IMovie refuses to import Audio MPEG-4 Apple

Question

iMovie refuses to import Audio MPEG-4 Apple files, made with the help of Quick TimePlayer. I had no such a problem even several days before. Recently I upgraded iMovie to 10.0.7.
Is there any way to resolve the problem?

Answer 1

When the import is set to auto I get that same behavior of the infinite loop of trying to import and then rewinding.
A correction to what I wrote before is that it was the top timer that was incrementing not the bottom timer, so that too is the same as what you reported.
Now, uplugging the firewire cable is not working for me.
I'm a new Mac user. I was fed up with buggy windows and windows apps after being a user for 20 years. I made the leap and I'm pretty disappointed. The macpro hardware however is very nice.
I read elsewhere that if you want to capture DV (not HDV) from your
HDV tape you have to do the following in the camera:
1. With firewire disconnected
a. not be in easy mode
b. set "standard set/VCR HDV/DV" to DV (this causes iMovie to set itself into DV mode)
c. set "standard set/i.link conv" to ON (converts HDV to DV on the way out)
2. Connect firewire
3. Run iMovie. iMovie import runs and correctly sees it's receiving DV not HDV
4. At this point the camera is configured as if there were a DV tape not an HDV tape inserted so the camera will not work right unless you now go back to "standard set/VCR HDV/DV" and set it to HDV.
5. Now, if you want to go back to capturing HDV, you have to change the camera settings back, disconnect & reconnect the firewire, and you must exit and re-run iMovie.
This is pretty rediculous, but it works. However none of this seems to affect the capture problem we are having.