Missing source video

After importing the video, editing the footage, and then quitting the program, when re-opening iMovie it shows me the edited version created previously, but displays a "missing source video" note in the playback screen.
If I re-import the original video all is well, but that is not always possible.
What gives? Am I overlooking the obvious? Am I mental?

Your Project file (it is actually an RCPROJECT file) is a text file that provides links to the video in the events, in and out points for each clip in your project, audio, titles, transitions, etc.
You can open the RCPROJECT file in a text editor and try to see where the project thinks the Events should be. BBEDIT works well, but TEXTEDIT will also work.
Be sure to make a backup of your project before trying this. YOu can use control-click "Open With" and select the text editor of your choice.

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Missing source video/little yellow warning on clips

So I made a movie using lots of video clips, and I guess I moved the folder that the source videos were in or renamed it or something. I know in Windows movie maker, I was just able to find that file and it would be fine, is there a way to tell the computer to find the missing file or do i have to re-enter and re-cut every video into the movie.

Your Project file (it is actually an RCPROJECT file) is a text file that provides links to the video in the events, in and out points for each clip in your project, audio, titles, transitions, etc.
You can open the RCPROJECT file in a text editor and try to see where the project thinks the Events should be. BBEDIT works well, but TEXTEDIT will also work.
Be sure to make a backup of your project before trying this. YOu can use control-click "Open With" and select the text editor of your choice.

Sequence quality much lower than source video

I guess this is the right place to post for FCP 7?
I have a video project in which I've imported high quality video files (1280x1024 screen capture, AVI). I've made sure that my sequence settings match the same dimensions as the source clips and that compression is set to "None." The clip settings can't be modified, and there's no pop-up when I import a clip to the timeline asking if I want to change my sequence settings. I've removed all the attributes to the clips, but there's none applied. I do have to render, though.
When I preview the source video in the viewer it looks great, but in the canvas it looks like it's at half the quality or worse. The render comes out the same - horrible quality, despite being the right dimensions.
I have no idea what I'm missing. Why would it appear fine in the viewer but not in the canvas? Especially if my sequence settings aren't any lower?
I used the default settings when I created the project. If it wasn't set to "use settings from first clip," and somehow that's the issue, how can I change the project's settings without having to redo my whole film? Going to project properties in the edit menu doesn't give me any options for quality, size, etc.

Here's something else for comparison...one of the clips makes me select to change the sequence settings, the other does not. This is a screenshot of the viewer of that clip, next to the sequence with that clip for which it's been set to the exact same settings. Yet you can see a clear quality difference in the full size version...this is what it's like throughout the whole project, whether it's text, image, or video.
I feel like there has to be some simple setting somewhere...like a draft view...that would explain this.

Missing source clip in project

I am trying to back up a LOT of projects to an external hard drive. When I checked to make sure they made the move several show "missing source clip" sections. Errgh!

I did that too, then I did a migration assistant to a new Mac and ALL of my movies have Source Clip Missing now, even though the original clips are still in the iPhoto Videos. I can stand to re edit one or two projects, but not ALL.

