IMovie optimization problems

To select the Fast Forward effect on iMovie, the Help manual said I had to optimize my video. After optimizing the video, without adding a Fast Forward effect, the video has become extremely fuzzy. How can I undo optimization and get it's back to it's normal clarity? When I go to select Optimization again to return it to another option, the tabs are blanked out. Please help!

Anyone else experience this problem?
yepp, many, try the Forum's Search feature..
look inside ~/Library/Quicktime.. search for any files 'DivX 5'... drag into trash, relaunch Mac ...

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Not sure if this is an iMovie '08 problem or an OS X problem. Here's the story --
Prior camcorder was a Panasonic, MiniDV format. Hooks up nicely with iMovie, via FireWire (400). I also have a WD My Book (500 GB) device to store the raw data (Event Library), which connects via FireWire (800). In the past, all three devices (Panasonic, My Book and MacBook Pro) all played nicely together.
Fast forward to now. Bought a new camcorder (problems with the Panasonic). It's a Canon ZR950 (MiniDV). With iMovie running, I first connect the WD device which is successfully mounted. I then hookup the new Canon and within a few seconds I get an error about a "device not cleanly shut down" (or words to that effect). Odd .... and when I try to connect to my new camcorder, I get a "no camera connected" error.
Rebooted, retried .... same issues. Another time I first connected the Canon and this time, iMovie successfully sees it. I go to connect the My Book and then the camcorder drops out.
So, it seems I can have only one FireWire device connected at a time, which is odd since I didn't have this issue with the old Panasonic.
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Interesting that you based your purchase on CR magazine because I too use it like a bible. However, when it comes to video cameras, I think they are way off base when not considering the editing side of video making that goes along with any camcorder. Who shoots video simply to plug it into a TV for playback?? If they were doing responsible reporting on this particular subject, they would also include computer capture and editing details in the reviews. Lots of the new format cams don't even work with Macs and the ones that do generally give lesser quality after conversion than what you can still get with tape. At least you made the right decision there!

