HV20 - Basic Question

[UberAlles]

Hi all....looking for guidance that I haven't been able to find yet....

To start, I have a brand spanking new i7 Imac and a HV20.

I am a HD footage neophyte (more like dimwit) but have recorded a bunch of tapes over that past year or so.....the vast majority has been in 24fps Cine mode (because I thought that was the super duper setting..stupid me of course)

So main question:

1) Will IMovie import 24fps footage? (I am not looking to edit or do any monkey business, well out of my intellect class to do so).....just a straight import....

2) Will iDVD downconvert the HD footage for DVD burning? (Main reason I'm doing this is so the grandparents have copies of grandkids etc)

Clearly I am in need of some 101.....so any links to other info sources explaining all of this stuff and even basic importing answers would be very appreciated.

 

[spice weasel]

1) Yes. The 24fps setting on Canon VIXIA's uses a 60i wrapper, so yes, you can import and edit it in iMovie just fine.

2) Yes, you can downscale HD to SD resolution and burn to a playable DVD.

Have fun!

 

[UberAlles]

Much appreciated......my cable from Newegg is coming today...so my first attempt at this will be tonight....

 

[Rizvi1]

cool, I have an HV20 too. Thanks for the question OP

Can I tack on a question, that's more towards iMovie, not the HV20?

I have iMovie '09 (version 8.05 (820). When I first tried to import footage, I selected "Full" because I wanted HD. Now I noticed it doesn't ask me anymore on my future imports. How can I a) check to see what's been imported is in HD or not. and 2) How can I get it iMovie '09 to ask me each time?

I record stand-up comedy for myself and others and when people ask for HD, I import and work off of HD, otherwise, I work w/ non-HD to save space. This was easy on the iMovie HD and I think iMovie '06 - I would set if it was HD 1080i, etc before hand - or just DV Widescreen. But once I upgraded to the latest iMovie, it's been more confusing