I like a program called Visual Hub -- it s a good all-purpose video conversion utility. I have converted AVI files to DV and then imported them into iMovie 8. -- David ++++++++++ David Spound, M.Ed. Valley Mindfulness (413) 219-0654 david at valleymindfulness.com http://www.valleymindfulness.com Programs for Stress Reduction, Health and Well-Being * A Taste of Mindfulness: > Introduction to mindfulness-based approaches to health and wellness. > Tuesday, November 27, 6:308:30 pm > * Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: > 8-week course based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn at UMass Medical School > January 23March 12 (Wednesday evenings, 6:008:30 pm) on 11/12/07 10:16 AM, Jeff Rutherford at jeff at jeffrutherford.com wrote: > > I have a new video camera that saves videos onto my computer in AVI file > format. > > I wanted to import those files into Apple's new iMovie 08 software, but I > don't have the option. When I try to select the file, the file is grayed out, > and iMovie doesn't give you the option to import it. > > Do I need to change that AVI file into some type of format that my iMovie > software will recognize? What's the easiest way to do that? > > Jeff > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20071112/155748c6/attachment-0006.html