I've eventually got into gear to sort out my pictures and home family videos.
So I'm using iPhoto and realise that actually iPhoto can import videos as well, this is great idea for me for a couple of reasons, they are easier to find, all in one place (pics and video), and they then get backed up via time machine and also then by my cloud backup do all safe (currently all just on a separate HDD)
So the home videos I have are all from different cameras over the years, some are .dv, done MPG, some AVCHD. I must add that they are currently on my HDD as these files as years ago before I lost the cameras our rapes etc then I imported them think I used FireWire for the old DV camera, and a tape-to-digital lead/converter.
Now I know iPhoto won't import these natively so what are my best options please? Should I convert them all to an "itunes" format, I have a program called iVi which converts stuff, and then import them?
The clips ate all over the place, in the future, maybe, I will have time to edit them a little, probably using iMovie, which I don't know how to use. But it will be just trimming, merging, cleaning up, nothing too fancy I expect.
Knowing the little I do about digital video, I know converting loses quality, so I don't want to lose quality that I have, some are not great as from older cameras anyway, but precious because odd the content on them, kids growing up etc.
So someone help please! Priority is to get them backed up properly, edit later, but wasn't great quality,v out same as now.
I'm using a 2013 "skinny" iMac with 10.10 on and all the newest iLife apps. Family have iPhones, iPad, Apple TVs mostly.
Thanks
So I'm using iPhoto and realise that actually iPhoto can import videos as well, this is great idea for me for a couple of reasons, they are easier to find, all in one place (pics and video), and they then get backed up via time machine and also then by my cloud backup do all safe (currently all just on a separate HDD)
So the home videos I have are all from different cameras over the years, some are .dv, done MPG, some AVCHD. I must add that they are currently on my HDD as these files as years ago before I lost the cameras our rapes etc then I imported them think I used FireWire for the old DV camera, and a tape-to-digital lead/converter.
Now I know iPhoto won't import these natively so what are my best options please? Should I convert them all to an "itunes" format, I have a program called iVi which converts stuff, and then import them?
The clips ate all over the place, in the future, maybe, I will have time to edit them a little, probably using iMovie, which I don't know how to use. But it will be just trimming, merging, cleaning up, nothing too fancy I expect.
Knowing the little I do about digital video, I know converting loses quality, so I don't want to lose quality that I have, some are not great as from older cameras anyway, but precious because odd the content on them, kids growing up etc.
So someone help please! Priority is to get them backed up properly, edit later, but wasn't great quality,v out same as now.
I'm using a 2013 "skinny" iMac with 10.10 on and all the newest iLife apps. Family have iPhones, iPad, Apple TVs mostly.
Thanks
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