Importing Video to Imovie, Makes video Red
A screen recording video, that i go to import into Imovie (after mavricks update) now makes my entire movies red. Before mavricks, i never had an issue. Now i simply cannont Import a video without it being all red. Please help me fix, or give me back old Imovie
Her is a workaround untill apple fix this problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJCpycEeLrQ
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Imported video from imovie, when i try to play only have audio, screen is red and flickering
imported video from imovie, when i try to play only have audio, screen is red and flickering. new mac pro.
steved
Thanks for the reply with additional details.
In order to help you with the Elements Organizer 13 and Premiere Elements 13 issues, we need details of that video from iMovie.
You should be able to get the important details of the iMovie video by telling us the export settings that you used for the iMovie export.
Minimum information..
Video Compression
Audio Compression
File Extension
Frame Size
First, update Premiere Elements 13 and Elements Organizer 13 each to the 13.1 Update (See Help Menu/Update in an opened
Premiere Elements 13 project.)
We will be watching for further details in order to plan and carry out troubleshooting strategy.
Thank you.
ATR. -
When I import video from my iphone to imovie it doesnt look right, it makes everyone look wider and shorter. Is there a way to fix this?
This is close. I did a bit more digging I have found a few more things. It appears that the input dialog is a read once on connect and then it never updates. I had my iPhone connected to my Mac when I did my convert from FILMiC Pro to my Camera Roll. Just on a whim, I dissconnected my iPhone with FCPX open and then connected it again. This time when I opened up the Import window the movie I converted showed up. It appears my issue may have simply been related to the specific series of operations that I happened to use at the time I was trying to perform an import to FCPX.
One last item of note. There is a movie in my Camera Roll that FCPX still does not see. This was a movie shot by my son-in-law of my grandaughter on his iPhone and then it was sent, via message, to my iPhone. Obviously it is a highly compressed video of unknown compression and frame rate. Regardless, FCPX does not see this video. I'm guessing it is not a .mov quicktime file but some other format specific to imessage video.
Thanks for the help Russ. It at least pointed me in the right direction. I understand why no one else could comment as I'm guessing no one else has had an issue. A very subtle "feature". -
HI, I have been importing videos clips from a SD card to iMovie 09. These clips are analyzed for animal behavior and the timing information for a specific event is critical for proper analyses. Most of the times, the imported clips display correct timing information for a given frame as I scroll over the clips. However, sometimes, some clips show a static or constant timestamp for all the frames in a clip and the timing information doesn't change in the playhead as I scroll over different frames.
For such clips, I was wondering if it's possible to display correct timing information for the frames, and how? Since I only need frame timing info relative to the starting point, I am open to a solution that involves readjusting starting timestamp.
Thank you so much for your time and help.Several ways to do this.
I would scrub to the in point of the audio you want to change, then drag all the way back to the beginning of the clip. Then EDIT/SPLIT CLIP or right-click/Split Clip. Then go to the out point of the audio clip and drag to the right to the end of the clip. Then Edit/Split Clip. The clip in the middle should have your 25 minutes of audio.
Another way: Use Comment Markers
See this Tutorial from Ken Stone.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html#markers
If neither of those work for you, tell me more about what you are trying to do. -
Importing videos to iMovie issue
Recently, when I import videos from my SD card, from my camera, to iMovie on my MacBook Pro (Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5), the videos that show up don't have the sound waves on the bottom but they still have audible sound. However, it makes editing this videos harder since I can't see the waves and where the audio ends in case I want to attach another clip right after it. Other times, the video I import just has no sound, no visible sound waves, has a flat red line on the top, and is just a random still frame that lasts for less than a second. And other times, the video I import is a cut off section of the original video. For example, I may import a 30 second video but I get 15 seconds of a random section of that video.
I'm quite sure it has nothing to do with the SD card or my camera since I have used other SD cards and it has also had the same problems.
This whole issue only started a couple months ago and I already had my laptop for more than half a year and it has worked perfectly before.
Is there some update I should get for iMovie? I'm not exactly sure what version it is, but it should be iMovie '11.
