Hoping someone on here is able to help me. I have taken video today and when I tried to open said video in iMovie to edit it, I got a message saying that iMovie was unable to open the mov file. I have downloaded a trial version of a WinX convertor and it appears to have worked but the full version…

In the past people have had this issue where they accidentally didn’t stop recording before powering off their drone. Each time the solution has been to : put the card back into the drone power up download the full-res version of the video to their phone/tablet transfer the file from their phone…

Sounds like it hasn’t been ´finished’ … put it back in the drone , turn the drone on … give it a few seconds and then turn the drone off then remove the card …it will process now… I use a Mac and no issues with the drone formats unless you pull the card out before the recording is finished…

[image] Ted_Maul: I’d down load handbrake This, although I wouldn’t go down the route of converting just yet. Try opening the file in quicktime (should be the default viewer for .mov files) see how that handles it. If you want to upload a video file, I’m sure one of us OSX users can take a …

Thanks everyone for responding. I knew that I would be able to get some advice here. Really helpful, thanks, will try all the suggestions above. :crossed_fingers:

I also have problems with iMovie, it stutters, jumps and freezes. I find QuickTime a better option.

[image] TonyGrylls: I also have problems with iMovie, it stutters, jumps and freezes. How old is the Mac?

It’s fine on a. 2019 MbPro even the 4K footage … as @milkmanchris how old is your Mac?

Thanks @OzoneVibe The video was definitely completed as I took several photos post the video in question I also took two more short (grass cutter) videos afterwards and they too have the same issues when I try to open them with iMovie. When I get some time later I will try and open them with Quic…

[image] Brigadier: The video was definitely completed It still may be your route since, as @Gkinghrn said above … [image] Gkinghrn: Sounds like it hasn’t been ´finished’ … so the same solution may work. Nothing to lose and you may end up with a working version of the original file. :…

[image] Brigadier: I was wondering if it was something in the movie settings on the drone that I have set incorrectly ?? No the Mac should read it straight off the card, factory settings blah blah.

Hi @OzoneVibe / @milkmanchris Just tried it again, and the original file opens fine in Quicktime, but when I try and open the original file with iMovie I still get the following error message :- The application “iMovie” cannot open the specified document or URL. I haven’t tried the other suggesti…

Unable to open movie files in iMovie

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milkmanchris 10 March 2021 10:44 13

No the Mac should read it straight off the card, factory settings blah blah.