Importing into iMovieHD

I have imported a VHS via handbrake to MP4. When importing the movie to iMovie the import starts then gives an error message after 20 minutes. The movie is 980mbs. I am puzzled! Can anyone help?
ibook 1.4ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) external lacie 160gb drive

Does the iMovie project reside on an external drive? It sounds like the drive may not be properly formatted. iMovie requires the Mac OS Extended disk format.
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2920540#2920540
Karl

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AVI files won't import into iMovieHD (v. 5.0.3)

I have a lot of short AVI movies from a Canon Powershot digital camera that I want to edit in iMovie HD. However, iMovie will not import these AVI files. I get this error message: "Error during import. The file could not be imported. Unknown Error."
Great. Now what?! Is there any free software I can get to convert the AVI files -- or is buying Quicktime Pro the best solution?

The file type is a VCM image codec. I have no idea what that means.
made some research... found that:
The Video Compression Manager (VCM) version of the Windows Media Video 9 codec enables earlier versions of encoding and editing applications to support the Windows Media Video 9 codec in file containers such as Audio Video Interleaved (AVI). This codec package also allows Windows Media Video (WMV) files based on Windows Media Format 9 Series to be played in Windows Media Player 6.4
so, probably, inside your .avi container resides some .wmv9 file.. that could mean:
a) you need to purchase a plug-in from www.flip4mac. (try first the free playback-option, wether you hear sound at all!)
b) some weird form of DRM (digital rights management) which doesn't allow conversion... (??)
ask the creator of this file, to save in a more compatible, more standards conform codec ... ;-))

Help!!! How to get quality Keynote 08 slideshow into imoviehd or 08?

HELP!!! I've been reading every discussion out here. I have learned several new things but can't seem to fix my problem. I have made a small (it will be larger later-I'm just practicing) slideshow in keynote with transitions and builds with mostly black & white pics. I figured out how to add the music later but I can't seem to get the quality that I have in keynote when exported using quicktime, Itunes or garageband. I've tried different settings for exports but to no avail. I thought I was going to get the quality I wanted with the last export, but when imported into imoviehd the slideshow was not fullscreen & the quality wasn't good! I've made dvds of slideshows using imovie08 that were great and easy but I wanted to get more transitions and some special effects, so I thought I would use keynote. But I'm about ready to throw everything out the window!!!! Please help if you can. Thank you!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Go into iPhoto's Preferences and under the Events section set the Double-click Event: menu to Magnify. See if that's what you want.
The edit mode is only entered when you double click on a photo's thumbnail.
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.

Can't import a DVD into iMovieHD

Please help. I just purchased a new imac and am new to iMovie and iDVD. I am unable to import a DVD that I made using onestep DVD in iMovie. If I click and drag the icon into the iMovie clip sectin it says "importing" but nothing happens. Can someone please tell me how I am supposed to open a DVDs up so that I can edit them.
Thanks

Hello,
You need a program that will convert the DVD video into a format that the computer can work with.
My personal favorite is DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.products.htm
They have various packages starting at $25.
I went with the $25 package, and it does everything I need.
The program converts the DVD video into Quicktime compatible formats that can be directly imported into iMovie for editing.
It also automatically cuts the larger DVD video into smaller files sized exactly to the right size to permit iMovie to import them (iMovie will not import video over 2 GB in size or longer than 8 minutes in length).
The program works great, and does it all in an automated way.
Once it's done, you just drag and drop the clips into iMovie, and do as you want with them.
Note that this will only work on your home movies or movies that are not copy-protected.
If you try to use this on a commercial copy-protected movie, it will not work.
There is a free trial version that you can download and tinker with to make sure you like it. So, give it a shot.
The trial version does place some text over the video to discourage you from just using the trial version and not paying for the full version.
I've found this program to do the job right every time.
There are some free utilities out there. But, they require more tinkering and more knowledge to get the job done. I used a few, and they worked. But, in my experience, they just didn't match the quality of video and ease of use I found in the DVDxDV program.
I hope this helps.
Let us know if you have other questions.
P.S., if you'd like, go ahead and click the "Helpful" or "Solved" buttons on any of the posts / replies above if you feel they were helpful or adequately answered your question.

Importing imovie 08 projects into imovieHD 6

I was under the impression that it was possible to import a project from imovie 08 to do additional fine tuning in imovie HD 6. When I tried, I got a message that said, "moviexyz can’t be imported; QuickTime couldn’t parse it: -43". I also tried to import into final cut xp and got an error message. I finally ventured into movie making with imovie 08, but would like to expand my horizons into the features others have raved about in imovie 6 if I could just access it! I feel braver about the idea of getting my clips all edited and ordered in imovie 08 first. If you could just point me to an old thread or something, I'd be most appreciative.

