IMovie Recognizing iPhone 4 as Camera

I've discovered that you can view iPhone 4 video clips in iMovie by clicking on the iPhoto Video link - but is there a way to get iMovie to recognize the iPhone +as a camera+ so you could import directly an skip the iPhoto step? I would prefer NOT to have most of my video clips cluttering up my iPhoto library.

This is a problem which is not restricted to just the iPhone 4 but seems to apply to many if not all camera phones and point and shoots. Dedicated camcorders are recognized as camcorders and likely to contain video so best to open in iMovie directly. iMovie also recognizes high end still cameras that also shoot HD such as my Panasonic GH1 and open it directly in iMovie.
Perhaps Apple in its wisdom decided that cheaper cameras are likely used by people who are less likely to edit video and might be annoyed or confused by the camera opening in iMovie but I think it more likely that the cause lies in the way camcorders and some high end cameras identify themselves with some telling the computer it is still camera, some saying they are a camcorder and some saying that they are both.
In the case of the iPhone4 Apple makes both the iPhone and iMovie so if it is possible for them to do it they could potentially fix this. I would suggest writing a product feedback asking for the fix here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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Hi,
Is the Apple Mobile Device Service running on your PC? This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567 will show you how to restart the service.
Is your PC running a 64-bit version of XP? iTunes does not support Windows XP. This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1426 provides more information.
What security software is running on the PC? Try to reconfigure, temporarily disable, or uninstall it.
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On this page
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS2472
iMovie '08: Built-in iSight camera not recognized
it says:
In Finder, navigate to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
Select the file com.apple.mio.VDCAssistant.plist and delete.
Restart your system.
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However, in Yosemite, it only has this file name
com.apple.cmio.VDCAssistant.plist
and I don't want to delete it as instructed without someone who knows telling me it won't hurt my newly installed and thus far working well OS 10.10.1, with iMovie 7.1.4 on my iMac 24 inch, Early 2008, 2.8 GHz Intel Dore 2 Duo, 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. It worked with Leopard, and I don't recall having to use the above mentioned support page.

Contact Apple. I believe you have a hardware issue there if it's not showing up in your System profiler.
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Hi, this is my first post ever!
My problem is that whenever I plug my iPhone 3GS in my PC (running Windows 8 Dev. preview) it isn't recognized as a still camera (or MTP device) so I'm not able to copy photos from the camera roll. The thing is it was working fine until yesterday. Note that iTunes syncing works perfectly. I've tried unistalling the drivers form the Device Manager, I've tried unistalling the USB controllers and then restarting etc. but nothing worked . I really need to fix this problem since I've got a lot of photos to transfer.

Connect it to another computer not running a Beta version of Windows, does it work correctly?
If so, the issue is with Windows.
If not, then you might actually have an issue with the device.

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Anyone have any ideas? I've done everything according to the apple website, including uninstalling and reinstalling itunes.
itunes works fine, but I still have this problem. I have a windows vista 64bit PC.

Are they consistent (is it always the same files that work properly and the same ones that don't)?
Do analyze them with GSpot and post the images here. That will also answer Bill's question about audio formats.
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I bought a Macbook Air (running OS X Mavericks 10.9.4) in mid-June and took it to Europe with me. All was working fine, and I was regularly plugging in my iPhone 5s (as well as my wife's 5s and my daughter's 4) to pull photos into iPhoto. No, we don't use PhotoStream/Cloud, for various reasons.
At some point a few weeks ago, I plugged in my iPhone to upload a new batch of photos, and... well, nothing happened. IPhoto didn't pop up with new images, or any indication that there was a camera roll attached.
I tried with my wife's 5s -- same problem. Nothing appeared.
I tried with my daughter's 4, same problem. Found a couple other people and tried *their* phones. Nothing.
I tried swapping out the cords -- nothing.
I looked online, and saw that using Image Capture was suggested by Apple as a next step -- so I fired that up, but once again, it doesn't see any iPhone as a camera. It just says "No camera or scanner connected."
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So it's clear to me that it's NOT any of the iPhones, or the contents of their camera rolls, etc, because it doesn't work with *anyone's* iPhone.
And the fact that it once *did* not that long ago leads me to believe that some setting, somehow, somewhere, got switched. I just have no idea what that setting could be.
I'm a long-time PC user who finally made the jump to Mac and loving many aspects, but my knowledge base on how to get in and fix things is sorely lacking.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi there emg72,
The first troubleshooting steps I would suggest for this issue would be to reset your SMC on your MacBook Air:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
You may also want to go through some of the suggested troubleshooting steps for addressing a software issue, found here:
Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1199
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
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So the device appears in iTunes? This could be a serious issue with your OS or even your USB drivers or ports. Something that AppleCare may have limited support in regards as it could be isolated to a Microsoft referral if you're using a Windows machine.
*Determine the following:*
Do you have any Webcam software installed? Such as Logitec Webcam software? If so, uninstall it then test.
*Follow these steps for Windows:*
Restart the machine, test.
Open Device Manager, see the device is appearing in the Universal Serial Bus Controllers section.
Update the USB drivers, test.
Try a new Windows user account (make it an admin account), test to see if it's User Specific or System-Wide, test.
Try another computer, see if it's appearing as a USB device, if it is, contact your vendor or manufacturer.

Vista not recognizing IPhone as camera....

Well, my IPhone and Vista worked fine a couple days ago but now, Windows doesn't recognize IPhone as a camera, so i can't get my pictures off it as easily.
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/untitled_83.jpg
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First connect open iTunes and connect your iPhone to your computer then follow the steps below
1. Hold down the Windows Key and press R.
2. Type devmgmt.msc and click OK.
3. Right-click Apple Mobile Device listed under Other Devices and then select Properties.
4. Select Browse…
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6. Disconnect your iPhone close iTunes then reconnect your iPhone and try again
The install should finish and your iPhone should now be all good.
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Quit iTunes if it is open
From the Start menu select the Control panel
In Windows XP, choose Add or Remove Programs, then click Remove. Also remove any other items with the word “iTunes” in their names. Also remove any iPod-related entries.
Restart your PC.
Delete the iTunes program itself, if it still exists after the steps you’ve already taken (by default it’s located in the “Program Files” folder)
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Download the latest version of iTunes for Windows and install it.

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"Keep within the Law
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Download and open this program, lets you look around your I phone as if it was a disc drive, might find em in the iphones drive.
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It is a camera. to have it recognized as a Phone you must install iTunes and it will be recognized within iTunes.

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