.avi in iMovie?

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BicyclePunk

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• Dec 19, 2002

• #1

Just a quick question....Do I have to buy Quicktime to convert an .avi movie so I can edit it in iMovie? Thanks.

 

arn

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• Dec 19, 2002

• #2

Re: .avi in iMovie?

Originally posted by BicyclePunk
Just a quick question....Do I have to buy Quicktime to convert an .avi movie so I can edit it in iMovie? Thanks.

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You have to convert it to a "DV Stream" to work in iMovie.

Quicktime Pro should do it. If you don't have that there probably are other ways... but that's the easiest.

arn

 

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BicyclePunk

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• Dec 19, 2002

• #3

Any cheaper....or free...ways? But I guess $30 for QuickTime Pro is worth it...

 

arn

macrumors god

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• Dec 19, 2002

• #4

Originally posted by BicyclePunk
Any cheaper....or free...ways? But I guess $30 for QuickTime Pro is worth it...

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There may be free ways... I just don't know how offhand...

The key point is that iMovie takes 'DV Streams' as the video format... so however you can get it into that format... 🙂

arn

 

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BicyclePunk

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• Dec 19, 2002

• #5

Excellent. Thanks!

 

jelloshotsrule

macrumors G3

• Dec 19, 2002

• #6

consider that imovie is free.... qt pro is definitely worth it

very very handy.

 

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BicyclePunk

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• Dec 20, 2002

• #7

Paid for it last night....Now I just have to figure out how to use iMovie!

 

ftaok

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• Dec 20, 2002

• #8

Originally posted by BicyclePunk
Paid for it last night....Now I just have to figure out how to use iMovie!

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Make sure you go to the Apple site for some TUTORIALS on how to use iMovie.

And don't forget to download the plug-in pack to get the extra transitions and stuff.

Have fun.