It's all really frustrating as I have to refilm whatever I filmed and it doesn't work multiple times. And after spending 8 hours on it one time, I imported it one last time and everything was perfect. Sound waves were visible, sound was there, full clips, everything.
Super frustrating.Ok Tom i wrote sudo port -v selfupdate
this is the result: sent 342 bytes received 7235 bytes 2164.86 bytes/sec
total size is 4061730 speedup is 536.06
MacPorts base version 1.710 installed
Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.710
The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated
u-100-di-luca-conti:~ Luca$
if now i type sudo port install ffmpeg
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_multimediaXviD/work/xvidcore-1.1.3/build/generic" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-assembly " returned error 77
Command output: checking build system type... i686-apple-darwin9.6.0
checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin9.6.0
checking target system type... i686-apple-darwin9.6.0
checking whether to use default CFLAGS... no
checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.0
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details. -
Importing video clips in AVCHD (Lite) into Aperture vs iMovie
I'm trying to figure out which application I should use for importing and storing video clips shot on my Panasonic DMC-ZS7 camera. This camera can shoot in AVCHD (Lite) or in Motion JPEG. I use the AVCHD (Lite) format to shoot the videos with this camera.
The two application options I currently have for importing video clips from this camera are:
a. Aperture 3.5.1 (I'm not using iPhoto since I have Aperture).
b. iMovie 10.0.1 (I'm not using Final Cut Pro)
When I first got this camera, Aperture 3 did not support the AVCHD Lite codec. Back then, iMovie could import video clips shot in AVCHD Lite, but it had to transcode the AVCHD video clips into AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec). Some time later, one of the Aperture 3 updates made it possible to import AVCHD Lite into Aperture (without having to transode into an intermediate codec), so we started importing our video clips shot in AVCHD Lite (together with our photos shot by the same camera) directly into Aperture.
iMovie 10 released in 2013 supports importing video clips shot in AVCHD Lite without having to transode them to AIC for storing these video clips in iMovie. So, now we have a dilemma that we need help with. Which application should we use going forward for importing video clips from this camera?
When I look at the metadata for the imported videos in Aperture, I see that the format of the imported video clips is listed as H.264. However, I can't seem to be able to find any information about the format in which iMovie stores imported videos. I can "Reveal in Finder" a video that I import into iMovie, and I see the size of the file and the .mov extension assigned to the file. With video files, the extension does not always determine the codec of the file, but in my non-expert opinion, the .mov extension is not H.264; I may be totally wrong here, though. What I have noticed, though, is that a video clip imported into iMovie has the file size that is about 10% larger than the same video clip imported into Aperture.
Therefore, I have three questions:
1. What format is a video clip (shot in AVCHD Lite) stored in Aperture 3.5.1 and in iMovie 10.0.1
2. Which format (the one used by Aperture or the one used in iMovie) is better suited for transoding AVCHD videos into? The balance of the quality and file size is the main consideration for us.
3. Which applications would you personally prefer using for importing video clips to and why?
I do want to use some of these video clips to make home videos in the future, utillizing iMovie. However, it seems I can still store the raw footage in Aperture and access this raw footage from iMovie to be able to create an iMovie project and a final home video. One of the concerns is that if we keep importing our video clips into Aperture, the Aperture library could grow beyond the size that Aperture can support and we may end up losing our photos due to the database corruption. Is this a real risk?
Thank you!I had the same question recently. Go to the right of this box and a little above, into the Search Discussions window. Type in this: Is MPEG2 the answer
You will find my question, and the great answers I got. Follow those directions and you will be all set! -
Importing Video to iMovie 11 Causes Entire Computer to Crash
Hi. I must say up front that I am not very Mac saavy, so I apologize in advance.
I am trying to import video from a Canon Vixia HFS200 camera in to my iMovie 11 on my iMac. I'm running OS X version 10.6.8. The other details are in the error report that I've pasted below. When I turn on the video camera, I select sync then select "Computer/Printer" for USB connection type. It will then open my iPhoto and upload photos, and then it will open my iMovie (if not already open). It can transfer to iPhoto just fine. However, when it opens the transfer window in iMovie, it stalls with an empty transfer screen and then I get the gray box of death telling me that my computer has crashed and I must re-start it.
