Timeline for imported .dv file?

Question

Hi all,
I'm trying to do something very simple, however I cannot find a way to do this. I have a 1.5 hour long video that has been imported into iMovie (began its life as a .m4v which I converted to .dv).
I am just trying to have a timeline so that I can select portions of video and put it into a video montage. Someone has given me a list of approximate times in the video that they want. So for example, 20 seconds footage from 1hr; 20 seconds from 1.12hr, etc.
How can I do this without using the extremely arduous trim-copy feature in Quicktime 7?
Using iMovie '11.
Many thanks!

Answer 1

As you have noted, selecting Playhead Info from the View menu item shows only the times recorded for the clips in the Events - it doesn't show elapsed time unfortunately. However, the elapsed time does show in the Project as you move the playhead - I believe that's what AppleMan was describing.
I understand what you were trying to do - finding the exact points in the Event clips so you could then drag appropriate segments to the Project. Hopefully, in a future update Apple will provide an elapsed time feature in the Events.
One option, although a little cumbersome, is to drag all the Event clips into the Project. Now you can pick the exact start and end points for each segment (given the elapsed time feature in Projects). Drag across the segment so that it's highlighted with a yellow border. Now right-click (or Control-click) and select Split Clip from the pop-up menu. That will separate the highlighted piece from the relevant clip. Having done that for each segment, you can now proceed to delete all the unwanted material, leaving you with just the required segments. A very easy solution that can be quickly implemented!
PS. Isn't video editing much more fun than web development?
John