Hi! I came here from the Otakon forums because I was told someone might be able to help me with my problem if I post here!
So as the subject mentions, I've been using iMovies for editing and it's been working really well for the most part. I've already pieced together about half a dozen different scenes from the series I'm using for my video and it's coming along great so far! The only problem is, for some reason, some of the clips aren't working. I'll select them and drag them up to the "project" window, just like I did with the working clips, and when I play the video to see if it's pieced together well, some of the clips simply won't play. It will just remain on the last clip that DID work until the video runs its course.
I gathered that most people took footage for their AMVs from DVDs they own, since downloading them online is illegal etc etc However, it was suggested to me that DVDs are copyrighted, therefore can't be pulled apart for such a thing. If THIS was the case, I'm even MORE confused because a ) most of the clips ARE working, so one would think either they would all work or none of them would and b ) am I to gather that people do indeed use series they illegally downloaded to make AMVs?
I take clips from my DVD and use a program I downloaded called "HandBrake" to turn them into MP4s for iMovie.
If you need any more info, please ask! Any help I could get would be appreciated so much! This is my first time making an AMV and I even want to try and submit it to the Otakon AMV contest this year, but I'll never make the deadline if I can't figure out what's wrong! Thanks everyone!







