TC used as Storage for iMovie

My TC is directly connected to my MacBook Pro
I'm trying to "digitize" about 40 miniDV tapes through iMovie. I have done 5 so far. Originally created the .mov files on my Mac Pro, but due to space requirements, I moved the .mov files onto the TC. Now when I try use the TC files while in iMovie, iMovie can't access the files on the TC. Is it possible for this to work? If so any ideas what I am doing wrong, that Imovie can not access the files on the TC? Thanks.

A guess would be that iMovie is looking for the files in a default location and it will need to be "told" to look in a different location.
I haven't tried iMovie, but in iPhoto, you can tell the application where to look for the library by holding down the "option" key and then clicking to open the application. Navigate through the Finder window to find the location so that iMovie will know where to find the files.
For more info, I think you will get better results by posting in the iMovie forum.

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