I-Movie & Muxed JPEG's

[Si-Co]

Hi everyone.

Now, this question has kind of been asked before, but I'm not techie and i'll be honest I didn't understand the discussion!

I have a Sony DSC-S40 camera which takes (apparently) muxed JPEG's. I-Movie HD6 won't take these files. Does anyone know a solution? And if so, can they explain it in really simple terms please?

I heard about some software you can buy from Apple online (MPEG-2 Quicktime Playback Component) for $20, but it says online that this is not a guaranteed fix as I-Movie was never designed to work with these files?

Thanks in advance for any light you can shed. I don't really want to have to buy a camcorder., but I was looking forward to making my own little movies.

[Case]

I think you mean 'muxed MPEG files'. The 'MP' in MPEG stands for 'Moving Picture', as in video.
MPEG is a delivery format, not an editing format. iMovie can take any file that QuickTime can convert to DV, as that is what happens in the background. And MPEG-2 is not one of those formats. The Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback Component helps QuickTime read the video, but it won't convert the audio. It's a known limitation of how the component works in Apple's QuickTime based applications.
Give a program called MPEG Streamclip a try. It uses the mentioned component, but will also convert the audio in muxed MPEG files. You could use this app to convert your file to DV, then import that into iMovie.

[albloom]

Case is right. They're MUX'd MPEGS. Spend the $23 and
get VisualHub.

It'll take care of the problem. Drop your
MPEG onto its window and select, say, MP4 output.

Get it here:

http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888

[AntnyMD]

If your Sony camera makes the same kinds of muxed MPEGs as mine does, _buy nothing_ and download MPEG Streamclip for free. Those muxed MPEGs are in MPEG1 format, and MPEG Streamclip will convert them to DV without needing help from the QuickTime MPEG2 Component from Apple.

[Si-Co]

Thanks for the info guys.

I met someone else who gave me the same info on using Streamclip and MPEG-1.

So I downloaded it, now I've just got to figure out how to use it!

[AntnyMD]

Should be as easy as opening the MPEG file in Streamclip and selecting File > Convert to DV (or similar wording).