iMovie 08 won't open iMovie file

[Davy.Shalom]

Ok so my friend gave me game footage from one of our past football games so I can edit it, and it's in iMovie project format. I'm using iMovie 08 on a G5 2.3 dual, and I'm assuming he's using an intel, and probably iMovie 09. Is there a compatibility issue with the iMovies?

I've tried dragging my file into iMovie, importing it, and I've also tried to see if handbrake could convert the file to an mp4, so I could then import it to iMovie. Nothing worked.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

Extract the footage by ctrl-click on the iMovie file, then choose "Show package contents". Dig around in there until you find the actual video files, then import those files into your copy of iMovie.

 

[Davy.Shalom]

There are three items:
Project
Proxies
Quicklook

Project is a tiny 32kb file I think it's the framework for an imovie project. Proxies includes all the data but there are 38 little files in some unix format. Quicklook has a thumbnail.

Thanks but does anyone have any other ideas?

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

Looks like the video files aren't contained within the project file, but in a folder called "iMovie Events" which your friend has. Get him to transfer the videos to you from there.