I would appreciate any advice on this issue. Thanks!
Here is the error report I received after the last crash:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 2898 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: A1F31A7D-6C49-4E2F-A7CC-D6E37E5BB5F0
Wed Dec 21 10:43:29 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2abf6a): Kernel trap at 0x017bf827, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x00000008, CR3: 0x1949c000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x5e36383c, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x0000000a
CR2: 0x00000008, EBP: 0x5e363818, ESI: 0x0d29d940, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x017bf827, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5e3635c8 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x5e3635fc 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x5e363618 : 0x2abf6a (0x59e3d0 0x17bf827 0xe 0x59e59a)
0x5e3636f8 : 0x2a1a78 (0x5e363710 0x0 0x5e363818 0x17bf827)
0x5e363708 : 0x17bf827 (0xe 0x48 0xcb0070 0x10)
0x5e363818 : 0x2fd111 (0x5e36383c 0x2d0020 0x320020 0x6d002e)
0x5e363868 : 0x2fea67 (0xd29d940 0x5e363a00 0x9ad5274 0x2d16cd)
0x5e3638b8 : 0x2e4605 (0xd29d940 0x5e363a00 0x9ad5274 0x0)
0x5e363b48 : 0x46dd05 (0x8a59378 0x0 0x880 0x9ad5274)
0x5e363b88 : 0x2debb8 (0x8af4804 0x8a59378 0x880 0x9ad5274)
0x5e363bd8 : 0x2f4c24 (0xd29d940 0x0 0x880 0x9ad5274)
0x5e363c18 : 0x2eaca7 (0xd29d940 0x5e363d00 0x0 0x1)
0x5e363d88 : 0x2eb058 (0x1b032f0 0x1 0x0 0x0)
0x5e363f48 : 0x2eb0f1 (0x1b032f0 0x1 0x0 0x0)
0x5e363f78 : 0x4f82fb (0x97f0540 0x94eab48 0x9ad51b4 0x1)
0x5e363fc8 : 0x2a251d (0x94eab44 0x0 0x10 0x94eab44)
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds
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Model: iMac9,1, BootROM IM91.008D.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.45f0
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USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2According to the link below I got from the Canon Canada website, apparently there is mentioned software to retreive images and videos from your camera.
http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/7/0300004027/01/IB66_EN.pdf
Anyhow, since you had it working before with iMovie 11, I am suspecting that it somehow got corrupted when the mounted volume (your camera) somehow got disconnected due to inadequate battery power. Which was why Canon recommended people use an AC adapter for this or a fresh battery before a major transfer of movie clips. When mounted volumes disconnect abruptly for whatever reasons, iMovie 11 goes into beserk mode trying to restore that connection resulting in crashes or slowdowns.
To restore iMovie 11 back to where it was.
You need to delete iMovie's plist and cache files, 2 files located in your Home/Libary folder
com.apple.iMovieapp.plist (document)
com.apple.iMovieapp (folder)
After this, you can either do 2 things. One is run disk repair utility and execute repair permissions on the drive that iMovie resides (probably your main boot drive) or download a free utility called OnyX which is a free OSX maintenance software to do that plus some extras including clearing caches, which sometimes are the causes of system crashes.
It is available from http://www.titanium.free.fr/index.php and it will help repair permissions and clear caches. Please download the appropriate version for your OSX (Snow Leopard).
Once that is done, reboot your computer and run iMovie 11. Connect the cable to the camera and computer and do your import. Make sure you have a fresh charged battery on your Canon. This should work.
Regarding Apple Care. The easiest way to deal with this is deal your issues with a Genius at the Apple Store. They will help you with the registeration of Apple Care. Just because you bought Apple Care does not necessarily mean you are registered and you should register it as soon as you got the system and Apple Care together.
Apple is a good system, but in the quest of making the system super friendly, it can sometimes be daunting to get it working again because unlike the PC, the interface itself makes it challenging to do low level stuff. -
My question: Is it possible to get iMovie version 9.09/2009 MacBook Pro/ Mac Os X version 10.7.5 to recognize JVC GR-DX77U camcorder via 9 pin to 4 pin firewire and import video?
