Comments on: How to Import DVDs into iMovie ‘08

By: shadowgirl444

shadowgirl444 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:04:13 +0000

when i try to upload it to imovie, it doesn’t let me… it does even acknowledge that my mouse is dragging over it.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:17:15 +0000

Hello, I made the .dmg file, but every time I mount it and iMovie starts up it crashes. First it says ’scanning for devices’ or whatever like it’s supposed to, then it says ‘generating thumbnails,’ again like it’s supposed to. But after that, instead of bringing up the import window iMovie just closes unexpectedly. Every single time. It doesn’t give me any other problems otherwise. I tried to get some help over on the appl forum, but I haven’t yet gotten a response so I figured I would try here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

By: Blad

Blad — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:19:11 +0000

Hi, I imported a DVD to imovie 09 and it only imports 56 min, while the DVD is about 1 hr 30 min long. It’s weird because after it imports the DVD a sign comes up which states that it imported all of the DVD but in the event library only 56 min appear. Do you know why this may be? Thanks

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:01:34 +0000

Thank youuuuu

By: bernard b carman

bernard b carman — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:38:53 +0000

i followed these steps, and iMovie has not recognized the mounted image. any ideas? i’m running OS X 10.5.8, and iMovie 8.0.5 (820).

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:02:39 +0000

Thank you very much for the help, this fix worked very well for me and saved me from a crooked merchant who wanted to charge me $30 to copy the dvd he burned for me from an old home video.

By: Mariah

Mariah — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:40:32 +0000

I tried to use disk utility for my video. I put in a home video and all went well until at the end of the process, after about 40 minutes, it said “Unable to create image (input/output error). I’m using a MacBook Pro and have tried to upload this twice now, both times getting the same result. Any idea how to fix this and should it take about 40 minutes for the image to load?

By: David Ball

David Ball — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:43:03 +0000

It worked.
I am a natural scientist and I wanted to see, enhance and grab stills from a video taken by another scientist with an underwater camera , and sent to me on a DVD.
I use iLife 08 on a PPC G5, and I have received and installed all the Apple software updates.
Though you warned that the updates might block your method of importing, they didn’t.
It was easy and very successful. Thank you.

By: John

John — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:41:17 +0000

Hi!
I burned DVD from a DVD recorder of my old VHS tapes.
Now when I try to import into iMovie ´09, all the clips are shown twice, and half of the DVD is not possible to import.
Any solution for this?
It was burned using Packard Bell HQ (High Quality)

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:38:43 +0000

Thanks so much for this! I have iMovie 09 and had no problems at all with the steps as you laid them out. I have a renewed appreciation for Disk Utility and the internet in general – plus having co-workers that think I’m a genius is always nice… Thanks again! Keep up the good work!