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"No matching video" after import

Recently, I have been having some odd issues with iMovie importing movies from the camera, creating the event, etc. but once the import is finished, there is nothing in there. Selecting the event displays the following message in the edit bay:
"No matching video. Choose a different option from the Show pop-up menu at the lower left corner." (All Clips is selected in that pop-up menu).

The video file (.mov) is saved and visible in the iMovie Events folder on the drive I saved the import to. It will save it under a name such as "clip-2008-10-14 12;00;12.mov". After importing, I can even select it as a movie to import (Import Movies). I have noticed this problem on other files on my hard drive that iMovie recognizes and allows me to select for import, but when it is done, the event is empty.

I have imported movies in the past with the same video camera (Sony Handycam HDR-SR11) as recently as last week.

I also have an ancillary problem that seems suspect: the video imported was only 2 hours and has gobbled up 20 GB on my hard drive. I just want to make sure that is accurate for this length of video.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Sony Handycam HDR-SR11

Posted on Oct 15, 2008 6:56 AM

20 replies

Dec 12, 2008 8:34 AM in response to tamashii

I am having a very similar issue.

I've been importing VHS tapes through a Sony media converter and the tapes import fine (the .dv files are there and usable), but lately the events show up empty with "No Matching Videos". I have a theory that it may be related to disk space because the external drive I am storing everything on is almost full and re-importing one of the "No Matching Video" files back into iMovie seems to knock another one off.

I've just bought a 1TB external drive to host all of the files on to see if that helps.

I'll report back.

Dec 21, 2008 12:58 PM in response to tamashii

Roughly the same problem here...I am trying to import a video (3gpp2) from my LG Dare phone. It plays fine in QT, is not 'grayed out', creates the event, but says not found when finished.

Looks like a lot of people with the same issue...

imapfsr

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Feb 5, 2009 9:57 PM in response to masterofdisasters

You can also sign out of your account profile, create a 'test' account, sign into that one and it should work under the test user account.

Feb 9, 2009 9:44 AM in response to tamashii

same problem - both with direct import from minidv camcorder and from files on my hard drive

create new event, import, runs like an import from the camcorder, files are in my movie folder both "mo matching video"message

SethWV

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Mar 26, 2009 3:19 PM in response to Bruce Goldberg2

All,

Solution (at least for me): I just spent an hour on the phone with Apple Care diagnosing this. I had exactly the same problem (import worked fine, but "No Matching Video".) It turned out that some QuickTime codecs that I had installed were the problem. Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Quicktime and remove any file that does not start with "Apple". I put them in a folder on the desktop so I can try them out one by one later.

This was my first call to Apple Care and the rep was personable, patient and helpful. Very unlike some of the other customer service reps I have dealt with in the past.

"No matching video" after import