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Cannot upload clips to iMovie
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Jun 16, 2007, 08:14 PM
 
Hi, I've made movies with iMovie before. I have one gig of video clips I took using "Game Cam" from Counter Strike - Source. Apparently, it's in mpeg-4 format. But when I take it to my MacBook Pro, it converts it to .avi format. I don't know if it's Quicktime or what, but it's not working. When I try to Import my clips into iMovie, it crashes and closes. Also, even when I try to click any of my clips in finder, Finder like switches windows or something and it refuses to let me open that clip. Any conversions out there or anything I can do to fix this? Below is a screenshot of the properties:

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Jun 16, 2007, 08:23 PM
 
Install the plug-in off perian.org and Flip4Mac (google it) and try again.

That says "MS-MPeg4" which means it's some Microsoft bullshit.
     
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Jun 16, 2007, 08:50 PM
 
Ok, I'll give it a shot and give you feedback.
     
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Jun 16, 2007, 09:39 PM
 
I did what you said and installed both of those and it works perfectly!! Thank you, much appreciated
     
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Jun 17, 2007, 09:53 AM
 
Ok, nutha problem. My clips in iMovie look like ****. It's all scratchy and bad. But on my PC, the clips are crystal clear. Should I try transferring them again?
     
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Jun 17, 2007, 10:02 AM
 
Yup, when I play them on my PC using WMP on my removable hard drive, it plays fine. But when I play em offa my removable hard drive or even on my actual Mac system, it looks really bad in Quicktime. Maybe because Quicktime or something is seeing it as an .avi instead of its original format, mpeg-4. HELP!!
     
   
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