Saving imovie projects in itunes

I've created an imovie project from the app on my ipad2 and saved it in itunes but now my macbookpro won't open it in imovie from the itunes account. How can I use the project saved in itunes on other devices? Is there a way to burn a dvd of the project from the macbook pro?

iMovie projects are actually "packages". These packages appear as if they are one single document, but in fact they're more like a folder. If you right-click or control-click on an iMovie project, you'll see an option to "show package contents". Then, inside the project you'll see all the individual files. Would you want to browse through the individual files in that folder with Front Row? Probably not. All of the organization and editing you've done in iMovie is not reflected in the individual files there. While this organization method works for iMovie, it doesn't really help Front Row. To play music, Front Row opens iTunes in the background. To play movies/videos, Front Row plays the files through QuickTime. It might be nice to have an option to view iMovie projects by having iMovie open in the background. You might send Apple some Mac OS X feedback about that option:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
-Doug

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Can Quicktime Updates interfere with saved iMovie projects?

Hello.
I'm just about to do an update to the latest Quicktime and I wondered if these updates can cause any problems with iMovie projects that have been made and saved on my computer with older Quicktime versions?
Thanks
Rich

Thanks Bengt,
But how about after a project is fully completed and burned to DVD but still remaining stored on the computer as a final iMovie project. In case you want to burn it again or just play it on the computer, will that original iMovie on the computer be confused by a newer Quicktime Update? I have all mine still saved as both disc images and also the original project. I know a disc image will not be affected but I was curious about the original project?
Rich

How export imovie project to itunes when disk full

I have a lot of ongoing iMovie projects in my iPhone. But my iPhone is currently running out of disk space.
At this status you can not send a project to iTunes or to the PhotoApp.
How can I transfer my Videos and Projects to my Mac?
When I remove movies from Photo App to free some space I destroy my iMovie projects.
Any hints?

Yery sad. Seems that Apple developed a software with a dead end.
Reminds me an error message on my old wondows 98 PC
"not enough disk space available to delete these files"

Saving iMove projects for later edit by PC users

I've been converting a lot of VHS tapes to DVD for friends and family using iMovie and iDVD. Lately, I've been getting asked if I can simply hand over the digitized files to them for editing on their computers with their video editing software. What's the best way to save an iMovie project to disc for people with PCs (or Macs) so that they can edit and create their own DVD?

As Karsten said, the most foolproof method is to give them tape.
I don't know what kind of video files PC editing apps can import. Looking from the Mac side, a DV-stream (.dv) would be the most convenient format because iMovie can readily export it. The downside is that all scenes would be stuffed in a single file (unless the user exported each scene separately) and it would be up to the PC app/user to re-split the scenes into clips.
Another tempting format would be a DV-encoded .avi. But then you should remember that due to a bug in iMovie HD, it can't properly export it.
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/iMovieHD_6_bugs.html#expertsettings
So you should then use a workaround and use apps like MPEG Streamclip to export the iMovie project as a DV-AVI.
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#imovie_3rdparty
The latest MPEG Streamclip beta has a Save as... -command which AFAIK should wrap a .dv file as DV-AVI (choose AVI from the pop-up).
...but as I said, I don't know how the PC apps handle these formats.

Saving imovie projects

I want to save my imovie projects on an external hard drive. I have version 10.0.3. I can't find a "save as" function. Any suggestions?

See: http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov3fa25bae7
under “Copy or move projects, events, or clips between libraries or storage devices”
Geoff

Size limits in sharing iMove Project to iTunes

How large (or long, if you prefer) a movie can I share from iMovie to iTunes? I tried one that was over three hours long, and after several hours of rendering, iMovie gave me a message that the movie was too long. I'm NOT trying to create a DVD; rather, I just want to export my home movies to iTunes so I can watch them via my Apple TV. My best choice would be to create one huge movie spanning the entire 20 years' worth of home movies I have, but I'm guessing it would take a year or so to render
But what is the limit?

How did you get it there? Was it an import from iMovie or other homegrown project? I've got DVD rips that size but I got the error message when I was doing the export from iMovie.

