how do you take a video from imovie and open it on a pc?

MelissaM · MelissaM #1 (**permalink**)

03-03-2010, 08:10 PM

someone please help, I am doing a school project and we made a video in imovie but I need to get it to the PC at school (the projector computer) but how do I get my video to the other computer. Could I some how use a flash drive?
Without downloading on the other computer because It is a school computer. I need to transfer the video and open it with something like windows media player. its due soon so PLEASE get back to me right away!

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

03-03-2010, 09:56 PM

It depends on how large the movie is. The problem with placing a large movie on a flash drive is that flash drives are formatted to FAT-32 at the factory. And FAT-32 has a single file size limit of around 4 Gb. If your movie is larger than 4 Gb you can not copy it to a flash drive. If it's smaller, it will copy OK and you can easily transfer it to the PC.

Regards.

chas_m · chas_m #3 (**permalink**)

03-03-2010, 10:14 PM

You have a variety of export options in iMovie, but personally I would just burn the movie to a DVD using iDVD. BE AWARE THAT THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

Any PC (or just plain old DVD player) should be able to read the DVD just fine.

MelissaM · MelissaM #4 (**permalink**)

03-04-2010, 07:57 AM

Ive had tried using iDVD before but it never worked for me, how long will it take ?

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MelissaM #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 03, 2010 Posts: 2	03-03-2010, 08:10 PM someone please help, I am doing a school project and we made a video in imovie but I need to get it to the PC at school (the projector computer) but how do I get my video to the other computer. Could I some how use a flash drive? Without downloading on the other computer because It is a school computer. I need to transfer the video and open it with something like windows media player. its due soon so PLEASE get back to me right away!
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,387 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	03-03-2010, 09:56 PM It depends on how large the movie is. The problem with placing a large movie on a flash drive is that flash drives are formatted to FAT-32 at the factory. And FAT-32 has a single file size limit of around 4 Gb. If your movie is larger than 4 Gb you can not copy it to a flash drive. If it's smaller, it will copy OK and you can easily transfer it to the PC. Regards.
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MelissaM #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 03, 2010 Posts: 2	03-04-2010, 07:57 AM Ive had tried using iDVD before but it never worked for me, how long will it take ?
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