IMovie Life 08

I recently upgraded to OSX Leopard and iMovie Life 08. I use a Sony Digital Handycam DCR-PC101 NTSC. In the past I have made dozens of movies in iMovie without any problems. Ever since I upgraded to Mac OS X (10.5.1) and iMovie Life 08 I have been unable to upload any movies from the camera. It starts out fine and after 5 minutes or so it stops and I get the message "The application iMovie quit unexpectedly". I have already tried to reload the Life 08 software but this doesn't make any difference. Any suggestions?

How do I move the old movie projects that I created in iMovieHD into iMovie '08 so that I can have all my old movies and clips in iMovie '08?
You can always try the project import option under the iMovie '08 File menu, copy the current iMovie HD timeline from the older project, or copy the individual iMovie HD "Media" folder clips (source files, transitions, titles, effects, etc.) manually.

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I life sound effects not showing in imovie 08

whenever i'm in imovie 08 and i click on the ilife sound effects folder, then click on animals i don't have any sound clips to choose from. there are sound clips in there but they are all .caf files. does imovie not read .caf or is there a quick easy way to convert them to.mp3 files ?

Mmmm strange . the sound files should be .aif, what happens if you simply change the file extension from .caf to .aif (I've not come across .caf before. They are located in library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/iLife Sound effects.

Have I Movie 7.1.4, (from Life 08) but can't install IMovie HD

Wondering if anyone had this happen. Went to the apple page where I could download IMovie 6 to use instead of the 08 version (7.1). But now the computer is telling me that Life08 isn't installed... I have leopard and what I thought was ILife08. Can you have the new IMovie with out having ILife08? Is there something I missing?
any help would be appreciated.

Your equipment list at the bottom informs that you are using 10.4.11, which is Tiger. You say you have Leopard, which is 10.5.
If you have opened iMovie 08 on your Mac, then you have iLife 08 and you should be able to get the free HD6 download.
Sometimes closing the apps and restarting your computer will correct these errors, but I am no tech junky so can't give a more definitive answer.

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Where do I find the "reverse clip direction" control AND teh "change clip speend" control. They do not show up under Advanced (as the Help directs)

Welcome to the discussion!
Click on the "Editing" tab, then "Video FX". Look for "Fast/Slow/Reverse" in the list.
In earlier versions of iMovie, the command "Reverse Clip Direction" resided in the Advanced menu. If your Help still directs you there, it contains a mistake. Or perhaps your Help hasn't been updated to iMovie 6.
Here's an article discussing how to reset Help:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/helpviewer.html#Anchor-Help-Techniques-11481
Karl

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Battery life and Heating up problems

After updating to mavericks , it seems that my macbook pro is always heated and the battery life got shorter even if I'm not using any app... anyone could help me ?

Hello Jeskar,
It sounds like you are seeing a decrease in battery life after upgrading to Mavericks. I would start by resetting the computers SMC, and evaluating the issue for a bit to see how that worked;
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
You may also have to use the Activity monitor to see if you have any run away applications.
OS X Mavericks: About the Battery Status Menu
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5873
When one or more apps consume higher than average energy from the battery, the menu shows "Apps Using Significant Energy" with a corresponding list of those applications.
Some apps may use significant energy depending on what they are doing. This is normal. For example, if you are compressing video in iMovie, or playing a graphics-intensive game, the app may use a higher amount of energy than other apps. If you are trying to conserve battery power, quit apps listed in the significant energy section.
If you suspect that an app is appearing in the significant energy section because it is not functioning properly, try quitting and re-opening that app. If the symptom continues, open Activity Monitor from the Utilities folder to troubleshoot further. The Energy tab of Activity Monitor displays the Energy Impact of each open app based on a number of factors including CPU usage, network traffic, disk activity and more. The higher the number, the more impact an app has on battery power.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

FCP footage into iMovie 6

My colleague and I are working on a FCP 5 project (1080i/50) for a local artist. All goes well on this but last night, having little to do in my life, I thought I would give iMovie 6 HD a try and so imported some of the footage we captured in FCP into iMovie 6. The footage imported OK but it is slightly compressed with a black bar down the left hand side. Is this normal?
I set iMovie to 25fps (PAL) before opening a new project and selected HDV 1080i from the options presented when creating a new project.
The footage was shot in HDV mode on a Sony HVR-Z1E. Should I have recaptured the footage through iMovie?

