Hello Everyone,
Please excuse me if this has been discussed before.
Here are the specifics:
Camcorder
Sony Handycam DCR-SX85
16GB Internal Memory being used
Video - MPEG-2 PS (file extension is .mpg)
Mac
OS X Ver. 10.6.7
2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRam
1TB HHD w/675GB Free
iMovie '11
System fully patched and updated.
I can import the video directly from the camcorder into iMove '11. I start iMovie first. I create an "Event". I connect the camcorder to my Mac via USB. iMovie sees the camcorder and automatically starts importing the video (after confirming Event info, etc...) Video imports and all is well.
Sometimes though, I just need to copy the video from the camcorder to a folder on the Mac so I can work with it later. With iMovie NOT running, I connect the camcorder to the Mac via USB, drill down into the folder structure until I find the video files, and then copy them into the folder. When I do this, the files on the camcorder BEFORE copying over end with the ".mpg" extension, so I am not changing anything.
I open iMovie, create an Event, Right Click on the Event, and select "Import Movies". I then get a popup where I can navigate to the video files in the folder. The video files themselves are greyed out, but if I select the folder that they are in and complete the process, iMovie asks me to confirm that I want to import "x" number of Items located in "x" folder. So it sees the folder and the videos in the folder.
I then tell it to import the video and get a popup stating that the files are being imported and it shows a status bar with an estimated time.
The problem is that there is never an indication that files are being imported. The status bar shows no progress. There is no estimated time like 20 minutes or 20 hours. And I don't see the video appearing in my Event like it does when importing directly from the camcorder.
When I look at the list under "Force Quit Application" iMovie looks fine. It does not display the "unresponsive" you normally see when an application locks up.
So, why is it that I can import directly from the camcorder but not from a folder on the Mac?
What do I need to do to the files on the Mac to get them into iMovie?
Thanks in advance for your help.
-Z-
Please excuse me if this has been discussed before.
Here are the specifics:
Camcorder
Sony Handycam DCR-SX85
16GB Internal Memory being used
Video - MPEG-2 PS (file extension is .mpg)
Mac
OS X Ver. 10.6.7
2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRam
1TB HHD w/675GB Free
iMovie '11
System fully patched and updated.
I can import the video directly from the camcorder into iMove '11. I start iMovie first. I create an "Event". I connect the camcorder to my Mac via USB. iMovie sees the camcorder and automatically starts importing the video (after confirming Event info, etc...) Video imports and all is well.
Sometimes though, I just need to copy the video from the camcorder to a folder on the Mac so I can work with it later. With iMovie NOT running, I connect the camcorder to the Mac via USB, drill down into the folder structure until I find the video files, and then copy them into the folder. When I do this, the files on the camcorder BEFORE copying over end with the ".mpg" extension, so I am not changing anything.
I open iMovie, create an Event, Right Click on the Event, and select "Import Movies". I then get a popup where I can navigate to the video files in the folder. The video files themselves are greyed out, but if I select the folder that they are in and complete the process, iMovie asks me to confirm that I want to import "x" number of Items located in "x" folder. So it sees the folder and the videos in the folder.
I then tell it to import the video and get a popup stating that the files are being imported and it shows a status bar with an estimated time.
The problem is that there is never an indication that files are being imported. The status bar shows no progress. There is no estimated time like 20 minutes or 20 hours. And I don't see the video appearing in my Event like it does when importing directly from the camcorder.
When I look at the list under "Force Quit Application" iMovie looks fine. It does not display the "unresponsive" you normally see when an application locks up.
So, why is it that I can import directly from the camcorder but not from a folder on the Mac?
What do I need to do to the files on the Mac to get them into iMovie?
Thanks in advance for your help.
-Z-