Q: I cannot export any iMovie videos to my camera roll!

Hi same thing happen to me on my ipad3.

I need help tooooo

I Had the same problem with iPad and iPhone.

try the following:

Go to SETTINGS--> PRIVACY and then PHOTOS; make sure iMovie is set to "on".

Should work then. (Did for me).

Bingo!!!

Not working for me.

PRIVACY->PHOTOS have only twitter and facebook.

Yesterday I can save 9 min video. Today I cant.

An error occurred during export. Trying to restart many times, use airplane mode. Nothing help.

Please help

did you ever figure it out.. i cant export at all.. i dont get an error.. it just doesnt start exporting.

Idem on brand new ipad air 16gb, settings are fine, just checked. Simply won't start with no failleren message.

Same here, iphone 5s / ipad 2.

I found that the used movie snippet caused imove not to export.

I used a clip from whatsapp chat, iphone was able to play the clip, imported into imovie, imovie also played it back but exporting failed.

Then i tried pinnacle studio on the ipad, imported the clip, tried to export - also fail. Imported again, added a picture before the clip and some text, pinnacle rendered now the movie and exported.

I was able to import that new clip, into imovie and edited etc wihtin imovie, after i have done some changes imovie was able to export the movie without amy problem.

So it might be a system-wide problem with ios 7 as pinnacle got also several problems with some sources.

I found out my problem. I don't know why this happens but when I download a .mov clip from my DSLR from dropbox to my IPhone 5 it won't export the clip. The clip was only 6 seconds long but I am guessing it's too large ? It doesn't export even if I have left it for 40 minutes. I try any clip taken by my phone and that works. The .mov from my dslr also works for playback, and editing, but like you mentioned, exporting does not happen.

Do you have any codec information?

here we go with those of my short clip:

codec: h264 MPEG 4 AVC

resolution: 568 x 320

frame rate: 24

planar 4:2:0 YUV

audio MPEG AAC audio, stereo, 44.1khz

sorry to bring up this old post, but having the same issue here.

PRIVACY->PHOTOS.... don't have imovie button under this menu.

video source was from gopro.

i've edited other gopro videos in imovie before had have no problem export.

please help...!

Same here! Please help!

I found a solution that worked for me. It's so simple that'd is stupid that it works. I just had to start my project with a picture instead of a video. This video shows what I'm talking about: https://youtu.be/HD8jn3pxOCM

I Don't know if this will help anyone, but it solved it for me. I was trying to save an iMovie project with footage from my Nokia 930 phone. I found that the problem was that I was recording the video with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround. When I unchecked that option in the phone settings and used the normal stereo option, everything works as normal.

It Seems iMovie doesn't like rendering videos with a surround sound soundtrack.

Oh my god, bless you.   

You literally just saved me from failing an exam by not having enough time to start my project over.

I thought my thing corrupted. THANK. YOU.