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Q: Can't export movie in iMovie 10: "This item cannot be shared while it is still referencing media on the camera"

I just edited and completed a short video (just under 4 minutes) and now it seems as if iMovie 10 somehow forced me to edit the files INSIDE the camera. Because when I unplug it, some parts of the movie vanish. And when I try to export it (or "share" it), I get the message "This item cannot be shared while it is still referencing media on the camera." How can that be? This has never happened in previous versions of iMovie. 

 

The movie shows up in the iMovie library and I could even play it from Apple TV - but I want to export the file and cannot. I've imported all of the clips - looks like even did it twice. Very frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am using the latest OS X (version 10.9)

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Posted on Nov 2, 2013 2:01 PM

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A:

Looks like you have to immediately remove the device (camera, SD card) that you use to import your video. I thought it strange that there were two copies of all the video clips - and it seems one is imported, the other is on the device. So you have a 50/50 shot of chosing the correct one or else you'll be out of luck.

 

I switched back to the old version of iMovie and now all is well.

Posted on Nov 3, 2013 5:05 PM

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Q: Can't export movie in iMovie 10: "This item cannot be shared while it is still referencing media on the camera"

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  • by ejacobson85,

    ejacobson85 ejacobson85 Sep 16, 2014 5:27 AM in response to Neosinn
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    Sep 16, 2014 5:27 AM in response to Neosinn

    Wow! Totally worked and saved my butt! Thanks!

  • by mskellylouise,

    mskellylouise mskellylouise Oct 28, 2014 2:45 PM in response to ejacobson85
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    Oct 28, 2014 2:45 PM in response to ejacobson85

    it worked for you and everyone but i'm wondering what happens after saving it to Theater... Neosinn's instructions stop there. I have mine saved to the theater but I can't get it out to a file or to YouTube. Were you able to save it to a file after completing his steps?

  • by mskellylouise,

    mskellylouise mskellylouise Oct 28, 2014 2:45 PM in response to Zjgamer
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    Oct 28, 2014 2:45 PM in response to Zjgamer

    it worked for you and everyone but i'm wondering what happens after saving it to Theater... Neosinn's instructions stop there. I have mine saved to the theater but I can't get it out to a file or to YouTube. Were you able to save it to a file after completing his steps?

  • by mskellylouise,

    mskellylouise mskellylouise Oct 28, 2014 2:45 PM in response to Ronny_69
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    Oct 28, 2014 2:45 PM in response to Ronny_69

    it worked for you and everyone but i'm wondering what happens after saving it to Theater... Neosinn's instructions stop there. I have mine saved to the theater but I can't get it out to a file or to YouTube. Were you able to save it to a file after completing his steps?

  • by mskellylouise,

    mskellylouise mskellylouise Oct 28, 2014 2:44 PM in response to Neosinn
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    Oct 28, 2014 2:44 PM in response to Neosinn

    I have mine saved to the theater but I can't get it out to a file or to YouTube. Are you able to save it to a file after completing the steps you mentioned?

  • by ihollstar,

    ihollstar ihollstar Dec 21, 2014 10:58 PM in response to Dieds
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    Dec 21, 2014 10:58 PM in response to Dieds

    I also had the same problem, and at first thought it was because I didn't have enough space-- but I deleted a bunch of stuff off my HD to have enough GB but that didn't fix it.

    I also deleted all the uploaded content (not the projects just the uploaded movie files), and then tried to re-upload the content. The circle pie never finished loading but again the projects were using the card to reference the content and therefore I still couldn't export or share the movie once again.

     

    SOLUTION:

    Finally... I removed all the movie files again, ejected the card and closed imovie. THEN, I opened iphoto and uploaded the video files there. Once they were all loaded, I ejected the SD card. I then opened imovie and DRAGGED the files over. The pie then loaded and in went the files. However, only one of my projects recognized so I did have to replace all the broken files in my project with the new ones. It's not perfect but it did allow me to finally export the movie.

     

    I hope that this helps someone else out there who couldn't get the SD trick mentioned above to work.

