Can iMovie edit ONLY DV Streams?

prestonpreston
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I was so excited when I got my iBook to do some editing using iMovie. Currently, I'm using Premiere 6 on PC, and it is very slow going.



So I tried to import my AVI video that I captured using my PC. iMovie won't import it!?!



So then I took some 320x240 Quicktime clips using my Olympus D-370, and iMovie wouldn't even import that! Is there a way to import video other than DV Streams???



If not I'll be looking for FCP3 on Limewire haha.



pres.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 9
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    yep, iMovie only does DV Streams
  • Reply 2 of 9
    prestonpreston Posts: 219member
    <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60561"; target="_blank">Apple KBase</a>



    sily me



    pres
  • Reply 3 of 9
    concentricityconcentricity Posts: 434member
    there are plenty of free/shareware utilities that will do conversions from AVI, QT, etc to DV.



    try searching <a href="http://shareware.cnet.com"; target="_blank">http://shareware.cnet.com</a>;
  • Reply 4 of 9
    mediamanmediaman Posts: 169member
    You can use Quicktime pro to save any movie as a DV stream. But DV stream is an un-compressed format so the files get real big, real fast.

    I wanted to try out iMovie when it first came down the pipe, so I converted a small QT clip (it was 1 or 2 meg) to a DV Stream. The conversion took ages and the DV file ended up around 8 to 10 meg.
  • Reply 5 of 9
    adam11adam11 Posts: 163member
    I did this too and got a message from iMovie saying that the file was too big (it was only 5gig)..... is this supposted to happen ?



    Anyone ?



    Thanks

    adam



    [ 12-30-2001: Message edited by: Adam11 ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 9
    inciinci Posts: 17member
    [QUOTE]Originally posted by Adam11:

    <strong>I did this too and got a message from iMovie saying that the file was too big (it was only 5gig)..... is this supposted to happen ?



    Anyone ?



    Thanks

    adam



    [ 12-30-2001: Message edited by: Adam11 ]</strong>[/QUOTEt



    yes, 4 gig size limit. try spliting the original source into 2 files then converting it.
  • Reply 7 of 9
    adam11adam11 Posts: 163member
    Thanks..... I hope they change this in the future..... 4gigs - whats up with that !



    Cheers

    adam
  • Reply 8 of 9
    inciinci Posts: 17member
    [quote]Originally posted by Adam11:

    <strong>Thanks..... I hope they change this in the future..... 4gigs - whats up with that !



    Cheers

    adam</strong><hr></blockquote>



    mistake, imovie has 2gig file size limit.

    i believe the limit is due to HFS. if imovie was only designed for HFS+, the limit should be 4.7gig
  • Reply 9 of 9
    adam11adam11 Posts: 163member
    Does the same limit apply to Final Cut pro ?....or Premiere ?
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