Problems with importing video to imovie

I have a Sony Camorder and i'm having issues with importing video files to my Macbook. The message I'm receive is:
Error occured during import
There was a problem importing 1 of 1 clips from your camera. Please review the imported movies carefully.

While we all have MacBooks in this forum not all of us use iMovie. There's an iMovie Support Community where everybody uses iMovie. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer. https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/imovie

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Problems with importing video tape into iMovie '08

I'm using a canopus advc 110 to import video tapes from a vhs recorder into iMovie. BUT, the process often stops after only a few minutes when I still have a long way to go. I'd like to be able to leave it to work for 20-minute chunks (longer if possible, but I think that's about the limit), but it keeps stopping after a few minutes. When I come back in the room, it keeps trying to import (time in upper right corner keeps going) but had quit earlier according to time on the lower center of the iMovie screen. This is adding to my frustration and time, which is limited. Any suggestions??

The canopus advc 110 will work IF you have a perfect tape.
Look at the Grassvalley ADVC300 it has the ability to compensate for bad tapes. Using Line Time Base Correction (LTBC), ADVC300 instantly cleans, stabilizes and preserves old VHS and Hi8 videos in clean DV format. No need to monitor, just start and forget. Fast forward the tape all the way and then rewind all the way before import will never hurt.
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
http://www.grassvalley.com/products/advc300
The ADVC300 is for anyone who wants to do editing and is concerned about quality of color and speed, for the novice it is an incredible gizmo that will restore VHS tapes to a state close to the original fixing midtones, highlights and shadows on the fly. Not only can you simply convert analog to digital you can actually manipulate the signal going in (if you want to).
A bit pricey bit it WORKS.
I would use iMovie 06 with iDVD 08/09.
iMovie 08 and 09 uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage. iMovie 06 uses ALL of the image to form the video.
Your workflow is editing DV clips and making DVDs, so iMovie 06 is better suited. Your movie will arrive at iDVD in DV format, which is an ideal match for making a DVD: same resolution, same pixels aspect ratio, and original quality. If you share your movie from iMovie 09, it gets re-rendered at 640x480 or less, and then iDVD upscales it back to 720x480. The end result is obviously not as good.
iMovie 06 and iDVD 08/09 is a "lossless" combination.
iMovie 09 is a wonderful programs assuming that you're using it for what it was designed to do, assemble videos to share on the Internet.

PROBLEM with Importing video to an external drive

I am unable to import video directly onto an external drive. Whilst the ext drive shows up fine in Finder, I do not get this option on the import drop down menu. Yesterday i spent an hour with the Genius guys in the Regent St Apple Store. They both said that they'd done this before, but were both unable to get it to work on their hardware. It appears it should work, but doesn't!! We tested on mac formatted ext drive so it wasn't a pc formatting issue with the drive.
The guys at Apple said maybe it was a problem with a recent update to imovie which to me sound unlikely!
I use the latest version of iMovie 09, Snow Leopard & a Mac book (2yrs old)
Any ideas really appreciated
Thanks in advance

Several things are not officially supported by hardware and software manufacturers, but that does not prevent them from working very effectively. I have used LaCie firewire drives on many occasions on the same firewire bus as my DV source without any difficulty. I think that the settup that you propose will be potentially more problematic than using the same firewire bus. The reasoning for this opinion is that USB does not constant guarenteed bandwidth where firewire does. Theoretically speaking USB sould work under optimal conditions and there are some people using it, however I have heard of far more problems with the USB drives than firewire.
Things to look for in an external firewire drive include an oxford 911 or better bridge board and a drive speed greater than 7200 RPM. I have used 5400 RPM drives without any problems, but others have had problems with these as well.
Canon cameras have several quirks that have proved problematic when trying to integrate them as a source into video production settings. You may want to invest in a stand-alone deck or alternate brand camera to import your footage. This does not mean you can't try to use the Canon as a source. Several people do on a daily basis without difficulty. I would recommend trying what equipment is most easily availablr to you and determining what works best with your configuration.
Reguards,
Dave F

Problem with importing videos from Aperture

I was able to import videos from Aperture within FCPX. However, when I tried to import some older videos, the following error message appeared:
"No importable files
None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again."
I noticed that all the video files older than about three months didn't work, and all the newer files worked, regardless what camera it was from (D800, iPhone, m4/3 camera)
I opened up the aperture library package and compared the permission for one video file that I could import, and one that I couldn't. They have the same permissions, so it isn't a permission issue. I tried exporting the problem video from Aperture and importing it into FCPX, and it accepted it.
The other thing I've noticed that is for the files that I imported from Aperture library, the video files in the Original Media folder are only around 250 KB. It seems that they are only aliases. All the more reason I need to find a way to drag videos from Aperture into FCPX, as the files aren't duplicated.
Does anybody know a solution to this problem?
Thanks a lot!

