Trying to Import AVI file to iMovie - Error -8969

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Trying to Import AVI file to iMovie - Error -8969

Like some others before me, I too am having trouble importing .avi files to my iMovie version 4. Acccording to Command i, they are Motion JPEG OpenDML (they are .avi files from a Canon digital camera). They are viewable in QT. Several posts suggest they should import easily into iMovie. However, when I try to import, I get an error message (failed -8969). I tried converting the .avi file, with QT Pro, to both .mov and DV stream. It will convert to .mov, but when I try to import to iMovie, I get the same error message. I don't even get that far with DV: when I try to convert to DV stream, I get the same error message immediately. Any suggestions? Are there any plug-ins that would fix the problem?

eMac, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Feb 21, 2006 6:48 PM

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Feb 21, 2006 10:47 PM in response to Evan Westerfield

"codecBadDataErr = -8969"

"Codec : acronym for "compression/deccompression" , is an algorithm, or specialized computer program, that reduces the number of bytes consumed by large files and programs."
Used for video files, AVI, QuickTime and otherwise.

Conclusion: You got a bad file.

Come to think of it. I seem to remember a driver (or codec) that can be downloaded from Canon. Don't know any details, though.

PS. Please don't post your question twice.

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