iPad 2 iMovie

are you guys following his exact steps? i did and i'm now able to edit movies i shot on my canon sd1400 fine. thank you so much zwiller5! i've been looking everywhere trying to find the exact video/audio specifications needed to import into imovie

I did not. I used a different program to make the mp4. I will try again today. I have a windows pc and the canon video editing software is cumbersome. IMovie for iPad is fun to use and beats sitting at the pc.

problem is that is a windows program

I followed his exact steps, but he is a little vague on how to get the photos on itunes - I don't have a photos folder on my itunes - when i synced, my movies went to the "movies" folder and were treated like feature films that I have digital copies of - not like videos that I made with a personal camera - somehow I need to figure out how to make my ipad 2 not think my mp4's are hollywood films....

I got it to work using handbrake to convert to an m4v file with similar a/v specifications. If you connect your iPad to iTunes and go to the photos tab in iTunes you can select which folders you want to sync with your iPad. Place the converted m4v file in s synced photo folder and check the box to include videos. Sync your iPad and next time you run iMovie you should see the file in your video queue. Good luck.

Zwiller5, you are THE MAN!! Works exactly like you said on my iPad 2!!

Thanks!!

EUREKA!!!! IT WORKS

I have been messing with this all afternoon - I just couldn't get the photos/videos to import - I mean I had itunes looking at a folder I created just for this... Then I stuck a couple of regular pictures in the folder and they didn't import.... I was flummoxed - then I looked at the attributes of my new picture folder and the "read only" box was automatically checked when it was created... I unchecked it and ... VOILA!

Zwiller5... if you are ever in southern California, I have a big wet kiss for you... and maybe lunch..

Thank you so much!!

Uncle Reggie

And I must say, the videos - even converted - look head and shoulders better than iphone 4 and ipad 2 videos...

I am just so pleased!

Mines play on ipad2 fine. The camera I recorded them with is canon rebel tli. I can import them straight to iPad with camera kit and they show up in my camera roll.

My blog post here goes through my method of importing any video up to 720p into iOS iMovie and them work. Doubtless there is other software that works but this works for me.

The problem still remains... You cannot import video directly into iPad 2 and edit on iMovie from anything other than iPhone or iPad 1. Without first converting it on your pc or Mac... We are all waiting patiently for an update to import from any video camera DIRECTLY into iPad 2 via camera kit and easily edit in iMovie.

I would like to know how to export a video edited in iMovie on an iPad 2 to my Windows PC so that I can burn it on a DVD.

John Chidgey wrote:
My blog post here goes through my method of importing any video up to 720p into iOS iMovie and them work. Doubtless there is other software that works but this works for me.

I tried your steps exactly. Nothing shows up when I use the camera connection kit with the resulting video file placed in the DCIM folder of the SD card.

Hi Guys.

after much experimentation I've worked out how to import clips from my Kodak ZI8 into iMovie on my iPad1.

Firstly you need to drop your footage into iMovie on your desktop then export to Apple TV format which is an .m4v.

Secondly you need to change the .m4v label into .mov by clicking and holding the cursor over the .m4v text and then change it to .mov and save it.

Thirdly open iPhoto and drop the clip into Camera roll.

Finally connect your iPad to iTunes, click on your iPad then goto Sync photos, tick include videos and sync.

Voila! iMovie will recognise your external footage!

John Chidgey wrote:
My blog post here goes through my method of importing any video up to 720p into iOS iMovie and them work. Doubtless there is other software that works but this works for me.

Yay! This worked for me. Just a simple convert with mpeg streamclip seemed to make a big difference. Make sure the video is saved in the DCIM folder or else the iPad won't see it.
Now the question is, why on earth would I edit on the iPad if I'm already at my computer to import, convert, and export the video. I might as well just edit on the computer.
Is there anything like mpeg streamclip for iOS? It would be great to convert your video files straight through the camera connection kit.