http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: iMovie - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:38:18 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/converting-tsfile-to-mpeg4-files-without-toast-titanium-pro#post-73316 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:14:13 +0000 C 73316@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all, </p> <p>I have been trying to convert TS.Files to MPEG.4 movie files but I don't have Toast Titanium. </p> <p>I tried using the trial version of Miro Video Converter but it doesn't seem to keep the 16:9 setting that I have given all the movies which means the edges get cut off.</p> <p>Does anyone know of a converter on Mac which could do the trick?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/edges-cut-off-by-idvd#post-73315 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:08:24 +0000 C 73315@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all, </p> <p>After burning a series of showreels on IDVD from Imovie, I find that the sides of my showreels are cut off. <br />I have checked the size of my movies, they are 16:9 and my screen size is 16:9 too.</p> <p>I even changed the movie format from 4:3 to 16:9 on the TS. files but that still doesn't work. </p> <p>Has anyone else had problems burning a movie from Imovie to IDVD?</p> <p>Thanks for your help!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/mpeg2-codec-missing-on-premier-help#post-73000 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:10:09 +0000 hogtown 73000@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi guys, I am a new chap here and having some issues importing my media on Premier. A bit of background I am using Mac 10.7.2 and Adobe Premier 5. Shot my media on a JVC GY-HM100U and it was ingested by copying the whole folder into my computer. My video is 1080 60i the .xml file says:</p> <p>dataFormat="xdvb" </p> <p>videoCodec="MPEG2_VBR35M_1920_1080_60I_MP@HL" ch="STEREO_2CH" </p> <p>audioCodec="LPCM16_48K"</p> <p>Neither Premier nor imovie can't open the media and the error I get is that the codec is missing. I tried to convert my media using the Video Converter by iSkysoft but the quality decreased exponentially. I also tried Calibrated{Q} XD Decode, but it won't play in real time in Premier and looks choppy. </p> <p>Went and downloaded the JVC HD pro clip manager but ironically it doesn't recognize the media either and the error is that is not a m4p file. JVC site and other reviews say that there is no need to wrap or transcode and the media formats are compatible with Mac which is false or I am missing something.</p> <p>Does anyone have any advice how to get around this issue? Your thoughts would be highly appreciated!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/lumix-gh2-youtube-trouble#post-72251 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:51:15 +0000 Ben Hinz 72251@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey everybody, I'm brand new!  Like many before me, I'm sure, I come with a problem.  I bought a Panasonic Lumix GH2, which shoots pretty great video (a little choppy, but hey, I can live with it)  the trouble is getting that video online in any kind of quality.  In my line of work I also need to record audio seperately and sync afterwards.  I've been working with Final Cut express, imovie 09 and imovie HD.  Imovie HD puts out a great quality video, but youtube and vimeo can't seem to understand it.</p> <p> </p> <p>If someone knows the secret key to getting HD video out of my computer and up on the interwebs, I would be much obliged :)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/newb-trying-to-decide-between-fcp-app-or-sony-vegas#post-71996 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:31:13 +0000 Vail Fucci 71996@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm a wedding photographer who has just started using her 5dMKii to make promotional videos and vlog entries on my blog.  With some of my past projects in iMovie, there would be blockyness in the blacks and grays.  So I went to apple and they told me the blockyness problem I was having was that iMovie was unavoidably compressing my files from my 5DmkII output during the transcoding, they suggested switching to Final Cut Pro. In asking a few of the videographer's I've worked with, none of them have mentioned working with FCP. They are either working with Vegas or Premier. FCP is considerably cheaper at $299 (although I see I may need motion and compressor if any of my clients ask for DVD movies with pictures). Sony Vegas Pro is $599.95. And Premiere Pro is $799. Vegas and Premiere have to have something that FCP doesn't for that difference in price right? I'm just wondering for me as a wedding photographer, who is only using this to do the occasional video editing, does it make sense to spend the extra $300-400 bucks. I don't want to buy FCP and then realize, d'oh actually in a month or two of using FCP I realize I want/need Vegas or Premiere. So for those who have used them all, what do you think of them and the differences between them? Also what's the learning curve like? I'll be coming from iMovie, which I have pushed to its editing limits, and I know CS4 Photoshop well. Any suggestions are much appreciated!