[MacDV] Re: imovie

[sb]

You can use MPEG Streamclip to rip (convert) the MPEG2 files to DV.  
The DV files can be imported and edited in iMovie HD.

The special paste feature you are referring to is called Paste over at  
Playhead, from the Advanced Menu. If you want it to Extract the Audio,  
make sure the box is checked in the iMovie Preferences.

  HTH,

  sb


On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Robert Green wrote:

> I recently installed ilife 08 so I could import mpeg2 from my new  
> hitachi dz hs500a camcorder. It turns out that it doesn't recognize  
> the codec that this camera uses. When imovie 08 is installed imovie  
> hd remains so that you can choose which version to use. As I  
> understand it imovie hd has better editing features. My intent was  
> to import with imovie 08 and edit with hd. This doesn't work but I  
> can get the files off the camera with the imagemixer software  
> supplied with the camera and then convert them to mpeg4 with isquint  
> to get them into imovie hd. First question is, is there a better way  
> to do this? Next is, in a previous project with hd I used the  
> special paste feature to paste clips over other clips and keep the  
> original audio. Since I installed imovie 08 this feature doesn't  
> work when I am editing in hd. It also seems that the help files know  
> nothing about this feature. Maybe the hd help file has been replaced  
> with the 08 help file and this feature is not available in 08. Any  
> thoughts on what is happening here and how to resolve it so I can  
> use the special paste feature. My os is 10.4.11 on a intel core 2  
> duo. Imovie hd is 6.0.3
> Rob
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