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iMovie 08 not allowing me to import movies

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Hey guys,

new here - i'm using iMovie 08, and never had any issues till today when its decided to stop letting me import movies.

I imported about 7 or 8 MP4's just last week, but today....nothing. Wont let me!!

Can not figure out why, searched the heck out of google, NO LUCK!

I'm running Tiger, 10.5.6 - 2x2.66Ghz Dual Core Intel, 2Gb ram, 1TB HDD. I'm getting iMovie 09 in a week or two, but I really want this fixed now - I've tried playing with my soundcard (Behringer BCD3000), i've updated ALL softwares - Quicktime, Flip4Mac etc etc...no luck...

PLEASE HELP!!

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Do you get any error messages by any chance? Is it perhaps the movies themselves that are problematic (ie. the problem is limited to those particular movies)? Can you import the movies that did work before?
 
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vansmith said:
Do you get any error messages by any chance? Is it perhaps the movies themselves that are problematic (ie. the problem is limited to those particular movies)? Can you import the movies that did work before?
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Nope - can't even import the videos from before. I don't think the problem is the movies - and nope, getting no error messages.
When I import, the import screen comes up which loads the bar as if it's importing, but then it dissapears and nothing. no error message, no imported clips, nothing.

Help!? its driving me mad!
 
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I have the same problem, i did get an error message something about needing an xvid codec so i clicked the link downloaded/installed as per instructions and i am still unable to import a film
 
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Just installed iLife 09 - same problem!!! aaaaah...im going mad here!!
 
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My suggestion would be if you upgraded to do a clean install - uninstall the current version and install 09 clean. If there aren't any error messages, there's not much else I can tell you.
 
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Might try removing the iMovie plist file.

Go to your home folder / Library /Preferences

Move the file 'com.apple.iMovie.plist' to the desktop. Log out and back in. See if that works. If it does, you can trash the file. If not, you can drag it back where it was.
 
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bobtomay said:
Might try removing the iMovie plist file.

Go to your home folder / Library /Preferences

Move the file 'com.apple.iMovie.plist' to the desktop. Log out and back in. See if that works. If it does, you can trash the file. If not, you can drag it back where it was.
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Nope - Not that either. It seriously is mind boggling. One day its working perfectly fine - the next, it spits in my face. :|

Any other tips? - I read somewhere that by loading up garageband and playing a couple keys, and then jumping back into imovie does the trick - even something THAT crazy didnt work!!


HEEEELLLLPPP!!!
 
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I'd look at removing any add-on codec tools such as Perian. Think if you have installed anything new lately.

Also start up the Console.app in the Utilities folder and then try a failing import. Look for any messages appear in the console logs.
 
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xstep said:
I'd look at removing any add-on codec tools such as Perian. Think if you have installed anything new lately.

Also start up the Console.app in the Utilities folder and then try a failing import. Look for any messages appear in the console logs.
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Using the console - I see ALOT of this when importing into imove:

"Unable to find 3ivx library!"
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and......

18/03/2009 23:50:42 quicklookd[3870] [QL ERROR] 'Creating thumbnail' timed out for '<QLThumbnailRequest /Users/Fash/Movies/VIDEO2.AVI>'
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Now the thing is - VIDEO2.AVI - isn't even the clip im trying to import, the one I'm importing is one which I have imported before and its an MP4!!

iMovie is killin me. slowly.
 
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The second error 'quickloadd' is the process used to create thumbnails for the QuickLoad feature in Leopard. I would expect that the next time you see that error you'll see another files name. Apparently you can turn it off but it isn't recommended. Anyway, I have my doubts that is the issue.

The first error suggests you have some kind of third party Divx codec loaded. I'd try removing that and rebooting. Look for instructions from where you got it.
 
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The second error 'quickloadd' is the process used to create thumbnails for the QuickLoad feature in Leopard. I would expect that the next time you see that error you'll see another files name. Apparently you can turn it off but it isn't recommended. Anyway, I have my doubts that is the issue.

The first error suggests you have some kind of third party Divx codec loaded. I'd try removing that and rebooting. Look for instructions from where you got it.
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I've got Perian running - could it be that? I've checked and its updated to the latest release. - I'm sure there are millions of others running Perian, but no one with this problem!? this is weird!

Thanks for your help so far guys, but still no luck. I'll disable Perian when I get home, and update you guys.

Until then - any further help is appreciated.

MegaThanks.
 

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