Here are a couple of threads for you to look at. I don't run iMovie 08, so am not entirely familiar with it's use. As I understand it, you can import raw uneditied clips from iMovie 08 into iM6, but I couldn't offhand find any info as to whether you could import an entire edited or partially edited iMovie 08 project. Perhaps someone else on this forum can clear that up. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6959493&#6959493
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6855152&#6855152

Importing Quicktime .move file into iMovieHD

I have been successfully pulling the files off a DVD using DVDxDV, and using that to export to Quicktime in .mov NTSC format. Then I can import into iMovie HD. It's been fine, but I have one file now that will not import. When i try to import it, it gives me an error message and says there isn't enough disk space to import it. But I was able to import other files, same size, and the window at the bottom of iMovie says there is more than 20 GB available. I thought maybe there was something wrong with that one file, so I went through the extraction process again, but that one file will still not import, even if I start a new empty project. The file is 1.4 GB, but the project has only about 25 minutes of video and this new file is about another 8 minutes.
Does anyone have any ideas? I have a 1GHZ Power PC G4, with 768 meg ram.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Pat

if it is already in DV format you really do not have to import it
There is a difference in .dv stream and a DV-encoded .mov:
You can just put a plain .dv stream in the Media folder and iMovie will digest it OK (if it is the same PAL/NTSC and 4:3/16:9 spec as the receiving project).
But this doesn't work with DV-encoded .mov files which the OP may have. iMovie HD will sort of imports it, but if you add a title, it will have bad artifacts.
I prefer to use MPEG Streamclip which, unlike some of its rivals, allows to convert DVD/VOB/MPEG to .dv stream which is iMovie's native format. For some strange reason other apps can convert to only .mov.
My only gripes with MPEG Streamclip are that the current version can't set the 4:3 or 16:9 flag to the exported .dv file (BTW, iMovie HD can't either!) and that it doesn't recognize QuickTime 7-style AIF format. The next version might fix these.

Clip dates lost on import from iMovieHD to iMovie09

So I have tons of old video I'm finally going to edit with iMovie09. Some of this is on tape, and some is on the hard drive as iMovieHD projects. Both types imported into iMovie09. The only difference was that the clips from video kept the time/date info for the clips, while the imports from iMovieHD didn't have the correct data. Every date for example has an August 30th, date regardless of when it was shot. This date is when I imported the video in the to iMovieHD. Now if I go into iMovie HD and select a clip and view it's info, it does show the correct date of the individual clip.
Any thoughts on this. I wouldn't care about this except that I'm mixing in other video in the same date range, and I want the events sorted by dates.

I can right click a clip in iMovie HD to see that date, then I go to iMovie 09, and chose "File > Adjust Clip Date and Time" and change the date. Now in my case I didn't care about exact time, but just date. So I took a number of clips that had the same shoot date, and adjusted them all at once. As it happens I had two computers, which made things easier so I could have the same clips open in iMovie HD on one, and iMovie 09 on another. This made it easy, but same thing could have been done with one computer, but would just need to toggle back and forth between apps.

Widesreen Problem with .avi Import into iMovie HD

I am able to import .avi file into iMovieHD (orignally exported from Abode Elements Premiere for Windows), but it converts it to 4:3 letterbox once Imported instead of its original format i.e. widescreen..
When I view the same .avi file in Quicktime, it shows correctly in 16:9 widescreen format..
I am using iMovie HD with the following settings:
- Automatic DV pillarboxing and letter boxing to 'yes'
- Automatically resize window to fit project
Also, my current project where I am importing the files is in widescreen format..
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Since my last post in this thread I learned that, as a bug, exporting as .dv or DV-encoded .avi via QuickTime Player Pro 7.1 (at least up to 7.1.3) occasionally duplicates frames (QT 7.0 didn't do this).
Workaround: You can export without duplicate frames via MPEG Streamclip (File/Export to AVI..., Compression: Apple DV - PAL or DV/DVCPRO - NTSC, Quality: 100%, Sound: Uncompressed).

Import into Consolidation system failed

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We are on NW04s and tryign to import ESS component and other standard components like SAP_JEE,SAP_BUILDT into the Consolidation system and import fails in between with the CBS Log as:
Build number assigned: 7851
Change request state from QUEUED to PROCESSING
INTERNAL BUILD request in Build Space "D77_ESS11ADC_C" at Node ID: 778,177,350
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Verification of the development line [ws/ESS11ADC/sap.com_SAP_ESS/cons/active/] SUCCEEDED
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Cache verification, level 2 (Comparison of attributes) started at 2007-12-14 23:25:41.352 GMT
Verification of the following object:
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===== Pre-Processing ===== finished at 2007-12-14 23:25:50.227 GMT and took 13 s 78 ms
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Hi Shikhil,
Please do the follwoing
1. Incrrease the memory size by navigating to Check the CBS settings in the Visual Administrator->Services->Component Build Service-> Tab 'Properties'
2.Refer to this thread
CMS Error importing into Consolidation System
3.SAP NOTE 723909
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Photos imported into wrong folder

