Imovie malfunction
I've been using Imovie on this machine for a over a year now and it has been working just fine. My usual procedure is to connect my Sony Mini DV camcorder via firewire. When I open Imovie, I set it to save the clips and project to external harddrive connected via Firewire 800. Recently I've been experiencing the following issues:
1) After selecting "import", Imovie starts the camcorder playback and the camcorder begins to play. Before anything is captured, Imovie shuts down. I receive the message "Imovie has shut down but all other programs are unaffected" (or something like that). It then asks if I want to send a report to Apple. Part of the report reads as follows:
Date/Time: 2009-01-19 11:23:47.886 -0800
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4
Command: iMovie HD
Path: /Applications/iMovie HD.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie HD
Parent: WindowServer [59]
Version: 6.0.3 (6.0.3)
Build Version: 14
Project Name: iMovieApp
Source Version: 2670200
PID: 250
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC BADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN INVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x356594ff
There is of course a lot more info than this but I thought I would share this and see what response I get.
2) Another symptom I sometimes experience is Imovie will start and capture fine but the desktop is visible through the Imovie screen. The Imovie screen is all there and functional, its just see-through (opaque?). When this happens, the whole process works fine beginning to end. When finished capturing I can do all my editing and whatever else I want to do, save it and use the project in IDVD just like normal.
Both of these problems can usually be remedied by turning the computer off and then back on. Once in awhile it has to be rebooted more than once in order to clear things up.
Looking forward to any help I can get.
1) After selecting "import", Imovie starts the camcorder playback and the camcorder begins to play. Before anything is captured, Imovie shuts down. I receive the message "Imovie has shut down but all other programs are unaffected" (or something like that). It then asks if I want to send a report to Apple. Part of the report reads as follows:
Date/Time: 2009-01-19 11:23:47.886 -0800
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4
Command: iMovie HD
Path: /Applications/iMovie HD.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie HD
Parent: WindowServer [59]
Version: 6.0.3 (6.0.3)
Build Version: 14
Project Name: iMovieApp
Source Version: 2670200
PID: 250
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC BADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN INVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x356594ff
There is of course a lot more info than this but I thought I would share this and see what response I get.
2) Another symptom I sometimes experience is Imovie will start and capture fine but the desktop is visible through the Imovie screen. The Imovie screen is all there and functional, its just see-through (opaque?). When this happens, the whole process works fine beginning to end. When finished capturing I can do all my editing and whatever else I want to do, save it and use the project in IDVD just like normal.
Both of these problems can usually be remedied by turning the computer off and then back on. Once in awhile it has to be rebooted more than once in order to clear things up.
Looking forward to any help I can get.
Imac 2.16ghz intel core 2 duo, 2gb SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Maxtor 1TB FW800
