Using reference movies?

I've been told if I wanted to make a rather large movie, I should build it up from smaller segmented movies.
Well, now I have 5 imovies I would like to incorporate into one movie and then go to iDVD with chapter markers.
Is there any way to use the reference movies from each of the 5 imovies or do I have to export each movie and then import them into the final imovie?
Thanks anyone for any help.

Hi apple..- the BEST way to use your five small movies is to import each one into the one iDVD project, creating a button for each one.
It IS possible to join iMovies together, but what is the real advantage?
Here is the link explaining how to join them, if you really think you must:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/usage/5004.shtml
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/usage/5023.shtml
Hope this helps.

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Greetings!
So. Before Mavericks, one could QuickLook at a FCP 7 reference movie. That functionality is now gone, as is the ability to QuickLook at an .AVI (sent to me by my client from time-to-time), and Windows Media (WMV) files (requested by my clients from time-to-time). Self-contained MOV files work OK.
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We typically use reference movies from FCP (so we don't have a ton of big self-contained files laying around), then compress them using other apps (MPEG Streamclip mainly, because it does such a great job). The source files of the FCP project (the source clips, that is) are varied: ProRes 422, XDCAM, H.264, etc. Those files play OK in QuickLook (and QuickTime), but the reference movies that refer to those files now do not play in QuickLook (or QT).
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OK. I read your other post and I think I get the idea, but for the avoidance of doubt I'm assuming you have something like a whole album as a single file and use reference movies so you can play individual tracks.
In respect of reference movies working or not, I know they don't, or at least I have not been able to make them work myself. As to why, a proper explanation is a little out of my depth but I suspect it is simply because they require quicktime to understand them.
Since I now know what you want to do, I don't believe symbolic links will do for you. I'm not sure whether symbolic links would work in the first place but I can't see why not, problem is in your case they would point to the whole file and not a part of it. Basically symbolic links are an absolute filepath and can be resolved by the file system rather than specific applications.
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Because I moved from using Sony Vegas to FCP, I didn't keep the SD card structure intact. I only kept the .mts files. Because of this, I used ClipWrap to convert to Apple ProRes 422 LT. I imported this footage into FCP and put it on the timeline and used PluralEyes to sync. I wanted to create a QT Reference Movie of V1, but for some reason, FCP wants to render out the entire track completely (over 46 gb) instead of just making a reference movie. Why is this? Here's a screen shot of what I'm doing:
https://skitch.com/everydayjones/gugxb/skitch

>I used ClipWrap to convert to Apple ProRes 422 LT
But does that match your Sequence settings in FCP? Frame rate? Pixel dimensions? If any settings don't match, or when you've applied effects to the clips in the Timeline, FCP will render the Sequence and those renders will become part of the Reference movie.
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J

When converting like you did in the past, (where it changed the aspect of your image) did you go into the geometry controls of compressor and also select the proper aspect, found in the Frame Size controls.
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Reference movement type for transfer in warehouse mgmt

