What format for iMovie? at DVinfo.net

Ervin Farkas · March 20th, 2009, 05:53 AM

My daughter's teacher is asking me to capture a VHS tape so she can edit it and make a DVD. I have no clue about iMovie, and she has no clue about this whole thing...

Being a PC person, I can capture either into Premiere Pro or Edius. PremPro will give me a DV-AVI file in the dvsd codec, while Edius in the Canopus cdvc codec.

I am pretty sure the Canopus codec will not play on a Mac, how about the standard Windows DV-AVI codec dvsd?

Thanks,

Mike Barber · March 20th, 2009, 05:25 PM

I doubt iMovie will like either of those codecs. Can you capture using DVCPRO?

Noah Kadner · March 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM

QuickTime DV-NTSC should be available as an option on the PC if you install the QT Player. Also you'll need to format a drive as NTFS for them to ready it. Honestly I'd just loan them a deck or a camera so they can capture for themselves in iMovie. The added hassle of capturing and converting from a PC is huge here.

Noah

Ryan Hansen · March 23rd, 2009, 07:07 PM

iMovie have difficulties with .avi files. It can't open this format directly, but it can import .avi files. In the process however, which is painfully slow, a few megs turns into a gigantic file.

If you can't capture it as anything else, try running it through something like MPEG Streamclip into a .mov as a DV format

Good Luck
Ryan

March 20th, 2009, 05:53 AM	#1
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	What format for iMovie? My daughter's teacher is asking me to capture a VHS tape so she can edit it and make a DVD. I have no clue about iMovie, and she has no clue about this whole thing... Being a PC person, I can capture either into Premiere Pro or Edius. PremPro will give me a DV-AVI file in the dvsd codec, while Edius in the Canopus cdvc codec. I am pretty sure the Canopus codec will not play on a Mac, how about the standard Windows DV-AVI codec dvsd? Thanks, __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

March 20th, 2009, 05:25 PM	#2
Mike Barber Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto ON Canada Posts: 731	I doubt iMovie will like either of those codecs. Can you capture using DVCPRO? __________________ Mike Barber "I'm laughing to stop myself from screaming."

March 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM	#3
Noah Kadner Better than Halle Berry Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 435	QuickTime DV-NTSC should be available as an option on the PC if you install the QT Player. Also you'll need to format a drive as NTFS for them to ready it. Honestly I'd just loan them a deck or a camera so they can capture for themselves in iMovie. The added hassle of capturing and converting from a PC is huge here. Noah

March 23rd, 2009, 07:07 PM	#4
Ryan Hansen Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 82	iMovie have difficulties with .avi files. It can't open this format directly, but it can import .avi files. In the process however, which is painfully slow, a few megs turns into a gigantic file. If you can't capture it as anything else, try running it through something like MPEG Streamclip into a .mov as a DV format Good Luck Ryan