Vids on iPhone upload nicely to MacOS Photos (Videos) but exporting as m4v or
in original, unconverted form (per the Export option)the resultant items aren't
recognizable by, nor importable - to iMovie. Must I resort to a 3rd party app?
Thanks, Tom
MacBook
I assume that you are using current iMovie 10.1.11 and Mojave. If not, update to those. Also, are you exporting from the Photos app to your desktop? If so, how are you trying to import them into iMovie? What is the full audio and video format of the files?
In any event, iMovie fully supports M4v and Mp4/AAC. If it doesn't recognize or import them a corrupt preference may be causing that. Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your preferences. Now see if your videos are recognized and importable.
Also, the recommended way to import videos into iMovie from the Photos app is to click on the Photos item in the iMovie project sidebar, and drag the photos in. The Photos library need to be designated as the System Library in the Photos preferences.
-- Rich
I assume that you are using current iMovie 10.1.11 and Mojave. If not, update to those. Also, are you exporting from the Photos app to your desktop? If so, how are you trying to import them into iMovie? What is the full audio and video format of the files?
In any event, iMovie fully supports M4v and Mp4/AAC. If it doesn't recognize or import them a corrupt preference may be causing that. Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your preferences. Now see if your videos are recognized and importable.
Also, the recommended way to import videos into iMovie from the Photos app is to click on the Photos item in the iMovie project sidebar, and drag the photos in. The Photos library need to be designated as the System Library in the Photos preferences.
-- Rich
Boy, there's a lotta homework for me - will approach methodically, test & report.
Tom
Everything imported fine from within the app! I'd been using the lazy
approach just dragging the media over the app's dock alias - nor was I
using iMovie's File: Import command.
Thank you, Rich!
You are most welcome. 😀
— Rich
videos on iPhone to iMovie
