[alex720l]

When trying to import an MPEG file into iMovie 4.0.1 I get the following message. "Can't open file. Skipping it and continuing." Anyone have any idea what the problem might be and a possible way around it??

[PacHead]

Does it open fine and playback with quicktime ?

If you have quicktime pro, and it plays back fine with quicktime, then you can convert it direct to DV format in quicktime, then try to import the DV file.

[alex720l]

Thanks. It looks like the quicktime conversion is the way to go. The file plays fine in quicktime and will import after quicktime conversion.

Thanks again

[brianb]

Just a point of clarification iMovie is only a DV format editor. It will not support any other type of codec

[C.J. Moof]

Originally posted by brianb:
Just a point of clarification iMovie is only a DV format editor. It will not support any other type of codec

Have you ever tried the Import function in iMovie 4? You're in for a surprise.

[brianb]

Ok I'll give you that iMovie has an import function. However I was unable to import mpeg4 video when I just tried it and the soerenson video I just tried took almost twice as long as it did straight out of quicktime converting the same file. I don't have the MPG2 software on my work laptop right now so I was unable to test the claims of the original author. Will be intrested to see that when I get home.

On the other hand it doesn't invaidate my statement of iMovie is a DV editor as when you import that little progress bar you see is the computer turning your file into a quicktime DV file.

To me it seems cleaner and faster to do those conversions in QT