Quality Loss Importing DV Into iMovie 09 vs iMovie 6
I understand that iMovie 6 is better than iMovie 09 for importing DV and then burning a DVD. Does anyone know why? I did try all three burns in iDVD without much difference ... still grainy. Are the capabilities of iMovie 6 in Final Cut Express or Final Cut?
There's no audio while capturing DV. Is this normal? The audio is there when I play the captured >video back, but just not while capturing.
This is normal. In addition to DV, iMovie imports many formats either faster than real time or slower than realtime (like AVCHD). Since sound would not make sense on these high def imports, they appear to have standardized on "no sound".
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Importing avi into Imovie, i loose Quality
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I'm importing avi files from my PC to my Mac. File sizes are around 1.2 GB each. When i import them to Imovie, takes about 10 minutes to, and when the files are imported, the quality is not good. BUT! when i import these files into IDVD and place them in a menu screen on IDVD, they look great! So ? What do i need to do so when i import my .avi video files, i won't loose quality when importing them to imovie. These files are uncompressed and come from a home design software. Please post ASAP with answers i need to resolve this issue for a client of mine. Thanks everyone!
TaylorNever judge by what you see in iMovie, the playback is bad. Always judge by what you see on a TV (via DV camera or iDVD and DVD player).
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How to convert this .3g2 video to a form that will allow me to edit it in iMovie?You will need to convert it to something that iMovie can edit.
1) The first step is to see if QuickTime can play it. See if you can open it in QuickTime Player.
If you can, Proceed to Step 3
2) If QuickTime cannot play it, I would try to download a set of open source codecs called Perian. They will handle many odd codecs like this. Go to Perian.ORG and download them. Then go back to step 1.
Note: If Perian does not work for you, come back for some more ideas.
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Choose Apple Intermediate Codec (for highest quality) or choose h.264 (for smallest file size) and save it in a place you can find it.
4) Now open iMovie, and use FILE/IMPORT...MOVIES to import the converted file into iMovie for editing. -
I want to edit m2t files. I hope to import them into iMovie HD. I understand that using QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback and MPEG Streamclip that I can convert the files into something that iMovie HD can use.
If I use that option what format would give the best quality after converting from the m2t.
I also wonder if I buy QuickTime Pro and QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback, will I be able to import the m2t file directly into iMovie without using MPEG Streamclip.
Any information on these topics is appreciated.
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Dear all,
I want to automatically extract my iphone-videos from the iPhoto library since I have way over 25 000 objects in there. Afterwards I would like to import them into iMovie. Anyone having an idea? Or is there no possibility to do so?
Thanks in advace
AndreasFile -> New Smart Abum
Photo -> Is -> Movie
and export those:
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue. -
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Imported video into IMovie has the video but no audio. I did recently upgrade to OS lion and earlier video imports from snow leopard is fine
I too have this problem, I cannot get any audio in my imported movies, this was not a problem two weeks ago, can anyone help me?
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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.
Also, this is not the first time something like this happens. but last time the problem just disappeared after a few retries...
please help! i want to upload them to youtube as soon as possible!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. -
Can you take a DVD that has been created, and 'reverse' import it into iMovie?
* DVDxDV (free trial, 25$, Pro: 90$)
* Apple mpeg2 plugin (20$) + Streamclip (free)
* Cinematize >60$
* Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
* Toast6/7 allows converting to dv/insert dvd, hit apple-k
* connect a miniDV Camcorder with analogue input to a DVD-player and disk to tape/use as converter
non of these apps override copyprotection mechanisms as on commercial dvds... -
How can I import video into iMovie from a DVD?
How can I import video into iMovie from a DVD?
Thanks,
Doug DavisYou can do this with a free app called MPEG Streamclip and a $20 quicktime component from Apple.
See detailed instructions here.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3951 -
I have my home movies on DVD burned from Windows and am trying to import them into iMovie. The DVD will play on my Mac but I can't seem to import the movie. Can anyone help?
See my post here for how to do this.
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I am trying to import photos into iMovie and am having trouble. They look like they are importing OK, and when the import is through (the red bar has finished loading) the picture disappears and the clip becomes blank. This is happening when I import from the finder, from iPhoto, or from FILE>Import, and with lots of different photo sizes, none seem to work. My iMovie project file is located on an external drive with tons of space. I have plenty of space of the startup disk, so I don't know why this is happening, and it was working fine a few days ago. Any ideas?
I had this problem last year (August-Sept 2007), and I'm having it again now (August 2008). When I import jpeg photos from iPhoto to iMovie, they turn black and are not accessible in iMovie. In addition, this time when I imported several photos, the replay of the iMovie became jerky. When I threw out the photos, the movie became smoother, the way it was originally. There seems to be some sort of bug that has not been fixed in over a year.
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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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import iPhoto into iMovie project library 10.0.2
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ThanksHi Tim:
Yes, Streamclip will help you.
BTW-the latest version is now available. look at what Matti has to say about it!
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