Saving as avi file

How do I save my imovie as an avi or mov file?

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How do I save my imovie as an avi or mov file?
a good start for beginners is here
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
plus, iM has a built-in HELP feature..

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How to put the short movie clip(avi file) saved in CD to Ipod machine

I have some Japnese animation clips(10 of them).I like to transfer those clips saved with avi file in CD disk to my I pod...But it doesn't even bring files automaticlly to I tunes when I put CD in my lap tops...Is there somenone who can pls let me know how to put burnt movie clip to I pod?
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http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123067
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http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-convert ing-video-to-ipod-format-mac/
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Patrick

When I add media from my dLink surveillance camera, the avi files always land in audio instead of the video area. Why, and how can I get them to land as visual?

I am trying to edit some of the surveillance videos taken from our dLink camera of the dogs playing when we are not home, but when I import the .avi files, it always just goes to the audio portion (of Premiere Elements 11) and nothing shows up as video. What am I doing wrong? Please know, I am completely new at this program, since I bought it for the purpose of playing with my dLink home camera videos and haven't been able to do a single thing with them as of yet due to how they are importing. I did "get media" from my Bloggie camera to see if that worked, and it did come across as a video and not just audio, so I am not sure why the other isn't working.

ATR, just to make sure you understand me, all my video clips in my folders appear as the first frame of the video clip when I view my folders as (small, medium, large)icons instead of lists, when saved as .avi files but when saved as .mp4 files, those icons display as a graphic icon of filmstrip with a musical note on it. I do have various other methods to open with (quick time, windows media, winamp or real player) but prefer real player because I like it's quick and easy trimmer that comes along with it, since so many of my videos are just pet antics where you need to clip off the boring beginning and ends of the video.
I did go on a few of the icons and right clicked, Open With, and tried quick time and also Windows Media and it did nothing as far as how the file was saved for display, and they opened the same no matter which player I used...the actual video opens and plays right at it's first frame... but it's the way it is visually displayed in STORAGE that bugs me because it isn't immediately apparent to me what it is a video of (weddings, outside the house, pet antics)... it makes me have to actually title things and read titles where before I let it just be dates because I had the visual of that first frame as a reference. Obviously, this is a problem for unedited videos only, as anything I actually work with, I do give a title along with the date of the video.
I also just realized this seems to be the way ALL videos that are wrapped in .mp4 are displayed, as my bloggie camera's videos appear the same way. Now I know why! My other videos display as .avi's so I see the frame. Puzzle solved. Guess I'll just have to learn to live with it, as it seems to be how things display with the various formats.
Now I need to watch some tutorials to learn how this Premiere program works! It's all new to me, since this is the first time I've been able load any of my videos onto it. I haven't even been able to figure out how to trim on it yet!

Import of AVI files

I did a search and can see this has been discussed before, but it's still not clear to me how I can solve it. My camera produces video clips in .AVI format. I can play in quicktime, I can import and edit in iMovie HD, but the files won't import in iMovie 08. What can I do? I saw some suggestion to get visual hub. Is this the best/only solution?
Anyway, I find it amazing that Apple would make an update of iMovie that won't import old iMovie HD projects. What if Microsoft updated word so it cannot edit old documents?