Saved iMovie projects not showing up in iDVD's Media compartment

Hello Everyone,
I recently created 2 projects in iMovie. After saving them at full quality they are showing up in my Movies folder, however, when I begin an iDVD project neither is showing up in iDVD's Media compartment (under "Custom"). I'm baffled. Can anyone out there shed some light on this? Perhaps I am saving them incorrectly?

Figured it out...Went under "File > Import > Movies" in iDVD. The movies showed up when I did that. Still don't understand why they don't show up under "Media." Everything worked beautifully after that.

How can I import "extracted audio" clips from iMovie project into iTunes?

I imported my home video into iMovie HD 6.0.1 and extracted the audio. How can I get the extracted audio clip (aiff format) into my iTunes playlist?

Genny,
I just tried to answer your question over in the iMovie forum. Have a look over there.
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My saved imovie project freezes on playback

This is very annoying,
I have been making i movie projects that are a mixture of short video clips and also photographs. I make the photos into slideshows in i movie and intersperse these with the short video clilps.
Anyway I have shared/saved the movie to quicktime and it freezes during playback but the audio keeps on going.
Here is the process I go through to save my movie...
Share>Quicktime>Expert Settings>Movie to QuickTime Movie.
When ever I have a mixture of photos and short videos it never saves without freeaing on playback. However I can save successfully to MPEG-4 and AVI but I am not satisfied with the quality of these and would like to save as a QuickTime movie as I want to be able to put it on a DVD.
I am exasperated!
I don't think it is anything to do with space on my hard drive as there is plenty and this was happening even when my mac was brand new!
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Thanks for your help Richard. I have exported the movie to idvd and that works, the thing is I want to be able to add other movies from i movie into the same dvd.
For example if I export my movie (of pics and videos) to idvd then try to export another it gets sent to a new idvd project and no the one I had previously exported to.
Am I making sense?
Maybe I am being stupid and there IS a simple way around this.
I tried making the photo slideshows in i photo then adding them to the movie project but the same problem arises - if I save it as a quicktime movie it freezes on playback.

IMovie on iOS 8 crashes whenever I try to export the video project to iTunes

I need to transfer several iMovie projects from iPad to iMac to free lots of disk space.
But whenever I atempt to export an iMovie project to iTunes, the iMovie iOS app crashes.
Is there any other way how to transfer the project file?

I'm sorry, but it still doesn't work. I deleted all Apple software off my computer and redownleaded the latest version of iTunes, but when I tried to sign in I still got this error:
Source
iTunes
Summary
Stopped working
Date
1/11/2012 4:15 PM
Status
Report sent
Description
Faulting Application Path:          C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:          BEX
Application Name:          iTunes.exe
Application Version:          10.5.2.11
Application Timestamp:          4ee0844d
Fault Module Name:          MSVCR80.dll
Fault Module Version:          8.0.50727.6195
Fault Module Timestamp:          4dcddbf3
Exception Offset:          00026b72
Exception Code:          c000000d
Exception Data:          00000000
OS Version:          6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:          1033
Additional Information 1:          efd8
Additional Information 2:          efd88cbfd00a9ce0b0d647b39da62ec8
Additional Information 3:          8aaa
Additional Information 4:          8aaa4df80c1c69cc54d9f7ecd1699852
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID:          2632024235
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IMovie Project from External Hard Drive not Opening?

Please help!!
Fairly new to MACs, iMovie and iDVD, I didn't have a clear understanding of how saving iMovie projects worked. Reading various tutorials, I thought I had a clear understanding of how they work. Apparently not with my recent frustration with iMovie.
I created several iMovie Projects but needed more space in order to make more projects for my internship thus I did what I thought was common sense -- get an external hard drive.
I exported iMovie projects into my user account and from there, dragged the saved projects into an external hard drive and then deleted the iMovie projects from my user account.
However, when I needed to retrieve these projects, I simply turned on my hard drive and clicked on them to open. However, whenever I tried opening them, they wouldn't open. Is it because I didn't export them to the hard drive in the first place?
What I don't understand is why iMovie is not opening or recognizing the saved iMovie projects from the external hard drive when the size and kind clearly indicate that it should open with iMovie automatically.
What is the proper way of saving my iMovie projects and events so that I can always have access to whenever I need to open up an old project or simply edit?

