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iPhoto not importing videos; "The following file could not be imported...."

iPhoto '11 isn't importing certain of my videos; they are a combination of .mov and .mp4s. Other of the same file types are imported without trouble. I get the error "Unreadable Files: # The following file could not be imported. The file is an unrecognized format" and then a list of the files. I'm on a current generation iMac with up-to-date OS.

The files open fine in Quicktime with a double click. I used HandBrake to convert the files (into all .mp4s) and have the same importing problem, even though the files continue to open when clicked.

FWIW, I'm copying the items into the iPhoto library (i.e., that box is checked in preferences), based on the advice of this site. However, when I previously did not do that (i.e., when I had a referenced library) I didn't have this problem.

Any help? Thanks.

iPhoto '11, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 13, 2014 10:55 AM

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Old Toad

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Posted on Feb 13, 2014 11:00 AM

As a test launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it?

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Yer_Man

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Feb 14, 2014 12:45 PM in response to Maklufi

You need to figure out why they are invisible. There's something very weird there.

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Feb 14, 2014 1:16 PM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks OT and Terrence. I rebuilt the iPhoto videos-only library, then went back to import photos quarter-folder by quarter-folder; this time all the videos imported. I started having import problems after a while, rebuilt the library, and then no import problems.

So it seems to be a sporadic iPhoto problem that, hopefully, I'll be able to muddle through.

Thanks for all your help on these issues.

iPhoto not importing videos; "The following file could not be imported...."