The quest for a good multi-source video workflow

I frequently have to mix together several sources, and the Multi-Camera Source Sequence in Premiere Pro should in theory be the best way to go.
However, it's seriously underdeveloped and for a single camera with separate audio, I end up doing a sequence instead.
Mix and scrub audio in Audition, tag and comment source video in Prelude, import both to Premiere Pro and put them together on a sequence so I can use that sewuence as a source for other sequences.
Why don't I use a multi-camera sequence? Because you have to tag syncronization points before you put everything together, because audio and video is often recorded out of sync, with several video recordings per audio recording etcetera. It ends up a mess. We don't live in an ideal world, and not wanting to waste time (and make the talent lose focus) organizing things, recording happens pretty much on the fly with all that includes in differing methods, ideals and so on. We need to know how to cut resources (and this includes not using the most exåensive editing tools) but there's always room for improvements.
I like to slap everything loosely together post-production and fine-sync on audio waves on the run, but this means you can adjust the multi-camera source sequence after you have put it together.
This isn't possible in Premiere Pro, at least not without putting it into a sequrnce first and that's the next step you want to do after all the syncronizing is done, not something you want to while cutting up the sources in a sequence.
I believe most of what I need for this is already programmed but it's mostly a matter of politics. Just please understand, synchronizing and preparing sources is different from working with a sequence, but it can be a substantial piece of work on it's own and it's not enough to just put it together in a menu and think that's all fine. (And not by far at that.)
What I need is to be able to edit a multi-camera source sewuence on a timeline like I would edit any other sequence. And call it a multi-source sequence, it isn't just video.
Then audio from different sources can be mixed together on the timeline like you do in a sequence, expoerted to audition as a multi-track session for more advanced audio processing (and no, single tracks aren't enough, I often need the real-time effects in audition not just the processing of whole tracks. And I mix together several audio sources, both mono and stereo tracks some from cameras but mostly from a separate, 24-bit audio recorder with inputs from hand or tie mics, environment and perhaps a gun with a boom. (I'm the audio guy with perhaps a camera on the side, others handle the main camera(s).
And video from several cameras can be put together, one track per camera on a timeline and not just one clip per track, one camera can have several clips taken on a timeline.
Then, when all this is put together it can be used as a source, like we use a multi-camera sequence today.
I believe it's possible, and would increase the value of your offers. If this isn't done, I may end up looking for other software.

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Audio player features can be found under multimedia section, with differences highlighted.
Hope this helps,
Puigchild
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How do I change the aspect ratio of source video in the event library?

I’ve imported video to iMovie 08 from a Canon Mini DV MD235 video camera. The video is recorded in widescreen format and plays back in widescreen when viewed from the iMovie event library (prior to doing any video editing). However, when I delete rejected frames from any particular video clip in the event library the video clip is automatically pillarboxed (i.e. switched from widescreen to 4:3 format). This squashes the video horizontally, stretches it vertically and leaves vertical black bars to the left and right of the video during playback. This automatic change in aspect ratio is occurring to the source video in the event library.
I’d be grateful for any help / advice on how I can convert the edited clips back to widescreen aspect ratio, so they display in the *event library* as they did when first imported into iMovie.

I don’t really want to clog up my hard drive with unwanted video and it’s easier to edit it from within iMovie.
Have you considered manually importing only portions of the clips you actually plan to use? Or, if you must import the entire clip, have you considered trimming externally in an application like MPEG Streamclip which will allow you to set frame level in/out points and then perform a "Save As..." operation that stores the select range of frames to an MOV file container retaining the proper flag?
Is there anything I can do from within iMovie to activate the 16:9 setting for these as yet unedited clips, so the same pillarboxing doesn’t happen?
Not sure what you mean by "unedited" here. If the files have been destructively split, the flag is gone and there is nothing you can do about it but re-compress. If you mean they are imported but as of yet whole and still contain their flags, then you have two options. The first is to edit non-destrctively within iMovie '08 and the second would be to do the trimming externally.
This second option is really fairly simple. Just close iMovie '08. Open MPEG Streamclip and load a clip you want to trim. Set your in and pout points, select the "Save As..." option, and store the files in the original Events folder with a new name. I would also recommend you perform these trims in their original time sequence so the "creation" date time groups (Finder attributes) are in time order also. When done with the loaded clip either delete it from the "Event" folder or move it to an archival location. When done with the last clip, close MPEG Streamclip, delete the Cache and Thumbnail folders from the Event folder, open iMovie '08 again, and go get a cup of coffee or tea while the files are re-thumbnailing. DO NOT DO THIS TO ANY EVENT WHICH CONTAINS FILES ALREADY USED IN ANY PROJECT. (I.e., this must be done before you start the actual project editing process.)
It seems odd to me that iMovie is doing this.
I suspect that as the application was originally written as an NLE, non-destructive, "by reference" application, the writers/updaters "overlooked" this facet when adding a "destructive" routine and did not provide for checks of this flag nor provide for copying it re-written segments.

Source video in iMovie

Got some questions concerning iMovie 8:
1. When I try to trash "rejected clips", a dialogue box says I can't, and that I don't have enough disk space! I did empty the trash, as the instructions said. I am using an external hard drive to hold the source video.
2. While experimenting, I trashed a converted movie folder from the 'movie events' folder on the external hard drive (source video). The 'project' pane in iMovie for that movie now has little yellow triangles containing and exclamation point. What's with that?
3. Does trashing the event folders on my external hard drive have any effect on the 'project' files I've already created and shared in iMovie? I'd like to save some space on that drive.
Thanks in advance for helping!

