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John Varela
May 18, 2013, 4:13:35 PM5/18/13
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I bought a new camera -- a Canon S100 -- for a just-completed
vacation trip. This was my first experience with shooting HD video.
The camera produces video in .MOV format at 1080p. The video plays
at that resolution in Quicktime. When it is imported into iMovie HD
6.03, however, iMovie HD converts it into standard definition and
letterboxes it.
Assuming that the camera is using a new codec that iMovie HD doesn't
handle, I tried converting it to every format that seems likely to
help, using Toast 11 Titanium and also a trial copy of iSkysoft
Video Converter.
Toast converts the camera's .MOV format to a .MOV using the Apple
Intermediate Codec. The iSkysoft converter, whose web site claims to
solve exactly this problem, turns it into an MP4. Both of these are
1080p and importing to iMovie HD converts both of them to standard
definition. I tried converting to several other 1080p formats and
either iMovie doesn't recognize the format or converts it to
standard def.
iMovie '11 has no problem importing the video at 1080p, but I want
the titles and transitions that are available in iMovie HD.
Has anyone encountered and solved this sort of problem with iMovie
HD?
I have put a sample of my video on Dropbox at
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17288735/MVI_0210.MOV
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John Varela
vacation trip. This was my first experience with shooting HD video.
The camera produces video in .MOV format at 1080p. The video plays
at that resolution in Quicktime. When it is imported into iMovie HD
6.03, however, iMovie HD converts it into standard definition and
letterboxes it.
Assuming that the camera is using a new codec that iMovie HD doesn't
handle, I tried converting it to every format that seems likely to
help, using Toast 11 Titanium and also a trial copy of iSkysoft
Video Converter.
Toast converts the camera's .MOV format to a .MOV using the Apple
Intermediate Codec. The iSkysoft converter, whose web site claims to
solve exactly this problem, turns it into an MP4. Both of these are
1080p and importing to iMovie HD converts both of them to standard
definition. I tried converting to several other 1080p formats and
either iMovie doesn't recognize the format or converts it to
standard def.
iMovie '11 has no problem importing the video at 1080p, but I want
the titles and transitions that are available in iMovie HD.
Has anyone encountered and solved this sort of problem with iMovie
HD?
I have put a sample of my video on Dropbox at
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17288735/MVI_0210.MOV
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John Varela
ivan
May 18, 2013, 7:23:09 PM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:35 UTC, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
wrote:
John, it sounds as if you are using a lot of apple software so maybe
it would be better to ask on an apple forum.
ivan
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wrote:
it would be better to ask on an apple forum.
ivan
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John Varela
May 19, 2013, 12:37:18 PM5/19/13
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comp.sys.mac.apps.
Sorry for bothering you.
Incidentally, I'm posting this from ECS running in a virtual machine
on a Mac, which is why I follow several groups for both OSes.
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John Varela
ivan
May 20, 2013, 6:26:40 AM5/20/13
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On Sun, 19 May 2013 16:37:18 UTC, "John Varela" <newl...@verizon.net>
It's no bother John, I just recognised your name and wondered if you
were hoping that some of us might be able to help.
ivan
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were hoping that some of us might be able to help.
ivan
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Mat Nieuwenhoven
May 21, 2013, 12:07:21 AM5/21/13
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On 18 May 2013 20:13:35 GMT, John Varela wrote:
:>I bought a new camera -- a Canon S100 -- for a just-completed
Have you tried Blender?
Mat Nieuwenhoven
:>I bought a new camera -- a Canon S100 -- for a just-completed
Mat Nieuwenhoven
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