My camera produces video clips in .AVI format. I can play in quicktime, I can import and edit in iMovie HD, but the files won't import in iMovie 08.
Basically, there are three levels of compatibility here -- playback, conversion, and edit:
1) Some files (like MPEG-1) can be played by QT applications but cannot be properly converted to other formats (e.g., MPEG-1 loses its audio) or be edited (requires an MPEG based "engine") since data is synchronized spatially using blocks of audio data interspersed with blocks of video data in a single data stream while QT requires parallel streams of data synchronized temporally.
2) Other files (like an AVI with M-JPEG video and DVI ADPCM audio) are conversion compatible. That is they can both be played by QT application and converted to other compression formats by them but cannot be edited. Contrary to what you seem to think, your files are not edited in iMovie HD as AVI. Instead, they are converted to DV as part of the import process and are edited as such. On the other hand, iMovie '08 edits in a number of "native" compression formats and assumes you will only import compatible compression formats so it does not perform an automatic conversion to any of the possible edit compatible formats as it doesn't know which one you may wish to use, what settings you would prefer, or how much time you are willing to invest for a return in terms of quality.
3) Lastly, out of the hundreds or even thousands of possible audio/video compression combinations, on a few can be edited at the frame level. (I.e., iMovie is a frame level editor not a GOP (Group of Pictures), "muxed" content editor. For instance, if your digital camera saved its AVI file using M-JPEG video and say Unsigned Integer audio, your file would be edit compatible in their AVI container and import without a problem (or at least they used to do so).
Or, can I use QT pro? The problem with that is there is no trial. So, I might buy it and then it does not work for me,
It would as long as you have the proper decode component installed whether Perian, DivX, 3ivX, from your digital camera manufacturer, etc. But why spend the money if you don't have to? You can always download the free MPEG Streamclip utility which accesses the same QT components and QT structure embedded in the Mac OS as QT Pro.

Problem with importing a AVI file

Hi everyone,
I did a capture to hard drive of a VHS home movie via Turtle Beach PCI card software, saving as .avi file that is roughly 2 hrs long, when I import into Premier Pro CS3, I only see the first 2 minutes. Anyone have a suggestions on what I can do to.
Thanks,
George

George,
I just finished a project, similar to yours and used the same hardware, TB PCI, and their software for the Capture. In my case, I chose AVI uncompressed and every file Imported into Premiere fine. Do you recall which CODEC you selected in the TB software. The only problem with AVI uncompressed is very, very large file sizes and I had 32 VHS tapes, some EP and some LP.
Quite a few folk on this forum have had excellent results with the Canopus products, but I already had the TB, so I did not change.
If G-Spot throws a fit, then you probably have a corrupt file. I assume that G-Spot installed OK, and the errors were with your AVI file. If not, try install again with all AV, Spyware, etc. software turned off. Try to Capture again with AVI uncompressed and see if your result is different.
Hunt

Sharing AVI files

I recorded a short video for a demonstration for my co-workers and saved the .avi file to my hard dri've. Upon playing the files in Windows Media Player only audio was present...no video. I find it hard to believe that Windows Media Player won't play most mainstream format of video files.
Are these AVI file types proprietory to the Vado? Is there any documentation from Creative on how to work with their .avi file types.

" find it hard to believe that Windows Media Player won't play most mainstream format of video files."
Believe it.
It's confusing at best..but windows media player only plays files for which you have the proper 'codec' installed.
I recommend you install "K-Lite Codec Pack - STANDARD". This will allow you to playback h.264 videos.
http://www.free-codecs.com/K_lite_codec_pack_download.htm

Can not import avi files into pse12 catalog

I am wondering if any one else is having an issue with importing avi (video files from my Nikon D5000) into the PSE 12 catalog.
Running windows 7 SP1 with all updates.
Camera is a Nikon D5000
file type is AVI
Every time I go to import an avi file (either from my SD card or from my HDD) organizer comes up with the message that it has stopped working and windows is looking for a solution.
I do not shoot much video so it is not a large concern but it used to work in previous versions of PSE.
Any and all help with this issue is appreciated.