Query Optimization Problem

Hi
I have a optimization problem and wondering if you can help me, The problem is I am getting two diffrent costs for two diffrent users, when I login and run as the object owner the cost is normal but when I login and run the query as a diffrent user I have a dramatic increase in the costs.
For example to retrieve the rows from Work_Order_Coding_Tab as the object owner the cost is 1 while logged in as the other user the cost is 26070 :(.
views such as xxx_work_order_coding, active_work_order has got more than 2 million records.
The query is
SELECT a.wo_no "AOnr", a.customer_no "Kundnr", c.name "Kundnamn",
a.contact "Kontakt", a.reference_no "Referens",
a.err_descr "Kort_beskrivning", replace(a.err_descr_lo, chr(13) ||
chr(10), ' ') "Lång_beskrivning", a.mch_code "Objektnr",
b.mch_name "Objektnamn", replace(a.performed_action_lo, chr(13) ||
chr(10), ' ') "Utfört arbete", sum(b.amount) "Kostnad", sum(
b.sales_price_amount) "Kundpris", a.reg_date "Regdatum",
a.real_f_date "Utf_datum", a.work_master_sign "Arbetsbefäl",
a.work_type_id "Arbetstyp", a.state "Status"
FROM objown.active_work_order a, objown.xxx_work_order_coding b,
objown.cust_ord_customer c
WHERE b.work_order_account_type = 'Kostnad'
AND a.wo_no = b.wo_no
AND a.mch_code = b.mch_code
AND a.customer_no = b.customer_no
AND a.customer_no = c.customer_no
AND b.customer_no = c.customer_no
AND a.mch_code = b.mch_code
AND b.order_no IS NULL
AND a.agreement_id IS NULL
AND (a.work_type_id = 'L'
OR a.work_type_id = 'U'
OR a.work_type_id = 'S'
OR a.work_type_id = 'T'
OR a.work_type_id = 'UF')
AND a.customer_no < '5%'
AND a.customer_no LIKE '10027'
AND a.org_code LIKE '510'
AND a.state LIKE 'Av%'
GROUP BY a.wo_no, a.customer_no, c.name, a.contact, a.err_descr,
a.err_descr_lo, a.mch_code, b.mch_name, a.performed_action_lo,
a.work_master_sign, a.work_type_id, a.reference_no, a.state,
a.reg_date, a.real_f_date
When Running as the object owner I get the following costs, is
Step # Description Est. Cost Est. Rows Returned Est. KBytes Returned
1 This plan step retrieves a single ROWID from the B*-tree index CUST_ORD_CUSTOMER_PK. 1 1 0,007
2 This plan step retrieves one or more ROWIDs in ascending order by scanning the B*-tree index ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_IX4. 1 1 --
3 This plan step retrieves rows from table ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_TAB through ROWID(s) returned by an index. 1 1 0,198
4 This plan step loops through the query's IN list predicate, executing its child step for each value found.
5 This plan step joins two sets of rows by iterating over the driving, or outer, row set (the first child of the join) and, for each row, carrying out the steps of the inner row set (the second child). Corresponding pairs of rows are tested against the join condition specified in the query's WHERE clause. 2 1 0,205
6 This plan step retrieves one or more ROWIDs in ascending order by scanning the B*-tree index WORK_ORDER_CODING_PK. 1 1 --
7 This plan step retrieves rows from table WORK_ORDER_CODING_TAB through ROWID(s) returned by an index. 1 1 0,053
8 This plan step joins two sets of rows by iterating over the driving, or outer, row set (the first child of the join) and, for each row, carrying out the steps of the inner row set (the second child). Corresponding pairs of rows are tested against the join condition specified in the query's WHERE clause. 3 1 0,258
9 This plan step retrieves a single ROWID from the B*-tree index ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_PK. 1 1 --
10 This plan step retrieves rows from table ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_TAB through ROWID(s) returned by an index. 1 1 0,014
11 This plan step joins two sets of rows by iterating over the driving, or outer, row set (the first child of the join) and, for each row, carrying out the steps of the inner row set (the second child). Corresponding pairs of rows are tested against the join condition specified in the query's WHERE clause. 4 1 0,271
12 This plan step has no supplementary description information.
13 This plan step designates this statement as a SELECT statement. 5 1 0,271
AND Running as end user brings the following costs!
1 This plan step retrieves a single ROWID from the B*-tree index CUST_ORD_CUSTOMER_PK. 1 1 0,007
2 This plan step retrieves one or more ROWIDs in ascending order by scanning the B*-tree index ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_IX4. 1 360 --
3 This plan step retrieves rows from table ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_TAB through ROWID(s) returned by an index. 29 10 1,982
4 This plan step loops through the query's IN list predicate, executing its child step for each value found.
5 This plan step represents the execution plan for the subquery defined by the view ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER. 29 1 4,095
6 This plan step joins two sets of rows by iterating over the driving, or outer, row set (the first child of the join) and, for each row, carrying out the steps of the inner row set (the second child). Corresponding pairs of rows are tested against the join condition specified in the query's WHERE clause. 30 1 4,102
7 This plan step retrieves all rows from table WORK_ORDER_CODING_TAB. 26 070 10 0,527
8 This plan step retrieves a single ROWID from the B*-tree index ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_PK. 1 1 --
9 This plan step retrieves rows from table ACTIVE_WORK_ORDER_TAB through ROWID(s) returned by an index. 1 1 0,014
10 This plan step joins two sets of rows by iterating over the driving, or outer, row set (the first child of the join) and, for each row, carrying out the steps of the inner row set (the second child). Corresponding pairs of rows are tested against the join condition specified in the query's WHERE clause. 26 071 3 0,199
11 This plan step represents the execution plan for the subquery defined by the view XXX_WORK_ORDER_CODING. 26 071 3 17,748
12 This plan step accepts two sets of rows, each from a different table. A hash table is built using the rows returned by the first child. Each row returned by the second child is then used to probe the hash table to find row pairs which satisfy a condition specified in the query's WHERE clause. Note: The Oracle cost-based optimizer will build the hash table using what it thinks is the smaller of the two tables. It uses the statistics to determine which is smaller, so out of date statistics could cause the optimizer to make the wrong choice. 26 102 1 10,018
13 This plan step has no supplementary description information.
14 This plan step designates this statement as a SELECT statement. 26 103 -- --

