Project created in iMovie can't be played in Quicktime
Hi All,
I created a project in iMovie, saved the file, and then tried to open in Quicktime and it won't work. It automatically saved as .mp4 but I also tried changing the file to .mov but that didn't do anything either. The file appears that it saved correctly, so I'm not sure why it's not opening. I tried to share the file with a friend who has a PC (via uploading it to Amazon AWS) and he is unable to open it either.
I'm running Maverick 10.9.5 on my Macbook and have iMovie version 10.0.5.
Any suggestions?
Hi
Me just thinking - most probably 100% off
Can it be so that You try to put a transition in-between two clips IN EVENT'S
You must start a new project - and add it here
Please be not offended as people asking here are all from Semi-Pro to Don't know a thing type of persons - and to me You can be very professional and You can be a totally new to Video - person.
Hopefully You will not take offence but just give it a laugh if I was way away on this.
Yours Bengt W
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<dict>
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