My camcorder is recognized with 4 pin to 4 pin firewire on laptop with Windows operating system; however, it will not recognize on MacBook Pro with 9pin to 4 pin firewire. JVC website does not offer any updated camcorder driver software for this camcorder and older version driver on CD will not download onto MacBook Pro.Hi
With the reservation of that I us:
• iMovie 9.0.4
• Mac OS X.6.9
see my notes
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 -
Failure importing video from the Desktop in iMovie 2009?
When I attempt to import a folder of .MOV videos from the desktop into an existing project in iMovie 2009, it appears to go through the loading and importing steps, but the entire process and loading bar only occur for a matter of seconds, and no video appears to be imported.
I have tried importing the video as a new event, and the process happens the same way, this time creating a new event folder in the Event Library, but with nothing in it.
I have tried selecting only one video, also to no avail.
I have also tried to import videos formatted in .AVI, this failed.
Anyone had this issue, or know a fix/workaround? At this point I don't know how to import video from the hard drive into a new project at all. Dragging the files from desktop to event frame within iMovie does not work either.Well, I think the 9-pin to 4-pin cable is the best way to go. Get your camera's power adapter out and plug the camera into the wall first. Once the camera's got power, put it into VCR/playback mode. Then also go into the Menus on the camera and also check your manual to make sure you are sending the video signal out through the firewire and not just through the RCA video jacks. I don't know if the GL2 has a control for the Firewire jack, but just double-check that to make sure it's turned on.
Now setup the Mac to recognize the camera. Shut it down completely and plug the firewire cable into the Mac. Make sure your camera hasn't gone to low power/sleep mode. Startup the Macintosh, when you see the desktop appear launch iMovie. Then go to File Menu > Import from Camera. And in that window that pops up it should list your GL2 in addition to the iSight webcam. -
Can't import videos into imovie from movie files
I am having difficulty importing .mov files into iMovie. When I go to file>import>videos, I can find my .mov files I want to move to iMovie. It says it is converting. The files show up in my iMovie folders in Finder but no thumbnails are showing up in iMovie. Any suggestions?
The audio codec looks fine. The video codec is h.264 which is usually good for iMovie, but there can be variants that iMovie cannot handle. Another interesting thing about the h.264 is that it is anamorphic, which means it stores as 1440x1080, but simulates 1920x1080 by using rectangular pixels.
If I were trying to make this work, I would try converting it using a free tool called MPEG Streamclip, available here. I use the Beta version. http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
Drag your clip into MPEG Streamclip. Then click FILE/EXPORT TO QUICKTIME. For Compression, choose Apple Intermediate Codec. Leave the audio codec unchanged.
For Frame size, choose 1920x1080.
Check Interlaced Scaling, and for Field Dominance use Upper Field First, but if it looks bad, you can try checking "Deinterlace Video".
Click Make Movie. Give it a name and store it where you can find it.
Now try importing into iMovie using FILE/IMPORT MOVIE. -
Can't import videos into iMovie
Hello, there!
I just captured a few videos with my screen capture app on my windows laptop. After I transferred them onto my iMac and converted them into .mp4 files i wanted to import them into iMovie but when i selected them only video 4 and 6 out of 6 videos imported into iMovie. i don't know whats the problem when i try again to import the other videos he is loading for like 1 second and nothing happens. i have already tried to restart iMovie and have also restarted my mac.
Also, this is not the first time something like this happens. but last time the problem just disappeared after a few retries...
please help! i want to upload them to youtube as soon as possible!iMovie uses QuickTime file formats or DV Stream files directly from a camcorder.
If your files don't open or play properly in QuickTime Player they will not "import" into iMovie.
If you're authoring on a PC you must keep this basic fact as part of your your export scheme.
iPod videos are usually 320X240 and will not look good when scaled up to DV dimensions. Some use 480 width MPEG-4 video codecs that could scale but you may not be happy with the results.
