iPhoto not importing anymore :(

[meathane]

does anyone know why iPhoto and image capture wont recognise my digital camera anymore? i made a short video on it, and it wouldnt import. it came up in the finder on the desktop, and i dragged the file but quicktime just hung when i tried to open it.

i formatted my cameras card via my camera, then rebooted, took one picture and plugged it into my mac, and iphoto recognised it. i took it out, reshot the little film i made and again, same problem.

image capture wont recognise it too. its a pentax optio s40. its never done any of this before. why would it show in the finder but not iPhoto?

can someone help? cheers

 

[mad jew]

What version of iPhoto do you have? This is a bit of a weird problem. You need the latest version to work well (if not at all) with videos from memory.

 

[meathane]

ver 5.0.4. could it be maybe my SD card or the USB cable is a bit dirty so the mac has trouble reading it?

 

[Applespider]

What file format is the video recording in?

You've saved it to the desktop -yes? It might be that if you're trying to play it direct from the memory card, that the USB connection isn't fast enough to transfer the data - not all cameras have true USB 2 ports.

Try putting on the desktop and trying again. Then try opening it in something like VLC which should play most formats.