Importing movies to timeline

how do you get movies to be on the timeline, so when your SWF
file starts you don't have to click play on the movie, it just
automatically plays.

you can either:
1. place them on the main timeline in the authoring
environment
2. load externals swfs using loadMovie,loadMovieNum or
loadClip
3 use attachMovie() to instantiate a library
movieclip.

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My current os x is 10.9.5, using final cut express vers. 4.0.1. I have imported .mov clips created with a older mac os x (lion) and converted them to import into fce. after doing this as well as putting clips on the fce timeline when playing back t.h

My current os x is 10.9.5, using final cut express vers. 4.0.1. I have imported .mov clips created on a older mac os x (lion) and when I wanted to import them into fce, a quicktime conversion window opened up and converted them (I haven't experienced this in the past). I then imported the converted quicktime clips into my fce project. After doing this I took selected clips and put those edited clips on the fce timeline. When playing the video back in the fce timeline,I noticed
1) the video wasn't playing back smoothly like the original content
2) when looking at the timecode reading of the timeline, the timecode was sputtering as well as the video and audio. I exported to quicktime just to see if that was consistent, it was.
When I play the converted quicktime content independently of fce, it plays normally (no sputtering of timecode, video and audio. Need help to resolve the sputtering playback of converted video content in the fce timeline. I've never experienced this before. Any suggestions?

When you say you converted the clips before importing them into FCE, did you convert to AIC or DV and do the converted clips match your FCE Sequence settings exactly? If not, go back and convert the original files again, using the intended Sequence settings as a guide.
-DH

How do I stop Flash timeline and play imported movie?

I have a Flash movie that has a button in it to start a movie
clip that I imported that was created in After Effects. I want this
movie to play if a user clicks on the link that appears art-way
through the intro flash movie. If I stop the Flash movie, the
button won't start the imported movie. If I leave it, the imported
movie does play, but it covers the intro. Here are my two versions
http://www.sociusdesign.com/flash/TestMovieGone.html
and
http://www.sociusdesign.com/flash/TestPhotosGone.html
I also uploaded the SWF files to that same directory.
What am I missing?

How exactly does it "demand to reinstall"? I have exactly the same system as you, and I have never observed anything like that.
What files do you have in C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash ?
What is the contents of the mms.cfg file in C:\Windows\syswow64\Macromed\Flash ?

Not able to import .mov files in pre elements 8

Hi,
Using Pre elements 8 not able to import .mov files ,images stored on external drive (WD)
whenever we import it shows icon in premiere elements 8 about the clip but whenever we drag and drop it onto the timeline it opens the add media window again and if we cancel it we get message --could not locate the some files.
Able to import all kind of supported files images,videos in premiere elements 8 stored already in the computer internal hard drive.
changed the scratch disk, in pre elements 8, to internal c: drive (os).
All the files from the same camera.
Please advice, why it is doing like this.
Vinay

What type of camcorder did this video from?
Version 8 is generally not compatible with video from still cameras, and this video must be converted before it can be edited.
Also, remember that video editors do not actually add your media clips to a project but build connections to them. In other words, once you add a clip to a Premiere Elements project, you MUST maintain a connection to the clip's location. So, if you're connecting to video clips on your external drive, you can not remove your external drive from your computer or this connection will be broken.

Importing Movs instead of MPEGs

I'm using Premiere Pro CS3 and recently I've had a problem with the program crashing. I noticed that the clips' thumbnails on the timeline were red (even though they were rendered) and then when I scrubbing on the timeline Premiere would crash. Also, the farther along I got in the project the more often Premiere crashed. Just opening the file would make Premiere crash.
I've searched all the forums and the web as much as possible and the only thing that seemed to be a common problem was the MPEG footage that was imported from my camera. Now MOVs are my preference but it seems to me that the preset is for MPEGs. Am I wrong? And if I am, how do I tell Premiere that I want import MOVs instead? The footage shot is NTSC, 1080i, 29.97 frames per second, 1440 X 1080.
Thanks for your help,
Stuart

