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Importing muxed mpg1 into iMovie
Does anyone have a reliable method of importing the video *and* audio of muxed mpg1 clips into iMovie? I've tried using bbdemux to demux the clip; I get a .m1v video file that imports ok, but the .m1a audio file won't import into iMovie. The audio file plays ok in Quicktime and iTunes, but iMovie doesn't like it, and I get an error if I try to use iTunes to convert it to AAC or MP3.
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Have you tried exporting from Quicktime Pro to .dv (DV stream) then importing into iMovie?
That usually works fine.
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exporting to dv doesn't work. but i have a better solution, that's also free. go get mpeg stream clip: http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=MPEG_StreamClip
i use this all the time. it even will break it up into imovie editable clips, if it's bigger than 1.9 gig. hope that helps! |
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Check out which formats iMovie uses as native import:
HDV (720p & 1080i) MPEG-4 (Simple Profile) iSight DV DV Widescreen You need to get your MPEG1 files into one of those before it'll import cleanly, QT Pro will go MPG4 and DV, (plus widescreen I think). It's probably your cheapest option.
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QT Pro will not properly dumux mpeg1 content. you will get video without audio. so, you can export using QT pro to dv and then separately extract the audio with some other program, but other than that, QT pro is not a solution.
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To make my problem more clear...
I don't have any trouble getting the video from my muxed mpg1 into iMovie. In fact, iMovie will import it directly, but it drops the muxed audio. What this means is that I get the video with no audio.
I tried using bbdemux to separate the audio and video, and it seems to do it -- I get two separate files, a .m1v video file that iMovie can import (again, with no audio), and a .m1a audio file that iMove won't touch. Quicktime can play it, as can iTunes, but iMovie says it can't open it. All I need to do is find a way to extract the *audio* from my mpg1 files to a format that I can import into iMovie. Or, another alternative (which would be even easier) would be if there's a program that will create a demuxed audio/video file that will import into iMovie.
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Use a tip in eyetv's support database
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Just the info I was looking for...
Thanks joshjohnson, you answered my question perfectly. In fact, it's funny cuz EyeTV files are what I'm trying to work with, primarily.
Still seems like a pretty cumbersome process. I wish I understood why iMovie can't deal with the muxed files, or why there can't be a one-step demux process. Thanks again.
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I'm surprised no one thought about this earlier...
Have you ever heard of ffmpegX? Just try it. It handles audio and video of all Mpeg types perfectly. I have tried it countless times... You should try it too. Go to versiontracker, or just perform a google search.
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Apple's "Audio MIDI Setup" Fixes This
This is an old thread that helped me resolve the problem -- until I ran across a better and easier solution listed on another site just today.
Using Apple's "Audio MIDI Setup" fixed the problem I was having hearing sound from an MPG1 Muxed source: it insisted on ONLY playing through my bluetooth headset --even when all other sound went through my default output device. When I deleted the bluetooth headset, no sound was heard. The solution that helped resolve my problem can be found here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...26288#comments |
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Yelm, thanks for posting that here. It's a quick and easy fix [worked great for me, and I had a similar problem to yours, only mine was a USB headset].
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