How do I move a Project from old version of iMovie to current version?

Thanks, Rich, but neither option worked. When I tried the File Update Projects, I got a message saying there are no files to update. When I tried the YouTube upload window, it says the file is not an accepted format. I really hate the thought of recreating all these videos from dvd onto the computer into iMovie, etc. Too much effort as I have dozens of them. Any other ideas?

Joey

Aaarrrggghhh, everything is going berserk! One of my external hard drives just died. Now my Apple TV that I watched two hours ago will not come on. What the ****? LOL

To answer your question, the projects in iMovie 8 are completed projects. They are not in my Mac's Movies folder, but are stored on an external hard drive, and I moved a few to test onto my desktop. But after you asked, I dragged three of them into my Mac's Movies Folder, but to no avail.

I had an old version of Handbrake that I used at the time I converted these videos 9 years ago. I tried using it by dragging one of the videos into it, but got an error message saying "No Valid Source Found". When I tried updating Handbrake to the current version, it looked like it updated but then said: "An error occurred while extracting the update. Please try again later." I had tried to update Handbrake yesterday, prior to posting in here, but had the same message then.

Seems like I am striking out everywhere so far. Appreciate your efforts. If you have any other suggestions, I would welcome them. Thanks.

Joey

Rich, these movies were originally concert performances of friends taken with a camcorder then put onto DVD. I used Handbrake to take the entire concert and break it up into individual songs. I did that as you mentioned by using the Video_Ts folders. Those became the Projects I had in the old version of iMovie. For some reason, I could not successfully drag them into iMovie.

I tried the Quicktime player the other day to see if that would work. Problem there is it only records video, not the audio. I read there are other programs that can be used to complement Quicktime, but that option did not appeal to me.

Yes, this is the fourth hard drive that has failed on me after 5 years or so. I have two going at all times and have an extra I will install tomorrow. Also, I got my Apple TV working again. I just unplugged it and put it into a different plug in the power strip. Guess the plug it was in just went bad. But, you don't really care about all that, LOL.

OK, now for the good news. I had an old version of VLC that I trashed, and downloaded the current version. I opened it up, dragged the first song clip from My Movie folder into VLC and VOILA! It immediately started playing! Woo Hoo!

So, what are the next steps the to get the video into a format for YouTube? Do I need to use VLC to create a format, then put it into iMovie to create a Project, then upload to YouTube? Or, can I just create a format (which one?) acceptable to YouTube, save it to my Desktop, and then use the YouTube Upload window?

Really appreciate all your help on this!!!

Joey

Converting to the correct format appears to be a much larger challenge than anticipated. The formats acceptable to YouTube do not line up with those in VLC. I tried a few and found one that worked and I was able to upload one video. I tried again with two other clips using the same format, and YouTube then would not recognize them. Aaaaarrrrggghhh

The updated edition of VLC is nowhere near as user friendly as the old one. It also does not appear to work well with High Sierra. Very balky, and very difficult to change format conversion when one does not work. It just keeps it in the same format and keeps asking if I want to overwrite and I cannot close that window without Force Quitting the program. At any rate, you got me as far as it appears I can go via this route. Thanks again for your help. If VLC and Youtube would just play nicely as they did on the first video, all would be fine.

Joey