iMovie 10 (2013) video imported from tape-based camera not appearing as an event

Hi, I had same problem. The upgrade left previous version available, 9.0.9 as I recall. I use this to load and can then switch to new level to use event. Hope this helps.

Did you ever figure this out? I'm having this problem too.

I'm having this problem also. I had a Mac Pro running Mavericks and iMovie v10.0.5 that would act like it was importing from the VHS/MiniDV deck attached to it but when the import was done there was no video in the event. I tried creating a new library and importing to that but same result. I noticed that while I could see the new library in the user account's Movies folder I did not see an iMovieLibrary.imovielibrary file there. Odd. Then I upgraded to Yosemite but no change. Running repair permissions and deleting the iMovie preference files in the user account's Library folder didn't help either.

So I went to another Mac Pro running Yosemite to test it there. It doesn't have a VHS/MiniDV deck connected to it so I tried using the built-in camera in the Cinema Display and it worked fine. However on this Mac Pro I can see the iMovieLibrary.imovielibrary file in the user account's Movies folder.

So I went back to the original Mac Pro with the VHS/MiniDV deck and did an import from the Cinema Display iSight to the iMovie library in the user account's Movies folder and it worked fine. So the problem is definitely limited to the VHS/MiniDV deck that is connected via FireWire. If I use iMovie v9.0.9 on the same Mac Pro I can import from that deck successfully.

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I'm facing the same issue!

If you find out how to fix it please let us know

I have maybe the same issue. I just purchased a new iMac 27", non retina from Apple. I also have a Sony DCR TRV330 DV Digital Video Camera that has a firewire connection. Upon getting the firewire to thunderbolt adapter and the proper cable to connect the camera to the adapter, I tried importing some video from the camera (tapes) to iMovie 10.0.6. It worked great. Was able to control the camera and import nearly 20 year old video and edit it just fine. After a few days of doing this, iMovie has stopped its ability to import the video. I can see the camera through iMovie. I can control the camera through iMovie. I go through the process of importing video: I select Import; I tell it were I want the video imported to; I select Import and watch what is supposed to be importing then hit Stop Import and then Close. No video is imported. I even check the disk usage. Nothing has imported. I have created new Libraries and still nothing. I have nearly 450 GB available space on the destination drive (external) and over 500 GB available on the internal Fusion drive. I have tried seemingly everything. Restarting the computer. Unplugged, powered off and then on the camcorder. Tried different tapes (I have both Video 8 and Hi8 tapes). Nothing works. Again, I can see and control the camera through iMovie but when I select to import and then stop import, there is no video imported. I have done a lot of searching with no solution. I don't know why it worked and then all of the sudden has quit. I hope someone can offer a solution. I don't have previous versions of iMovie so that, for my situation isn't an option.

Hi, I had exactly the same problem yesterday. Bought the thunderbolt adapter and firewire cable. New 21" iMac, imported a 20 year old videotape from my Sony Camera. It worked fine. So I tried another tape, but this time no video was imported! I hope you've found a solution, I would appreciate any help...

I have exactly the same issue, even down to the same camcorder and 20 year old tapes! I

think the issue might be the tapes. I'd successfully copied across a dozen old tapes when the copy of a new tape just didn't show up in the library. A test with the laptop's built-in camera did produce material in the Events Library, ergo it's something to do with the camcorder. However, putting an old tape back through the process DID produce something in the library again. So the issue seems to be with the tape.

The clue might be in the top right of the preview window - Sometimes it says "No Data From Device" even when there are images playing. Will keep putting those ones to one side, ploughing through the rest and hope something changes.