Anybody Have A IMAC MOVIE MAKER?

SailorMyst · Post by **SailorMyst** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 3:28 pm

Im a newbe that has tried for a while to create a video but failed. I have an IMAC with IMOVIE but my available files are in RM format. The IMOVIe will not let me use them. ANy Suggestions?

Please help?

Sailor Myst[/b]

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 3:33 pm

do a google search for a program called "EO video", you can use it to convert the realmedia files to avi for editing.

SailorMyst · Post by **SailorMyst** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:26 pm

Thanks but I tried that... I can not get that file to register. It says that the application that created it can not be found.

I guess I should be more specific My IMAC is a 9.2 is there anything I can use for it or is there a way to fix EO VIDEO's problem???

Sailor Myst

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:35 pm

ohhhhhhh ya Mac hah, howd i miss that
mm, EO is a win based program, guess it dosent work on macs :/ sorry

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 11:45 pm

We don't reccomend real media files for anything. Even using high bitrate divx files is pushing it. Your best bet is to check out the guide on < a href="http://homepage.mac.com/red_wolf/">Red Wolf's homepage</a>.

Also you have a iMac. However, it's still a Macintosh computer(same processor as other Macs). You're running OS 9.2, not iMac 9.2.

~klinky

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 11:47 pm

ahh crap
Red Wolf's homepage:
http://homepage.mac.com/red_wolf/

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Tue Oct 22, 2002 2:42 pm

klinky wrote:We don't reccomend real media files for anything.

oh stfu klinky ;P realmedia is a preferred medium for those who don't dig the XviD thing and its the only thing that'll deliver as good quality.
anyhow it seems her source came in realmedia, not that she encoded it that way purposely :/

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Oct 22, 2002 2:46 pm

While Real maybe as nice looking as Xvid or DivX5, do you actually reccomend it over them ^_^ ???

I would rather have a nice AVI file that'll play in my media player of choice rather then clunko RM file that only plays in lamo RealPlayer.

~klinky

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Tue Oct 22, 2002 3:19 pm

Actually as a format I reccomend ogg/ogm for a lot of reasons, though it is a shame that realaudio and video are only decodable in realplayer. Although that never really bothered me, as I don't use any special player (wmp 6.4 for ogg stuff and wmp 9 for most everything else :/ ). So I'd have to say as far as reccomendations go I'd say
Format: Ogg - mostly for the vorbis, built in chapter & subs capabilities
Video: XviD/Real9 - both since sometimes one will give better results than the other
Audio: RealAudio 8 - good quality at a mere 64 kbps, amazing stuff

Unfortunately that sort of combination is impossible. So, I make do with either RealVideo and Audio scripted to SMIL or Ogg with vorbis and XviD.

SailorMyst · Post by **SailorMyst** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:33 am

It all still confuses me. My Imovie takes only .dv files. I would use Quicktime Pro, But can we say glitch city. It may me A mac program but it is not user friendly. It destroys many other programs so all I can deal with is the quicktime player.

The darn computer does not even like it when I just change the file name to dv. The file shows in Imovie but is nothing but a load of fog, static, just no picture. UGGGHHH..

If I could help it I would have been able to get other files but I couldn't And I cannot get other files, I have access to all of SailorMoon and Gundam Wing among more than I can count. But they are all .RM files, I had gotten my sources from a friend and that was all she could come accross. I would try primier but my MAC will not let me open the file after download it just freezes, and That file had also goofed up more stuff then I could deal with.

Any More Suggestions?

Sailor Myst