export from imovie

[RightAway]

Hello, is there a way to export a movie from imovie to a watchable format without actually opening imovie. My computer is severely breaking down, and i cant open half of my apps.
thanks

 

[Makosuke]

If you have QuickTime Pro and can get QT Player open (or another app that can recompress a QT movie) you can go to the iMovie file, command (or right-) click on it, select "Show Package Contents", and browse around within the package until you find the iDVD export .mov; that should be a version of the cut-together movie that you can then open in QT Player and export. I do this frequently to bypass iMovie for various reasons.

 

[mumcroft]

DVD back to iMovie

I have a similiar question. I made a movie in iMovie, exported it to iDVD, burned it to a DVD, then lost the original iMovie file. Is there a way to import it back into iMovie?

 

[John Doe 57]

I have a similiar question. I made a movie in iMovie, exported it to iDVD, burned it to a DVD, then lost the original iMovie file. Is there a way to import it back into iMovie?

1. Download Handbrake:
http://handbrake.fr/?article=download

2. Insert the DVD into your Mac

3. Load up Handbrake application

4. Handbrake scans the disk you select on startup

You will be able to select and export the video off the DVD with Handbrake.

 

[LoisCroft]

Thank you

Awesome!! Worked like a charm!

 

[fscarpa]

I've made a Project and exported it as .avi but the quality got very poor. I'd like to get the movie from iMovie and make a DVD with iDVD, so what would be the best way (talking about quality of images) to export it?

 

[John Doe 57]

I've made a Project and exported it as .avi but the quality got very poor. I'd like to get the movie from iMovie and make a DVD with iDVD, so what would be the best way (talking about quality of images) to export it?

QuickTime MOV files are the best. To conserve space, you should encode it with H.264. (mp4 format) But if quality is your thing, don't use H.264.