AND a.customer_no < '5%'
AND a.customer_no LIKE '10027'
AND a.org_code LIKE '510'
Does the query bring back the expected results? There appears to be an issue with your customer_no logic. The only customer_no that will meet your criteria is '10027', the < '5%' appears redundant.
with a as (
select '10027' customer_no from dual union all
select '10027x' customer_no from dual)
select *
from a
where a.customer_no < '5%'
and a.customer_no like '10027';Also, your LIKE operators can be rewritten as '=' if you do not use wildcards, ie '%' or '_'.
If the active_work_order table is larger than the others, you may want to use the smallest table when comparing the customer_no column as it may assist in the execution path.

How to fix iMovie 08 problems under 10.5.3

iMovie problems under Mac OS X 10.5.3 linked to color system
After updating to Mac OS X 10.5.3, users may have problems with launching iMovie. For most, iMovie refuses to opens, and the usual fix of removing the iMovie preferences, caches, and other iMovie settings files, and then relaunching the program does not appear to help. One user reinstalled the program with no luck resolving the problem:
"I have the same problem. I've tried to reinstall the imovie, but it still does not work. I have imported a lot of video in iMovie. Please help!!! "
For other users, while iMovie would start, they could not open any projects or use the program.
One user, while not initially affected by this problem, found that after changing the color calibration of his Apple Cinema display iMovie suddenly wouldnt open just as described by others; however, upon reverting to a previous color profile iMovie became functional again. This indicates the problem lies somewhere in computer's color system configuration; and changing color settings seems to have fixed the problem for all affected users.
Fixes
Change the screen colors Go to the "Displays" system preferences and change the color output of the screen (either from thousands to millions, or vice versa) and relaunch iMovie. Somehow changing the display color depth modifies the color system so iMovie properly loads.
Calibrate the display While for some users calibrating the display resulted in the iMovie error, for others the problem was fixed by re-calibrating the display. Calibrating the display can be an involved process, but it is recommended to ensure your screen outputs the most accurate colors as possible. This option is available in the "Displays" system preferences under the "Color" tab.
More:
Correcting the problem by changing profiles suggests a permissions problem which repairing permissions won't fix. Use the terminal command
ls -al /Library/ColorSync/Profiles
Compare the permissions on the working and non-working profiles. If they are different, correct the non-working instance.
Everyone should read MacFixit Every Day

Another fix for iMovie launch problems We previously reported that, after updating to Mac OS X 10.5.3, users may have problems with launching iMovie. For most, iMovie refuses to opens, and the usual fix of removing the iMovie preferences, caches, and other iMovie settings files, and then relaunching the program does not appear to help. One user reinstalled the program with no luck resolving the problem.
We noted a few fixes for the issue, including changing scren colors and calibrating the display. Now some users have reported that temporarily adjusting screen resolution can allow iMovie to properly launch. The resolution can be changed back to normal after the update.
"Neither suggested trick worked for me. However I temporarily changed the resolution to 1024x768 and then launched imovie. I then went back to my native resolution of 1280x800 (white ibook) and now imovie always launches. Thanks for the tips"

Hello MacHeads: I downloaded Handbrake 0.9.1 for Tiger, so I can upload a homemade DVD for editing in imovie. Problem is I can't even access Handbrake Help book, because I think my firewall settings are preventing me. I tried turning off all my firewall

Hello MacHeads: I downloaded Handbrake 0.9.1 for Tiger, so I can upload a homemade DVD for editing in imovie. Problem is I can't even access Handbrake Help book, because I think my firewall settings are preventing me. I tried turning off all my firewall settings.? IDK if I'm even doing that right. Can anyone help out here?