Ray
In many instances, a utility software will be bundled in with the camera purchase. Installing that utility software might bring along with it codecs that are needed to work with the video on the computer and in the program. If you do not see or have such a utility software, so much for that idea. If you go after this from the MotionJPEG codec angle, the Morgan MotionJPEG codec has been available online as tryout (later purchase).
http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/morgan/php/products.php?sProductId=5&sProductSub=download s
See
M-JPEG-2000 Codec v3 (32 bit and 64 bit) and the associated tab for "Download - trial/demo".
But, could you clarify on
As soon as I move the avi file off of the sd card the import works.
Given you have the .avi file on the SD card, what is the path to the point where the import works?
That is, where are you moving the .avi file to as it leaves the SD card? Surely not to the hard drive since you wrote.
Also if I go to my hard drive where I saved the avi file and try to import it all by itself, it fails.
I wonder if you are saying that you take it through a route which includes the Video Importer.
Thanks for the follow ups.
ATR

.avi files and audio codecs with Quicktime and other software

Apple Mac OSX 10.5.8, Samsung LED TV, Video Camera saving movie files as .avi, audio codec unknown (G-Spot codec is not supported on the mac so I can’t check)
As a well retired non-computer savvy person I am very confused when it comes to talk about different video/audio codecs. I have read so many articles my head is now spinning with information I truly cannot understand.
Using the above hardware, when I play an .avi file direct from my camera onto my new TV I get a perfect picture but the TV tells me “the audio codec is not supported”.
I have tried, using Quicktime Pro and others such as AVCWare Mac Video Converter and Divx converter, to convert the .avi file with unknown audio codec to an .avi using mp3 codec. This is successful but the camera will not play the file and when downloaded onto a flash stick the TV now tells me “not supported file format”. The TV gives me a Divx registration and deactivation code but I am not sure whether this refers to the TV or the flash stick!
To keep things short, all I want to do is edit/crop .avi files from the camera, save with a readable audio codec, put the files into the TV using a burnt DVD or play direct using a flash stick. The TV supports among other video formats Avi, MKV, ASF, MP4, 3GPP and audio being mainly MP3, AC3, LPCM, ADPCM
Hope someone can help please.
Many thanks Robin Welch

Hi George,
Thank you very much for your last post. One small piece of information from you regarding frame size was the final part to my jigsaw. I recently purchased a new digital camcorder and LED TV and getting them to talk to each other has taken me since December! Having installed MediaInfo as you suggested, I found the camera saved the .avi files with AAC LC audio codec (first piece of the jigsaw). Talking to the people at DivX about the problem brought up the fact that both my TV and Sony Home Theatre should be registered to play DivX files, this I did (second piece). Having reinstalled Perian and opening my .avi files in Quicktime player I tried saving the files as DivX to several profile options including Home Theatre with max 720 pixels (last piece). At last it works fine. Thank you for your help, I am very grateful.
Robin

How do I get Streamclip AVI files that were saved without first installing Quicktime ALternative 1.81 to play in Premiere Elements 11?

I had Hi-8 "home movie" tapes transferred to mp4 files. To pull many short clips from these long files, I used MPEG Streamclip 1.2. The default save for these short clips was mp4. Either they didn't work in Adobe Premiere Elements 11 or I thought they wouldn't -- I can't recall now -- so I saved each clip as AVI. These AVI files won't play at all in Premier Elements. I Googled for advice and found that I needed to convert to Quicktime Alternate 1.81. I fear this had to be done before I saved the clips, but I didn't realize that. Still, I just now uninstalled Quicktime 7 and installed Quicktime 1.81, then tried converting the AVI clips files, first back to MP4 (didn't work at all in PE11) and then to MOV (only played audio). The AVI files play fine in Windows Media Player and VLC. All I have are the original files saved as AVI in Streamclip. Is there any way to get these to play and be editable in Premiere Elements 11? I've attached a jpeg capture of a gspot readout for one of these files. THANKS!

