Problem opening video for edit

holtkca · holtkca #1 (**permalink**)

11-27-2007, 04:34 PM

My father recently bought a video camera, a Panasonic SDR-H18 HDD

The camcorder comes with a software program ("ImageMixer 3") that i downloaded on my macbook - OSX 10.4.11, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - (which I am relatively new to, a previous windows user) The program is the only way that i can view the videos on the mac.
The problem- I want to edit them in iMovie, but when i try to import a video a error message pops up:

The file could not be imported: The file “Macintosh HD/Users/Cassie/Movies/nick vid.mpg” can’t be imported; QuickTime couldn’t parse it: -2048

Also, when trying to open in Quicktime, a message says:
The movie could not be opened. The file is not a movie file.

when trying in Windows Media Player for Mac:
Cannot play back the file. The file format is invalid.

Does anyone know what's going on?
Thanks!

NanoBite · NanoBite #2 (**permalink**)

11-27-2007, 04:59 PM

Have you tried connecting the camcorder and launching iMovie, then trying to import them that way?

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holtkca #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 27, 2007 Posts: 1	11-27-2007, 04:34 PM My father recently bought a video camera, a Panasonic SDR-H18 HDD The camcorder comes with a software program ("ImageMixer 3") that i downloaded on my macbook - OSX 10.4.11, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - (which I am relatively new to, a previous windows user) The program is the only way that i can view the videos on the mac. The problem- I want to edit them in iMovie, but when i try to import a video a error message pops up: The file could not be imported: The file “Macintosh HD/Users/Cassie/Movies/nick vid.mpg” can’t be imported; QuickTime couldn’t parse it: -2048 Also, when trying to open in Quicktime, a message says: The movie could not be opened. The file is not a movie file. when trying in Windows Media Player for Mac: Cannot play back the file. The file format is invalid. Does anyone know what's going on? Thanks!
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NanoBite #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2005 Posts: 4,714	11-27-2007, 04:59 PM Have you tried connecting the camcorder and launching iMovie, then trying to import them that way?
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