I have a lot of video recorded on a Canon Camcorder that uses mini DV tapes to record to. Up to now I have enjoyed editing the video (.dv format) on the two previous versions of iMovie, HD and 9.09. But my old computer died so I bought a new MB Air which came with iMovie 10.1.6. This new version doesn’t like the video produced by my old camcorder, refusing to show it in widescreen format, even though it was recorded in widescreen. It shows the 12x9 video compressed horizontally into 4x3, where everything is skinny. I haven’t been able to work out how to fix it yet. Apple Communities haven’t provided any solutions.
I have diligently made back ups of all my data over the years only to find that when the old computer died and is replaced with a current model all my back ups are useless because the new software won’t work with it. Wonderful! I have important video that I can’t access properly anymore. How does one protect oneself from this situation?