[MacDV] iMovie 3 export stutters to camera...

[Jim Asherman]

On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 03:57  PM, Sean wrote:

> At the school where I teach, we have five G3 600 MHz iMacs running OS X 
> 10.2.6. All have the same configuration, however, one iMac plays iMovie 
> 3 projects beautifully on the screen but stutters when exporting to 
> miniDV camcorder. The four other iMacs export smoothly as they should 
> using the same FireWire cable to the same miniDV camcorder.
>
> One other observation, when trying to export to camera using the ailing 
> iMac, the sound from the movie comes through on the computers speakers 
> and you can watch the video on the iMac as it is exported. When you 
> export using any of the other four iMacs, you don't hear or see 
> anything from the iMac during the export.
>
> One thing I tried: I trashed and reinstalled iMovie 3.02. Same symptoms.
>
> Any suspects? A fragmented hard disk? A FireWire hardware problem?
>
> Post here or e-mail me directly.
>
> Sean
> spenney at stemnet.ca
>
>
>
compare the preference settings in iMovie between the ones that work and 
the one that doesn't. adjust accordingly.
Jim