     

    Cheers

  • by dunkfall,

    dunkfall dunkfall Dec 31, 2014 9:06 PM in response to Neosinn
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    Dec 31, 2014 9:06 PM in response to Neosinn

    DUDE!!!!!!!

     

    Seriously  I have just spent about 2 weeks going crazy because I couldn't render a 50 min video I made for my parents of their world trip due to the above issue. I have re-edited, bought software, downloaded, re-edited again etc etc.....Your work-around worked immediately from the original 'un-shareable' theater version I had. Thank you sooooooo much - made my New Year!

     

    dunk

  • by josephsellwood,

    josephsellwood josephsellwood Mar 25, 2015 6:53 PM in response to Neosinn
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    Mar 25, 2015 6:53 PM in response to Neosinn

    Alright that worked. I have been searching a lot and this is the only thing I have found that worked. I still can't figure out why these files imported with the little camera icon showing linked to the camera, why some files imported that way and others not, how to import without this problem....but at least doing this work around I am able to save a copy of the film and save it to the hard drive. Thanks

  • by weirdjun,

    weirdjun weirdjun Mar 31, 2015 1:31 AM in response to Neosinn
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    Mar 31, 2015 1:31 AM in response to Neosinn

    Fingercross~thanks~ you helped a lot

  • by Joannie Sunshine,

    Joannie Sunshine Joannie Sunshine Apr 30, 2015 6:42 AM in response to Neosinn
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    Apr 30, 2015 6:42 AM in response to Neosinn

    This worked like a charm! Thank you!!!!

  • by ekilbacak,

    ekilbacak ekilbacak May 30, 2015 5:45 PM in response to Neosinn
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    May 30, 2015 5:45 PM in response to Neosinn

    Wow this strange trick worked. The beauty about Apple is supposed to be the user friendly-ness. What is so user friendly about this?! We have to develop a hack to get what we want out of it. Apple is losing its touch in my opinion.

  • by bmichalowski,

    bmichalowski bmichalowski Jun 8, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Dieds
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    Jun 8, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Dieds

    This solution doesn't make sense to me.  I don't see two copies of my clips and also the file menu in iMovie 10 does not have a reimport option.  Also, how do you switch back to an old version of iMovie?

  • by kimchella,

    kimchella kimchella Jun 10, 2015 7:01 PM in response to Dieds
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    Jun 10, 2015 7:01 PM in response to Dieds

    I was sitting there for 2 hours trying to figure out what happened fiddling with iMovie on my macbook pro so I...


    1. Shared the clip to Theatre.

    2. Then I went back to library and deleted the sections of the clip that said "missing camera"

    3. Shared that one to Theatre and renamed that clip

    4. played both clips to see which one had the full clip in it

    5. uploaded that one to iCloud (which took an hour but better than re editing the entire clip again from scratch)

    6. checked my iCloud on my other apple devices which is my iMac (you can try your iPad, iPhone)

    7. It was the full edited version on my iMac which worked and then I was able to Share my original edited clip to File!

    8. happy dance!


    Hope this helped you guys. I tried to do what Neosinn said about Theatre but that didn't work for me. Because after Theatre I couldn't share it to File still.


    ps. The whole while whilst doing the above steps I had my SD card inserted into the MacBook Pro.


    iCloud guys! iCloud saved me! it is the only answer


  • by frank benthuizen,

    frank benthuizen frank benthuizen Jul 2, 2015 1:09 PM in response to Neosinn
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    Jul 2, 2015 1:09 PM in response to Neosinn

    Great solution. I finished two movie's, and a lot of work, but I could not export them. Your solution worked terrific. Great job thanks for saving me a lot of time. greetings Frank

  • by Rahskir,

    Rahskir Rahskir Jul 4, 2015 9:10 AM in response to Neosinn
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    Jul 4, 2015 9:10 AM in response to Neosinn

    I'm going to add to this.  I had the same issue as everyone else and started on the solution Neosinn provided, but after sharing the video to Theater with iCloud activated, I dragged my window down a bit revealing the desktop underneath and then just dragged the file from Theater to the desktop.  It instantly created a normal mp4!  This is way easier than sharing twice and looking in the trash. 

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