iMovie will not import whole video

Try resetting your preferences. Open iMovie while holding down the option and command keys and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new blank library. Reopen your old library to get aback to your project. See if that makes a difference.

To cover the bases, check that you have sufficient free space on your drive to receive the movie.

Another thing you could do is open the video clip in QuickTimePlayer and re-export it, and then see if the re-exported movie will play all the way through when imported into iMovie.

You could also try re-importing the clip from your iPad.

-- Rich

Hi, Katie,

Have you tried to play the project and confirmed that the video actually plays shorter, rather than just the clip display being shorter? Have you tried putting your cursor on the right hand edge of the video clip and, while pressing down, dragging the edge to the right to extend out the video to its full length?

If the above doesn't solve it, try creating another project and importing the clips into it. Then see if the video plays in its entirety.

-- Rich