You don't need Handbrake for that if it is your own DVD.
You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle.
a DVD is in a compresed format called mpeg2, which is standard across all DVDs. This is what is known as a 'final delivery format' and is not suitable for editing. Because is is compressed, a 4.7GB DVD can hold a two hour movie (dual layer DVDs twice that), whereas the DV stream from a video camera, which runs at about 13GB per hour, is not compressed and IS intended for editing.
In other words you have to 'reverse engineer' the DVD back to an uncompressed format in ordfer to edit it. There is a penalty for doing this in terms of slight quality loss, but it is one you can live with.
When you have your DVD as an icon on your desktop, double-click it, and it will open to reveal a TS-Folder containing a number of various files, some called VOB. These are the constituent parts of any video DVD.
When you have downloaded and installed mpegStreamclip, and purchased and installed the Apple mpeg2 plugin, open mpegStreamclip and drag the entire TS Folder into its window. Then using the various menus available to you (just explore them and you will get the hang of it) ask it to convert to DV.
That DV file, which will be many times larger than the original TS Folder, and which can a while to create (be patient - make coffee or prune the roses!) is what you can now import into iMovie for editing etc.
When you have finished doing that, you then have to turn the project back into a DVD.
mpegStreamclip can be downloaded from here:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.

What kind of mathematical optimization problems exits in SAP? (NP problems)

What kind of mathematical optimization problems exits in SAP?
I don't use SAP and don't have any experience with SAP but I would be interested what complex optimization problems, preferably "NP problems", exits or where a fast solution (semi-solution) to such problems would be beneficial.

I think that no exists standard routines about NP problems in SAP.
OK. But this is not what I asked for.
What kind of mathematical optimization problems exits in SAP? (NP problems)
Hence, if you have such an algorithm, where can it be applied in SAP? Where is it useful?
I would especially be interested in problems where the space is so big that can not be completely tested.

Update on imovie 5 problems

I'm starting a new thread. Sorry but I'm getting lost as to whom I'm talking to & what I've written ...who's on 1st what's on 2nd etc.
So the big news is ... On this 3rd total re-install of Tiger I've added something else to the install.
Classic install. And only Slick plugins with their updates.
It's early days but NUMBER 5 is Still alive! No audio clicks between clips, faster response from 5 . This is on a 1hour 40min project which has become the test bed. Faster response from firewire output to T.V. monitor also is noted. No crashes after 30min of working with constant changeing of effects & transitions. Haven't tried titles yet.
SO... I updated to 5.02 & Quicktime 7.02. Everthing remains stable so far. Again as before I can see no obvious benefit in these upgrades but I'm only looking at imovie so far.
So tell me, those of you with problems do you have Classic installed? Is Classic the answer? Do I "sound" desparate?
where did i put my pills.....
Mark

Can't remember the exact wording of what you refer to-"Install Mac OS 9 Disk Driver". You cannot boot in OS9 anymore. Only Classic.
The note below the "Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed" checkbox in Disk Utility says this:
"Select this option to use this device on a computer running Mac OS 9. This option does not affect Classic."
My Mac can boot in Mac OS 9 as well as Mac OS X, which may be why I'm offered the checkbox. Perhaps the checkbox isn't offered on Macs that don't boot in 9?
It had occurred to me you may have turned on that feature for the first time. But if you can't boot in OS 9, I suppose not.
It is certainly possible that reformatting the drive might have contributed to eliminating an iMovie playback problem, I suppose. Hard to say.
Karl

IMovie 08 - Problems referencing audio files.

I have just finished creating a new movie in iMovie 08. The problem I am having is iMovie can't find the audio files I used as a soundtrack for the movie. These audio files are located in my iTunes library. The catch is that all of the music in my iTunes library is stored on another computer, so all of the music files are referenced.
The problem began when I had to turn off the other computer for updates, while I still had iMovie open. Mistakenly I forgot to eject the other computer as it was connected as a server to my Mac. Of course iMovie can no longer find the audio files because they are offline.
Well, when I turned the other computer back on and remounted it as a server, iMovie would no longer play the audio files in my movie. I can still access them through the music tab in iMovie, and they play perfectly.
I have even restarted iMovie and my Mac multiple times.
I really don't want to have to redo all of the music for my movie. If anyone can tell me how to "re-reference" audio files in iMovie, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!