kidimi
Glad that you finally sorted out what you were doing and discovered DV AVI.
In your particular situation Prism would serve your purposes of generating the DV AVI 4:3 since your footage is 640 x 480. However, for others with different footage, the free Prism shortcoming is that it cannot offer DV AVI widescreen 16:9; whereas MPEG Streamclip can do the job for 16:9 as well as 4:3.
QuickTime Alternative 1.8.1 that does come with the MPEG Streamclip's required MPEG2 Playback Component (free) also meets the Premiere Elements requirement for QuickTime installed on computer with Premiere Elements to work. This works in spite of the fact that QuickTime Alternative 1.8.1 is not the latest version of the regular QuickTIme.
In post 2 of the following older thread, I detail the use of Prism (for 4:3) and MPEG Streamclip (for 4:3 and 16:9) to produce the DV AVI file.
Finished video of project looks "weird" / slightly choppy? - Elements Village
Any questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to ask.
Moving forward, do not use AVCHD (MPEG4 AVC/H.264) or H.264.avi in Premiere Elements. It is not supported.
ATR

Saving a series of images (from a smart camera) into an AVI file

Hello,
I have a lab setup in which we view brain cell deflections in a well-plate after being pressurized with air for 50ms. I have a smart camera hooked up to an IMAQ PCI card to acquire images.
I'm trying to save the series of images into an avi file, so that I can view the deflections in a slow video.
The way I have it set up at the moment takes an image and saves it in an avi pre-existing (some random .avi that I didn't need) format. But here are some problems:
1. I would like for the VI to create a NEW .avi, rather than saving it into a pre-existing one.
2. Right now, each image simply overwrites the previous one in the avi file. So the resulting avi is a 00:00 length movie with a single image (the last frame that camera viewed).
I have what I have programmed attached. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
B.J. Kim
University of Michigan
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Here is an updated version (attached). I kept trying to incorporate the examples you showed me, and I have made a little bit of a progress.
It now saves a new avi file, and it's not a single image movie anymore. It's got as many images as I run the VI for. BUT, it only saves the very first image the camera takes and just loops it over and over again until I press stop. So the resulting avi shows a still image of the very first view of the camera for however long I ran the VI for.
Any suggestions on how I can fix this?
Thank you,
B.J.
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Saving clips as .AVI files

Using PrE 12.
1. After capturing video from Hi8 tapes I have one long file. If I split the scenes manually, what is the best way to save the scenes as separate clips?
2. I've read that a good approach to creating a DVD of a long movie is to split it into several segments then save them to separate .AVI files, then pull these files into a new project and burn this project to a file to be used to burn the actual DVD. (At least I think this is what was meant). My problem is that I can't figure out how to save the separate parts to .AVI files.
I'd be grateful for a little guidance in this.
Thanks,
barbqman

Read the SHARING links in The Elements Tutorial Links Page http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1275830

Trying to move avi files from iPad - already deleted from my camera so not saved anywhere else

HI
i stupidly imported movies from my camera directly onto my iPad and then deleted them from my camera. So now the AVI files are on my iPad but I can't view them on the device. And all of the apps I tried seem to use itunes to "locate" the files. This is not an option as I imported them straight to the iPad. iPad wont let me email these files to anywhere as I guess they are just not recognised. Can't access them via iCloud etc. Is there any way I can move these files from my iPad to a usable source?
thanks

They're probably also too big to e-mail. Video files are normally huge and e-mails often have a 10-25 meg per message limit. I have a 3 minute video that's 300 megs.
Have you looked to something like dropbox? Upload them there, download them to your computer? You'll need the dropbox app but it should work.
Also, do you have a PC? have you tried using windows explorer? If the videos are in your camera roll (not sure if they will be since you imported them) all you need to do is plug your iPad into a PC, ignore the open iTunes part and use 'my computer' and windows explorer to gain access to your iPad. Go to 'my computer' see if you can see your ipad, double cllick on it, you'll see a DCIM folder. Inside that will be a myriad of folders created by the iPad. My suggestion would be to just drag everything over then go through it and see if your AVI's are in there.

How can I change the default video conversion applied when I copy an AVI file from my PC to my Android HTC One M8 phone?

