IMovie 11 Simple Question

[djclancy999]

So, i am importing movies from an old DV camera into iMovie 11. It is a DV tape camera. I want to import the entire tape into a single file as opposed to separate DV files. I found something on the web saying how to do this by going to the Preferences option, selecting import and then checking a box.

Alas, in iMovie 11 there is no "Import" section fo the Preferences dialog. I cannot find anywhere to set import preferences in iMovie 11. Have these options been removed in iMovie 11?

Question: Where are the import preferences for iMovie 11?

THANKS

DAN

 

[Dave Braine]

I don't think that you can do it that way. iMovie splits it's miniDV imports into clips based on the stop/start points on the tape.

Just curious, but why do you want a single clip? If you import the complete tape in one go, all the clips will be in one Event.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

What about using QuickTime Player to record one continuous file?

 

[djclancy999]

So, I wanted to have archive files on my computer of the tapes sot he kids can watch the whole tape.

I am importing them to the mac using iMovie. I expect there is some other way to import directly to the mac, but have not figured one out without buying something like footbrake.

I can take the dv files and use something like iCoolsoft to combine into a single file, but was wondering if there was a more direct way to do it.

I found something on the web talking about doing this, but I suspect it was for an older version of iMovie.

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What about using QuickTime Player to record one continuous file?

Can I do this with QuickTime?

Would I lose quality

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What about using QuickTime Player to record one continuous file?

Can I do this with QuickTime?

Would I lose quality

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Can I do this with QuickTime?

Would I lose quality

I don't have a DV camera to test right now, but I was able to record a DV stream in QT Player 7 (though it might be a Pro feature), but QT X also has the ability to record from the built-in camera and probably an external camera connected via Firewire.

You will not lose quality.

 

[Dave Braine]

QT X also has the ability to record from the built-in camera and probably an external camera connected via Firewire.

So it can. I never knew that.

I can take the dv files and use something like iCoolsoft to combine into a single file,

Exporting from iMovie using the Share menu, either as a Movie, or to Quicktime, will produce one continuous file.