When running an import and setting destination to import into subfolder organised by date (2011/2011-04-29) the ophotos taken late in the day do not go into the correct folder, they import into the next days folder. It appears the calculation used for the import does not take into acct regional settings.
Using lightroom 3.4 (also seen with 3.2 and 3.3)
Any ideas other than manually sorting all photos?
I notice that the Canon import software correctly sorts the photos, just have to use that then synchronise in lightroom, not good but at least till adobe fix the bug it will have to do.

Can you find out exactly how many hours difference there is ?
Do you have some AM/PM problem?
Are you shure your computer is in the right time-zone?
Daylight savings corrected ?

I have some dts cd's that I want to import into itunes on a windows pc and then play back on my apple tv 3 (i think its 3, about 9 months old) to listen to through my onkyo amp via hdmi as dts, when I play back I just get white noise.

I have some dts cd's that I want to import into itunes on a windows pc and then play back on my apple tv 3 (i think its 3, about 9 months old) to listen to through my onkyo amp via hdmi as dts, when I play back I just get white noise. I have seen lots of old posts which go on about converting files but am wondering wherher at the current time with the latest versions of itunes and apple tv whether this should by now be a virtual play out of the box solution.
I have tried connecting my atv to the amp by optical cable but that didnt produce anything better and am assuming that a hdmi cable should be able to reproduce everything an optical cable does.
Is this something I should be able to achieve without having to recode the files?
Tracks are imported to itunes as apple lossless, have tried setting the atv audio settings to auto and 16 bit, neither works yet I was told some time ago by an apple rep that the atv shoud be able to handle any type of audio as it just passes it to the amp to decode. I am not stupid but not that technical when it comes to audio and bitrates etc so any explaination would be appreciated.
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Willy, the procdedure you describe works perfectly for AppleTV G1. In fact, I frequently play DTS music discs ripped to my iTunes library as Apple Lossless (ALAC) and synched to the ATV. What happens is that, as far as iTunes and the ATV are concerned, a conventional stereo 16/44 audio file is being played; however my reciever detects the DTS data stream, and instead of outputting static, it decodes the 5.1 channels correctly. This process parallels the way DTS discs were designed to be played back: a conventional CD player is connceted, via digital out, to a DTS-aware reciever/pre-amp and the two channels of static are recognized as 6 channels of DTS-encoded audio.
However this process will only work if the player (CD, ATV, PC, etc.) sends a "bit-perfect" 16 bit/44.1 khz data stream to the decoding device. In the case of ATV G2 and G3, as has been discussed elsewhere, the unit resmaples all audio - including 16/44 PCM (Redbook CD) - to 16/48. While this is not a big deal for conventional audio CDs, MP3s, and AAC files, it mangles the fragile DTS datastream and renders it undecodable. The resulting static that you hear is just like the static you would hear if you played a DTS CD on a non-DTS capable system.
Sadly, I'm not aware of any easy way around this. You could use a program like Foobar (and the DTS plugin) to convert your DTS CDs to 6-ch .wav or .flac file. From there you could transcode the file to AC-3 and then mux it into a video container that ATV supports. You may need add a dummy video track, for iTunes/AppleTV to be ok with the file, though I'm not sure. This may be a lot of work.
Sorry for the bad news. I wish that the iTunes/ATV ecosystem had better multi-channel audio support.
Steven

I have Iphoto '09, version 8.1.2 (424). I am having an identical problem. All my pictures are imported into Iphoto when I downloaded them from my camera. Until recently, I thought that the pictures were actually saved in the library. Since I need to cr

I have Iphoto '09, version 8.1.2 (424). I am having an identical problem. All my pictures are imported into Iphoto when I downloaded them from my camera. Until recently, I thought that the pictures were actually saved in the library. Since I need to crop my pictures for the web, and Iphoto doesn't do that, I purchased Photoshop Elements to do that. To my surprise, when I try to get a picture from Iphoto to Photoshop, it can't be done. That was when I realized, after wasting a lot of time, that the photos are not in the Iphoto library.
I started naming the pictures on Iphoto so I had a recognizable file name to open on Photoshop. Couldn't find it. I looked in the Backup folder and the Transfer software folder (I have a Nikon camera), and the names I entered in the Iphoto display, could not be found.
When I am trying to upload a photo to the web, I get the Finder folder showing with an active folder called "Photos" under "Media", which only displays Iphoto and PhotoBooth. This is a folder name that I cannot find in my HD anywhere when I look for it. If I edit a picture with Photoshop, I am not going to save it back to Iphoto (not sure whether it will work properly). How do I get my folder of edited photos to show when I want to upload a picture to the web?
Where (the name of the folder) do I find the pictures I see displayed on the Iphoto library, including any name changes, keywords added, and so on?

