exporting .avi to a to imovie

[godwhacker]

can vlc export .avi to a format imovie or quicktime can edit?

or can vlc export multiplexed MPEG-1/2 to a format imovie or quicktime can edit?

thanks in advance

[msui772]

From memory iMovie can support DV format or MP4. (possibly some others...)
VLC can export to mp4 (i don't know about DV format)
I recently tried iMovie with a 90 min mp4 file and got the following results dependant on project type:
for a DV project - iMovie complained there was not enough disc space (I had more than 10GBytes free)
for an mp4 project - iMovie started importing then eventuall told me it would take 10 hours to import !!!
(When creating a new project in iMovie there is the possibiliity to specify the project type).

In the end I used squared5 http://www.squared5.com/ to edit the mp4 directly. (Great free utility)

There is another tool called dropDV http://www.dropdv.com/ which will convert to DV format (but be careful this will make BIG files). (This is not free but there is a demo version)

Good luck

[msui772]

for more details on exporting to mp4 see: viewtopic.php?t=15971