Importing movies from Everio HDD JVC camcorder

[twilliams9476]

So here is my problem. My parents bought this camcorder a few years ago, and I bought my Macbook 2 days ago. I have been very busy the past 2 days, transferring pictures, documents, etc. from my pc to my mac. I have now gotten to begin transferring videos. I had several videos on my old pc that transferred just fine, but I also had several videos on the camcorder from a recent trip to Chicago. When I connect the camcorder to my Macbook via USB cable, the files are not transferable. I can't even play them. They all end in either MOI or MOD. Can anyone give me advice on what to do? I have already tried transferring them to my old pc, and then from there to my macbook, but that isn't working for some reason. Also, the original installation cd that came with the camcorder is nowhere to be found. So, does anyone happen to have any advice? Thanks!

 

[macgeek18]

There's a program called iVerio that you buy online that converts one of the formats to any file you like, such as quicktime, iPod,or iMovie. My church has a JVC camera with unusable video formats as well. But we use iVerio to convert them. Hope this helps.

 

[seekup33]

I have an Everio GZ-MG330 and I import my videos straight to iMovie without a hitch

 

[miicah]

Yeah try importing from source in iMovie or equivalent rather than copy/pasting the actual files

 

[Chris at JVC]

Importing Video from JVC to iMovie

Yeah try importing from source in iMovie or equivalent rather than copy/pasting the actual files

Hi,

I work for JVC and would like to try and help.

I can tell from your post that you have a standard definition JVC Everio camcorder and a new Mac. The JVC will work very easily with iMovie '08 or iMovie '09. No file conversion software is needed, and nothing has to be installed. It is totally plug & play.

Follow these steps:
1. Connect your JVC via USB
2. You will see a USB Menu on your JVC LCD Screen. Select the first option. "Playback on PC"
3. Now launch iMovie '08 or '09.
4. Choose "Import from Camera".
5. You should see thumbnail images of each video on the Everio. You can either choose to import them all, or manually select the files you want.

That's it.

I hope this helps.

Chris

 

[ghbeil2]

No Thumbnails

Chris,
I have a GZ-MG130U.
I have a macbook running a 2ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
I followed your instructions.
Files import. iMovie shows creating thumbnails.
No thumbnails appear.
I try to import but no files import.

 

[twilliams9476]

Hi,

I work for JVC and would like to try and help.

I can tell from your post that you have a standard definition JVC Everio camcorder and a new Mac. The JVC will work very easily with iMovie '08 or iMovie '09. No file conversion software is needed, and nothing has to be installed. It is totally plug & play.

Follow these steps:
1. Connect your JVC via USB
2. You will see a USB Menu on your JVC LCD Screen. Select the first option. "Playback on PC"
3. Now launch iMovie '08 or '09.
4. Choose "Import from Camera".
5. You should see thumbnail images of each video on the Everio. You can either choose to import them all, or manually select the files you want.

That's it.

I hope this helps.

Chris

Thank you so much! Once I tried it your way, it worked like a charm!