Freeing up space on your Mac hard drive in iMovies ’08.
The application iMovie ‘08 has two main libraries displayed in the iMovie window: Events and Projects. Events are the main imports from your video camera, say. These files are big and you have the option to save them on an external hard drive and so iMovie knows to find them there. Projects are your editing instructions like what clips you want and where. The files are small and you save them on your Mac hard drive. They are NOT the clips only signposts where to find them (in Events on your external hard drive). You can move Projects to your external hard drive as back-up but iMovie will not find them there. If you then delete Projects from your Mac, iMovie can no longer make use of them unless you manually export them back into iMovie from your external hard drive. See Apple Article HT1026 iMovie '08: Moving iMovie footage to another drive (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1026). Here the external hard disk is used for moving Projects from one computer to another and, by implication, back to the source computer.
Sharing the projects to iTunes for syncing with Apple TV creates (publishes) movies that take up the same amount of space on your Mac as the source Projects. You can still burn DVDs in iDVD using the iTunes Movies as your Media so provided you have iMovie Projects backed up on your external hard drive you can delete them from your Mac and just use the iTunes Movies (for Apple TV and iDVD). In addition, publishing iMovie Projects in iTunes for syncing to Apple TV results in these files being duplicated in both Movies/iMovies Sharing/iTunes AND in iTunes/iTunes Music/Movies so delete them from here and get even more GBs back! Tell iTunes in Advanced not to save these iTunes published movies anymore in order to stop further duplication ocurring.

Front Row cannot see my iMovie Projects

Navigating to the iMovie Projects menu in Front Row brings up a 'No content found' message. I can see the projects in iMovie and have tried sharing in the Media Browser - but no luck!
Front Row can however see iMovie events without any problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Patrick

I moved my iMovie Events to an external HDD to save space on my primary HDD. I did this via iMovie, so my iMovie Projects remained intact and I was able to continue to view my iMovie Events (whether on internal/external HDD) no problem. However, iMovie Events on my external HDD were not visible in Front Row. Is there a way that I can have it both ways whereby I can store my iMovie Events on my external HDD and have Front Row be able to access them?
Perhaps the solution is to "Share" my iMovie Projects to iTunes, in which case the shared files will be saved on my primary HDD and visible in Front Row. I want to avoid this, if possible, as this is just an extra step that consumes space on my primary HDD and my iPod.
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Why can't I open my iMovie projects?

Hello!
I have upgraded to the new iMovie, but I have had this problem before too. So I have an External Hard Drive (It's called "Seagate") that I have saved iMovie projects for a while now because I needed more space on my Mac. But I can't open the projects anymore? I can't even click on them. It just showes me this:
Can anyone help me to understand how to open it? Or is it impossible and the project is gone forever? Please help, I would be so thankfull.

Did you update your iMovie 9 projects from within imovie 10?
See: http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov902ad0c31
I'm puzzled where your screen shot comes from. Top left on the iMovie 10 window should display "LIBRARIES", followed by"All Events" and "All Projects". Below this there should be an entry for each library.
Geoff.

Using iMovie 11. Publishing a project to iTunes

Using iMovie 11. Publishing a project to iTunes places a file in a folder titled "iTunes" within a folder titled "iMovie Sharing" in my "Movies" folder on my HD. Can I change this location by default? I would like the file to be on an external HD to free up space on my HD

So I'm not sure how to answer myself if I discover the answer. I'll just post a reply - if that's incorrect just let me know.
Answer discovered here from KiwiPhone4:
Just delete the project in the iTunes/Apps/Sharing pane.
Once you have saved the file off, you can delete it from the Sharing Pane.
IMovie uses an internal area to save the project it edits, so the project in the sharing pane is a duplicate as you say.
You can only delete this file in iTunes though.

When I upload audio from itunes into my imovie project, it does not show all of the track?

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I have selected the music by clicking the musical note button in imovie, which open up my itunes library and displays the track I want to use that is 7 mins and 8 seconds long.
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I have spent 10 hours trying to rectify this problem.......
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Sounds like your talking about iMovie for Mac?
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