Import videos from iMac folders into iPhoto

I have a large library of personal photos and videos on my iMac, organized in various folders and subfolders. I have tried multiple times to import all of these photos and videos to iPhoto, however, each time I get an error message indicating that the videos would not import. The photos import without a problem. Since most of these videos were taken with my iPhone(s), this isn't an issue of compatibility. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!

Have you tried importing them a few at a time?
OT

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My tip: I restarted my computer, then opened iPhoto, at which point the video showed up in iPhoto and was then imported into Mac.
I think it was caused by my computer seeing the new iPhone with the same name as the old iPhone and a tad confused that there would be video on the 3G. Purely speculation about what the problem was, but this procedure did allow me to finally see the video and import it.
I had searched for an answer on the forums and found no solutions. Hopefully this will help someone who is having this problem.
Loving my new phone! Joel.

This was funny, seeing my own tip as the answer to my problem.
I've been having some wonky stuff going on when I try to import photos from the iPhone- I get a dialog box telling me the photos are "unreadable files," while showing the names of the files with .png (for the iPhone screenshots) and .jpg (for the shots taken with the 3GS camera). And several photos not showing up at all, and none of the videos showing up.
This happened the other day, after which I installed the update to iPhoto 8.0.4, after which I restarted the computer- great joy when the photos and videos showed up. I attributed it to the new iPhoto.
But when it happened again tonight, "unreadable files" and no videos in spite of quitting iPhoto, restarting the phone, hard restarting the phone, and finally restarting the Mac after going searching the forums for any hints about this and seeing this tip from this clever guy. ::grin::
Hope this helps anyone with this challenge. I'd love to see it cleared up, but it is nice to know there is a way to get it to import.
Now if I can find a way to import the voice memos from the phone.
Ciao. Joel.

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Hello
I am importing video and pics into Iphoto and the video plays in slow motion. Would importing in Imovie help or does it have something to do with the type of camera or file the video is in?

It should. So they aren't shown in the Last Import smart album, right? Try the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - Run Option #4, Rebuild Database, followed by Option #1 if needed.
OT

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LN

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Then Your Mac need eiter
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Could not import because did not recognize the file format"

Presumably you mean 'Does not...'?
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I would like to import videos from You Tube to my Mac so they can de used in an i movie. They can be draged on my desk top but are incompatible when I try to insert them into iphoto or imovie

Limnos wrote:
Once you get your video downloaded, and it is the FLV version vs. the HD mp4 version, use iExtractMP3fromFLV utility to get the mp3.
greetings Limnos !
probably directed @ the OP but thanks for that useful tip.
not using youtube myself, but iExtractMP3 will find its way into my personal KB.
happy computing ...

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Please tell me how I import video from my iPhone to my iPhoto Library ?

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You're right it should work .... but in practice not always.
You have the latest and greatest mac laptop but your camcorder is frankly a bit dated. So my suggestion is to give it the signal that it wants.
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I have downloaded short video clips from my digital camera into iphoto. I have not been able to figure out how to get these clips into imovie. I've wasted hours trying to find an answer in the tutorials. Maybe a real person can enlighten me. Thanks in advance.

The weird thing is that the day before yesterday I downloaded some other movie clips from my digital camera into iphoto and somehow I got them into imovie but I can' remember how -- I think I copied from iphoto and pasted in imovie.
Maybe yes or maybe not.
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I've been importing pictures from my camera & my phone into iphoto, but I'm not sure if it's automatically importing it as the original file size and not changing it into a smaller photo... Is there a way I can check this?
Thanks in advance for your help

Yes it imports a byte by byte copy of the photo.
What do you mean by 'size'? Do you mean file size? Or the dimensions of the photo (length by breadth)?
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For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491
This User Tip
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