Newbie DV import question

[harveypooka]

Showing my lack of knowledge here...when importing DV video from a camcorder into iMovie (or with Final Cut Express if I buy it) do you have to play the video to import it? Or is there a way of 'speeding' through or fast copying? I guess not since it's a tape but my camera came with no manual and previously I just used footage from my Canon camera.

 

[balamw]

Yeah the DV transfer happens at 1x speed. Not much you can do about that.

I haven't played much with it on the Mac, but for Windows I had a program that would do a quick scan of the tape for cataloguing purposes...

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[Texas04]

Well there is Magic iMovie, go to iMovie and click Magic iMovie and let it go through the tape overnight, you will wake up and your scenes will be on your computer

With Magic iMovie you can add transistions and stuff and music

 

[harveypooka]

Yeah the DV transfer happens at 1x speed. Not much you can do about that.

I haven't played much with it on the Mac, but for Windows I had a program that would do a quick scan of the tape for cataloguing purposes...

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Ok, ta. I see the advantages of an HD DV Camcorder now. Another quick question, iMovie has started to import all my clips as one clip. I've changed nothing on the camcorder and press the record button as usual to start and press it again to pause. Any ideas why it would suddenly change? I don't fancy importing everything into Quicktime to chop it up...