Try post on the iMovie forum is my best advice.
Regards
TD

IMovie audio problems when burning in Toast 6

Hi,
i've tried to burn an imovie project in idvd 5 but i get 'the error #-1 was reported' like most people have been and i've tried loads of things suggested to fix it with no joy.
I then sent the imovie project to toast titanium 6 where it burned fine. However, when i watched it i noticed that although toast had picked up all the audio (both dv audio and aiff), it did not pick up all the volume adjustments during the movie. how annoying! for example: i have an aiff clip that fades into a movie clip with the sound gradually going down but Toast picks up the sound staying at the same level. this also happens with volume adjustments in a DV file.
Any suggestions why this happens / how i can fix it?
Cheers,
Andy

Andy,
This question is really in the wrong place - this is the iDVD '08 forum and not the iDVD 5 forum.
From the description of your problem using Toast, it sounds like you didn't actually export a DV video movie out of iMovie.
Export a DV video movie out of iMovie (it will run 13 GB per hour) and play it back with the QuickTime Player to see if the audio settings you made are really there. If this movie plays OK, you can bring IT into iDVD or Toast for turning it into a DVD.
If the DV video movie you created STILL has audio problems in the QuickTime Player, ask you question about THAT issue in the correct iMovie forum.
F Shippey

Optimization problems in downloading data of greater size from any URL.

Hi everyone !
I'm trying to download some resource from the internet by providing valid URL. My code takes almost 50-55 minutes to download. The same resource is downloaded within 3-5 minutes by using Internet Explorer and 3-4 minutes using Fire Fox at the same network and Kbps. The sample code is as under:
//I'm using apache's HTTP APIs
public static String url = "http://www.sk.ee/crls/esteid/esteid.crl"; //file size is approx: 10 MB
//httpMethod is instance of HttpMethodBase and I have initialized it with GET method
obj_httpMethod = new GetMethod( obj_httpUrl.getEscapedURI()
InputStream obj_is = obj_httpMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream();
ByteArrayOutputStream obj_data = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
//above code is working fine and giving proper input stream got from response.
//problem start from here....although this code is working ok but it is not optimized
//Is there any way to optimize the code
MyHttpTransporter.copyStream(obj_is, obj_data, 524288); //Buffer Size: 512K [512*1024]
//This method is working fine with files of small sizes but it is not doing well with greater file sizes e.g. 10MB
public static void copyStream(InputStream a_objIs, OutputStream a_objOs,
                                int a_iblockSize) throws Exception{
    System.out.println( "Buffer Size..: " + a_iblockSize);
    byte [] byte_Buffer = new byte[a_iblockSize];
    int i_byteRead = -1;
    while ( (i_byteRead = a_objIs.read(byte_Buffer, 0, a_iblockSize)) > -1) {
      System.out.println( "reading stream...." );
      a_objOs.write(byte_Buffer, 0, i_byteRead);
      System.out.println( "writing stream...." );
      System.out.println( i_byteRead );
System.out.println( i_byteRead );
The one thing found in the above code is that, it is ignoring my provided buffer size and always fetching max 2047 bytes from the resource.
Please help me in this regard as I'm unable to progress further in it.
br,
KS

ASC_KS wrote:
Thanx for the help.
It makes some difference.
the sample code is:
//iblockSize = 524288 [512K]
//1
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(a_objIs, a_iblockSize);
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(a_objOs, a_iblockSize);
//2
BufferedInputStream bis = (BufferedInputStream)a_objIs;
BufferedOutputStream bos = (BufferedOutputStream)a_objOs;
//what do you suggest 1 or 2 ? BTW I'm using 1
If (2) works then behind the scenes the Apache code is already using Buffered streams (otherwise you would get a class cast exception) so there is going to be little advantage to using further buffering. Also, casting to buffered streams does not offer any performance advantage since any reading/writing you do will already be using the methods on the Buffered streams.
Do I need to concentrate on the block size [reduce or increase what is good practice]. Because again it is fetching maximum 5387B and on average it is fetching the 2047B. But it is improved a little bit.Though the buffer size of the Buffered streams can be set when constructed they cannot be changed later so if the Apache code is not setting the buffer size when it constructs the buffer then you are stuffed. Check the Apache documentation to see if you can change the buffering.
P.S. Of course, since it is open source, you can always modify the Apache code to increase the buffer size.
P.P.S. I always use HttpURLConnection for this and it seems pretty quick though I have never downloaded anything beyond a few hundred KBytes.
Edited by: sabre150 on Nov 21, 2007 11:18 AM

Problem Adding Audio to iMovie (Filevault Problem?)