Thanks for the reply Lee
I hadn't changed the import setting at all from the default (always worked
ok in LR3). The strange thing is that it has imported all the pics in
sequence 321,322 but only some of them are JPEGs - completely random. I
checked the drive where they were imported and it has imported about 2/3
RAW and 1/3 JPEG so I checked the card to make sure something weird hadn't
happened to it and sure enough the card contains all the RAW and JPG files.
I had already started editing about a third of the files before I realised
so I did a new import using LR3 and then deleted the import from LR4 and
then did the 'find file' thingy in LR4 which still found the JPGs.. so I
moved the JPGs to another folder and did the 'find file' thingy again and
this time had to select the matching RAW file... quite time consuming but
it worked!
Just wondering if this is a bug? It didn't happen with the previous import
with all settings the same.
Thanks again

No video (black), audio only, from imported .mov files

Bear with me while I explain the whole process to get where I am, which is that in FCE, I am importing .mov files and they are completely black, no video, just audio. When I bring a clip into the timeline and try to render even a small clip, it is still black.
I'm not well-versed in video so please bear with me:
Steps:
1. I received large video files from a videographer
2. the large files could not be imported or played in FCE
3. downloaded HandBrake converter and began converting files. Kept them at the same size, but they were then renamed .mov files.
4. When I open them in QuickTime, they are black - no video. But when I see them on the drive and press spacebar in 'finder' to play them, I can see the video.
5. When I import them into FCE they are black - no video - just audio.
FCE is currently set (in Easy Setup) to: AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1920-1080i60
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I tried converting one file to mp4 and it works fine in FCE, but this takes a long, long time to convert.
thanks
There is a 2nd issue that may relate to this: I am trying to import JVC .m4v files and I am getting "File error 1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unkown". These files CAN be opened in Quicktime.
FCE HD 4.0.1
Mac OS 10.6.8

I'm having similar, but slightlly different issues.
I have been using FCE 4 on Mac OSX 10.7.5 with Quicktime 10.1 (501.29).
I convert my footage in Mpeg Streamclip (GREAT free program) and set the files to the Apple Intermediate Codec. This makes them work really well in my timeline and I don't have rendering issues or problems.
So, my problem comes when I File/Export/Quictime Movie.
The original file plays fine, but they're 2-3 gbs each, so I put them into Quicktime to convert them to a webfriendly size, but every single time they come out as an audio only file. GRRRR!
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I'm missing something stupid.
Thanks so much for your help.
Sincerely,
Steve

Adding a Glossary button which doesnt move the timeline on !

I'm using Captivate 3. On each page there is a
backwards/forwards button. On this one module we've now added a
'Glossary button'. If the user clicks this it opens up a external
PDF file in a seperate window. That works fine.
Say they are at the end of a page , the page is paused as its
waiting for them to click Back/Forward or Menu.
However if they click the Glossary button this moves the
timeline forward as its a kind of 'continue' which is frustrating
as it then moves to the next page. I just want them to be able to
click Glossary as many times as they want and the program doesnt
move on a page.
Has anyone come across this before ? Just want a button which
doesnt seem to move on ! Its not set to continue at all. Just set
to open an external file
Regards

Hello P_SJ,
The way I would tackle this would be to create the button in
Adobe Flash (including the link to the PDF document) and then
import this into Captivate as an animation. The reason for me
suggesting this is because with Images and Animations you can make
the object persist for the entire project (Options tab > Display
for > rest of project).
If you don't need the button to persist then you could just
disable the Pause after option (Options tab) in the Button dialog
and set the On success menu option to Open URL or file.
I guess that even if you did need the button to persist you
could just copy the button and paste this onto all the relevant
slides. That might work as well.
HTH
Regards - Mark

HELP! Imported .mov slideshow from FotoMagico aspect being stretched

Trying to compete a 750 image slideshow (SS). FotoMagico (FM) will not work properly over about 250 images, so I was going to do the project in segments, by each song in the SS, export as .mov from FM and import to the timeline in iM, and then play out to camera (in the case to DVD burner, through a DV convertor in the JVC SR-VS30) and assemble edit the project on the DVD song segment by song segment. Project is needed by Sunday, and I didn't observe this stretching a week ago when I began to prepare for this project and tested the concept. I must have missed something or accidently changed an important setting.
When I drag the .mov file into iM, the images are stretched, as if 3x4 on a wide screen. If I export to camera, the images are stretched out just like they are in the view in iM. I've tried changing sizes on the export from FM as well as the import of iM, and unchecked Auto Pillar/Letterboxing in iM but I can't seem to figure out what the secret is. Anyone know?
Thanks! Dale

