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Sony HDR-CX 100 Compatibility
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You use Disk Utility in the Utilities folder to create a disk image on your hard drive, then drag all of the contents from your camera into that disk image. Now you backup the image and place it on other media. It is a file that can be opened and closed. When opened, it looks like a drive to the system and iMovie sees the contents just as it would from the camera.
It might be best to create a sparse image which will dynamically grow as needed to a maximum size. So if your camera holds 32GB, then create such an image. If only 8GB are used on your camera, then when you copy that over, your sparse image will only be about that size, not the whole 32GB.
Test before removing your content from your camera.
SophiaQ, you need to give more information. Like editor version for instance. Is the camera seen as a hard drive where you can look at the folders in it via the Finder? Ditto for the card reader method.
xStep,
Someone else shot some footage for me on a Sony CX-100 and sent me MTS files. So I'm in that dreaded situation of not having the camera. Is there any way I can ingest these files into FCP?
I tried all the above and the only thing that worked is having imovie open, connecting the usb, pressing disc burn. This did not burn a disc but automatically imported the movie in imovie. Now because I didn't think this would work I had been copying the files from the camera to an external drive in their original format. How do i get imovie to read those, so far nothing has worked.
Please send a picture of "disc burn" in context of the iMovie. It sounds to me that you do have importing working.
I suggest reviewing the tutorials on Apple's site. Choose 'Video Tutorials' under the Help menu.
See my previous post above. You are not suppose to manually drag the video files off of the camera by them selfs via the Finder. In another previous post I mention dragging all of the files to a disc image. I've seen people saying they have done that.
Apparently iMovie has some kind of ability to archive your camera content. Type 'archive' in the help search box, without the quotes.
Sony HDR-CX 100 definitely works!
The Sony HDR-CX 100 definitely works, I just bought this handy cam for my son as an early Christmas gift. After 3 or 4 hours of getting familiar with the cam and downloading some conversion software...all I can say is "SIMPLY AWESOME"
What I did was plug the usb cord into the cam and your computer, then on the LCD Display of the cam select usb connect at the top left, this automatically opens iphoto which you will not need to get the video to your computer but allows the cam to appear on your desktop, so once iphoto opens, the icon for the cam appears on your desktop, it will be titled "NO NAME". Now what you need is some software to extract the .mts file from your cam. I downloaded and purchased "ClipWrap" from Divergent Media, works seamlessly! Open clipwrap and select add file by locating your cam on the desktop throught the menu within clipwrap, now the file your looking for within your cam is a .mts file, it will be in the AVCHD Folder then open BDMV Folder, then open the STREAM folder and there it is! now click the file and then open. Once that is done click convert and make sure you save to a familiar place on your computer ahead of time before you click convert so you can find your movie easily. ClipWrap converts it to a .mov file from there you can do anything with it, and clipwrap converts it seamlessly without any degregation whatsoever. Once you learn this you will love your new sony HDR-CX 100 handycam! Oh, and make sure you set your cam to film in HD FH, thats the hightest quality HD, and don't download and try other conversion software I tried several and none can come close to ClipWrap, so save yourself some time and just download ClipWrap, you'll like it.
The Sony HDR-CX 100 definitely works, I just bought this handy cam for my son as an early Christmas gift. After 3 or 4 hours of getting familiar with the cam and downloading some conversion software...all I can say is "SIMPLY AWESOME"
What I did was plug the usb cord into the cam and your computer, then on the LCD Display of the cam select usb connect at the top left, this automatically opens iphoto which you will not need to get the video to your computer but allows the cam to appear on your desktop, so once iphoto opens, the icon for the cam appears on your desktop, it will be titled "NO NAME". Now what you need is some software to extract the .mts file from your cam. I downloaded and purchased "ClipWrap" from Divergent Media, works seamlessly! Open clipwrap and select add file by locating your cam on the desktop throught the menu within clipwrap, now the file your looking for within your cam is a .mts file, it will be in the AVCHD Folder then open BDMV Folder, then open the STREAM folder and there it is! now click the file and then open. Once that is done click convert and make sure you save to a familiar place on your computer ahead of time before you click convert so you can find your movie easily. ClipWrap converts it to a .mov file from there you can do anything with it, and clipwrap converts it seamlessly without any degregation whatsoever. Once you learn this you will love your new sony HDR-CX 100 handycam! Oh, and make sure you set your cam to film in HD FH, thats the hightest quality HD, and don't download and try other conversion software I tried several and none can come close to ClipWrap, so save yourself some time and just download ClipWrap, you'll like it.
