iMovie questions

B. Moore · September 4th, 2003, 09:37 PM

They just came out with volume 5 & 6
fantstic stuff,
I have all 1 to 6
love them
Bruce

Matthew Kaplan · October 7th, 2003, 11:39 PM

In FCP you can use external drives as most of you know.

Question, can you do the same thing with iMoive.

I was thinking, I guess if I put iMovie on the external drive, that would work.

Glenn Chan · October 8th, 2003, 10:12 AM

apple doesn't support using external drives with FCP... external drives work for some people and not for others. It will depend on which Mac you have, whether or not the firewire bus is shared, how fragmented your drives are, which chipset/bridge your firewire enclosure is using, which drive is inside it, etc.

With iMovie you should install it onto an internal drive and put your projects on the external drive if you want to use them.

Matthew Kaplan · October 8th, 2003, 10:48 AM

I'm not sure what you are talking about.

I've used Final Cut Pro with an external drives, and I'm sure most people do.

You can select which drive to use, using the strach disc.

What I'm asking is with iMovie, I believe it was meant to be a cheap edit solutoin and 99%of the people using it would use their internal harddrive.

Is there a way to use iMovie, but have the footage on the faster external drive?

right now I don't see how.

Denis Murphy · October 8th, 2003, 05:45 PM

There is no way within iMovie to specify the capture drive.

Patricia Kim · October 8th, 2003, 05:53 PM

According to my copy of the iMovie manual, if you don't have enough hard drive space "you may want to install another hard disk or attach an external hard disk." That being said, you may run into all kinds of problems, as implied by Glenn. I have a 200GB 7200RPM Maxtor that I use for storage only. The one time I tried to export to my camcorder from files on the Maxtor, the end product was unusable. If you check other posts in this forum, you'll find others runnning FCX and FCP running into problems as well. For a better understanding of how divergent people's experiences can be, try the apple/support/discussions/iMovie forum.

Glenn Chan · October 8th, 2003, 07:35 PM

With iMovie you can put/create your project file on an external drive for iMovie to capture to the external/firewire drive. Or you can move existing projects there by moving the folder then project files are in.

2- Regarding FCP and firewire drives, apple does not guarantee that firewire drives will work with Final Cut Pro. Some people have problems with firewire drives and some people don't.

3- Stick with internals if you can. If not then you probably have to go with the external drive route (which may not work...). Which Mac are you using?

Jeff Price · October 9th, 2003, 01:27 PM

Yes, You can have iMovie on the internal drive and edit on the external. I do it all the time. When it comes time to start a new project just specify where you want it.

As for problems capturing to the external drive there are many different causes. A common cause is the use of a Canon camera. There is something about Canon's implementation of firewire that doesn't quite work well with external drives.

As I have a Canon I regularly capture to my internal hard drive then move the entire folder to the external for editing. It works fine.

Stylianos Moschapidakis · October 10th, 2003, 01:23 PM

Same here. I have a Xternal Lacie 120GB, and so far it's been working fine with iMovie.

Shawn Mielke · October 12th, 2003, 10:43 PM

Anyone deal with audio drift in Imovie? How are you correcting this?

Also, I'm interested in getting a few helpful books on Final Cut Express. Recommendations?

Glenn Chan · October 12th, 2003, 11:08 PM

Is your camera footage 32khz/12bit? It needs to be in 48khz/16bit.

Shawn Mielke · October 14th, 2003, 11:37 PM

16bits. The drift doesn't happen all the time. Here and there.

Glenn Chan · October 15th, 2003, 09:02 AM

Ok I'm stumped.

Jeff Donald · October 15th, 2003, 10:17 AM

I saw a nice FCE book in the Apple section at CompUSA, sorry but I don't remember the title.

How many frames does it drift and is it repeatable? There is not much you can adjust in iMovie. Have you tried recapturing the material? If so, does it drift in the same spot? You might try exporting and importing as a QuickTime. What version OS and iMovie are you using? How full is your hard drive and how much ram do you have? Does it only drift on longer captures? If so, you might want to limit the length of your captures.

Shawn Mielke · October 15th, 2003, 01:55 PM

Yeah, no audio timeline for video sound in Imovie! I haven't tried anything other than the original captures. Well, the reason I ask about FCE books is because I also have that to play with, it's just that I'm new to NLE and wanted to warm up on something simple.
But you know what. When I first got and used FCE two months ago, I captured footage shot with the same camera that I used to shoot the footage that I'm having trouble with in imovie. I captured quite a bit in FCE then, and almost all of it had to be rendered, it had this electonic booping throughout the audio (FCE's signal that material must be rendered, according to the manual). Could these issues be related?
Thanks Jeff for thoughts on books. If it's in print, I'll be able to find it. And thanks, Glenn, for giving it the old college whack :-) .

September 4th, 2003, 09:37 PM	#61
B. Moore Major Player Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 181	iMovie plug-ins by GeeThree.com They just came out with volume 5 & 6 fantstic stuff, I have all 1 to 6 love them Bruce

October 7th, 2003, 11:39 PM	#62
Matthew Kaplan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: United States Posts: 60	iMovie 3.03 (can you use it with external drive?) In FCP you can use external drives as most of you know. Question, can you do the same thing with iMoive. I was thinking, I guess if I put iMovie on the external drive, that would work.

