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Problem importing video from a DV camera into the new imovie 10.0? I have a Sony DCR TRV17 connected via Firewire port that worked in 9.0.9 but not under 10.0...

I have a Sony DCR TRV17 that I used to pass through VCR tape video via Firewire port to my Mac Pro under Imovie 9.0.9 without an issue. Now under Imovie 10.0 the video shows in the import window, I can start recording yet when I stop recording the recorded clips do not show up anywhere. The movie file I'm creating still indicates that I still need to import video. Anyone having similar problems?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 27, 2013 2:37 PM

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Oct 31, 2013 6:53 AM in response to davepscl

Hey Dave,


I had this issue only once before but was lucky enought to find it was a specific event causing the import to freeze. It took me some time to isolate the problem though. I would recommend letting it sit there for some time before you try any troubleshooting. Larger libraries can take long periods of time to update.


This is a good thread for this issue. I would first try removing the iMovie.plist as elikness mentions.


1. Open Finder

2. Click on "Go" in the menu bar.

3. Click on Go To Folder on the dropdown menu.

4. Type "~/Library/Preferences/" in the text field and click Go.

5. Find the com.apple.iMovie(some number).plist file and move it to Trash.


Quit and relaunch iMovie to see if this took care of the issue before attempting the next step. If you're still having an issue then you can try what I needed to do which is isolating the problem event.


1. Open Finder.

2. Go to the Movies folder. You should see iMovie Events here.


If you have a larger event library I'd recommend renaming the iMovie Events folder to say, "iMovie Events COPY". Then create a new empty folder named “iMovie Events”. When you launch iMovie 9.0.9 all events will be missing at this point. Quit iMovie if it is open. Then you can either drag each event from iMovie Events COPY to iMovie Events or you can select and drag several at a time. Each time you drag an event folder back into the new iMovie Events folder launch iMovie 9.0.9 to see if you are having the same issue. Wash and repeat until either you have found the problem event or you have imported all events.


If you find the problem event you can reimport the clip from iMovie 9.0.9 by going to File > Import > Movies and navigating to that events iMovie Original Movies folder to find the clip.


Hope this helps!

Oct 31, 2013 11:29 AM in response to hebeth

Yes I too had problems importing in the latest I movie , i coneted the Panasonic video camera and attempted to import from the internal hard drive on the camera everything went fine until I unigged the camera or switched off the mac , I got the message missing camera or file or something similar , tried this several times with the same result , what u had to do was copied the contentents to my external drive then reimport a pain but it worked ok

Dec 21, 2013 4:26 AM in response to hebeth

The support page showing compatible camcorders for imovie '11 (v9) contains the following statement:


iMovie ’11 works with most Mini DV tape-based camcorders using DV and HDV formats, which use a FireWire cable (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) to transfer video.


The support page for imovie 10 does not.


http://help.apple.com/imovie/10/cameras/en/index.html?lang=en_US


My new camcorder, the Canon Vixia HF R300 is supported, but doesn't have a pass-thru. Better hurry up and get the VHS tapes digitized -- running out of options. I bought an Elgato USB digitizer, but the video goes unstable at times -- iMovie is much more stable during import.

Dec 21, 2013 1:15 PM in response to Fred32837

The support page above can be mis-leading.

If you select PAL or NTSC, you get "No matches found".

If you select Multi-region or Any Region you get that most DV or HDV by Panasonic,Canon ,JVC or Sony are supported.

Mis-leading because when you buy a camcorder most of them are either NTSC or PAL. Very few are Multi-Region or Any Region ( apart from some professional cams).

A poor choice of words used in the support pages perhaps?

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