Sony Camcorder DCR-SR 55 Problems
Hey there folks - probably been asked (and answered) a thousand times. I have recently purchased the above camera and have hit upon the usual Mac/Sony dilemma of not being able to copy recorded material across.
The camera instruction suggests connecting the USB cable and then click on the icon on camera screen to DL to your computer. I hence connected the USB cable and proceeded to DL the material to the Mac and saved in a general file to desktop. Thinking everything was going to be fine the camera then instructed me to disconnect and further, asked me to re-format HD (erase for future use).
So now, I have the only media files available for review through my MacBook.
PROBLEM!!! The Mac suggests the following error: "The file is not a movie file." Yet the attachment is .MPG and is showing as a Quicktime file. I further tried to import file through iMovie to no avail with the instruction: The file could not be imported: 'The file “Macintosh HD/Users/tailspinone/Desktop/My Documents/Paranormal/Para-Docs (PSI)/Paradocs/M2U00015.MPG” can’t be imported; QuickTime couldn’t parse it: -2048'
Any solutions? I DO have a Windows notebook so I could always transfer the files back across and try that but I really don't like Windows and would prefer to use the MacBook for all future DL's.
HELP!!!
As an addendum to the above, I have DL'd iMedia and it appears the movie is viewable through that. Looks like I may have to purchase a copy. But if there IS another way???
Hey there folks - probably been asked (and answered) a thousand times. I have recently purchased the above camera and have hit upon the usual Mac/Sony dilemma of not being able to copy recorded material across.
The camera instruction suggests connecting the USB cable and then click on the icon on camera screen to DL to your computer. I hence connected the USB cable and proceeded to DL the material to the Mac and saved in a general file to desktop. Thinking everything was going to be fine the camera then instructed me to disconnect and further, asked me to re-format HD (erase for future use).
So now, I have the only media files available for review through my MacBook.
PROBLEM!!! The Mac suggests the following error: "The file is not a movie file." Yet the attachment is .MPG and is showing as a Quicktime file. I further tried to import file through iMovie to no avail with the instruction: The file could not be imported: 'The file “Macintosh HD/Users/tailspinone/Desktop/My Documents/Paranormal/Para-Docs (PSI)/Paradocs/M2U00015.MPG” can’t be imported; QuickTime couldn’t parse it: -2048'
Any solutions? I DO have a Windows notebook so I could always transfer the files back across and try that but I really don't like Windows and would prefer to use the MacBook for all future DL's.
HELP!!!
As an addendum to the above, I have DL'd iMedia and it appears the movie is viewable through that. Looks like I may have to purchase a copy. But if there IS another way???
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