Imovie:Can't import dv footage directly onto external hd

[Gordon B. Alley]

It makes no difference which FireWire port you connect your camcorder 
to. You select the target disk when you create the new project in 
iMovie. The following discussion is referring to iMovie 3.0.3, but 
earlier versions behave similarly in this regard.

When you click the Create Project button, or select New Project... 
from the file menu, a file dialog window appears. Mine defaults to my 
Documents folder, which resides on my internal hard disk.

If you would like to create the project folder (which will contain 
the captured clips) in a different folder or on a different disk, you 
must navigate to that disk in this dialog before you click its Save 
button. If the disk browser doesn't appear in the dialog, you can 
click on the disclosure triangle button beside the Save As text box.

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:16:46 +0000, Mandy Claire Caulton 
<roger at caulton3432.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>No what it is exactly is when i open i movie and import my footage it
>goes straight on my int hd whether my camera is plugged into the imac
>or my external hd.Because there's only 6gig left on it( 20mins)for pict
>file,I've got to import directly on to exthd and edit my footage that
>way.Then i can save my project onto which ever drive ..I'm sorry if i
>didn't explain myself properly.Thankyou sb for your help. Roger..
>On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 09:56 PM, sb wrote:
>
>>  You are not able to Save Project and click the drop down menu to see
>>  all
>>  your available drives? Or, you see the external drive but it won't
>>  save to
>>  it?
>>
>>   sb
>>
>>  On 1/12/04 1:41 PM, "Mandy Claire Caulton"
>>  <roger at caulton3432.fsnet.co.uk>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>  Can anyone help?I've got an imac G3400 on osx10.2.6 and when i plug
>>>  the
>>>  camera the back of the external hd it imports onto my internal hd.The
>>>  thing is, I can,t choose which hd it goes too.Both hds are on the
>>>  extended format.I've ran out of ideas..THis is my first post i think
>>>  !!
>  >> so Hello everyone..I'm seriously stuck..

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