I'm just trying this for you right now..
I'm importing into iMovie HD 6 some HDV (1080i/50) footage which I'd captured into FCP 5.1.
Note that FCP captures differently from iMovie HD, not using Apple's Intermediate Codec, so this footage has to be transcoded into AIC when importing into iMovie HD. It's taken about six minutes to import a 1:39 minute clip of 318MB.
The result is - as you say - a movie with a broad black bar, about one ninth of the movie's width, down the left edge.
This suggests to me - I'm going out soon, so this has to be just a quick first appraisal - an aspect ratio oddity, to do with rectangular vs square pixels, see below.
Nothing appears to have been trimmed off the left edge, so all the picture is there, but in FCP that 'widescreen' aspect shows within a 4:3 editing window, with grey bars at the top and bottom to frame it.
An HDV clip imported directly from the camera into iMovie fills my editing window in near-enough proper 16:9 ratio (..255mm x 145mm..) and an identical clip imported into FCP HD 5.1 shows up as 120mm x 67mm, i.e: also 16:9. When the same clip is imported from FCP-capture into iMovie, then it appears as 220mm x 145mm ..i.e; wrong aspect ratio.
If you look carefully at the same frozen frame in both iMHD and in FCP, you'll see that everything within the frame is slightly -w-i-d-e-r- in the FCP frame than in the imported-into-iMHD frame ..i.e; it's squeezed narrower in iMovie.
This is because QuickTime, and any other computer display process or activity uses square pixels. Television, however, and programs associated with editing images for TV, uses rectangular pixels: short and fat in NTSC land, and tall and thin in PAL land. This is so that - in comparison to a computer-screen standard such as 640x480 for 4:3 traditionally shaped screens - a PAL TV picture, which has more scan lines, and is thus 'sharper' than an American NTSC TV, fits more data across the screen, whereas the lower-quality NTSC system, with "fatter" pixels which have less height, needs more data displayed down the screen to get to the same resolution as the equivalent square pixels.
Maybe I haven't explained that too well, as I'm in a rush right now!
But the result is - as we've both seen - that the picture in square pixels on the FCP computer screen is - when importing this into iMovie HD - understood to be meant to be "thin" PAL TV pixels, and so iMovie - or the Apple Intermediate Codec - converts that into television-intended "thin" pixels on the computer screen ..hence everything's slightly narrow, and there's a blank black spacer at the left.
I haven't time at the moment to try exporting this out to a camera, or to some other device, to see if it gets "unsqueezed" during export, but I might try tonight.
Maybe Matti Haveri might have something to say if he reads this, too.
But nothing's lost; it's just displayed thinner.
[..Maybe I could import myself into FCP and then into iMovie ..I could do with being a bit thinner, too..]
"..Should I have recaptured the footage through iMovie?.." ..Yes. But it might have taken longer, as iMovie converts into the AIC "on-the-fly", thus slowing down imports on all but the fastest Macs.

Video from iPhone to iMovie on Mac and quality issues

Task: Wanting to take video from my iPhone 5 into iMovie HD Version 6.0.3 to do some editing, trimming, transitions, etc. I have done this on many occasions but have NEVER been able to share/export the finished product with any kind of quality result. I want to upload to youtube and it never looks very good. Looks "ok" if just viewed as is, but if you click on full-screen it does not look good.
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If I can get good quality using iMovie 6.0.3 then would someone please tell me should I export as .mov or .mp4 and what exact settings to use.
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Need to import video from a DVD into iMovie... help?

I have super 8mm film already transferred onto DVD... It plays on my Mac, but I cannot for the life of me import it into usable clips!! Please help, frustrated and against a deadline, thought this would be easy... thx in advance.....