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hxr-mc2000e-avchd-imovie-problems#post-70119 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:37:35 +0000 Linden Davies 70119@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi there, new to this forum, hopefully in the future I will be able to help others! </p> <p>Anyways, I bought a HXR-MC2000E which I intend to use for wedding videos, but on editing with iMovie, I have noticed the .MOV file which iMovie turns the AVCHD into, looks very choppy, which in turn comes out in the final DVD.  The cam is recording in 50i which after my research seems to be 25fps.  Is this the issue, or am I doing something wrong, or is the camera operating and working as it should?  </p> <p>I would love the video to be smooth after editing, but am I asking too much? </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/imovie-11-will-not-post-to-youtube#post-67210 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:26:14 +0000 Video_Shoot 67210@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I did iMovie '09 and had no trouble uploading to YouTube.I upgraded to iMovie '11 and get a message "YouTube has found an error" and it will not upload. Is the problem with my iLife '11. Do I need to reload it or go back to ILife '09? Or is something else the problem. My tapes are backing up and I need to get them posted!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/help-with-editing#post-65394 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:15:01 +0000 mrfizzed 65394@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey everyone,</p> <p> </p> <p>I am new here so please be patient with me.  I am also new to whole video shooting and editing.  I have two HD camcorders (samsung handheld and a kodak playsport).  That being said here is my question/issue.  Both cameras record in clips.  Each time I press record it records an entirely new clip.  OK so that is fine I suppose but then when I import into imovie they get imported as clips.  They import at full hi def resolution.  I then create a project in iMovie and have to export said project to basically get a put together video (home movies are pretty much all i shoot).  When I export through imovie I assume i am losinq quality since it being either compressed or something similar.  What settings would be most beneficial to use to be able to keep as much of the originai HD video that I shot to begin with when exporting?</p> <p> </p> <p>On another note, is there a different program out there that is mac os friendly and easy to use that would enable me to also keep the original video quality?  Thanks in advance!!!!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/effects-for-imovie#post-59940 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:16:50 +0000 Antz97 59940@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Where can i find good free special effects for imovie?</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/imovie-and-hd-camcorder#post-53874 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:44:00 +0000 chriscandia 53874@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm in the real estate business and I just want to create small impression movies of about 3 to 4 minutes with good and professional quality that needs to go on my website. I now my way around in Imovie, is iMovie in combination with a one of the latest HD camcorders a good couple to achieve this?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Chris</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/is-apple-dumbing-down-fcp#post-58720 Tue, 18 May 2010 20:40:51 +0000 anindya49 58720@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Just spotted this article on macrumors:</p> <p><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/18/apple-refocusing-final-cut-pro-jobs-says-next-release-will-be-awesome/">Apple Refocusing Final Cut Pro? Jobs says "Next Release Will Be Awesome"</a></p> <p>I hope it's not true, because I don't want FCP to focus on prosumers more than professionals. I say this in spite of being a prosumer. Not everything is supposed to be dumbed down so that everyone can use it. FCP is easy enough if one takes the time to learn it.</p> <p>There's iMovie for people who cannot be bothered to learn editing.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/best-compression-software#post-51129 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:54:46 +0000 henrybenj 51129@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a movie shot in HD 1 hr and 18min...1.18gb and the client needs it compressed for their website. I used FCE and export to quicktime using low quality internet broadband. Tried the same in iMovie 9 as the client wants files under 10mb<br /> Any better compression ideas?