That did the trick, as best as I understand it. FM export default was Apple Intemediate Codec, and the drop window gave me about 25 options, so I chose DV/DVCPRO NTSC, which created a "dv" .mov file? (last week when I tried this, I did not have to go into these menus....anyway). Also selected 30 fps, best comp, interlaced, 4:3. In iM left Auto Pillar-Letterbox checked.
iM now dislays and plays out the file correctly now, so I might actually finish this on time. What I was doing certainly wasn't getting it done. Thanks so much for the quick response!
Dale

"No Video Clips Match" after Import Movie

Hi,
I'm trying to import a group of videos into iMovie. They are in the range of 400--900 meg. Some of them import fine. Some of them go through all the process of importing, but then afterwards, I click on the event they should be in and it just shows: "No video clips match the current selection". On of the movies that does not import has the following properties:
          6gig
.m4v format
          JVT/AVC Coding, 640 x 512 (677 x 512)
          AAC, 48000 Hz, Stereo (L R)
          25 FPS
These are more or less the same as the ones that work.
I'm importing by going to File->Import->Movies with the settings:
Create new event
Optimize: either Full Size or Large
Move file and Copy file both tried
Any thoughts?
Thanks

Provide screenshots of your timeline with keyframes revealed, your render settings and your footage interpretation of the source file (s) in question. And please look up the big words in the AE help. Nothing personal and most of us "just want to get things done", but knowing a few basics and the right terminology in a complicated program like AE is inevitable. YouTube tutorials mostly leave out that part....
Mylenium

Problems with importing MOV to Premiere

I have some video material that I have been filming with small Aiptec HD videocamera (to SD Card). I have moved material (Quicktime MOV) from SD card to hard-dvire and tryed to import it to Premier (I have Adobe Creative Master Suite) but Premier said NO! File format not supported! Same thing with Adobe Media Encoder. No support!?
Then I tryed conver it to avi and other formats with Total Video Converter. Every time same results: It opens BUT when I bring it to timeline (or preview window) I goes wery fast, many times faster that it should go ja rest of video is only still picture. Video in about 40 min long and all "action" happens in first 5 minutes?!?!
Could it be somekind of synchronizing problem?
When I ´m watching it from hard-drive with media player, it works fine!
Sami Malmberg
[email protected]

Hi Sami -
I just upgraded to a brand new editing system with CS4 (I was previously using Premiere pro 2.0) and I ran into this same problem. On my new system I was not able to import .mov files into the timeline, even though with my older system I had no problems before. I discovered the simple fix of needing to install Quicktime onto my new system - after that install, premiere is happy to import .mov files and it works like a charm. I can't tell from your post if you are running CS4, but if you are, this might be the solution which I know for me saved hours of headaches. Good luck!

Importing .MOV files from PC and getting "generic error" msgs... help.

Importing .mov files which I downloaded from my iPhone onto my PC (so getting them from file folder, not directly from iPhone). However, getting "importer is reporting generic error" message with a list of video files that didn't get imported. Some are importing, though, and showing up on the timeline. Downloaded a whole bunch at a time and thought it was the problem. Then just tried one that had the error to test and that one wouldn't either, even by itself.
These are MOV files from iPhone 4 recorded with "stock" camera program on phone. Using Premiere Elements 11.
Please help.

Welcome to the forum.
Along with Steve's questions, I have one more:
Did your iPhone shoot with a Variable Frame Rate?
That is common with many of the phone cameras, and especially the iPhones. You can run your file through MediaInfo (for PC), or Media Inspector (for Mac), and then report the FPS (Frames Per Second). If it is constant, it should Import fine. If it is variable, then you might have to convert that to a Fixed Frame Rate. One method is to use Apple's QuickTime Pro (a US $30 upgrade/unlock), and just Import the file into QT Pro, then Export to the same format, but with a Fixed Frames Per Second.
Good luck, and please let us know a bit more.
Hunt

ITunes 11 won't import .mov video files from external hard drive but will from internal.

Hi Everyone
I'm having a problem with iTunes 11.0.1. I can't import .mov video files stored on an external hard drive. I can however import .m4v files from the same external drive. Using either the add to library option or dragging files from the finder.
I can add .mov files from the internal though. Strange I know.
The reason behind this posting is that I'm using iFlicks to convert my TV and movies from my external drive for Apple TV and add all relevent meta data, keeping the files on the external drive and having iTunes link to them.
I would like to be able to simply create a general iTune compatiable file using iFlicks which only takes a minute or two per file to convert. I'm currently converting them to .m4v just for the sack of being able to import them into iTunes from an external drive takes 45 minutes per file.
Has anybody else had this problem? Any ideas on a fix to allow me to import .mov files from an external drive into iTunes without copying it to the iTune library file.
Many Thanks
Dave

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Give yourself FULL control and ownership of the exHD, let's call it M:
How to Take Ownership and Grant Permissions in Windows Vista
Take control of the top level folder and ALL subfolders.
Try creating a new blank ITL file on M: by pressing *and holding* the shift key while itunes starts. See if you can add everything again.

