IPhoto Clips not importing into IMovie

All of a sudden I cannot import iphoto clips, it just repeats the last frame in the movie. Any ideas?

Does this happen in a new project?

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I have some video I shot with a Sony Handycam that I want to import it into iMovie. When In iMovie I can see the MPV files but they are grayed out.
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iMovie06 works w/ DV 25(MiniDV, DVCPro & HDV-720p/1080i). it has no capability for DVCProHD(DV100). see if your editor buddy can give you the clip in one of the listed formats for iMovie. even if he gives it to in the HDV format, you'll still only be able to burn SD DVD w/ iDVD, so it might be best to ask for the clip in an SD format.
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Hi Harm,
Yes, that's exactly what I do with my EX3 footage too - ignore the XML error messages. That's a bit buggy in it's own right, well, not buggy but it should really recognise the EX folder/file structure and ignore the XML files - maybe one for a feature request!
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ok...please answer this question...i NEED it to be answered!!!!! When I try to put the Ken burns effect on a photo and then import it into the clip viewer, it will NOT let me!!!! Please H~E~L~P ME!!!!!!!!!
HELP ME!!!!!

Welcome to discussions!
You have not told us enough information to H~E~L~P you.
We need to know everything about your Mac, hard drive space (look at mine below). Go to "My Settings" at the right of this screen and fill out that information please.
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iMovie HD 6 requires Quartz Extreme-compatible graphics cards
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To late. The videos were downloaded into iPhoto and removed from the iPhone. I actually exported the videos to my desktop then imported them into FCPX without any problem. It would seem to me that I should be able to import directly. The video format (in iPhoto) is supported according to the apple web sight. Any thoughts?

Movie clip won't import into iMovie.

Hi
Ok at the risk of sounding like a complete dumbo...
I have a JVC Everio G 30Gb Hard disc camcorder. I can't get my clip to import into iMovie. All I get is the following message...
"The file could not be imported: The file “File Name Here” can’t be imported; QuickTime couldn’t parse it: -2048"
Can anybody help or know some way around this?
I sorta figured that like iPhoto, where you can pretty much download from any big brand digital camera, it would be the same with iMovie.
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.3)
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi iMovieNewbie - welcome to the forum!
Many people have your ailment!! The problem is that your camera records in MPEG2 format which is really not compatible with iMovie. iMovie's native format is DV, which is designed to be a no-loss, editable format. MPEG is really just a viewing format.
There are workarounds, but they involve converting MPEG into DV, for which you will need:
MPEG StreamClip (free):
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
and
Apple MPEG2 PlayBack($20):
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
Read about it all here:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=267352&tstart=0

Why won't my video won't import into iMovie. There is a red ERROR message underneath clip.

I just imported 40 out of 43 clips of HD video from my JVC HD Everio camera into iMovie '11. It's my first time using either equipment for editing. I selected import all but only 40 of the clips successfully imported. 3 of the clips were not able to be imported but I can still play the clips fine from the import window. The clips all have red error messages underneath them. This is an issue that I've seen posted other places online but it doesn't seem to be resolved. It's very frustrating for me, I've been researching online to try to fix this for hours now. The closest I have come to a solution involved deleting extra 3rd party plugins from my quicktime folder however I don't have a folder named "Quicktime" in my Library. So I don't know what to do. Please help!

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