Most Windows exports use Windows only codecs and this is the reason you're not seeing the video. Try exporting as a DV format (blah.dv) from Movie Maker. It may only appear as an option export to .AVI using those codecs. -
IMovie doesn't import video shot on my iPhone 4s
I shot some video clips of my daughter's volleyball match today and now I want to edit and share it with iMovie 11. However, I cannot import it into imovie at all. I imported all the clips into iPhoto with a sync as usual, and there they sit. I can view them in iPhoto, but When I open iMovie they don't show up in the iphoto library for selection to import. I need to be able to put all the clips together into one "movie" and I assumed that iMovie would be the way to do that. I am getting the impression that the iPhone is not compatible with iMovie. Seriously??? Can someone please help me get these clips into iMovie so I can share them with the rest of the team? Not very seamless if you ask me. This is all with iLife 11 on my Macbook Pro running Lion with all the latest.
Capt RonAre your movies still on your iPhone, or did you erase them? If they are still on your phone, you can attach your phone, and in iMovie use FILE/IMPORT FROM CAMERA.
If they are in iPhoto, there should be an Event in your iMovie Event Library called iPhoto Movies. They should be in there. If they are not, you might try trashing preferences (com.Apple.iApps.plist) as mentioned here. https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4061
Also, you can always make a copy of the movie in iPhoto. Right click on the movie in iPhoto and select "Revel in Finder". Copy the clip and then paste it in a folder temporarily where you can find it. Then use FILE/IMPORT MOVIE to import it to iMovie. -
Using iMovie. I selected "New Movie" from the menu. Now when I click on "Events" all I see is the movie. There are no imported video cups to select from. What did I do?
At the top middle of the screen is a clips filter. Make sure that "All Clips" is selected.
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Cannot import video from Canon ZR10 to iMovie '08
I have a Canon ZR10 mini-DV camcorder. My son is trying to import video to iMovie '08 and it does not seem to recognize the camera. I am using a 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire cable. When I turn on the camcorder, "DV In" appears on its screen so it seems to be in the proper mode to transfer video. However, iMovie doesn't do anything. I don't even get a blue screen. I tried File-->Import from Camera but that didn't so anything. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? He's very anxious to edit his movie! Thanks...
Hello All,
I have been attacking this problem for a few hours and I have found that if you turn off and or make all network items inactive the camera will immediately be recognized by iMovie.
Took a long time to figure this out. Not sure why this is happening but it has fixed my problem.
Before this fix I would intermently get the camera and its memory sticks in the usb slot to recognize in iMovie.
Now all is well and works every time as long as I turn off or make things inactive
Hope this works for you! -
Trouble importing video into iMovie from External HD
I have video from my Panasonic Full HD camera. I have already transferred the video off the camera and onto an external hard drive. When I try to import the video into iMovie those files are grayed out. Does anyone have any idea how to make this work?
It is all my video of my son's first year since birth!It is very important that when you transferred the video off the camera, you kept all files and folders from the camera. If you did, you can open iMovie and use FILE/IMPORT FROM CAMERA ARCHIVE and navigate to the folder that contains the contents that you removed from the camera.
In the future, open iMovie and use FILE/IMPORT FROM CAMERA. This will bring up an import screen. There you can click a button that says Create Camera Archive. This will automatically get you all the files you need off the camera, and it gives you a good backup.
You can also import directly into iMovie from this screen.
If you did not preserve the contents of the camera - for example, you just copied the .mts files, but did not copy the rest of the files and folders, you will need a third party app to convert the .mts files so that iMovie can read them. Two apps that people use for this are ClipWrap and Voltaic HD. They are pricey, but if you did not copy the full camera contents, this may be your best bet. -
Importing video into ipad2 iMovie
How do I import videos into ipad2?
And yet just another example of how apple-centric limitations frustrate even the simplest functions. If I can import a video directly into my iPad from my "non-apple" camcorder, and play it... Then I shouldn't have to use iTunes on another computer to not only covert the file, but to import it as well so that iMovie can "see" it!!!
This even happens when using garage band ON MY IPAD then trying to use the music I created in I Movie ON MY iPAD!!! You have to save the music to iTunes then connect to a laptop then import the music back to your iPad.
This is CRAZY!!!!!!!
Apple... Get your act together and make all this stupid crap stop... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Samsung Galaxy anyone? While the video editing app isn't as good as iPad yet, the comparability and functionality blows iPad out of the water... You can actually save to folders! Watch out apple google is hot on your a$$
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