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iMovie 08 Won't Import Any Movies

oleviking

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I am just starting to learn IMovie 08 - have the Apple Training Series for ILife 08 - they supply a DVD full of mov clips to use in the lesson. The problem is that Imovie will not enable the pointer to select any movies, either from the DVD or desktop. I have one video clip from my camera, and that will import, but nothing else.

Any ideas?
 
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Have tried importing the movie from the DVD? Also you can try drag and dropping the movie onto iMovie.
 
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I can copy the .mov file from the dvd to desktop, but when I try to import the movie from Imovie, it is grayed out and not selectable. Another problem, when I dbl click on the .mov file on the desktop, only the sound plays, no video.
 

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