iMovie 11 and JVC HM100

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iMovie 11 and JVC HM100

Just the other day I found this video on how to get Perian Quicktime components so to use my JVC HM100
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSQI0nS0lw
worked great- but now only a few days later- I am now unable to select the video files (they are now grayed out) to import. Was there an update to iMovie or QuickTime that broke compatibility? I have checked this on both my MacBook and MacBook Pro...
I have removed the components, redowloaded them and replaced them- but nothing works. QuickTime is still able to play them, same with iPhoto, but iMovie is not able to import or recognize them as a mov to be imported...can anyone help or has this happened to anyone else recently?

MacBook (Black), Mac OS X (10.5.1), 2.2 C2D, 4GB RAM

Posted on Dec 23, 2010 1:00 PM

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ProfessorAJ Author

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Dec 23, 2010 1:04 PM in response to ProfessorAJ

update: even tried using good ol' iMovie HD and it was able to take the file in. Then figured, in iMovie '11 I could "import from iMoive HD File"...it didn't import the clip....

odd!!!

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Apr 9, 2011 12:21 PM in response to ProfessorAJ

I have exactly the same issue. Have you found a solution to import HM100 mov files into iMovie11?

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waynedal

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Aug 23, 2011 6:50 AM in response to ProfessorAJ

Yes old iMove HD works, can see files and import. Wasn't it great when Apple paided Codex royalities and you could hookup a camera and download video files. You should see how much time and the third party software cost just to convert the two year old AVC/HD 264 MP4 format you find most SD camcorders use after '09, to import into Apple editing software.

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ProfessorAJ Author

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Dec 11, 2012 2:55 PM in response to ProfessorAJ

The solution I ended up doing was using a machine that has FCP on it. BUT, I found out later for those who do not have FCP- there are opensoruce versions of the Codecs that will allow iMoive 11 to view and edit the video files.

You can download and install the free Perian XDCAM Open Source Component here.... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/164630.html

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/PerianXDCam.component.zip

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