iMovie 3 ideas

[ulrik]

With the sizes of HDDs increasing and the prices dropping, most people started to have their own, little video library on their disk. The now official DivX 4 Codec (since it was completely rewritten) and various file sharing networks, together with DVD-ROMs and software you need to rip your DVDs to DivX (allthough not on the Mac at the moment, but will be coming), a dream hatched in my mad brain.

iMovie 3. Like iTunes, but for movies. Drop in your DVD and hit the "rip" button! It would be as legal or illegal as ripping your own AudioCDs I guess (please correct me if I am wrong, but please in a kind manner)! I don't know about Macrovision, I guess this would be a problem since the decryption might be illegal. Well, anyhow, of course it's a bit more complex since ripping a DVD is not that easy (you have to know what you rip), but Apple would get it right, I am sure. If you need HDD space, copy it to a CD but let iMovie 3 keep track of it. And if it wouldn't be enough, iMovie 3 also let's you cut/make your own movies, like iMovie 2.
They could use the opensource DivX codec OR create a new Quicktime codec based on DivX, something like 3IVX, only better. With full Altivec support for post-image enhancement etc. etc.

Oh man...that would be so cool.......

 

[serpicolugnut]

Oh man...that would be so cool.......

Yes, and so illegal. The MPAA would end up owning Apple after their lawyers put that to bed.

I love iMovie 2. It's a great app. For iMovie 3, I'd like to see the following additions...

1) Second track of video. I think Apple's main reason for not adding this yet is because it would make iMovie a competitor to Adobe Premiere LE, which would further strain the Adobe/Apple relationship.

2) More transitions, titling and effects.

3) Better multiprocessor support and better optimization, including background rendering (have you ever tried to export or render with iMovie 2 in the background under OS X? It takes FOREVER.)

I can't really think of much else. iMovie 2 is a great little application, and really just needs some polishing, tweaking and optimizing to get even better....