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Can't import into Imovie

Hi everyone,


I have been trying to import a short video into Imovie. The original video file is wmv. I have used a free conversion software called "Any Video Converter'. As the video I am trying to create is a sort of medey of several videos, I remember importing one short video successfully before but I cannoy remember which format it was in. Obviously it was a format that Imovie accepts.


I have tried importing the following common video formats, all failed: flv, mov, mp4, mpg, avi

Any video converter does not offer any other formats to convert to.


What can I do now.


Please help.

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 22, 2012 6:44 PM

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Jul 23, 2012 10:14 AM in response to michaelv03

Hi


all failed: flv, mov, mp4, mpg, avi


Non of these are any Video Codecs - they are all containers and can hold Codecs iMovie can use - OR NOT


Open one with QuickTime Player and then open Inspector [cmd+I] and read


Video Format/Codec: nnnnnnnnnnnn


Frame rate: yyyyfps


What does they say.


I use - StreamingDV - and this Codec works in iMovie alt is - AIC (Apple Interchangably Codec)


Yours Bengt W

Jul 23, 2012 3:11 PM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Hi Bengt,


Thanks for your reply. As requested, I have opened one. I opened an mpeg one and it said:

Format: mpeg1 muxed

it does not say frame rate, only

FPS: 29.97

Data rate:1.296.54 kbit/s


I used to have no problems importing video files, but this time inn 3 days of trying I have not been able to import even one, regardless of what 'container' the video was in. I don't get why this is so very difficult.

Especially since I tried a video converter and even when converting to other containers or formats, nothing works whatsoever. I thought that the extension after the dot is the format! for example .mov etc


Mike

Can't import into Imovie

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