iMovie can't find camera

[MACDRIVE]

PowerBook G4 Ti 800Mhz DVI
Nikon Coolpix P2
OS 10.3.9


I've got a 14 minute video recorded on a Coolpix P2. When I plug the camera into the USB port, iPhoto immediately launches and sees the camera just fine; however, iMovie doesn't see the camera.

The PowerBook owners manual mentions loading videos to iMovie via a Firewire cable, but the camera only has one USB port and came with a USB cable.

I would greatly appreciate any help provided.

 

[MacFanBoyIIe]

PowerBook G4 Ti 800Mhz DVI
Nikon Coolpix P2
OS 10.3.9


I've got a 14 minute video recorded on a Coolpix P2. When I plug the camera into the USB port, iPhoto immediately launches and sees the camera just fine; however, iMovie doesn't see the camera.

The PowerBook owners manual mentions loading videos to iMovie via a Firewire cable, but the camera only has one USB port and came with a USB cable.

I would greatly appreciate any help provided.

Image Capture.

 

[ChrisA]

I've got a 14 minute video recorded on a Coolpix P2. When I plug the camera into the USB port, iPhoto immediately launches and sees the camera just fine; however, iMovie doesn't see the camera.

The work around is to put the camera in "storage device mode". This way the camera will "loolk" like a thumb drive to the Mac. Then you drage the files off the camera.

Buying a card reader would do the same thing.

My guess is that your camera records video in a format iPhoto does not recognize as being video.

 

[Trip.Tucker]

PowerBook G4 Ti 800Mhz DVI
Nikon Coolpix P2
OS 10.3.9


I've got a 14 minute video recorded on a Coolpix P2. When I plug the camera into the USB port, iPhoto immediately launches and sees the camera just fine; however, iMovie doesn't see the camera.

The PowerBook owners manual mentions loading videos to iMovie via a Firewire cable, but the camera only has one USB port and came with a USB cable.

I would greatly appreciate any help provided.

Doesn't your movie appear in iPhoto? It should...

 

[TEG]

PowerBook G4 Ti 800Mhz DVI
Nikon Coolpix P2
OS 10.3.9


I've got a 14 minute video recorded on a Coolpix P2. When I plug the camera into the USB port, iPhoto immediately launches and sees the camera just fine; however, iMovie doesn't see the camera.

The PowerBook owners manual mentions loading videos to iMovie via a Firewire cable, but the camera only has one USB port and came with a USB cable.

I would greatly appreciate any help provided.

iMovie only works with Video Cameras. Still cameras with video features are treated like still cameras, and all photos and videos (which are files, not true video from a video camera) are imported into your photo software of choice. Once you find it in iPhoto, just drag it out and to to it what you want.

You won't be able to import the video into iMovie, until you convert it to a DV stream in QuickTime (or another converter), if that is what you want to do.

TEG

 

[Fuzzy14]

You didn't mention which version of iMovie you were using, I suspect it's v6 since you are running Panther. iMovie 6 doesn't directly support USB video cameras, you will need to mount the camera as a disc, copy the files off the camera and then manually import them into iMovie.

See here and here for more info.

-Fuzzy

 

[MACDRIVE]

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It's not even iMovie 6.0; it's 5.0.2

iPhoto acts like it sees the video, and then acts like it's loading the video, but I don't get any confirmation at the end that it was loaded.

I appreciate everyone's help by the way.

 

[BiteSizedApples]

Solution to Nikon coolpix L18 won't import video to Mac iPhoto

I had this problem with iPhoto 6.xxx too.

Here is the Solution to this problem from Apple Support:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24436

Issue or symptom
When importing small movie files (such as .avi files) from a still camera or other device, iPhoto may unexpectedly quit.

Solution
Check the following locations for non-Apple plug-ins:
~/Library/QuickTime/ (that is, the QuickTime folder inside the Library folder in your home directory)
/Library/QuickTime/ (that is, the QuickTime folder inside the Library folder at the root level of your computer)
Remove the non-Apple plug-ins you find in those locations.
Log out and log back in and see if iPhoto now imports the movie files correctly. If so, contact the developer of the plug-in you removed for more information, or to see if an update to the plug-in is available.


Further information to note:

- iMovie HD ver 6.xx won't import video via a USB connected still camera. Learn More here....

- Nikon Coolpix L18 is MTP/PTP protocol compatible only. There is no way to mount it as a mass storage device via the MSC protocol. Here's the transfer protocol specs for all Coolpix cameras: Learn More here....

Hope this helps someone, I spent all day dealing with this issue.


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