[Morgan Smith]

I was referring to you when I mentioned AIC, I shoulda tried that one from the get go. Live and learn. Thanks, Shane!

[Morgan Smith]

Sorry, but what happens if you view these files on iMovie11 and you don’t have FCP? Can your iMovie not convert the files when FCP isn’t installed somewhere?

That is what just happened to my friends who I converted the files for. They say they get audio, but not video.

I don’t understand why the files went into my iMovie perfectly and not theirs.

I will convert them into AIC if that’s the fix.

[Morgan Smith]

Thank you so much Shane!

Yes, I used a DVCPRO HD 720P24 codec, then I I exported the clips in quicktime, self-contained.

I have iMovie on my laptop in version 7.1.4 that I tested importing the clips into- they imported beautifully. I think the horse therapist should be able to use them too.

However, if I encounter any issues, I will definitely go back to the drawing board and use that iMovie-friendly AIC codec. Good to know.

Thanks for all your help

[Morgan Smith]

Hi Rafael,

Thanks for your reply. I think you’re right in abandoning the idea that these files will fit on a DVD- they will be much too big. I will lend my friends a hard drive of the files.

These files are for a non-profit video that a horse therapist wishes to edit on her own on iMovie. She does not own FCP. The therapist wasn’t able to import the original MXF files into iMovie, so I am trying to convert them for her.

If I understand correctly, are you saying that now I have L&T the MXF files on my FCP7, those MXF files in the folder are now QT, and I don’t need to export these newly-wrapped files from FCP for the therapist to access them?

I don’t need to export each clip as a self-contained quicktime file one by one?