Still trying to solve choppy video from Pismo

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Kirkman

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Just wanted to follow up on the problem I've been having with exporting
DV movies from iMovie 3 to my Sony HandyCam TRV-280.

When we try to export movies to the camera, the resulting video is very
choppy and the audio frequently goes pretty badly out of sync.

For the record, the Pismo is 500MHz with 768 megs of ram on OS X
10.3.9. I'm using the latest version of QuickTime, also.

It's been suggested that I downgrade to iMovie 2.11, but I don't have a
way to obtain that version since I have Panther, which includes iMovie
3. Apple doesn't have 2.11 available for download.

So, my questions:

* Does anyone know of a place where I can get iMovie 2.11?

* Can anyone tell me if iMovie versions 5 or 6 are more stable/usable
for a G3 Pismo Powerbook?

Thanks for any help you can offer.
 
You'll definatly want to get a lower version. iMovie has to constantly feed the video and audio to your camcorder, which it does without a glitch on most systems. However, with older systems, they start dropping frames and such to keep up with the export. I'd look on ebay.
 
Kirkman... The issue here is the speed of your processor, and its ability to interact with iMovie. It sounds like your iMovie has too many cuts, effects, transitions, or text to output the movie properly on the fly. My suggestion would be to, FIRST, Export your iMovie as a full "DV stream".... this way, it will be one file that contains all the information. THEN, import the DV stream you just created into a new iMovie, then export to camera that way. I have found this process even helps me when I apply too many effects in Final Cut Pro on my PowerBook.

Hope this helps.
 
Natobasso said:
It may not be the app but the 6 year old video card that Pismos have inside. ;)
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True, but I find that older versions of iMovie run better on older computers, less bells and whistles, and they were designed for that processor speed.
 
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