Ok... I made an iMovie project when I returned from a trip. I then turned on Filevault in Lion for full disk encryption (I've been waiting for this feature because I need it for my business). I went back to make some edits in my video... and iMovie is now behaving differently. When I add a song from iTunes, it won't play... not even a peep. I can move and adjust the songs currently in the video but any new tracks get silence.
I can play the songs in iTunes and even in the lower pane of iMovie... just not in the video itself. Is this a problem with iMovie or is Filevault causing this? Anyone know how to overcome this?

Update... I turned off Filevault. No change. Added iTunes tracks still don't play.

IMovie sound problem - a solution discovery

After downloading a video in iMovie and completing all the processes steps that I wanted to include, I tried to burn this project in iDVD. A problem arose with the sound when I played the iDVD preview. The sound was grabbled and distorted. I contacted AppleCare and got several possible solutions, but none of these solve my sound problem. I even tried to send it back to my camcorder and use my older G4 computer to make a DVD. However, the program could not be transferred to my camcorder either.
Now a strange discovery was found. On the sound line in iMovie (where I had recorded my voice program) was a small yellow dot. Yes, very small yellow dot. I wondered why this was there and clicked on it. The dot move up to the top bar where my video clips were stored. I thought maybe this had changed things, so I rendered the program to iDVD again and previewed it. The sound problem was gone. I successfully burn the program to DVD and found it was okay to view. I have shared this discovery with AppleCare and was asked to share this information in this discussion forum. I hope that others may benefit from solving a similar problem. I still don't know how the tiny yellow dot got on my sound line. If somebody knows, it could be interesting and helpful to avoid this problematic yellow dot. Good luck - Seapark36

Welcome to iMovie Discussions!
Thanks for mentioning this business of the "..very small yellow dot".
This sounds like a 'Bookmark'. Bookmarks can be placed on the Timeline, where your video plays, along the bottom of the computer's iMovie display, by purposely - or accidentally! - pressing the Apple key and 'B'. Bookmarks let you jump instantly back and forth through your movie (..to the next Bookmark..) by jumping forwards to the next one with Apple and ']', or backwards to the previous one with Apple (..also known as the 'Command' key..) and left-square-bracket '['.
They have, though, been known to interfere with proper playback when exporting (..'Sharing'..) to tape or to iDVD, so Karl's advice has been to delete all bookmarks when the editing's finished and just before 'Sharing'. All bookmarks can be instantly deleted by going to Markers on the top line menu and clicking Delete all Bookmarks.... (An individual bookmark can be deleted, once you've jumped to it, by pressing AltAppleB.)
The little diamond-shaped dots look almost identical to Chapter Marker diamond dots, which you can create by clicking the 'iDVD' tab at the lower-right beneath the right-hand 'pane' of the iMovie window and then clicking 'Add Chapter'. That creates a chapter marker to separate a particular section of your movie when it plays back from a DVD you've burned.
The Bookmarks and Chapter Markers seem (..to me!..) to have a very slightly different colour - maybe one's green and one's yellow: I don't know; I'm red-green colour blind, so I can't tell yellow from green, or green from red!
So perhaps you accidentally created a bookmark by unintentionally tapping the Apple key and then the letter 'B'. Removing it, and all other bookmarks, is generally acknowledged to smooth the process of exporting (..'Sharing'..) a movie project.
Thanks for posting your observation, and reminding us about how important it is to delete bookmarks before exporting!

IMovies Quality problems..