1. When I try to trash "rejected clips", a dialogue box says I can't, and that I don't have enough disk >space! I did empty the trash, as the instructions said. I am using an external hard drive to hold the >source video.
Then you move rejected clips to trash, you can actually remove rejected frames from clip, while keeping the rest of the clip intact. So I would imagine, imovie would need to make a copy of the clip while writing out the frames that are being kept. May need space for that. Also, it may need a swap file depending on how much memory you have installed. If you have a bunch of applications open and it has been a while since you rebooted, you may not have room for another swapfile.
2. While experimenting, I trashed a converted movie folder from the 'movie events' folder on the >external hard drive (source video). The 'project' pane in iMovie for that movie now has little yellow >triangles containing and exclamation point. What's with that?
The iMovie project file contains no video. It is a text file that contains pointers to the Event file. Once the Event file is gone, there is nothing to point to. This means you can not do further edits on your project, and you cannot Share your project to additional formats. If you still need to work on your project, drag the Event from the trash back to where it was. If you don't, you can leave it in the trash. Deleting an Event will not trash any copies of your completed movie that you may have placed in the Media Browser or in iTunes.
3. Does trashing the event folders on my external hard drive have any effect on the 'project' files >I've already created and shared in iMovie? I'd like to save some space on that drive.
No. Trashing Event files does not impact project files.
You can delete Project files, but be aware that you are also deleting your Media Browser copy when you do this.

Open source video chat from linux to iphone?

I would like to find an open source video chat client that I can run on my Arch laptop that will allow me to video chat with friends running iOS. Is there such a thing? Skype is not open source. Googlechat is not open source.

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I'm in the same situation. Do you ever found a solution? I only need direct communication, point to point, chatrooms or something are not needed but nice to have.
Skype is not a solution neither is Google Hangouts.
I came across Mumble. I thought at first you can create channels for yourself on public servers but unfortunately not. Most servers won't allow you to create a channel for yourself. So your best bet here is to run your own server (which means additional expenses for me).
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Gray Source Video Displayed

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Thank you for you're relpy and help Hunt. I appreciate and understand you're hint.
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The render quality of type and vector art is completely different with different background footage. This means my customer will get ugly type and logo's on webmovies with footage from camera X, and smooth type and vector art with footage from camera Y. Both with the same final dimensions after rendering thru the same set of settings.

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Hi Jim,
I agree that i wouldnt make sense to do this as a low-budget service,
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Change source video (same video but better quality)?

Is it possible to change the source video of a project with another video which is the exact same video (same fps, same aspect ratio, same duration), but with a better resolution, where all the edits on the last source video will remain on the new source video?
My situation is that I've found a 720p version of the 480p video I have been working (a long time) with.

As Jim said, you can do this externally.
We sometimes run with proxy media and have that in the Proxy folder with the full quality in the Native (or ProRes) folder. You can either swap the folder names, move the files or in Premiere Pro you can take files OFFLINE then take the online again by right clicking and chosing reconnect media.
That's the easy part
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Adobe Premiere Pro Automatically Crops Source Video Upon Import

This is really confusing me and I've never had this kind of trouble before. I have source videos that are 720x480, but as soon as I import them into Premiere, they are cropped to 540x480. It's not a problem with sequence settings or anything, because the imported source file is cropped before it's even in a sequence. I tried looking on-line for a solution, but couldn't find any. Does anyone know how this can be fixed...maybe some import settings that I don't know about?
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This is a screenshot when played with VLC:
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Hi,
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Ekiga seems nice but there is no iOS client.
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[svn:osmf:] 15952: Attempting to fix server build ( missing source path to sample plug-in), take 2.

Revision: 15952
Revision: 15952
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-05-07 10:07:24 -0700 (Fri, 07 May 2010)
Log Message:
Attempting to fix server build (missing source path to sample plug-in), take 2.
Modified Paths:
    osmf/trunk/apps/samples/framework/OSMFPlayer/OSMFPlayer-build-config.xml

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