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-sony-sr11-files-to-dvd-using-imovie#post-47678 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:51:34 +0000 mlengden 47678@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a Sony SR11 which I love, and I especially like the quality of the hi-res image(1080 x 1960) it produces when viewed on my 42" Sharp Aqueous, but no matter what i've tried when edited and burned to DVD to play on my DVD player the quality is dreadful. I'm using iMovie on a Mac. Can someone take me through the process that gets me the results I'm looking for.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/easy-show-opening-animations-bumpers-titles#post-35814 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:22:03 +0000 DaveArthur 35814@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I've just started using a simple and inexpensive little program for creating stunning animations, effects, titles, and bumpers for my videos.</p> <p>The program is Composer FX Movie</p> <p>I put together a short video tutorial and review here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.howtovideopro.com/public/190.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.howtovideopro.com/public/190.cfm</a></p> <p>The program is not perfect, but you can get some really great looking results fast.</p> <p>I have no relationship with this company other than as a satisfied customer.</p> <p>Dave</p> <p><a href="http://www.HowToVideoPRO.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.HowToVideoPRO.com</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/considering-an-hg-10#post-33852 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:43:36 +0000 ptlahache 33852@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have spent most of the day and a several days last week doing research to determine which camcorder to purchase. I have just about decided on the HG10, but I would like some last minute help before making the purchase.</p> <p>My main purpose is to record high school soccer games. I am a high school coach and a teacher. We review the game videos to analyze the games so I would like to have as much detail as possible. We also have a lot of requests from players for highlight videos to send to college coaches and to keep as family videos.</p> <p>I also make instructional soccer videos for my players. I am not doing anything on a commercial basis, but I do like to have high quality videos. These are action videos and I usually like to break them down into slow motion and freeze some of the frames to demonstrate skills.</p> <p>Most of our games are played at night. We play in stadiums and the lighting is usually good. </p> <p>I know that this camera produces AVCHD format. I will be editing with a Mac Pro Intel Dual Processor which currently has 3G of RAM. I plan to import the video using iMovie 08 and then edit with either iMovie 08 or HD6 and then use iDVD to produce the DVD's.</p> <p>I am looking for advice. Is this the best camera and is High Def the best way to go here?</p> <p>Thanks for the help! </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/archiving-vhs-to-mini-dv#post-33728 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:45:15 +0000 giantonion 33728@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I just recently purchased the Sony DCR HC 48 Handycam... after scouring Apple's iMovie discussion boards, it appears as though I will NOT be able to transfer VHS footage digitally using this camcorder as a pass through.  This is definitely a problem for me, as I was hoping to archive many VHS tapes to mini-dv.  The emphasis is to archive to mini-dv as opposed to importing all vhs footage directly into iMovie, which could ultimately tie up my internal hard drive (I would like to go through the tapes and edit them at a later date).</p> <p>&lt;p class="gmail_quote"&gt;</p> <p>If I buy an analog to digital converter, do you know if I can somehow transfer the vhs to a mini-dv cassette with this approach?  Again, I would prefer not to directly copy footage into the computer.  What about investing in a vcr/mini-dv unit such as the one linked below?  It appears as though they are no longer manufacturing these but, given my situation, and the number of tapes I am hoping to archive (and eventually edit), it may be a wise purchase.</p> <p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/JVC-SR-VS30U-Mini-DV-S-VHS-VCR_W0QQitemZ110189573382QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3318QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/JVC-SR&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;-VS30U-Mini-DV-S-VHS-VCR&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;_W0QQitemZ110189573382QQihZ001Q&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;QcategoryZ3318QQssPageNameZWDVW&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/JVC-SR&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;-VS30U-Mini-DV-S-VHS-VCR&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;_W0QQitemZ110189573382QQihZ001Q&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;QcategoryZ3318QQssPageNameZWDVW&#038;lt;wbr&#038;gt;&#038;lt;/wbr&#038;gt;QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a> </a></p> <p>Please write when you have a moment.  Thank you in advance for your assistance... much appreciated!!!</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Joe</p>