IMovie Thumbnail Problems

I am working in iMovie and all of my thumbnails in my event section are one color, but the actual film is there when I play the event. How do I get rid of this?

Shut down iMovie.
Go to your Event file in the Finder. It should be in the Movies/iMovie Events folder.
Within your event, there should be your clips that you imported, as well as a couple of folders called Cache and Thumbnails. There may be other folders as well, such as a stabilization folder if you have iMovie 09 or iMovie 11.
Drag these folders to the trash, taking care not to move your original clips.
Now, restart iMovie, and give it time to generate thumbnails.

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New iMovie '08 problems -- FireWire or new device issues?

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.
Help!

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!

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.

Has the duplicate erroneous thumbnail problem been resolve in the current Elements software?

I have used both Elements and Lightroom in the past, but have dropped both because of the redundant thumbnails of the same photo when they are moved from one folder to another. Since the complete file only resides on one place other thumbnails are present but only serve to complicate finding the actual file.
I purchased a new Lightroom, but the problem still exists with the current software.
My questions regard the handling of files within Elements. I have 50,000 photos in my inventory and with a work flow that requires moving existing photos from one folder to another, I can not afford to generate erroneous thumbnails with each subsequent move.
Has Adobe addressed the duplicate and erroneous thumbnail problem in the current Elements software? Does the use of Bridge avoid this problem? Is Bridge available within Elements? Is Camera Raw available within Elements? What is the annual cost of Elements if procured thru Creative Cloud without access to the full Photoshop program?
Jerry

Gray Drake wrote:
I have used both Elements and Lightroom in the past, but have dropped both because of the redundant thumbnails of the same photo when they are moved from one folder to another. Since the complete file only resides on one place other thumbnails are present but only serve to complicate finding the actual file.
I purchased a new Lightroom, but the problem still exists with the current software.
My questions regard the handling of files within Elements. I have 50,000 photos in my inventory and with a work flow that requires moving existing photos from one folder to another, I can not afford to generate erroneous thumbnails with each subsequent move.
Has Adobe addressed the duplicate and erroneous thumbnail problem in the current Elements software? Does the use of Bridge avoid this problem? Is Bridge available within Elements? Is Camera Raw available within Elements? What is the annual cost of Elements if procured thru Creative Cloud without access to the full Photoshop program?
Jerry
Jerry,
I don't understand your problem. Moving files from within either Elements or Lightroom doesn't create redundant thumbnails.
There has been problems in older versions of Elements where the 'Folders' view was corrupted and did not show the real content of the folders.
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Folder_Location_view
If that's what you have experienced, the problem is solved since PSE11.
Without knowing exactly your workflow, it's difficult to understand your problem. Moving files from folder to folder require taking into account the possibility of files with the same name already existing in the destination folder. Do you get files renamed with a suffix in the destination folder ?
- Bridge is not available with Elements
- The camera raw version in Elements is limited to the 'basic' and 'detail' panels
- Elements is not available in the Cloud subscriptions.

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

Does upgrading from Premiere Elements 12 to 13 solve the Organizer thumbnail problem?

Thumbnails do not show up after importing clips into Premiere Elements 12 Organizer. I've tried right clicking on a clip and telling it to recreate the thumbnail but it doesn't work. I've tried refreshing and repairing the catalog. I've even started a new catalog and reimported the files. The system says it's creating thumbnails but they still do not show up. Does upgrading from Premiere Elements 12 to 13 solve the Organizer thumbnail problem?

listiak
That is one of those questions best answered by evaluating Elements Organizer13 with your specific files in your specific computer environment.
Each of the Elements Organizer versions often appears to carry along its own baggage.
One of the things that came up about Elements Organizer 13 thumbnails recently was a problem with files with MPEG2
video compression. The Adobe word on this was that this is only an Elements Organizer 13 tryout issue...supposed not to exist
in the purchased version.
ATR

IMovie Generating Thumbnails Problem

Hey there,
I'm pretty much a new comer to the Mac World. And I was importing some video footage from my Sony HD Cam. Now there must of been at least 3/4 hours of HD recording and managed to import it all. I set the importing at Full Res. and it imported fine, now the problem that I have is the Thumnail Generating Process. Yesterday, the thumbnail generating process said 23 hours, so I left it to run overnight, and it is now saying 70 hours ? So what/where is the problem ?
Thanks
Sangiev,

It sounds like your iMovie is in a "hang" condition, because it should not take that long.
I would recommend that you close iMovie. Then, in the finder, go to the Movies/iMovie Events folder and find your Event. In the Event, you should see the files you just imported along with two additional folders: thumbnails and cache. Leave the main video files alone, but drag the thumbnail folder and cache folder to your desktop temporarily (In case this does not work, you can move them back).
Then reopen iMovie. It should regenerate the thumbnail files.