Hi ,
In the warehause management system, IM movement type is link to WM movement type.
Maintenace veiw V_156S_WM ( Table 156SC ). IM movement type 321 has three reference movement type in WM.
396 , 397 , 321 .
Again through table T321 ( veiw V_T321 ) reference Mvt 396 is link to 311 in WM , 397 link to 312 in WM and 321 to 321 In WM.
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Use
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Thanks for the help. Yes I uploaded all of the exported versions:
MVI_1235-Desktop.m4v
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I have uploaded a reference movie (which contains links to alternate movies) that to a Quicktime Streaming Server directory.
When I open the URL in Quicktime Player 7, I get an 'unsupported media type 415' error. If I upload the reference movie to a folder on my web site instead, the appropriate video will start to stream. However, QT Player 'thinks' it is a live broadcast.
Something still isn't right.
* ALL files in the folder within the QTSS directory have hinted tracks.
* the non-referenced movies on the QTSS all play when the URLs are opened in QT Player7.
* the reference movie, which is supposed to call the appropriate movie for streaming, reports 'unsupported media type 415' error when I try to open the URL in Quicktime Player 7.
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* the reference movie, which is supposed to call the appropriate movie for streaming, works fine if I upload it to a directory on my web site (http) instead of a directory on the streaming server (rtsp).
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http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/refmovies.html
Another tutorial says:
http://www.iupui.edu/~nmstream/tutorials/quicktimevideo.php
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To get the captioned text to appear BELOW the movie,
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Hi Cris
Well the answer is yes and no, yes you do have to set the coordinates of both the movie and the text, but these are controlled by a third file known as a .smil file.
Here's how you make it all work, (all these documents are located on the http server, in the same directory together, with the exception of the http document, which can be located in a different folder if you choose:
Documents involved are:
http web page, with QT java code embedded in it, http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed.html
.smil file, which contains the window size, movie and captioning text file.
.mov or text file, containing the captioning text only, with timecode reference as part of the file.
MSTR.mov, also know as the reference movie, containing the alternate movie locations.
You need to create an http document with the QT java code embedded in it, the window size, which needs to be able to accommodate the movie window, the text window and if you choose the movie control bar, which is controlled via java code, which references the .smil file.
When a patron opens this document, this sends a request to the .smil file, which is located in the same directory as the MSTR.mov, (ref movie) as well as the .txt or .mov text file. The .smil file then contains all of the information that controls over all window size of the displayed parts, MSTR.mov, (ref movie) and text or .mov text file.
You may wonder why the window size is in both the http document as well as the .smil file, this is because the http document is making a hole for the .smil file to be displayed in the http document and the window size in the .smil file is for combining all the independent files or as you put it, coordinates for each part. These appear in the hole, created in the http documents QT java script window size, (think of the http document as the mask for the .smil file.)
When the .smil file is accessed, the reference movie contacts the QT RTSP streaming server, then places the movie and text, (captioning file) together and are sent to the http document where they are viewed as a unified web page.
The .smil file has specific code and can be found here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/quicktime/Conceptual/QTScripting_SMIL/i ndex.html
When I get back to work on Monday, (if you need me to) I can post you both the java scripting we use in our web pages and the .smil coding in our .smil files.

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Note that it is looking for it in the folder structure - CIP\Test instead of
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C:_src\HIP\Out\Debug\CIP\test\amd64\DataPipe\MaterializedEntityManagerTest\Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.dll. Unexpectedly, I still get the same error.
I'm now going crazy with this error. What am i missing???
Test Name: CdcEnableWithNoTableTest
Test FullName: Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.Test.DefiningQueryParserTests.CdcEnableWithNoTableTest
Test Source: c:\_src\HIP\prod\test\DataPipeline\MaterializationTest\EntityViewManagerTest\DefiningQueryParserTests.cs : line 15
Test Outcome: Failed
Test Duration: 0:00:00
Result Message:
Assembly Initialization method Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.Test.UnitTestInitializer.AssemblyInitialize threw exception. System.IO.FileNotFoundException: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a03c60abe3a7c396' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a03c60abe3a7c396
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/_src/HIP/Out/Debug/CIP/Test/amd64/DataPipe/MaterializedEntityManager
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
Calling assembly : Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.Test, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a03c60abe3a7c396.
===
LOG: This bind starts in default load context.
LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 12.0\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\TESTWINDOW\vstest.executionengine.x86.exe.Config
LOG: Using host configuration file:
LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config.
LOG: Post-policy reference: Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a03c60abe3a7c396
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/_src/HIP/Out/Debug/CIP/Test/amd64/DataPipe/MaterializedEntityManager/Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/_src/HIP/Out/Debug/CIP/Test/amd64/DataPipe/MaterializedEntityManager/Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager/Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/_src/HIP/Out/Debug/CIP/Test/amd64/DataPipe/MaterializedEntityManager/Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/_src/HIP/Out/Debug/CIP/Test/amd64/DataPipe/MaterializedEntityManager/Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager/Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.EXE.
. Aborting test execution.
Result StackTrace: at Caradigm.Platform.Pipeline.MaterializedEntityManager.Test.UnitTestInitializer.AssemblyInitialize(TestContext context)

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hi
i am fairly new to applescript and hoping i am missing something obvious.
i am trying to save movies as reference movies via applescript. I found following command in the quicktime dictionary :
save reference movie v : Save a movie that references multiple versions of another movie to a file
save reference movie
to file : the destination file
using descriptors any : a list of records that can contain movieURL, dataRate, and platform, where platform can be desktop or iPhone
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regards
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