October 8th, 2003, 05:45 PM	#65
Denis Murphy Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 47	iMovie and external drives There is no way within iMovie to specify the capture drive.

October 9th, 2003, 01:27 PM	#68
Jeff Price Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chico, California Posts: 357	Yes, You can have iMovie on the internal drive and edit on the external. I do it all the time. When it comes time to start a new project just specify where you want it. As for problems capturing to the external drive there are many different causes. A common cause is the use of a Canon camera. There is something about Canon's implementation of firewire that doesn't quite work well with external drives. As I have a Canon I regularly capture to my internal hard drive then move the entire folder to the external for editing. It works fine. __________________ Jeff Price Flickerflix Nature Videos flickerflix@yahoo.com

October 10th, 2003, 01:23 PM	#69
Stylianos Moschapidakis Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cambridge, MA/Crete, Greece Posts: 189	Same here. I have a Xternal Lacie 120GB, and so far it's been working fine with iMovie. __________________ Stelios G.M.

October 8th, 2003, 10:12 AM	#63
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	apple doesn't support using external drives with FCP... external drives work for some people and not for others. It will depend on which Mac you have, whether or not the firewire bus is shared, how fragmented your drives are, which chipset/bridge your firewire enclosure is using, which drive is inside it, etc. With iMovie you should install it onto an internal drive and put your projects on the external drive if you want to use them.

October 8th, 2003, 10:48 AM	#64
Matthew Kaplan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: United States Posts: 60	I'm not sure what you are talking about. I've used Final Cut Pro with an external drives, and I'm sure most people do. You can select which drive to use, using the strach disc. What I'm asking is with iMovie, I believe it was meant to be a cheap edit solutoin and 99%of the people using it would use their internal harddrive. Is there a way to use iMovie, but have the footage on the faster external drive? right now I don't see how.

October 8th, 2003, 05:53 PM	#66
Patricia Kim Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Posts: 453	According to my copy of the iMovie manual, if you don't have enough hard drive space "you may want to install another hard disk or attach an external hard disk." That being said, you may run into all kinds of problems, as implied by Glenn. I have a 200GB 7200RPM Maxtor that I use for storage only. The one time I tried to export to my camcorder from files on the Maxtor, the end product was unusable. If you check other posts in this forum, you'll find others runnning FCX and FCP running into problems as well. For a better understanding of how divergent people's experiences can be, try the apple/support/discussions/iMovie forum.

October 8th, 2003, 07:35 PM	#67
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	With iMovie you can put/create your project file on an external drive for iMovie to capture to the external/firewire drive. Or you can move existing projects there by moving the folder then project files are in. 2- Regarding FCP and firewire drives, apple does not guarantee that firewire drives will work with Final Cut Pro. Some people have problems with firewire drives and some people don't. 3- Stick with internals if you can. If not then you probably have to go with the external drive route (which may not work...). Which Mac are you using?

October 12th, 2003, 10:43 PM	#70
Shawn Mielke Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Santa Rosa, California Posts: 745	audio drift in Imovie Anyone deal with audio drift in Imovie? How are you correcting this? Also, I'm interested in getting a few helpful books on Final Cut Express. Recommendations? __________________ Breakthrough In Grey Room

October 12th, 2003, 11:08 PM	#71
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Is your camera footage 32khz/12bit? It needs to be in 48khz/16bit.

October 14th, 2003, 11:37 PM	#72
Shawn Mielke Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Santa Rosa, California Posts: 745	16bits. The drift doesn't happen all the time. Here and there. __________________ Breakthrough In Grey Room

October 15th, 2003, 09:02 AM	#73
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Ok I'm stumped.

October 15th, 2003, 10:17 AM	#74
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	I saw a nice FCE book in the Apple section at CompUSA, sorry but I don't remember the title. How many frames does it drift and is it repeatable? There is not much you can adjust in iMovie. Have you tried recapturing the material? If so, does it drift in the same spot? You might try exporting and importing as a QuickTime. What version OS and iMovie are you using? How full is your hard drive and how much ram do you have? Does it only drift on longer captures? If so, you might want to limit the length of your captures. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 15th, 2003, 01:55 PM	#75
Shawn Mielke Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Santa Rosa, California Posts: 745	Yeah, no audio timeline for video sound in Imovie! I haven't tried anything other than the original captures. Well, the reason I ask about FCE books is because I also have that to play with, it's just that I'm new to NLE and wanted to warm up on something simple. But you know what. When I first got and used FCE two months ago, I captured footage shot with the same camera that I used to shoot the footage that I'm having trouble with in imovie. I captured quite a bit in FCE then, and almost all of it had to be rendered, it had this electonic booping throughout the audio (FCE's signal that material must be rendered, according to the manual). Could these issues be related? Thanks Jeff for thoughts on books. If it's in print, I'll be able to find it. And thanks, Glenn, for giving it the old college whack :-) . __________________ Breakthrough In Grey Room