The horror or Codecs (AVI in iMovie?)

[Tennor]

Why oh why can't all video be the same...

Anyway, I have a Pentax Optio S5z, and I love the little camera. I also have an iMac G5.

My little camera can record video, up to 45 min in length. When I import the video to my computer they are this format:

Microsoft IMA ADPCM, Mono, 22.050 kHz
Microsoft ISO MPEG-4 V1.1, 640 x 480, Millions

And it's packaged as an AVI.

How can I convert this so it will import into iMovie? I want to edit my video clips togeth in iMovie.

I have quicktime pro, and I tried DivX but it didn't seem to work, and it corrupted one of my files already.

Help!?

 

[MRU]

Why oh why can't all video be the same...

Anyway, I have a Pentax Optio S5z, and I love the little camera. I also have an iMac G5.

My little camera can record video, up to 45 min in length. When I import the video to my computer they are this format:

Microsoft IMA ADPCM, Mono, 22.050 kHz
Microsoft ISO MPEG-4 V1.1, 640 x 480, Millions

And it's packaged as an AVI.

How can I convert this so it will import into iMovie? I want to edit my video clips togeth in iMovie.

I have quicktime pro, and I tried DivX but it didn't seem to work, and it corrupted one of my files already.

Help!?

Have you tried exporting them as DV via quicktime pro's export feature?

 

[jimthorn]

This is a handy little app that any Mac user working with video should have:

ffmpegX

It can convert video files to a variety of formats, including DV. It's shareware, but you can try it for free.

 

[Tennor]

Oops!

Exporting as a DV file looked like it was working. The video on the new DV files looks great, but there is NO audio.

Any other suggestions?

 

[thewhitehart]

Can the footage be imported as DV into iMovie and then exported in quicktime format? I don't have a DVD burner, so that's what I usually do with my video.