iMovie is an application that comes with Mac OS X.
It is often used to record personal videos.
On Mac computers with built-in iSight camera, it takes by default video and audio from it. Otherwise, it takes video and audio from any capable device attached to the computer, for example a DV camera connected through Firewire.
iMovie movie files always have the same encoding settings, this is one of the Brands detected by Treasured.
Settings for iMovie HD version 6, version 7, version 8
- QuickTime .mov container with video JPEG 640x480 or 1024x576 and audio PCM 24-bits stereo 44100Hz
- Files are created in ~/iMovies/iMovie Events/ folder where ~ stands for your home folder.
- Bitrate: 11 Mbit/s, giving file sizes of 80 MB per minute.
How to repair a corrupt iMovie recording?
When a iMovie recording is interrupted before completion (for a number of reasons, like battery failure or lack of disk space), the resulting file is unplayable. In most cases, you can recover the movie following a few easy steps:
- Find the damaged file in the hidden temporary folder. This is usually the most recent file.
- Check the size of the file to evaluate the duration of the recorded clip: Sometimes iMovie crashes or stops recording well before you notice it, and the damaged movie file contains only the first seconds or minutes of the "show". This can be verified by estimating the duration with the Time Calculator.
- Use Treasured to preview the damaged file.
- Send a Repair Request through Treasured if you are interested in recovering the lost video.