Possible solution to iMovie generating thumbnails problem

I have been using iMovie '09 (version 8....) to import videos from a SONY hdr-cx360 camcorder for almost a year without problems. The camera was set (by default) to also take still photos whenever it detected a smile on a face. Last week I noticed one video event had a lot of associated still photos, and I decided to import these into iPhoto. When I was done and went back to iMovie to import the video I started to have all kinds of problems with "failed imports" or successful imports followed by never-ending "generating thumbnails" processes. I searched this community and other online sources and tried a few suggestions.
First I used iMovie to create an archive of my camera on my hard drive. I then tried to import video events from the archive, but encountered the same problems as when trying to import from the camera.
I then deleted from my iPhoto library all photos I had imported into iPhoto from the video camera, but the problem persisted.
Then I deleted the "com.apple.iMovie8.plist" (and the iPhoto preference file) from /Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences
Restarted the computer and iMovie, but this didn't solve the problem either.
I used Disk Utility to fix permissions and verify/repair the disk, but no difference.
I had already looked in Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/ for an iMovie preference file to delete, but there isn't one. Today I looked again and noticed that while there isn't an iMovie preference file, there IS an iLife preference file: com.apple.iLife09.plist
I moved the file from the folder to my hard drive, rebooted the iMac, and launched iMovie. Again I tried to import from the camera archive on my hard drive and this time every video imported fine and thumbnails completed successfully. We'll see if the solution sticks for the next round of video imports.
Not sure what to do with the com.apple.iLife09.plist since I noticed it was not recreated in the Preferences folder. Will hold onto it for a while I guess.
[BTW - I think in my case the trigger for these problems was having iPhoto and iMovie open at the same time and both connecting to the camera].

It sounds like your iMovie is in a "hang" condition, because it should not take that long.
I would recommend that you close iMovie. Then, in the finder, go to the Movies/iMovie Events folder and find your Event. In the Event, you should see the files you just imported along with two additional folders: thumbnails and cache. Leave the main video files alone, but drag the thumbnail folder and cache folder to your desktop temporarily (In case this does not work, you can move them back).
Then reopen iMovie. It should regenerate the thumbnail files.

How i reduced by 10 times the size of imovie Thumbnails

hi,
as you may know imovie produces huge movie thumbnails file that appears to be encoded in this format:
Apple Photo - JPEG, 160 x 90, Millions
16-bit Integer (Big Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz
it's there just to allow the timeframe to be animated while hoovering it with the cursor which is a MAJOR feature of imovie that I LOVE!!!!
*original movie:*
apple-getamac-chooseavista_848x496.mov
H.264 Decoder, 848 x 480, Millions
AAC, Stereo (L R), 44.100 kHz
25FPS
2.9Mo
Thumbnail movie:
Apple Photo - JPEG, 160 x 90, Millions
16-bit Integer (Big Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz
25 FPS
8.3Mo (Bigger than the original !!!! )
RE ENCODED Thumbnail Movie:
AAC, Stereo (L R), 16.000 kHz
Apple Photo - JPEG, 160 x 90, Millions
5 FPS
852KB
With the newly encoded thumbnail imovie reacts the same way and the movie editing is just AS GOOD AND EASY.
Hope it helps to make imovie better

