I follow THIS procedure to import in iMovie a media from a tape-based VCR (see how I did it here below), everything seems working fine until point n°9 of the procedure: once I've done importing and click 'Close' to close the import window there is no video imported at all in iMovie. 😕
I'll be glad to anyone able to help me, thanks in advance for your time.
iMovie 10, OS X Yosemite (10.10), null
The problem is that in" pass-through" mode TimeCode is not generated and this is required
in order to import into iMovie ver 10 (and FCPX).
Use the Record function in QuickTime Player ,this app is on your Mac.
Experiment with the quality setting versus file size.
You will then need to import this into iMovie.
Pass-through mode has worked on older versions of iMovie as they did not require TimeCode.
Also your cam does produce TimeCode if you were importing from DV tape.
I am not understanding when you say--select the screen as video source.
Is this when you select New Screen Recording rather than New Movie Recording?
If so what screen are you recording,is it the QTP screen?
This is what I see,and you can select from top menu Window>Show Movie Inspector.
When you press record the inspector shows the recording format.
MANY thanks for your prompt response thesurreyfriends!🙂
I've imported the VCR through QuickTime Player (I've never suspected that QuickTime could do that) and it worked just fine (of course is not automatically recognising the clips).✅
Once I play the video file now, however, I've noticed that the video and the audio are not synchronized, do you know why (and, more important, how to fix it)?😕
That's disappointing.
Does this happen with other quality settings?
What quality settings were offered and what did you choose ?
If other quality settings do not help then you could try recording from the VCR
onto a DV tape on your Sony DCR HC32.
Once on the DV tape you should be able to import into iMovie.( or QT Player)
Obviously very time consuming if you have lots of VCR recordings to transfer.
Does this happen with other quality settings?
What quality settings were offered and what did you choose ?
I've got 'High' or 'Maximum' quality; the 'Maximum' setting returns me and error (and doesn't allow me to import the video), I use the 'High' setting.
Now, if I select the 'screen' as video source and the camcorder as a audio source THAN the video and the audio are perfectly synchronized... 😕, I don't get it.
Just a thought.
Your camcorder can be set to either 12 bit or 16 bit Audio Mode.
Try 16 bit if not already selected.Found in Standard Set Menu>Audio Mode.
This mode can obviously be set for recording to tape but not sure for pass-through
mode, but would have thought so.
Missing import from mini DV camera to iMovie
