[alligator]

I am using my new 1.8 G5 for video editing. Turns out Final Cut Express only imports my video in one long clip. iMovie will import it and automatically break up the clips when the scene changes. So I start to use iMovie, and after about 5 minutes of importing, it suddenly disappears. iMovie crashed, but did not crash the OS. It does this again and again and again. Nice. What gives?

[DeathMan]

In FCE, you need to set an in and out point, then capture.

iMovie 3 has only crashed once for me importing video, and that was because of some seriously jacked up timecode problems, that FCP couldn't capture either.

Trash your iMovie preferences, and make sure you have the latest patch.

When people say it doesn't crash, they mean you the OS doesn't crash. I don't think anyone would claim iMovie never crashes.

[macrophyllum]

I don't know why, but you might get more help by posting this question in the software forum.

[alligator]

I thought about putting it in the software forum, but I was concerned it was my G5, not the software. Just wanted to let people know the G5 isn't perfect, it has problems too.

[awcopus]

You haven't established that it has anything to do with the G5. You have, however, established that you are a newbie at video editing.

[DeathMan]

Originally posted by alligator:
I thought about putting it in the software forum, but I was concerned it was my G5, not the software. Just wanted to let people know the G5 isn't perfect, it has problems too.

The G4 could have the same problems. Different versions of iMovie have given some users a lot of problems. The way you use your video camera can have a very negative effect on how things capture in iMovie. It could handle things much better, but I don't think its your G5.

[ASIMO]

Originally posted by alligator:
I thought about putting it in the software forum, but I was concerned it was my G5, not the software. Just wanted to let people know the G5 isn't perfect, it has problems too.

Are you new to computers in general?

[:XI:]

Originally posted by ASIMO:
Are you new to computers in general?

Is he new, in general?

No, computer or piece of software is supposed to crash. Well, excluding bomb.app that comes with the dev tools... and maybe Windows 9x, I think that's supposed to...

[billybob128]

illm try and be helpfull not like the others...

try checking the moivie import like the us have NSTC or something like that and us in the uk have PAL this is wat caused my imovie problems just the same as yours but when i changed that setting it was fine not a problem since

[willab]

Originally posted by :XI::
Is he new, in general?

No, computer or piece of software is supposed to crash. Well, excluding bomb.app that comes with the dev tools... and maybe Windows 9x, I think that's supposed to...

You obviously have not used Windows. It was ME that was made to crash.

[skyman]

Originally posted by alligator:
I thought about putting it in the software forum, but I was concerned it was my G5, not the software. Just wanted to let people know the G5 isn't perfect, it has problems too.

Just because iMovie crashed on your G5 does NOT mean there is a problem with your G5.

Have you tried recreating this exact situation on another PowerMac?

[juanpacolopez]

Originally posted by willab:
You obviously have not used Windows. It was ME that was made to crash.

Oh yeah... what a steaming pile of sh** that ME was

I was doing some outsourced work a while back for our sister office, and they still had a couple ME machines, WOW what a pile. They don't even really offer any windows updates for it, they instead strongly suggest an "upgrade" to 98 or XP/2k

[:XI:]

Originally posted by willab:
You obviously have not used Windows. It was ME that was made to crash.

Yes I have. Windows 95. It crashed plenty. Considering ME was worse only show how bad ME actually was.

In fact had Windows 95 given me less trouble, I probably wouldn't have bought a Mac, so I should thank Microsoft really...

[chrisutley]

Nasty and rude you Mac users are.