Can't import movies to iTunes after setting up iTunes Match

Hi. I setup iTunes Match a couple of weeks ago (love it, btw), but for some reason since I set it up I can no longer import .m4v files into the Movies library. There is no error, they just never copy over.
iTunes 10.6.1(7) 64-bit on MacPro running OS X 10.7.3
Any ideas? Maybe its a strange coincidence, but I noticed the problem shortly after setting up Match.

Also, iTunes match gets stuck sometimes so you have to log out of match and log back in before your imported movies show up in your iTunes library.

How can I get iPhoto 9.5.1 (902.17) to import .mov files?

I have a brand new MacBook Pro with 2 TB SDD running Mavericks that I bought 2 weeks ago.
So far I have imported about 5,000 photo files into iPhoto 9.5.1 (902.17) plus about 25 videos as .mov files.
But on today's import session, it stopped taking any more MOV's, giving the following error message:
"The following file could not be imported. The file is in an unrecognized format." and it then it lists the .mov files.
I tried rebuilding the LIbrary index, and have even tried creating a new Library and importing my smalles (12 Mb) .mov file to this new test library.
But I keep getting the same error.
I have the most recent version of all the software (i.e. no new updates are available.)
What else can I do?

I figured out a solution: The drive with the .mov files was a USB drive formatted as NTFS. iPhoto would import .JPG files from this OK, but would refuse to import .MOV files, giving the error noted above.
I found that if I copied the files from the NTFS USB drive to an SD card or to the Macbook Pro's internal SDD, I could get iPhoto to import the .MOV files without any problem.
Why does iPhoto 11 have a problem importing .MOV files from external USB drive formatted as NTFS, but no problem importing the exact same files from an SD-card formatted as FAT-16, or from a folder on the Macbook Pro's internal HD?

How can I compress an Imported Movie even further?

I have a 20 second movie 230 x 129 size. The file size is 1.2 mb. I then imported it into Flash. After it's all said and done the finall SWF is 1.7 mb. I plan to put this on my homepage, but I want the file to be smaller. I reduced the flash .jpg and output settings to their lowest but the file remaied at 1.7 mb so this tells me the imported movie is causing the large file size here.
Is there something I can do to make my imported movie smaller so my resulting SWF is under 1 MB.
Update:
I just compressed the QT movie to 520 kb (the old movie size was 1.2 mb) and then imported it into my Flash file, then I published the SWF and the file size was still 1.7 mb. This means the Flash SWF file with an imported movie of 1.2 MB movie is the same File size as a Flash SWF file with an imported movie size of 520 kb. This doesn't make sense to me as the SWF file size should be a lot lower.
1.2 mb imported movie. SWF file size = 1.7 mb
520 kb imported movie. SWF file size = 1.7 mb
What's up with that?

i went through your instructions and with the trace event, thanks
its looping now.. but only once and with a very noticeable gap in between
import fl.video.VideoEvent;
function onMouseClick(e:Event):void
    //navigate to next page from here
    trace("http://www.transformingscotland.com/?page_id=42");
portal7.autoRewind = true;
//Assign mouse event listener to player. In this case MouseDown player_name.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseDown, onMouseClick);
portal7.addEventListener(VideoEvent.COMPLETE,onComplete);
//Above eventListener checks to see if playback has finished/completed //So the onComplete function is called if finished
function onComplete(e:VideoEvent):void
     //The autoRewind will reset to first frame and stop
    //Try one of the following below...Uncomment one at a time and try it...
    //player_name.source = URLFILETOPLAY; OR
    //player_name.play();
     portal7.seek(0); // <---This should position it a movie frame 0
     portal7.play("http://www.transformingscotland.com/wp-content/themes/Amirra/Amirra/images/portalavi.flv");
ps - there's the ability to add fvars via the flash embed plugin that i use on the site.. (wordpress) not sure if that could be utilised for the hyperlinking?

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