Aperture drag'n'drop export only creates reference movies (which can break!)
Background of your issue:
If you simply drag your video file(s) from the Aperture window to the Desktop (in my case a MP4 from my Galaxy Nexus, the original having 70 MB), Aperture does not copy the master or the version file, but instead it creates a reference movie file, which is a very small video container file (in my case: MP4, 26 KB) with no AV-content but only a reference to your master video file in your Aperture library, ~/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/Masters/YYYY/MM/DD/YYYYMMDD-hhmmss/filename.
So by principle it acts like an "alias", but technically it is not a filesystem alias (filepath, ID within filesystem (inode), metadata), but a so called reference movie. If you meanwhile deleted/manipulated the master file from the Aperture Library, or changed something from the filepath (volume name, home directory name, etc) import in Final Cut Pro will fail of course, as it loads a mere reference movie, and fails to load the AV-content, as the master movie file cannot be found at the given filepath anymore.
Solution 1 (for the "tidy" users):
Make sure the filepath to your Aperture Library does not change (volume name, user name, custom library name), and hopefully Apple does not change their Aperture Library filepath scheme in future updates. Then the reference movie will remain pointing to a valid master file.
Solution 2:
In Aperture, select the file(s)
File > Export Master (CMD-SHIFT-S)
Save file(s) to your desired destination
Import them into within Final Cut Pro
Of course this creates unnecessary duplicate content, which is specially painful with video files, which tend to be large.
Solution 3 (advanced users):
Locate the master file (within the Aperture Library.aplibrary bundle) and import that in Final Cut Pro.
The import dialogue of many Mac OS X apps does not allow browsing into bundles.
A possible work around is to open the bundle in Finder (right click > Show package contents), locate the file, and then drag'n'drop it onto the import dialogue of Final Cut Pro.
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Problems with importing video frames to layers

Whenever I try to import video frames to layers (File > Import > Video Frames to Layers), the little preview box of the video doesn't show up, and when I click "Okay" it only creates a bunch of solid black layers. I'm using .avi videos, which should be compatible. Can anyone help me out? :/

Also, you can make sure your system is 64 bit capable by:
Open Performance Information and Tools by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Performance Information and Tools.
Click View and print details.
In the System section, you can see what type of operating system you're currently running under System type. Under 64-bit capable, you can see whether you can run a 64-bit version of Windows. (If your computer is already running a 64-bit version of Windows, you won't see the 64-bit capable listing.)

Compatibility problem with Imported videos taken from Galaxy S2's Camera

Hi,
I have several video files taken from galaxy s2 in various sizes ( 720*480, 1280*720,...).
I imported them to iPhoto'11 on my mac with other photos successfully but failed to sync them with my iPad through iTunes.
It said "The video format is not supported by the iPad"...
I checked the video files with MediainfoMac application and they're encoded with H.264 which is supported by ipad.
I even converted them with avidemux ( copying video, re-encoding audio with FAAC) which used to work for many mkvs and avis, but syncing them also failed...:(
I know I can sync them if I re-encode whole file, but still I can't understand why the mp4 video file from galaxy s2 are not compatible with ipad!
Here's a file information taken from MediaInfoMac application. Please someone let me know why this file format is not supported by ipad...
* * * MediaInfo Mac 0.7.36.0 file analysis report.
* * * MediaInfo Mac is ©2010 by Diego Massanti - http://mediainfo.massanti.com
* * * MediaInfoLib by Jerome Martinez - http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net
Created on: May 31, 2011 7:33:07 PM GMT+09:00
Report for file: abcde.mp4.mp4
General / Container Stream #1
          Total Video Streams for this File.................1
          Total Audio Streams for this File.................1
          Video Codecs Used.................................AVC
          Audio Codecs Used.................................AAC LC
          File Format.......................................MPEG-4
          Play Time.........................................51s 725ms
          Total File Size...................................21.8 MiB
          Total Stream BitRate..............................3 538 Kbps
          Title (Tag).......................................abcde.mp4
          Encoded with......................................Lavf52.61.0
Video Stream #1
          Codec (Human Name)................................AVC
          Codec (FourCC)....................................avc1
          Codec [email protected]
          Frame Width.......................................720 pixels
          Frame Height......................................480 pixels
          Frame Rate........................................29.618 fps
          Total Frames......................................1532
          Display Aspect Ratio..............................3:2
          Video Standard....................................NTSC
          Scan Type.........................................Progressive
          Color Space.......................................YUV
          Codec Settings (Summary)..........................1 Ref Frames
          QF (like Gordian Knot)............................0.333
          Codec Settings (CABAC)............................No
          Codec Settings (Reference Frames).................1
          Video Stream Length...............................51s 725ms
          Video Stream BitRate..............................3 406 Kbps
          Video Stream BitRate Mode.........................VBR
          Bit Depth.........................................8 bits
          Video Stream Size.................................21.0 MiB (96%)
Audio Stream #1
          Codec.............................................AAC
          Codec (FourCC)....................................40
          Audio Stream Length...............................51s 641ms
          Audio Stream BitRate..............................128 Kbps
          Audio Stream BitRate Mode.........................VBR
          Number of Audio Channels..........................2
          Audio Channel's Positions.........................Front: L R
          Sampling Rate.....................................44.1 KHz
          Audio Stream Size.................................806 KiB (4%)

