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iMovie 08 - My video camera, a Sony DCR - SR35 takes video in MPEG-2 format but it would appear from the error message I get "The file is not a video type" that iMovie 08 doesn't recognise this format. |
IIRC iMovie's native format is raw DV - hope you have plenty of disk space
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This is a bit of an annoyance as I was really looking forward to using this instead of Vista's Movie Maker. Can I somehow convert these files to a recognised format for editing?
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Yep.
Stream Clip will probably be useful.
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I've trawled the web and it appears that I may need to pay MPEG-2 Playback Component to be able to view the movies in iMovie 08 but I can't ascertain as to whether this will allow me to then edit.
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I have not specifically tried it but apparently
yes Have a look at the post by tranceclubmusic.
Alternatively you could buy Final Cut Express, which can handle mpeg2 straight out the box.
Edit. Just noticed you are using iMovie8. iMovie8 got a bit of a slagging as some functions in the earlier version (HD Video) were stripped out. You can download iMHD6 for free
Apple - Support - Downloads - iMovie HD 6