What is the format of the video? I want to open it on iMovie on a Mac?
353905
If you have VLC player on your iMac it won't matter. I use my MacBook Pro and just slide the SD card in and voila.
1927154
Thanks for the answers I received. I did find out that with my IMAC (newest version) I was able to use IMOVIE. Works fine.
1978546
It works great on a Mac, right out of the box. I use it with Final Cut Express. I assume it would work with iMovie too, but I haven't tested that out.
1213118
It's no problem. The included software doesn't launch automatically with Mac, you have to install it.But on my MacBook, I don't bother with the included software. Just drag the files to your Mac and you can play them in QuickTime, or import them into iMovie to string together and make movies.
138115
You need to buy the MPEG 2 codec from Apple's web site to be able to read the files created by this camera in iMovie, etc. I think it costs about $20.
140945
I have an iMac, and have had trouble downloading the videos too! iMovie, iDVD and the enclosed software don't work. I can get the stills, but not the video! argggh!Gretchen
2260393
It is mac compatible. You can use imovie with it, just like the original Vado.
475603
I have a Mac. However, I have Final Cut Pro, which I use to download footage from my Canon. So, although I have never used it with Mac software, it's possible it could work with iMovie.
1848119
It shoots in AVCHD, it's like a really big raw uncompressed file, it is pretty large file size, but looks great, I am a Final Cut guy I am pretty sure Premiere has a log and capture feature like FCP that converts it automatically to and intermediate codec for editing apple uses AIC or "Apple Intermediate Codec" I'm sure premiere does something similar, hope this helps
1609712
I am able to play the files taken on my dash cam on a Mac using either IMovie or IPhoto
2268429
Excellent review. My questions are: 1. After you made your 17 Gb movie did you burn it into iDVD? If so, how did you fit that size movie into a 4.7 GB DVD?ThanksSony DCR-SR100 novice mac user (G5 imac)
345943
I personally used iMovie on my Mac. I couldn't open it with any other application. I couldn't use the files with windows either. Not very happy with that, but it does take good video. All I can suggest is iMovie.
2101422
sorry for the late response....im assuming you want to know if the video format uses is compatible with imovie. i dont know if you can just drop in the video file stright from the sd card into imovie. but i know you can convert it to work. for example, i use adobe premiere cs3. i like to shoot with the mp4 setting in the camera. i cannot edit this format in premiere, so i convert the .mp4 file to an .avi file and edit. then export as mp4 for uploads. hope that helps.
2106194
Actually, I hooked up my little AipTek video camera to my eMac last night--it's true that iPhoto doesn't recognize videos recorded on it, but if you open its icon on the desktop and go to the video folder, and double-click on the file icon, Quicktime will play it. Good enough for me.
454968
its a widely known issue - macs dont recognise memory card formatted by this camera. it's a joke trying to get files onto iMovie...
1698588
You need to get MPEG StreamClip from squared5. Or another converter... the website is squared5 dot com This will convert your SD Video to MPEG2 with MPEG2 audio. The problem that blocks the mac from reading it normally is that the mac doesn't understand Dolby 5.1 audio yet. Also, you need to get apples MPEG-2 quicktime plugin. So, $20 to apple, and the free squared 5 application and you're editing in SD on a Mac in iMovie. Editing the AVCHD on a mac isn't yet supported. I'm hopeful that the next release if iMovie will fix this.
1973918
EXCELLENT! The only prob I have is my old computer is AVI and this camera is MOV. so my friend splices movies on his MAC for me. The videos are so clear!