Unable to edit movies with Quicktime Pro 7

I recently upgraded to Quicktime Pro from Quicktime 7 although I am not able to edit movies. After moving the markers to the correct postion, all of the editing commands remain greyed out (i.e. cut/copy/delete/trim to selection). I've verified that the upgrade took place properly, reinstalled, and still nothing. Any ideas?

QT does not support editing mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 video. QT Mpeg Limitations
Open the movie and check MovieInfo to see if that is the format of the clips you are attempting to edit. If it is, you can use this freeware to do some editing and also can export both sound and video to other formats with it. Mpeg StreamClip
Even if the video is not mpeg it may have been flagged by the creator to not allow editing. If you try to save such flagged videos you usually get an error message that the video cannot be saved.

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Unable to edit movies in QuickTime Pro

I just licensed a copy of QuickTime Pro. However, I find that I am unable edit movies.
The Cut/Copy/Paste/Delete and Trim to Selection menus remain greyed out, even when I specify a selection with the in/out markers. The movies I am trying to work with "MPEG Muxed" format, and were taken with a Sony DSC-N1 camera. Exporting them to other formats does not seem to solve the problem.
My understanding is that I should be able to edit movies with QuickTime Pro. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Titanium PowerBook G4 1 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) 1 GB SDRAM, QuickTime Pro 7.2
Titanium PowerBook G4 1 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Thank you for your swift response!
I got QuickTime Pro so I wouldn't need other utilities when doing trivial editing to videos, so I feel like I've probably wasted my money on a license. Why a free utility can handle a common format that QuickTime Pro can't is beyond me.
Thank you for your assistance! I've downloaded what you recommended and am up and running!
Best wishes . . .

CAN'T figure out how to make/edit movies in QuickTime Pro...

I can't seem to figure out how to creat and edit movies in Quicktime Pro. I would do this in windows movie maker as its sooo simple, but it doesn't save in a format that works on a mac computer (I'm emailing the video to someone who uses a mac!). And, I can't seem to find a program that is as easy to use as Windows Movie Maker...PLEASE help me, I really NEED to get this movie in a format to work on a Mac! I'm at a total loss as to what to do! And I can't seem to find a tutorial, either!
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First of all, Quicktime is not really an "editing" program in the traditional sense. If you are expecting to really edit in QT Pro, you will be disappointed. Yes, you can actually import video directly into QT Pro and edit it, but the functions will be limited to roughly selecting chunks of video and deleting them, and you won't have frame-accurate control like other real editing programs. But lets start at the beginning: 1) Your post does not give enough information to anyone for them to help you. Where are the videos coming from that you want to edit? Camcorder? Digital camera that takes MPEG movies? VHS or DVDs? 2) The answer to #1 will be the clue as whether you are plugging a USB device or a Firewire device into the computer. Once this is determined, then instructions will vary as to how you go about editing. 3) I'm not sure if you are using QT Pro on a PC or a Mac. If you have a Mac, why don't you use the built-in video editing program that came with your computer? It's called iMovie? Quicktime can convert some video files into something that is compatible with iMovie, if they're not already. If you are using QT Pro on a PC, then I'm a little unfamilar as if it works exactly the same between between a Mac and PC. Seeing that you come from the PC side of the Universe, I'd bet that you are trying to plug in and use a USB device. On a Mac, QT Pro can record video directly from a camcorder, but it needs to be connected via Firewire. Otherwise for something transferred via USB, you most likely have an MPEG file. QT Pro can open this, but again, the editing will be very rough as QT is not a refined edit program.
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I post this here cuz i posted it in the "QuickTime" Section and like...no one answered so maybe somone here will answer me...
is it possible tom make image slideshows with music then put this on a CD or a DVD and watch it on you DVD player? PLease...Thanxz...xXxmartinxXx

To make the slideshow...
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/slideshow.html
To add music...
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/addmusic.html
I may be mistaken, but I do not belive that quicktime lets you burn DVDs. Search google for a program that lets you burn quicktime movies to DVD.
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In Lamonts post about converting video for the iPod, it was pointed out that one can capture streaming video (Steve Jobs Keynote speech for instance), with Quicktime Pro. I have QT7.04 Pro, but don't know how to do this simple thing. Can someone please tell me?
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it's possible. i did it myself, after a few tryouts.
i still can't get the best result, but i got something.
first of all you have to save the streaming file(thru the save as qt movie, from CTRL-click). when you get a stream it gets cached on your computer. you might playback it even when offline. so if all that you need is a simple playback, that's ok. but it's a cache, sometime the system will erase it from your HD.
if you want to keep it as a qt file(or any other format) thats this is the deal. when you save the stream file, it saves a reference file(4kb) that reads the cache. you cannot recover them from the cache, not even by changing the termination, because the qt player won't recognize the .qtch files transformed into .mov.
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AVI is just a container ... specifically, which codec are you using when exporting? And why export to AVI?
QuickTime gives me the option to save the video straight from the web, but as soon as I turn off my AirPort it tells me that I need internet to continue watching the movie
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Now I capture with QuickTime Pro and import in FCE.
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Excuse me, I forgot: several miniDV cassettes from two different cameras. The camera I use for capturing is yet another (Medion MD 9090) camera.
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How to export movies with Single Field option on with QuickTime Pro?

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I've got a rather problematic video file with MJPEG encoding in it. I've been able to save the original AVI into another QuickTime mov-file. Where I thought the deinterlace would help me to get rid of the horizontal lines in the picture, that option didn't work this time. Instead, if I use the Single Field option, I get at least a smooth picture.
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Where I thought the deinterlace would help me to get rid of the horizontal lines in the picture, that option didn't work this time. Instead, if I use the Single Field option, I get at least a smooth picture.
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How do I download movies to my harddrive from youtube and google video. Have quicktime pro, but I don't see down arrow when I watch a movie on the web. There is gotta be a way to this for a Mac. Somebody explain it to me, please....

Quicktime can't download videos from youtube. Youtube videos aren't quicktime videos they are flash flv's videos.
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