Tim, that's a good thought.
The Mac I hooked the iPod up to is running iTunes 4. However, I did not sync the iPod to it, I answered "No" to all queries to sync to the computer.
This of course doesn't mean that the presence of iTunes 4 on the Mac didn't screw up the iPod, but I think that would have to be considered a bug that should be fixed since you ought to be able to recharge your iPod on any computer's USB port without screwing up your library regardless of what version of iTunes it is running as long as you don't attempt to sync the two machines. Hopefully someone from Apple will look into whether this is indeed the problem and if so, fix it.
Interestingly, I discovered my music videos and tv shows under the /Music/Playlists/Purchased (but NOT my purchased music!), and I can play the music videos back that way, but it only plays the audio and the first frame of the video as if it were album art. The tv shows won't play back at all, apparently.
I suspect you are correct that iTunes 4 accessed the iPod without permission and screwed things up. Hopefully Apple can fix that since I regularly visit people who don't keep all their software updated to the latest versions due to having dial-up internet or other reasons (which, after all, aren't really my business).
Thanks for the help.

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!

Problem with importing video

Hi !
I'm using Premiere Elements 10, over win XP sp3.
I started editing video about a month ago to create family video and it woked perfectly,
last week, i captured a 16 minute long video from a panasonic mini dv camcorder using windows movie maker (i don't have a firewire card, and it worked fine over USB cable)
the movie is 16 minutes long, and weighs about 3.5 GB.
when I import ir to PE it says its 2 hours long and 16 minutes, and it dosent show any video, the sound does work.
the video works well on any other player, including the organizer, which comes with PE.
i read the help here and couldt find anything more than looking with G spot, and re-installing PE and K Lite Codec Pack 9 full, nothing worked so far...
print screen of h2:16:24 in PE :
how can i make it work ?
Thank you !
Jhon

I suggest uninstalling K-Lite and reinstalling PRE to see if this makes any difference. Others have reported that some Codec packs replace the default codecs PRE expects.
You should be able to capture directly to PRE over USB using File> Get Media from> Files and Folders - although I go along with Steve, $15 should get you a FireWire card and cable and you'll be guaranteed the best quality input. e.g kit (card and cable) for £10.00.
If your camcorder settings allow you to select MTP mode for your USB connection you could import the clip using the Elements Organizer: File> Get Photos and Videos> From Camera or Card Reader. Your camcorder should show as a device. In my example both my DSLR (photo capability only) and my Compact (photo and video) show as valid camera devices over USB.
Cheers,
Neale
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i have some video on my computer that i am trying to coppy to my ipod, i tryed the import metod or the drag and drop metod but it didnt work,
can anybody help me with this?

Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing video with iTunes and iPod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302758
GUIDES TO: Converting Video for iPod - Mac & Window
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123067
Patrick

Got problem with import video to layers

Hai i'm cs 3 user. I want to make a gifs using music video.
But when I tried to import the video, it said 'could not complete the video frames to layers command because the movie file could not be open'
Imy video format is FLV.. but when i tried with other format, same thing happen. So could any one here help me?

Photoshop was the answer I was looking for. I'm moving your question to the forum here: http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/general

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i can't figure out how to upload videos onto my itunes video library.. i don't know what to do

Hard to help with so little information.
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The GoPro app keeps telling me that playback is not supported and I need to save the videos to the GoPro album, then when I do iMovie can't recognize some of the videos or it keeps telling me to not choose an audio only file when it is clearly a video file. Someone told me it's because Apple is moving away from quick time and it's effecting how the GoPro videos are being received on the iPhone. I currently have a iPhone 6+.

Robin One:
Step by step (according to Len Goff):
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save as Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. If you hold your mouse cursor over the pop-up it says: "Select a slower speed to work around burn failures," so select 4x or slower for best results. Then click the Burn button.
-->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006
Sue

Hi, I have problem with importing MOV files from SJCAM 4000. MOV files are in supported formats for Adobe Premiere Elements 11. But if I'm importing MOV file, only audio part is imported, video part is not imported. How can I solve this problem?

Hi, I have problem with importing MOV files from SJCAM 4000. MOV files are in supported formats for Adobe Premiere Elements 11. But if I'm importing MOV file, only audio part is imported, video part is not imported. How can I solve this problem?

haben
From looking at the specifications of your camera (SJCam 4000), we know already what video compression your camera is using. It is H.264.
A H.264.mov file should be supported by Premiere Elements 11. On what computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 11 running?
Do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer? And, are you running QuickTime and Premiere Elements 11 from a
User Account with administrative privileges? Please go to Premiere Elements 11 Publish+Share/Computer/QuickTime to confirm that you find
presets there for the QuickTime choice there.
What are the properties of these H.264.mov files - is it 1080p30 (1920 x 1080p30) or something else? Do you know if this camera is recording with a variable or
a constant frame rate?
Please review and consider and then we will decide what next.
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Importing video in imovie is jumpy!

When I import video into imovie the video gets jumpy. I play it while I try to edit and the film jumps around. It is like the film is missing milliseconds of the video. Does anyone have any idea about this or ever have this kind of trouble?

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