[MacDV] Can't save iMovie 3.03 Projects

[Carlton Kelly]

I think I may have discovered *why* I can't save my Projects, but I 
have no idea as to what the solution may be. I've noticed that the 
iMovie Project File is created at Project creation (as it should be), 
but is never successfully updated by the iMovie Application. It always 
contains 0 bytes. Everything else functions normally, but the iMovie 
Application is unable to update its own reference file -- so it's 
unable to remember anything from one session to the next (regardless of 
how many times the project is saved.)

I've tried the following remedies with no success:

1. Modifying the permissions on the project file so that even Saddam 
Hussein could update it.
2. Trashing the iMovie preferences file and restarting iMovie.
3. Running Disk Utility to Repair File permissions on the entire disk.

Has *anyone* ever had these issues?

Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.

Carl



On Friday, January 2, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Carlton Kelly wrote:

> I'm an iMovie newbie and no matter how I try, I'm unable to get iMovie 
> to save my projects. I'm using iMovie 3.03, Jaguar 10.2.8, a 450 MHz 
> G4 Cube with 832 MB RAM and 9 GB of free hard disk space. The file 
> system is UFS.
>
> 1. I create a new Project.
> 2. I save the Project.
> 3. Connect the video camera.
> 4. Import a few clips (about 1 GB worth)
> 5. Switch to editing mode.
> 6. Drag one of the clips to the Clip Viewer.
> 7. Make a few minor edits.
> 8. Save the Project.
> 9. Quit iMovie.
> 10. Launch iMovie
> 11. The first indication of trouble...
> 12. I get the "Stray Clips" dialog box asking me if I want to move 
> stray clips to the Clips Pane. (these are all of the clips that I 
> imported just a few moments ago). I select the "Move Files To Clips 
> Pane" button.
> 13. The clips are moved to the Clips Pane, but everything I did in the 
> previous session is gone.
> 14. I've tried
>
> I've checked the file system during the whole process and the clips 
> are moved to the appropriate Media folder and the file permissions for 
> the directories and files have me listed as the owner. I've seen some 
> posts about permissions, but I don't see anything amiss from that 
> standpoint.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Carl
>
>
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