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avi and imovie cant import

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ok doing it now. 2 mins
 
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ok will try now
 
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wont work in either QT or imovie.
 
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doesnt work on the imac. BUT i have just tried importing the mp4 file into imovie on my ibook g4 and it works fine. so somethings up with imovie 06 on here. i am running ilife 05 on the ibook
 
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obviously i would like it to work on the imac because it is about 10x faster.
 
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You may need to move the com.apple.iMovie.plist file to your trash and restart your iMac.

Maybe you can convert it or save it as an iMovie project and import it back to your iMac?
 
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ok i will try the com.apple.iMovie.plist - is that in the library ?
 
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yea i just figured that out lol.

just done the com.apple. etc.... and restarted and it still wont import.
 
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Chris,

Try creating a new user account and try importing the .avi to iMovie there ....

If it works let me know ....
 
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i created a new account it worked fine. thanks for all your help.
 
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Good to know Chris. If the problem is persisting in your own account you can try this:

Locate:

"com.apple.finder.plist"

and change it to:

"com.apple.blinder.plist" or something else that's not already there.

Also locate:

"com.apple.sidebar.plist"

and rename that suitably, eg:

"com.apple.sidepar.plist".

Log out, then in again.

Relaunch the Finder by choosing Force Quit from the Apple menu, selecting Finder, then clicking the Relaunch button.
Empty the Trash.

Check to see if things are alright. If they are you can trash:

"com.apple.blinder.plist" and "com.apple.slidebar.plist" ...

if not, then trash the new

"com.apple.finder.plist" and "com.apple.sidebar.plist"

Then change back:

"com.apple.blinder.plist" to "com.apple.finder.plist"

and:

"com.apple.slidebar.plist" to "com.apple.sidebar.plist".

The problem is elsewhere.
 

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