Here's the situation...
I have an Android HTC One M8 phone which I connect via USB cable to my PC, then I use Windows Explorer to drag and drop an AVI file from my PC onto a target folder on the phone. When I would do this after I had first purchased my phone a message box
would come up with the heading "Convert and Copy" and ask me "Do you want to convert <filename> before it's copied to your device?" and give me the options "Yes, convert and copy (recommended)" or "No, just
copy Your file will be copied, but might not play on your device."
If I chose to convert it converted the file to MP4. No problem, that's what I wanted.
The problem I now have is that after doing some work with other video applications a while ago where I was outputting WMV files I now find that the default conversion for the above described copy from PC to Android phone now converts files to WMV.
I simply want it to go back to converting video files copied to my phone as MP4, but I can't seem to find where I can set this!
It appears that the copy/conversion process in Explorer is being handled in the "Portable Devices Shell Extension" dll - WPDSHEXT.DLL
Can anyone tell me what I need to do to set the default video conversion back to MP4 ???
Thanks

Thanks Rob.
I actually had no clue what the core problem was caused by. So it's Windows itself...that helps some.
I'll resubmit there. It might actually have saved time for it to simply have been moved to there instead of off-topic, though I suppose you have to follow protocol.

Merged overlay not saving to AVI

LV2013/Vision 2013
In a loop, I am grabbing images from a camera using the Vision Acquisition express vi. To the output image, I add a text overlay of the system time (e.g., 11:23:56.489). The overlay is pure white text on a pure black background. I then send this resultant image through the Merge Overlay.vi to destructively place the overlay onto the image. I then save this image as a frame in an AVI file with IMAQ AVI2 Write Frame.vi. On the LV front panel image indicator, the image shows the timestamp. However, the saved AVI file does not. The AVI file shows the frames as if the overlay was never there. It's as if the Merge Overlay.vi didn't actually do a destructive merge and the IMAQ AVI2 Write Frame.vi just threw it out. Anybody have any idea why the overlay isn't showing up in the AVI?
Thanks,
Dave
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David Kaufman
LabVIEW Certified Developer
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

That did it - thanks. It had worked before with the old version of AVI Write Frame, but not the new one. Creating a new RGB32 IMAQ image and wiring that to the ImgDst terminal solved the issue.
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David Kaufman
LabVIEW Certified Developer
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HD AVI FILE Compatibility

HD AVI FILE Compatibility
I am working with a company to have our family home movies (8mm & super 8mm) from the 50’s-70’s and 35mm color slides restored and transferred onto a digital format
(DVD archive and digital HD-AVI files saved on an external Western Digital 1T hard drive with ESATA, USB 2, and Fire Wire 800 ports)
We would like to have the ability to work with/edit the HD-AVI files to eliminate unwanted footage and be able to make our own HD DVD movies or post onto an online library for family members to download or view.
This will be a very expensive restoration project and we are considering an IMac or
Mac Pro purchase to do the editing of the HD-AVI files and to copy & burn copies from the DVD archive set.
Is the HD-AVI format our best choice…????

I agree and go for the Mac Pro if you're looking to do serious video work. You may be able to get away with the consumer video processing products like iMove, iDVD, Toast as the jump to Final Cut Pro is quite steep.
It's not clear from your post whether you are a current Mac user as you describe yourself as a rookie. The Mac is definitely the way to go for such video work but I wouldn't jump in blind. You are looking to splash some serious money here and its not quite as easy as Mac Pro vs iMac, Final Cut vs iMovie. You need to consider memory and disk configuration and backup strategy etc.
I would definitely recommend a visit to an Apple store or maybe even preferably an authorise Apple dealer where you can sit down for as much time as you need to discuss what you need in hard/software and also for training if needed.
Making things available via the web is also one of your possible requirements so you also need to think of such things as web hosting/MobileMe etc
Sounds an exciting project. I'm currently going through the process of migrating all of our digital video over to my Mac Pro which is obviously not as daunting as moving from film. I'm using iMovie HD which is managing to suit my needs at the moment but I can see a time when I will want to make the jump to Final Cut.
Best of luck
Alan
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