Pain and suffering importing video into iMovie

I plugged my video camera into iMovie for the first time and halfway through the import it quit, the computer only recorded the first part of what I recorded. What do I do?

At the risk of sounding obvious, rewind your tape to the spot where it stopped capturing, and start capturing from there, using a manual capture (Press play on camcorder, press import on iMovie...
Ken

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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.
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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.

Please recommend digital format for importing video into iMovie.

I have iMovie '09 and am considering a purchase of a new digital camcorder. I want to easily inport video into IMovie for editing and burning DVD's for use on our home player and for importing into Facebook, email, etc. Can you recommend the best digital format for me? Also, if you have any recommended camcorders I would appreciate that too. I'm looking for something portable with High Def and either a hard drive or flash drive memory component (or both-hybrid).

I would suggest that you pick something from[this list|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3290]

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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.

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And in case someone replies by saying that I should click Window > Event Library to display the project videos, that's already checked and no dice.
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I found the answer on the net at a great site. In summary, if you don't have a DV camcorder, you need to buy Quicktime Pro, convert your .mov file into DV and then edit in iMovie and then convert it back into .mov to display. Kind of odd, but it does work.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/mac/news/imovietips_0102.html

Can't import videos into iMovie HD

Hello,
I am attempting to edit some Halo videos for my friends. I captured the video on my PC and I am using my video iPod as a flash drive to get them onto my MacBook. I have exported the files into .wmv, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, and .avi. Every format except .wmv, when imported, is either a white screen or a black screen through the whole video. I have the flip4mac trial, but do not want to pay $30 just to get rid of a watermark. I don't know if I am doing something wrong, or what I should even do. Also, when I try to play mpeg-2/4, or .avi files off of my desktop it says that Quicktime cannot open the file.
What file type should I use in iMovie that will work, or what should I do?
And I am sure I have the latest version of iMovie.
/Thanks

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.
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Has anyone tried to import video into iMovie from a DSLR camera? I can't get it to work

My problem is simple.... as should be the answer!
I recently tried to import video from a dslr into iMovie but all I get is rubbish. What am I doing wrong?
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The only simple answer without more information is RTM for camera and iPad. You are in the iOS forum so you must be trying to input to an ipad. Tell us what camera, what video format and exact destination.

Easiest and cost effective way to bringing VHS and Hi-8 video into iMovie?

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I am converting 20 year old family VHS tapes to work on iMovie 08.
I am using a plain old VCR with RCA jack output. (but it would also work with a coax connection).
It connects to a device called the EyeTV Hybrid. The EyeTV Hybrid is marketed as a way to watch and record over-the-air HD TV through your Mac, but it also does a great job on importing VHS. I would only recommend EyeTV hybrid on Intel Macs or higher. For a G5, you may need the more expensive EyeTV product that offloads some of the processing from the computer. I got the EyeTV Hybrid from Amazon, after reading many reviews there, and learning about its existence from an Apple store employee who had one for her own use.
From the EyeTV Hybrid software, which imports the VHS to my firewire drive as an MPEG-2 file, I can export to a DV file. This file can be imported into iMovie 08. I recommend splitting your clips into events using the EyeTV software before importing, because it is difficult to split clips that came from analog once they are in iMovie 08.
It does a great job, and with a $30 antenna, I can also watch TV on my Mac.
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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.
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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".
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Can't import video into IMovie 09 from Casio Exilim camera

I am new to mac and in the process of moving all my old files including many years of photos and video from my old pc life. The move has been painless up until I tried to finally make use of the old videos and create something in IMovie. I was really pumped up after watching the tutorial only to hit a brick wall when I realized that it would not be so easy after all.
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I am hoping for a simple solution.

In my continued search I have a solution to my problem and thought I would share it. If you search for a product called "Video Converter for Mac" it solves the problem. It will cost you $35, but that is much less expensive than a new camera.

Error importing video into iMovie

Ive been trying to import an mp4 movie into imovie 6 but whenever I import the video i get an error message saying that the file cannot be imported because there is not enough disk space left. I originally had about 2 gigs left but ive just cleared up and i have almost 11 now. However i still get the same error message. Ive never really been a big movie editer so im kind of lost here. The file is about 700 mb if that is any help. do i need even more disk space?

Hi, Jas,
When you start your movie, iMovie asks for a Title and Where you want to put the movie. The WHERE is very important! You can put your videos in the wrong place and while it looks like you have a lot of room, you could have filled up the area where the video files are setting.
Also, if you don’t have a lot of volatile memory, the program will constantly be writing to the hard drive to keep temp files. So, you are loosing space, even though it doesn’t appear to be gone. It has to render somewhere! I have a disk just for videos because I kept running out of disk room.
Sometime a terabyte is just not enough!
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Still Having issues with importing videos into imovie..

OK, having heard that Apple took care of all the issues in Imove 08, I shelled out the money and I am still having the same **** problems. I now have a canon Vixia avc video camera. If i pull the card out after taking vids, imovie will import them. Now, the problem. For a year, I would just copy the stream folder containing the mts files. Imovie will not import them. I have even tried making the folder structure and then making a .dmg and mounting it. I also tried putting the .mts files onto a card that had the structure. Still no luck. I also used Toast Titanium 10 to convert the files to .movs and .mp4. It still will not import. How in the **** is this software supposed to be this user friendly if you cant even get the videos into it to work on them. hopefully someone has some answers.
Thanks in advance
Robert

I had certain formats not working for me either. I may not be getting the jist of your importing problems but as long as you can get the files onto your computer, I would use the free software "Mpeg Streamclip" to convert everything. Once I used that I had instant success. Also make sure Perian (the free plugin you can get on apple's site) installed.
Good luck!

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