The Sony HDR-CX 100 definitely works!
The Sony HDR-CX 100 definitely works, I just bought this handy cam for my son as an early Christmas gift. After 3 or 4 hours of getting familiar with the cam and downloading some conversion software...all I can say is "SIMPLY AWESOME"
What I did was plug the usb cord into the cam and your computer, then on the LCD Display of the cam select usb connect at the top left, this automatically opens iphoto which you will not need to get the video to your computer but allows the cam to appear on your desktop, so once iphoto opens, the icon for the cam appears on your desktop, it will be titled "NO NAME". Now what you need is some software to extract the .mts file from your cam. I downloaded and purchased "ClipWrap" from Divergent Media, works seamlessly! Open clipwrap and select add file by locating your cam on the desktop throught the menu within clipwrap, now the file your looking for within your cam is a .mts file, it will be in the AVCHD Folder then open BDMV Folder, then open the STREAM folder and there it is! now click the file and then open. Once that is done click convert and make sure you save to a familiar place on your computer ahead of time before you click convert so you can find your movie easily. ClipWrap converts it to a .mov file from there you can do anything with it, and clipwrap converts it seamlessly without any degregation whatsoever. Once you learn this you will love your new sony HDR-CX 100 handycam! Oh, and make sure you set your cam to film in HD FH, thats the hightest quality HD, and don't download and try other conversion software I tried several and none can come close to ClipWrap, so save yourself some time and just download ClipWrap, you'll like it.
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The Sony HDR-CX 100 definitely works, I just bought this handy cam for my son as an early Christmas gift. After 3 or 4 hours of getting familiar with the cam and downloading some conversion software...all I can say is "SIMPLY AWESOME"
What I did was plug the usb cord into the cam and your computer, then on the LCD Display of the cam select usb connect at the top left, this automatically opens iphoto which you will not need to get the video to your computer but allows the cam to appear on your desktop, so once iphoto opens, the icon for the cam appears on your desktop, it will be titled "NO NAME". Now what you need is some software to extract the .mts file from your cam. I downloaded and purchased "ClipWrap" from Divergent Media, works seamlessly! Open clipwrap and select add file by locating your cam on the desktop throught the menu within clipwrap, now the file your looking for within your cam is a .mts file, it will be in the AVCHD Folder then open BDMV Folder, then open the STREAM folder and there it is! now click the file and then open. Once that is done click convert and make sure you save to a familiar place on your computer ahead of time before you click convert so you can find your movie easily. ClipWrap converts it to a .mov file from there you can do anything with it, and clipwrap converts it seamlessly without any degregation whatsoever. Once you learn this you will love your new sony HDR-CX 100 handycam! Oh, and make sure you set your cam to film in HD FH, thats the hightest quality HD, and don't download and try other conversion software I tried several and none can come close to ClipWrap, so save yourself some time and just download ClipWrap, you'll like it.
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Alright,
well I got the Cx100 for christmas (today) and spent nearly 2 hours trying to figure out how to use it with Imovie (09 only), in case you do not have final cut. I finally figured it out.
Open Imovie, and plug in the camera to your usb port. On the Lcd camera screen, choose the top left option. I movie should instantly open up a box with all your videos displayed, asking what you want to import.
NOTE: If you are importing HD, you must only have HD footage on your camera. I movie will not recoginize HD if you also have SD video on your camera.
Also, memory is used up tremendously when importing. Macs generally have a lot of memory, and mine has 250 GB. But, I import onto my desktop instead, because that has 500+ GB of space. Delete any old videos you dont use.
Hope this helps
well I got the Cx100 for christmas (today) and spent nearly 2 hours trying to figure out how to use it with Imovie (09 only), in case you do not have final cut. I finally figured it out.
Open Imovie, and plug in the camera to your usb port. On the Lcd camera screen, choose the top left option. I movie should instantly open up a box with all your videos displayed, asking what you want to import.
NOTE: If you are importing HD, you must only have HD footage on your camera. I movie will not recoginize HD if you also have SD video on your camera.
Also, memory is used up tremendously when importing. Macs generally have a lot of memory, and mine has 250 GB. But, I import onto my desktop instead, because that has 500+ GB of space. Delete any old videos you dont use.
Hope this helps
It is iMovie, not I Movie.
When importing from HD cameras, iMovie converts the video to a codec that is appropriate for editing. The reason is that the AVCHD format isn't meant for editing and takes a ton of processing power to edit. The unfortunate affect is the size of the resulting file is extremely large compared to the file on the camera.
ok i am in the same situation as you, however
1) imovie does not automatically open up on my macbook pro. i have to open i movie.
