Looking for a good hard drive type high def camera that plays well with iMovie. Looking for one that doesn't require any file type conversions. Just want to be able to import the movie right into iMovie without hassles. What are you guys using?
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Anyone use a high def camera and iMovie
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from my understanding, hard drive recorders using HD will record in the AVCHD format which will ALWAYS require conversion by iMovie into AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec)... and then you can edit from there...
of course, this conversion happens behind the scenes.. you just hook your camcorder up .. fire up imovie, which will recognise it.. select what clips you want and usually it will import on a 1:1 basis (ie, for every 1 minute of footage, it will take 1 min to transfer to mac) - could depend on your mac of course..
as for which HDD camcorders? sony sr12 is a decent runner.. but you could also search around the forums as this type of stuff always crops up
of course, this conversion happens behind the scenes.. you just hook your camcorder up .. fire up imovie, which will recognise it.. select what clips you want and usually it will import on a 1:1 basis (ie, for every 1 minute of footage, it will take 1 min to transfer to mac) - could depend on your mac of course..
as for which HDD camcorders? sony sr12 is a decent runner.. but you could also search around the forums as this type of stuff always crops up
I have a Sony CX11 which is fantastic and couldnt recommend it enough.
I can easily import into iMovie and edit.
Only problem is with the conversion described above, 4GB of HD footage converts into about 20GB.
IT SUCKS!!!
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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/696146/
I can easily import into iMovie and edit.
Only problem is with the conversion described above, 4GB of HD footage converts into about 20GB.
IT SUCKS!!!
Check out
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/696146/
Why does it suck? It is simply compressing the video to allow for longer shooting on a card so that you can get more footage on a smaller card. Video takes a lot of hard drive space.
Get an external harddrive to put you video on after your done and you will be fine.
