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nomad2010
Sep 28, 2007, 01:29 AM
I have a Sony HDD and my imac won't play the audio due to it being MPEG-2 muxed. anything i can do other than get a new camcorder? and if so im looking particularly at this one http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=177&modelid=15617

will this work with my mac? if i upgrade to leopard?


atarin
Sep 28, 2007, 01:40 AM
I have a Sony HDD and my imac won't play the audio due to it being MPEG-2 muxed. anything i can do other than get a new camcorder? and if so im looking particularly at this one http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=177&modelid=15617

will this work with my mac? if i upgrade to leopard?

Try downloading MPEG Streamclip (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html) (free) and Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/) ($19.99). Do you have iMovie '08? I hear that it can handle Sony video camera files (iMovie HD couldn't on it's own). Maybe you don't have to get a new camera! There are ways to make a Sony play nice with a Mac! Hope that helps!
nomad2010
Sep 28, 2007, 10:12 AM
Try downloading MPEG Streamclip (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html) (free) and Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/) ($19.99). Do you have iMovie '08? I hear that it can handle Sony video camera files (iMovie HD couldn't on it's own). Maybe you don't have to get a new camera! There are ways to make a Sony play nice with a Mac! Hope that helps!

i dont have imovie 08 but i do have the MPEG-2 Playback.
twoodcc
Sep 28, 2007, 06:09 PM
do you ever plan on getting iLife 08? i would consider it. there is a list of cameras supported, but it really supports more. i have a sony dvd camera that isn't on the list, and it worked (i was so relieved)
nomad2010
Sep 28, 2007, 06:20 PM
do you ever plan on getting iLife 08? i would consider it. there is a list of cameras supported, but it really supports more. i have a sony dvd camera that isn't on the list, and it worked (i was so relieved)

im not sure yet. from the reviews i just don't know. especially since im a bigtime video editing kind of person and imovie 08 sounds like crap. plus im having problems with my camcorder anyways so i dont know.