As far as I can see it takes up exactly the same amount of size, it's just stored in the library instead of in the project. Am I missing something - or is that what you mean?
Even when we include both the Event Library and the Project Library, the size of an iMovie 7 project is considerably smaller than earlier versions of iMovie. That is because iMovie 7 doesn't convert the source material to DV, which occurred with most pre-7 projects. H.264 video we import, for example, no longer swells to many times its original size. That saves us a lot of disk space. (I just imported a 12MB H.264 movie — a Large movie exported from iM7 — to iMovie 6. It swelled into a 120MB DV clip. When I import the same movie to iMovie 7 the project and Event combined, including Thumbnails, is 15MB.)
There's one other potential saving. It's now possible to discard Event material while retaining only those part(s) of the Event the project actually uses. That wasn't possible in iMovie 5 or 6. In 5/6, a source clip was never discarded if a project clip used ANY PORTION of the source material. If we used 5 seconds of a 30-minute clip the project retained the whole 30 minutes when we emptied the Trash. That's no longer true. In iM7, if we want to keep 5 seconds we can discard the rest. (I haven't tested that feature yet, but that's what the Space Saver dialog says. For more details search for "space saver" in iMovie Help.)
There's one other advantage to iMovie 7. We can store Events on other disks away from the project. For laptops and iMacs — which can use just one internal drive — that lets us store Events on inexpensive external disks. Yes, we could store entire projects on external drives in earlier versions, but iMovie 7 lets us keep our projects in one place, in the Movies folder of our startup drive, while storing Events somewhere else. I use three drives to store Events; I assume I could use many more drives if needed.
So we will use a lot less disk space for iMovie 7 than we ever did in earlier versions. In that context, I'm not worried about the few MB used for the Thumbnail movies. Nor am I willing to run the risk of messing up a project by fiddling with material iMovie owns. Down that road lies disaster. When we discard Event material, for example, what happens to the thumbnail we substituted? Will it cause problems for iMovie when it tries to modify our thumbnail movie that has a different frame rate? Will iMovie simply discard our thumbnail movie and build a new one? Has anyone tested this? Does anyone know? What happens we we add new material to an Event?
Others may be willing to take such risks, but when considering the whole iMovie 7 space-saving environment, I don't think the risks are worth it. iMovie 7 is such a space saver I'm not going to worry about the thumbnails.
Karl

Import digital8 iMovie 11 problem

Hi all. I would import my video tape on my iMac but i'm experiencing some problem.
Hi have a sony digital handycam DCR-TRV145e PAL, the format is digital8. I use iMove 11 to import the video. I connect my camcoder to the mac through firewire 4 to 9 pin.
I follow to procedure i can read almost everywhere on the web. In theory, everything should be simple...in theory!
I switch the camcoder to VCR mode then iMovie open the blue screen window to import the video. I click the import button, select the name of the event, and the import process starts. I can see the images of the video tape in the window.
When i stop the import, iMovie pop up me saying that X minutes of video are successfully imported.
But no clips are are created. The thumbnails are not generated. If I select the event in the event library in the bottom-left side no clips are displayed in the bottom-right side.
Looking at the folder of the event (using Finder) it is empty or, in some case, there are many empty files (zero byte) with dv extension.
I've tested it with 3 different OS, snow leopard, lion, mountain lion (always iMovie 11), but the result is the same.
Any idea?

Hi
May be a grain of help here - May be ?
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
• Toggle 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 e.g. recording and playback to TV)
A/D-box
• Is the dip-switches set right ?
• Set to same standard as recorded/editing e.g. 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
External device’s (hard disk’s)
• Should be FireWire as USB/USB2 performs badly and so does Airport or Net-work connected ones too.
• MUST BE - Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - DO NOT WORK for video due to 4Gb barrier.
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 minimum 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. No Camera or A/D-box
• GarageBands fix - Close iMovie, Open GarageBand, Play some notes, Close GB and iMove can now be OK
• 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 helpful 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 Choice / 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 un-installing 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 helps
DJ1249 wrote
The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconnect 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=odw_en_GB&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

IMovie thumbnails issues

Whenever I open up iMovie it asks to create thumbnails for my iPhoto videos. I do not want this and do not want the videos from my Canon in iMovie, as I use iMovie for my Camcorder. How can I change this setting? Thanks..
Also I lost 10 GB's after iMovie imported video thumbnails. How can I get it back? Thanks..

Thanks a lot for the answer. Unfortunately replacing the AIC component doesn't help. I now have to use VoltaicHD to convert the AVCHD files and iMovie 08 can work with them without problems. I suppose it must be a h.264 or MPEG4 component. I replaced everyone I found so far with a previous backup without success (in sytem/library/quicktime and library/quicktime). When I import using iMovie 08 the video turns into an impressionist paintings as shown in the link so far.
Any further suggestions? Thanks!

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

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