[MacDV] Re: .mov files

[Erica Sadun]

>I'm pretty sure I saw the answer in one of the posts on this forum, 
>but I wanted to double-check the following.  I have a .mov file 
>created on my digital camera (I didn't have my DV cam with me at the 
>time, but just had to capture my 3-year old playing with the guitar 
>he got for Chanukah).
>
>Anyway, I'd like to bring it into iMovie to create a streaming 
>video.  iMovie doesn't seem to want to open the file, and I don't 
>have any conversion options in Quicktime.  Is the answer that I have 
>to upgrade to Quicktime Pro to have the necessary conversion options?

I'm not sure what kind of encoding you're camera used, but yes,
your best bet is QuickTime Pro. How big is the movie file your
camera created?

-- Erica