HDR560V, 64 gigs of internal flash memory, recording at highest quality hd settings.
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thanks
tvideo

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You need an Intel Mac to import AVCHD clips. Are these SD clips?
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