iMovie miniDV

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iMovie miniDV

I understand iMovie 10 (current 2015 version) works well with miniDV in the sense that projects do not throw away fields which is my understanding that iMovie 9 did. I also understand that iMovie 9 captured miniDV well (and only upon editing was quality lost). I have a Sony TRV18 (miniDV tape) and a lot of old tapes that I want to import, but iMovie 10 does not seem to recognize the camcorder and it's not listed among supported camcorders. So does anyone know if I can import into iMovie 9, and then update all events to iMovie 10 and then edit and produce projects in iMovie 10 without losing quality?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Apr 18, 2015 9:59 AM

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sterling r

Community Specialist

Apr 21, 2015 9:47 AM in response to anderskam

Hello there anderskam,

It sounds to me like you are trying to import your miniDV footage into iMovie but it is not being recognized. I would verify that you have set your camera to the correct mode when you have it connected to your computer, as that is a common lynch pin that some people miss. Use the following article to verify that:

iMovie (2013): Import from tape-based cameras

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

Cheers,

Sterling

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