See my response to your other post.

Older DV Tapes Will Not Play or Import Into iMovie

I have a lot of DV tapes shot ten years ago on a JVC camcorder that I want to import into iMovie.
I have a new Canon Vixia hv 30 and I'm assuming these older mini DV tapes are compatible because these old tapes play fine in the camcorder itself, and also on my TV, but when I try to import them into iMovie, they do not display in the iMovie import window. However, new tapes shot recently with the new hv 30 display and import just fine.
Is there a problem with the old tapes being incompatible in some way I'm not understanding?
Dino1956 answered a similar problem in 2008:
*iMovie Camcorder Import Fix*
*Connect your camera. put it in 'play' mode (sometimes also called vcr). start up imovie (hd or 08; both work, but i use HD). go to the blue 'import' screen. it should just say 'camera connected'.*
*Now comes the trick. don't click import, but instead put your camera in 'record' mode. you should now see whatever it is that your aiming the camera at on your computer screen.*
*QUICKLY put your camera back in play mode. again very quickly press the 'play' button, either on the imovie import screen or on your camera. your DV tape will start to play back.*
*-On my computer, the video now suddenly shows up in imovie! You can now click the 'import' button in imovie, and imovie will start importing the tape in realtime. This is a bit slower than the normal import method, but hey, at least you can now get your video into imovie!*
...but this solution doesn't work for me. I cannot "quickly" click the Play button on the camera monitor or in the iMovie window after switching from record to Play on the camera because there is a 5 second time lag on both the camera's monitor and in the iMovie window while the iMovie screen/camera monitor switches over from Record to Play.
Is there any way I can get older DV footage into iMovie from my Vixia hv 30? My resources are at a very low ebb right now.

I found a clue on the www.hv20 website: Old DV tapes recorded before HDV...you need to go into the hv 30 menu and select "DV" rather than "HDV", then the video shows up in the iMovie import screen and imports easily.

How can I stop Compulations CDs from being broken up into multiple different Albums when imported into Itunes?

I am currently using Itunes 10.6.1.7. When I attempt to import my CDs, any that are Compulation Cds (with multiple artists), the CDs aren't being imported into the same folder and are broken into multiple listing in my Itunes library.
How can change this so that they are imported only by Album?

I think even using Get Info may not reveal the change, though it is possible the behaviour has altered since I last tested it. Playing or updating the tracks location in a script such as UpdateTagInfo seems to get iTunes to re-evaluate the tag.
Assuming WMP is involved it may be best to make the necessary settings adjustments to prevent further changes, use the script to get all of the background changes exposed within iTunes, then correct as you see fit. Alternatively I do have another script called ExportImport that could be used to back up the current state of your tags (you should temporarily rename the media folder during the export phase), after which you would then run UpdateTagInfo and then use ExplortImport in its import mode to restore the corrupted data.
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Maximum number of photos that can be imported into an iPhoto library?

1. Does iPhoto have a maximum number of files or photos that it can handle in a single library?
I have a lot of photos (20GB) that have not yet been imported into an iPhoto Library. I am going to set up a new library with the iPhoto Library Manager (iPLM), but am wondering if there is a maximum number of files that can be handled in a single library?
2. Also, I don't think I want to import these, since that would create an iPhoto library as large as the source files. Are there any problems if I set up the preferences so that this library will not have the graphics imported into it?
3. With iPLM, can you have different sets of preferences for each library?
Thank you for any advice or suggestions.

1. Does iPhoto have a maximum number of files or photos that it can handle in a single library?
Apple advertises that iPhoto will handle 250,000 photos - I doubt that anyone has come close to that (or will)
I have 19,278 in 237 events - 22 GB - on a G5 iMac and it is snappy with no issues
I have a lot of photos (20GB) that have not yet been imported into an iPhoto Library. I am going to set up a new library with the iPhoto Library Manager (iPLM), but am wondering if there is a maximum number of files that can be handled in a single library?
If you want those should be fine in one library
2. Also, I don't think I want to import these, since that would create an iPhoto library as large as the source files. Are there any problems if I set up the preferences so that this library will not have the graphics imported into it?
It is a choice - if you do NOT import them then you will be responsible for all future management - deleting, etc. Moving to a different location or computer is much more difficult if you reference your photos instead of importing them.
Many people import them, burn the original source photos to CD or DVD and delete them from their disk letting iPhoto manage them
3. With iPLM, can you have different sets of preferences for each library?
I'm not sure but I do not think so
Larry Nebel
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