2) HOW DO YOU import the footage onto the desktop. everytime i try to import its asks me to add or create a new event on imovie. I want the footage on my desktop, not in imovie? anyhelp?
Thank you
iMovie is an editor and a video file management system. You do not get to choose random places where the video that you import ends up.
The short answer is that iMovie places your movies in '~/Movies/iMovie Events/<eventName>' or '<harddrive>/iMovie Events/<eventName>'. The tilde is your home folder, while '<harddrive>' is the top level of another hard drive that isn't your startup drive. Of course '<eventName>' is the name you choose or the default you allowed iMovie to choose for the import event name.
Note that if you move the imported video from those locations, it is likely that iMovie will not be able to edit the video because it will have lost knowledge of where it is. If you edit the video in place using another tool, iMovie may choke on that new version too.
Live within the constraints of iMovie, or find another editor that allows you to be as messy as you'd like. Hint: Final Cut is not the answer.
Turns out to be a USB Cable Problem
I have been trying different things to try to make my HDR-CX100 work with iMovie 09 on Snow Leopard 10.6.2. It only show "PREPARING" and stayed there forever. It was frustrating because many had reported it work on Leopard OS and iMovie 09. I finally figured out the issue is with the USB cable. Instead of the first cable that never connect, I used my Blackberry USB cable to connect the camera to my iMac and voila it works!! iMovie recognize the camera automatically and displayed the import window. My system setup is as follows...
iMac Snow Leopard 10.6.2
iMovie 09
Sony HDR-CX100 camcorder.
I have been trying different things to try to make my HDR-CX100 work with iMovie 09 on Snow Leopard 10.6.2. It only show "PREPARING" and stayed there forever. It was frustrating because many had reported it work on Leopard OS and iMovie 09. I finally figured out the issue is with the USB cable. Instead of the first cable that never connect, I used my Blackberry USB cable to connect the camera to my iMac and voila it works!! iMovie recognize the camera automatically and displayed the import window. My system setup is as follows...
iMac Snow Leopard 10.6.2
iMovie 09
Sony HDR-CX100 camcorder.
i have both fce and adobe premiere pro cs4 and i am not having trouble with premiere only fce and i dont have to first put it through imovie
How I got it to work.
Well I shot in SD and HD on first receiving the camcorder, before I knew iMovie wouldn't recognize it when both formats are there. I tried deleting the SD content but still no go. Since what I shot wasn't too important I just pulled the files off by drop and drag. Then I erased everything else on the Camcorders flash memory (I already had it set to shoot HD video) and allowed the camera to reset up the file system. Works great now!
Well I shot in SD and HD on first receiving the camcorder, before I knew iMovie wouldn't recognize it when both formats are there. I tried deleting the SD content but still no go. Since what I shot wasn't too important I just pulled the files off by drop and drag. Then I erased everything else on the Camcorders flash memory (I already had it set to shoot HD video) and allowed the camera to reset up the file system. Works great now!
some suggestion.
I have a Sony HDR CX 100, and I do not have problem for import with imovie, but the problem is the video it grows to much, and it fills to me hard drive, example a project 45 minutes it takes me 120 GB, as serious the best form to export it without losing quality?
thank
I have a Sony HDR CX 100, and I do not have problem for import with imovie, but the problem is the video it grows to much, and it fills to me hard drive, example a project 45 minutes it takes me 120 GB, as serious the best form to export it without losing quality?
thank
Oh No!
That's because you typed in the address wrong!
Here's the real one, yes it works and yes it was written in the manual.
http://guide.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/mac/ms/us/
I just bought the HDR-CX100 from Best Buy last night. Two different salesmen there told me it would work with the Mac.
Got it home. It dosent.
The manual says to go to web site http://guide.d.imaging.son.co.jp;/mac/ms.us/ and down load software. But that site dosent' exist.
I called Apple support and they don't have it on their list to support.
Tried Soney Website, and the only software they offer is Microsoft.
I'll take it back tomorrow. Although I like the camera very much. I dosen't seem to want to work with the Mac.
That's because you typed in the address wrong!
Here's the real one, yes it works and yes it was written in the manual.
http://guide.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/mac/ms/us/
You have been very helpful. Everything works, including the ClipWrap. My problem now is that only the HD files work. And when I work with the converted, imported files in FCE it takes forever to render the files. I have a brand new Macbook Pro, so it really shouldnt take that much time, but it does. Any way around that?
Do the imported clips match with the sequence settings? If not, they should be and you should use the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) for video and Uncompressed for audio.