Download MpegStreamclip, it's free.
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
Drop the DVD or TS folder on it and export to another format.
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I've kept the old version od imovie (6.0.4) through three migrations and now have it on a mac 10.6.8. i prefer it to the new one, but it has recently begun to give me serious problems. is it becoming obsolete?

i've always thought imovie 6.0.4 was the superior product. i've used it edit semi-profesional films. its easy and intuitive, and always gives you what you want, while looking profesional. i have final cut pro, which i use when i have more time or the project is of more importance, but i still love the ease and simplicity of the old imovie. i've migrated it over 4 computers and it has worked fine till about a week ago. it now takes up to 20 minutes to load, frequently drops out. leaves phantom and relic snipets of audio. is there any way i can fix this problem and keep my beloved imovie 6.0.4? can download it from a third party? are the issues because the .app is going obsolete or are there just new bugs on my computer? i've recently uninstalled all my adobe products and put them onto another computer, could that be it? help me obi won, you're my only hope!

klaus 1,
thanx for the reply. i'm on a 10.6.8 snow leopard.
yes, it did arrive via migration, but had been working well for over 2 years, and two years before that on a 10.5, where it had migrated from a mac book g4 where i used it regularly. through all that time and migration, not a single problem
i can't pinpoint the exact 'original' problem, because i'm currently working on two different editing jobs (one serious [a kickstarted campaign] the other, not so much, for my son's pre-school graduation, i was making the school a little video for their website). so during this time, i'm using a combo of; imovie, adobe premiere and final cut pro. and i've had so much pulsing through my computer (and external hard drives), literally hundreds of gigs of HD video, tons of tiff and jpeg files, and much mp4 and aif music files. i often had three or four major applications all open and running simultaneously, so who knows how this all started. but one day, i flipped open my mac, and just clicked on imovie, not a file mind you, but just the icon, and it took like 2 minutes to load (usually 5-10 seconds). i made sure all other apps and windows were closed and tried it again - now 3 minutes to load and it drops out mid edit. and it just kept getting worse.
AND THEN, AFTER IWROTE ABOVE 'I - ME' MADE THINGS, MUCH, MUCH WORSE.
i was aware that there is an old quicktime 7 that gets installed in a 10.6.8 to supplement the newer quicktime x and the various other programs, including imovie, that still use qt 7. i was a bit confused why there even is an icon for qt 7 in the utilities folder, since you never open it directly, it just works behind the scenes. but whatever.
after imovie started acting up, i looked up to see what programs that imovie uses, thinking the problem might be there and found an article that said there was actually an even earlier version of quicktime, (qt 7.0.3 i think) that was specifically made for imovie, but there hadn't been enough major changes in qt to bother imovie, but (there is always a but) there were changes coming that would begin to affect imovie. since the article (i wish i could link it here, sorry) was a year old, i thought maybe the damaging upgrade was already made. so i found this older version of quicktime (the 7.0.3 version) and tried to install it, thinking it would fix my issue, i'd finish the edit, then delete it. but when i tried to open it, it told me, a newer version of of qt was on my computer and i couldn't install it. so very impulsively and idiotically i uninstalled quicktime 7, thinking i would just reinstall it later. but that's when everything went wrong.
SO I MUST STRESS THIS TO EVERYONE! NEVER NEVER NEVER UNINSTALL QUICKTIME.
apparently quick time x is preinstalled into the 10.6.8, in such a way, that its interconnected with like 12 other programs, that will all begin to act erradictly after it is uninstalled. then those 12 programs will each affect 5 more and soon, your computer, then your hard-drive is blown. i tried reinstalling quicktime, but could not. i tried every conceivable way, but could not even find it in any folder. it was gone. and so was qt x.
so when i uninstalled quicktime 7, it affected quick time x in such a way that it stopped working, then could not be found. then all h**l broke loose. every program began to run slowly and started dropping out. functionally, the computer became so slow, it was useless. even typing became slow. i still did not know about the 'never uninstall quick time rule' yet, so i looked for the problem else where.
i opened up activity monitor, and there were no programs eating up cpu, nothing that suspicious. but when i switched activity monitor to show usage in a descending order, i saw kernel task was using between 500-700% cpu. my fans started running furiously and my battery life dropped in half. i would switch off the computer, start it with reset, things would go well for a half hour, then kernel would spike, the computer would get red hot and the fans would go as fast as propellers. since the kickstarter campaign i was working on was on deadline, i had to keep working. so i went out and bought a laptop stand that allows airflow under the computer and has its own fan to cool the computer, that worked for about a day. but since the fan on the stand ran on power from the usb of my computer, my battery life went from very good, to completely dead. nothing. accidentally unplug the cord for a millisecond second, and the computer turns off. when i restart, the time is set to the day and time i bought the computer, and would undo my internet, and i'd have to reset my whole connection.
i spent twelve straight hours, through the night, using recovery programs, like pacifist, stellar phoenix, and others, but could not get quick time back. finally (like 4 hours ago) i called apple, and although i have no warranty or apple care, they took my call and we tried some things, which didn't work.
i had already run disk utility and exhausted all other options. and i was told by apple that since my computer was preloaded (no discs) i could not, erase and reboot, which wasn't really an option anyway.
so apple being the best run company in the country, sends me a new down loadable version of imovie, quick time 7 and quick time ten.
it hasn't arrived yet, but how cool is that?
i have to say though, i'm a bit worried about reinstalling by disc and have no real guarantee that everything will return to normal.
not to mention my battery is dead and snow leopard gives you no way of getting to it. it has to be replaced at an official apple certified store.
so lesson here, never, ever, never, uninstall quicktime. i hope no one else makes this mistake.
thanx and good luck.

