missing movies folder and iMovie questions

[lizahoke]

Sorry, I misposted this first to 'how to' in error.
I was importing some dv footage into iMovie, and then exporting it back on a clean tape to send someone a copy. First, iMovie kept shutting down and putting the clips in the imovie trash. Then I would delete the file and start over. Somehow in this process I have deleted the entire folder:movies.

So the problem is two-fold:
1. why is iMovie throwing clips into the trash?
2. what should I do to create a new movie folder for my Home file?

Yes, I empited the trash so I think the folder is truly gone. I had backups of the movie files so that doesn't matter - or is not a disaster at least.

Also, does iMovie have its own disc space? It will tell me I am out of disc space, and yet my G4 powerbook shows 58Gb available?

I am on: G4 running 10.4.4 with 1G memory and 93Gb hard drive.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Cam]

iMovie needs a lot of free space on the disk to run and store files. I think the recommendation is 25GB free at a minimum. Are you anywhere near running out of drive space? I ended up getting an external HD to get more room for iMOVIE.

 

[lizahoke]

Thanks. I have 58GB available, according to my "get info", unless somehow iMovie is partitioned differently?