Avid and iMovie conflict at DVinfo.net

John M. McCloskey · February 16th, 2006, 02:12 PM

I currently work on a Mac that has iMovie and Avid Xpress Pro installed.
Before I installed Avid, I was able to capture HDV footage from my Z1 by using iMovie. Since I have installed Avid, iMovie will not function properly anymore. iMovie recognizes that my camera is plugged in, reads timecode, is able to drive my camera, but only a blue screen appears in my iMovie window.

I have since unistalled Avid and iMovie still doesnt work. At the end of the Avid uninstallation there was a message saying something about it could not uninstall all the files because they are now used by other programs. I am wondering if these files were not something that the Avid installer overwrote with their own "optimized" drivers.

Any help would be much appreciated.

....and yes, I have unistalled and reinstalled iMovie, plugged and unplugged wires, restarted and turned off everything in every possible order.

Richard Alvarez · February 16th, 2006, 03:09 PM

Sounds like you will need to do a clean install of your whole OS. Do you have a 'system recovery' disc or boot disc?

John M. McCloskey · February 16th, 2006, 03:47 PM

Richard, is there not another work around? Is this common? Do you think its from the AVID installation?

Richard Alvarez · February 16th, 2006, 04:17 PM

John,

"Common" ??? I don't know. I cut on Avid on a PC. So I don't know about Mac issues. Your best bet is to go to the Avid forum www.avid.com make sure you post on the MAC forum, and ask the folks there.

February 16th, 2006, 02:12 PM	#1
John M. McCloskey Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Point, MS Posts: 313	Avid and iMovie conflict I currently work on a Mac that has iMovie and Avid Xpress Pro installed. Before I installed Avid, I was able to capture HDV footage from my Z1 by using iMovie. Since I have installed Avid, iMovie will not function properly anymore. iMovie recognizes that my camera is plugged in, reads timecode, is able to drive my camera, but only a blue screen appears in my iMovie window. I have since unistalled Avid and iMovie still doesnt work. At the end of the Avid uninstallation there was a message saying something about it could not uninstall all the files because they are now used by other programs. I am wondering if these files were not something that the Avid installer overwrote with their own "optimized" drivers. Any help would be much appreciated. ....and yes, I have unistalled and reinstalled iMovie, plugged and unplugged wires, restarted and turned off everything in every possible order.

February 16th, 2006, 03:09 PM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Sounds like you will need to do a clean install of your whole OS. Do you have a 'system recovery' disc or boot disc?

February 16th, 2006, 03:47 PM	#3
John M. McCloskey Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Point, MS Posts: 313	Richard, is there not another work around? Is this common? Do you think its from the AVID installation?

February 16th, 2006, 04:17 PM	#4
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	John, "Common" ??? I don't know. I cut on Avid on a PC. So I don't know about Mac issues. Your best bet is to go to the Avid forum www.avid.com make sure you post on the MAC forum, and ask the folks there.