Hi All.. Looking for some help -
Started to use iMovie to create a slideshow of pics and the various effects available but seem to be having some quality issues when i play back...
when I'm chosing the titles (this is imovie '06) the examples look all crisp and of high quality, the same when I first import a picture. BUT
If i then try and run the slideshow in either the demo box on screen or by making it full screen the quality is rubbish! Straight lines on pictures are all jagged and look bad quality - not at all like the original images, and the beginning title words look rubbish, not at all crisp like they were when I picked that style etc. If I change the colour of the words then on playback there is a white halo round the colour. Basically it looks really bad and poor quality
What am I missing? The fact they come up crisp and nice to begin with then goes crap when i play back is vexing me.. I have the macbook with 2.16 processor. I have tried changing the quality in preferences up and down but no luck.
Sorry for the long message and if this is a stupid question but I can't find the info in the help section.
I had posted this in the iMovie help forum but it seems very quiet in there..
Thank you for any help!
Sam

Try exporting and seeing how it looks.
I'm no expert in iMovie, as I usually use FCP, but it seems like iMovie doesn't show full quality on it's playback window. Try an export, it may help diagnose the problem.
-benny

IMovie import problem

I am suddenly unable to upload video from my Panasonic NV-GS320. My iMac only allows isight recording. Been OK up till now.I have tried changing the firewire cable and settings on the camera from playback to PC mode. Neither work. Anyone got any ideas what the problem might be?

Hi
*NO CAMERA or A/D-box*
Cable
• Are You sure that You are using the FireWire Cable - USB-Cable will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin (or 9-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
• Camera set in Playback mode - NOT Recording mode
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)
A/D-box
• Is the dip-switches set right ?
• Set to same standard as recorded/editing eg NTSC 29.97fps or PAL 25fps
• Try resetting it
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.
• FireWire-port - Can be re-setted by - Turn off Mac and disconnecting Mac from Mains/Power for 20-30 minutes
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.
• Does Your Mac have a FireWire Port
• White MacBooks - don't
• MacBook-Air - don't
if not then a few Mac’s has a PCM-CIA slot and there are FW-Cards that makes a FW-port this way
else - NO SOLUTION
Only option as I get it is either
• Use another Mac to Capture material (to an external USB2 - Mac OS Extended formatted hard disk - or -
• Change to another Camera that can be used with Your Mac (no there are no miniDV tape Cameras that can)
• If Your Mac-Book has a PCM-CIA Card place - then there are FW-port-Cards and then
You can import via this - but I've not seen this on more modern Macs. My PowerBook G4
has one and this FW-Card-port works greatly.
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)
• Screen Saver - OFF
• Energy Saver - OFF
Using WHAT versions ? .
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie’08 (7.1.?), 09 or 11 ?
• 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.
MaryBoog wrote
Maybe your problems is solved in the meantime, but for all others this might help as I had the same problem, also have the Sony HDR-HC7, but the 7e (Europe, PAL). I found this link today and it works perfectly
//support.sony-europe.com/tutorials/dime/videotransfer/vtransfer.aspx site=odwenGB&sec=DVH&m=HDR-HC7E
What I exactly did.- put camera in play mode - open guide - choose connection guide - choose comp./printer (where to transfer movie to) - select connection.- i-link (on my camera) but equal to firewire - OK - choose HDV - choose NO for conversion of i.link.
Settings are shown then (VCR HDV/DV.- HDV and i.link-conv..- OFF), press OK, OK, END.
Switch camera off. Connect firewire cable to camera & Mac. Switch camera on, in play/edit mode.
Open i-movie, choose import from camera. On screen below the camera connection is shown.- DV (HDV). Now you can import, automatically or manually.
This worked perfectly for me. Took me 2 days to find out. Could not find any clear thread explaining what I had to do on the camera and the manual was not clear either.
Yours Bengt W

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I am haveing a problem using videoclips in iphoto 08 / Imovie 08...
Tha videoclips are importet with no problem along with the photos as expected.
When doubleclick the videoclips quixktime starts. But then it crashes and shuts down. It happens everytime i try to open a videoclip..?
I am using a Casio EXILIM Card EX-S500 it is recording video in AVI (MPEG-4) Format - It shouldnt be a problem..
At the same time the videoclips will not appear in Imovie..? But why..?
What am I doing wrong, and what can be done....
Janus

janus:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Are you able to play the clips manually outside of iPhoto? Drag one to the desktop and try playing there. It's more likely a Quicktime issue than an iPhoto one.
Have you been able to play those clips previously? When did the problem start, with what system and iPhoto versions?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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