How do I move imove content from one user to another on the same computer?

We bought our Macbook pro about six months ago. We made the mistake of creating two users for it (my husband and myslef) but bow we only log in under my user name. The problem is we originally imported all of our video camera content to his "log in" and now it is in his imovie folder, and not mine. I want to make a movie on my log in with the fottage that we imported to his. So, how do I get video content from one users login on the SAME computer to the other log in users? I cannot seem to move it for the life of me. I did not expect this to be so difficult.

Hi,
You need to log into his account and look, under the Movies folder, for iMovie Events. Inside, you'll find folders with the events names and still further will be the movie itself. Copy each to an external media or use the Shared folder so both accounts can reference them.
Another option would be to attach an external HD and via iMovie (Events Library pane) move them to the new disk. You would preserve the thumbnails and analysis already performed on the videos.
Good luck!

How do I burn an IMovie to a DVD?

Hello all. Happy holidays. I have a bit of a problem that has been nagging me for a few days now. I just completed a twenty five minute I-Movie for my wife, and would like to surprise her with a DVD for Christmas. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to burn the movie onto a DVD. I have a one month old MacBook computer (10.5.1), with a new Leopard program. I can see that you can burn a DVD when making a video on IDVD, but what about IMovie? A few online sites mentioned the preferences and/or sharing section. But there is nothing about burning to a DVD here. Is there anyone with an idea on how to do it? Thanks a bunch- hope I can get it done before next Tuesday.
Thanks all,
John :o)

Happy New Year!
I've had the most happiness and joy in my life using Roxio's Toast Titanium 8. You can go to their website and buy it via download, or pick it up at CompUSA or some such place that sells Mac software. Should sell for about $80. It's simple: you open Toast, select "DVD" on the left so you're telling it what kind of disc you'll be burning. Then open the folder on your Mac that contains the iMovie file you've made, and drag the file into the big window (it's REALLY clearly labeled!). Put a disc in, click record, and voila! - you're done as fast as your machine can burn. Hasn't failed me yet, and if you happen to have two burners (I added an external one) you can make copies of that first one so fast it'll make your head spin. Have fun, and Happy New Year!

Can I convert an iMovie Standard project to widescreen?

