[bkatran]

im trying to import a file in qt format
i go to import, it imports for about 30 minutes then says error (-40) any ideas?

[TheBum]

Originally posted by bkatran:
im trying to import a file in qt format
i go to import, it imports for about 30 minutes then says error (-40) any ideas?

Is it possible you're running out of disk space? DV takes approximately 1 GB for every 5 minutes of video. 30 minutes would take approximately 6 GB.

I've also heard that the disk space must be contiguous, but I've never been able to confirm it. You can try defragmenting your disk with a tool such as Norton SpeedDisk.

[bkatran]

ok thats not it, i have 40 gigs left
originally the video files were in .mov but i read somehwere to export them to dv then import them. so i did that, and the file ended up being 2.5gb which is too big so im gonna cut the movie into 4 parts and hope that works
btw whats the imovie max import size?
any more ideas?

[TheBum]

Originally posted by bkatran:
btw whats the imovie max import size?

2 GB, so that very well may be the issue.