Kevin, I have had problems editing MPEG4 in iMovie 06-09. I'll give it a go and
see if I can bring files in directly as DV files and eliminate Steamclip step.
DV editing works much better, even when I had a Sony Cybershot that captured in
muxed format.


--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Kevin Lim <brainopera@...> wrote:


From: Kevin Lim <brainopera@...>
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Which cheapo Mini HD Camcorder would you buy
today?
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 2:18 PM








John,
I've a feeling that iMovie imported it for editing in MPEG4 format
instead of DV. I've once written about how iMovie's MPEG4 video
editing format was bullshit, because it took very long to import and
quality was lacking (e.g. titles looked bad). My short writeup at
http://theory. isthereason. com/?p=705

Bottomline: Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's way better to have
iMovie import/transcode into DV format to keep everything clean.

Kevin Lim
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On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM, John Coffey<jimmycrackhead2000@ yahoo.com>
wrote:
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>
> One thing I noticed about editing clips from my Xacti E1 into iMovie 06 and
> iMovie 09 is that even though they import nicely, and cut and paste clips,
> they crap out with titles. So far, the work around is to use the Streamclip
> Mpeg app that will change clips into DV files. This makes titling work much
> better.
>
> John Coffey
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> --- On Thu, 7/2/09, David King <davidleeking@ gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: David King <davidleeking@ gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Which cheapo Mini HD Camcorder would you
> buy today?
> To: videoblogging@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 11:50 AM
>
> It's not an HDFlip - it's the Flip Ultra that shoots SD video. Still willing
> to send a clip if the model of my Flip doesn't change anything... gotta love
> codecs!
>
> David Lee King
> davidleeking. com - blog
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> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:47 AM, ryanne hodson <ryanne.hodson@
> gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> david
>> are you using the HD flip?
>> i have the little Mino and imovie 09 just does not see any of those clips
>> (sees Xacti clips aplenty)
>> and i know i've installed the codec.
>> do you have a small clip you can send me? i'd love to see if my imovie
>> will
>> see your clips.
>> -ryanne
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>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:36 AM, David King <davidleeking@ gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >
>> >
>> > I haven't tested in FCP (I have FCE, but not FCP and haven't tested it
>> > in
>> > FCE either), so not sure there. But with iMovie, no extra transcoding
>> steps
>> > - just what I've listed. I don't have to use mpgstreamclip or
>> > anything...
>> >
>> >
>> > David Lee King
>> > davidleeking. com - blog
>> > davidleeking. com/etc - videoblog
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>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Jay dedman <jay.dedman@ gmail. com
>> <jay.dedman% 40gmail.com> >
>> > wrote:
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>> > > > Checking the 3ivx thing - on your Flip, double click the icon to
>> > > > open
>> > up
>> > > the
>> > > > folder, open the System folder, open the Install folder ... and
>> install
>> > > the
>> > > > macintosh 3ivx installer. There's one for Windows, too - so it works
>> > with
>> > > > Windows Movie Maker. That's what I installed to make it work.
>> > >
>> > > Just so we're clear....you can import your Flip video clips into
>> > > iMovie 09 and FCP without any transcoding?
>> > >
>> > > jay
>> > >
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