I created a project using iMovie HD6 and didn't realize that it was set to Standard DV video format. It is complete but I need it to be widescreen format. My intention is to use iDVD to burn it. Am I stuck or is there anyway to change video format at this point? Can I import the saved project into a NEW iMovie project set for widescreen? Anything?

Was the original footage shot in 16:9 widescreen, but imported into a 4:3 DV project instead of a 16:9 DV Widescreen project?
If that is the case you have two choices:
import the footage again into a new project set as DV Widescreen, or
Change the project to 16:9 widescreen after passing it on to iDVD, but before burning it to a DVD:
First go to http://www.mydvdedit.com/index.php?lang=english and download myDVDedit. This is shareware although the download is free. Send the guy a few dollars/euros, he deserves it. While you are there, read all about it. Now install it in your Applications Folder. You will need it later.
You have finished your iMovie project with music, transitions and so on, and saved it to you Movies Folder
Open iDVD. Give the project a name, and save it as Widescreen. Now import the iMovie project into iDVD, choose a theme (any theme you like, even if it prefers to stay at 4:3) and save the project. Do what you would normally do to the theme and its drop zones. Save the project.
Now save as Disk Image on your desktop. Leave it there for the moment when it has finished/appeared.
Open your Movies Folder. Create a new folder. Name it PROJECTNAME – TS FILES (where ‘projectname’ is the name of your project!). Close the folder. You can of course call it anything you like, but this aids identification.
Now double-click the disk image on your desktop. It contains two folders: AUDIO_TS (which is empty, but please pretend that it isn’t) and VIDEO_TS. Drag and drop these to the folder you created in your Movies Folder. (This takes a moment).
Click on the AUDIO_TS folder and go to Get Info in the file menu. Right down the bottom is where you have to change the permissions. Under ‘Ownership & Permissions’ change this from Read Only to Read & Write. Click the small triangle next to Details, scroll down and click on ‘Apply to enclosed items’. You will be asked for your root password. Close the get info window, and now click on the VIDEO_TS folder and do the same. Close the Projectname-TS Files folder. You have now allowed yourself to change the properties of the contents of those folders, which leads us to the next all-important step.
Open myDVDedit. Go to File and open the projectname TS Files folder. By all means stare at it shock and awe, but don’t bother finding out what it can do, except for the following:
Top left you fill see a list of files. Lower centre you have a large window. On the vertical menu to the left of that, click te middle one (VTS or VMG).
In the window at the top left, ignore ‘First Play’ (if there was anything to correct in that, myDVDedit will have done so and told you).
Click on VMG Menu en (English). Now the whole thing springs to life.
Set Coding Mode to MPEG-2 (if it isn’t already)
Set Standard to PAL (or NTSC if that is what you want)
Set Aspect to 16:9 (not any of the other options)
Now save the file.
Click on VTS Menu 1 en (English) and repeat as above.
Click on VTS Menu 2 and repeat as above.
You have now permanently ‘fixed’ the entire contents of the TS folder (the disk image) in 16:9 aspect. Close myDVDedit – you won’t need it again until the next project!
If you have Toast 7 Titanium, open it. ‘Select DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS’. Choose Select from the main Toast window and select your projectname-TS Files folder. You are now ready to burn! You can set the burn speed (2x recommended) before the burn commences. Allow Toast to verify the burn before you eject the DVD-R disk.
If you don’t have Toast 7, then I assume you can burn the projectname-TS Files folder (disk image) via Disk Utility. I say ‘assume’ only because I have never tried it that way.

Is there a way to lock or secure imovie and its files

Hello and as always thanks for all the help in my previous posts.
I frequently review and edit video that needs to remain secure during the editing process.
Before I import it and when I'm done with a project I can secure it in several ways, but while working on it in imovie its wide open to anyone who opens the app. My mac is under my control, but life goes on around my work and my Mac is used for other things as well.
Is there a way to either lock imovie so it can't be opened without a password and is there a way to hide/secure the folders the program uses?
thanks in advance.
Marc

The default location for your iMovie files is in your User account (the icon with the house on it).
Other users of the machine should have their own User account (guest user) and they will not have access to your files but can continue to use iMovie.

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