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iPhoto 11 fails to import videos recorded with iPhone

I record a video with my iPhone 3GS (iOS 4.1), then I connect it to my Mac.
In iPhoto 11 I choose to import all (or just the movie - doesn't matter). The photos are imported but the for the video iPhoto claims that the format file is unreadable.

"Unreadable Files: 1
The following file could not be imported. The file is in an unrecognized format.

/Users/Yaron/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Import/Masters/Roll 1/IMG_0098.MOV"

LOL, it does not recognize a MOV video file?!

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 22, 2010 2:11 AM

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Oct 28, 2010 11:35 PM in response to Nano_Tube

I am having the exact same problem with my highdef Sanyo video that records in Mpg4 and H.264 and it had no problems importing into iMovie 09. Suddenly I just get the "Unreadable files" thing and only photos are imported. Not good!! I bought the Sanyo because it even has Apples new format and especially compatible with Apple. Now this...
I hope someone comes up with a fix for this one soon!

Nov 5, 2010 11:11 AM in response to Nano_Tube

I'm having the same problem as well.

I have a Samsung camera. and when i went to import the pictures and video from the concert i was at, all of the photos imported with out a problem. but when it came to the videos in .mp4 format, it said that "The following file could not be imported. The file is an unrecognized format. /Users/myname/Desktop/SAM0831.MP4"

I got it off my camera by going into the folder on the camera and dragging it to my desktop. And tried importing from my desktop as well (as you can see from above), still nothing...

Would like it IN iphoto though!!

Feb 4, 2011 5:40 PM in response to Nano_Tube

Same here, photos from my iPhone imports fine but can't import video. Error message saying "iPhoto could not import you photos because their was a problem downloading an image.

Can someone please answer why iPhoto has this problem? 4 Weeks ago I imported video just fine with no issues.

After trying again it seems importing 1-2 second videos work fine. Tells me it must have something to do with file size then......

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iPhoto 11 fails to import videos recorded with iPhone

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