Is it easy to upload to the computer? As a frequent youtuber, I need a camera that can easily upload the footage to the computer. Is this one for me? Also what format does it record in? I would appreciate an explanation of the uploading process for this camera. Thanks! Is it easy to upload to the computer? As a frequent youtuber, I need a camera that can easily upload the footage to the computer. Is this one for me? Also what format does it record in? I would... » Read More Is it easy to upload to the computer? As a frequent youtuber, I need a camera that can easily upload the footage to the computer. Is this one for me? Also what format does it record in? I would appreciate an explanation of the uploading process for this camera. Thanks! « Show Less
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how do i upload it to the computer thru USB.... im trying to put up a video to facebook but am having great difficulty. pls help!
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No, it is not an easy upload. If this is for youtube check out the flip by pure digital.
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I found camera to computer transfer easy with the included software. It's plug, click and wait. The software downloads from the camera, deletes from camera's memory if you want, and generates copies in the program. The program itself is an archival program that allows tags to be created for easy organization or quick-find searching. There are also some limited editing tools. As far as internet uploads, I don't do that so I cannot tell you if that is simple. Still, this is an incredibly high-quality camera. I use it for my brother's cello performances and both audio and video are amazing.
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You have to manually do this in the file system in the camera. Plug this in to your computer and look for the videos in the camera file system and cut and paste to your computer. My suggesting would be to send the camera back if you can. This was a terrible purchase and I should have returned mine!!
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How do you record something on it? I want to put it inside of a stuffed animal and don't want what was recorded on it to be erased. So is it real easy to rerecord?
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I've tried to upload it to my Mac and it does not recognize the camcorder at all!! It is so frustrating! anyone know what I am doing wrong?
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You can access the camera through a web browser and set it up-- no software needed. Once it's set up, you do not need a computer running any software for it to record, save, caption motion, email, etc. You do need some sort of network storage (NAS drive) of course. The camera comes with a small CDROM which has a few utilities which you do not need, and two rudimentary security programs that can be used to watch recorded videos of multiple cameras. They are not very good and you will probably want to get other software for that purpose. The documentation on the CD isn't great, but it works. It's broken English, but understandable.
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Yes. It is very easy to record straight to your PC to be viewed later. I also recommend using a MicroSD card which will allow you to pull up videos anytime form any device like your smartphone.
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The Pixela software referenced by C. Suntra did the trick for me, although it does require that extra step of interpreting the footage into iMovie-friendly format. I've gone back and forth about keeping or returning the camera since it's not Mac-friendly, but have decided to keep it. I've learned that there really aren't any current hard drive camcorders on the market that are Mac-friendly. The Amazon price was the best I found after shopping around.
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Hi Scott, I bought this unit about a year after it first came out (2007). Mine came with the standard 30Gb hard drive with the zif interface. The unit came standard with a USB cable, video out cables (no HDMI cable), a remote control that you could use to control recording, zoom in/zoom out and playback control if you connect it to a TV/monitor. I personally swapped the original 30Gb drive with a 80Gb drive (had to since the 30Gb drive completely failed). Any additional filters, were not part of the standard package. Any modern Windows or Mac computer can deal with the AVCHD movie files that this camera produces. It has been a stalwart for the six years I have owned it, and its optic zoom lens is really more than decent. Of course, nowadays, 1080p can be achieved easily with an iPhone, but trust me, the crappy lenses that all smartphones come with along with their crappy digital zoom, will never be able to match the performance of a good optical lens -- that is just reality. That being said, new cameras which support 4k recording are not that expensive these days -- the problem that you will have is that smooth 4k digital editing requires fairly powerful hardware. I can honestly say, that today's consumer/prosumer level computer hardware/software can finally be used to edit 1080p AVCHD files smoothly -- so let me see, six to seven years before the hardware/software became up to snuff to edit the video from this camera? How many more years before 4k can be smoothly edited? I still use this camera to this day -- colors are kind of toned down, but other than that, excellent video/sound output. And of course, the night mode is impressive -- you can take monochrome videos in absolute darkness.
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This is a very limited computer, it has a web cam with less than average quality. Of course you can record videos with it and upload them to youtube, but again they are low quality. More advanced video processing, editing, may be out of the league of this laptop.
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There is a secure digital slot for removeable memory.I record to that removeable card and copy what ever I recorded to my computer.The other way is to use the provided cable to link up the whole camera to a computer.The sd card is by far the quickest and easiest.....
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So I ended up using the photofun studio and I could watch the vids. I actually could upload them directly to youtube from there too, but I didn't record them in jpeg and that was my problem. Thanks for the help though!
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I have never been able to get the camera to record more than a few seconds of video. I have not taken the time to figure it out. I think that I should not HAVE to figure it out. You put in an SD card, you record, you replay, you're happy! Not this one.
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Sorry not certain I am Not a mac user. Email in a few days at fttvienna@aol.com and I can help you out. At this time I am out of town and can't supply much detail. As you may or may not be aware Video software capture and processing is a complicated process. MANY MANY products are out there. I purchased something on line that converts formats and MAC type was one of the. and there are many types of programs out thereCamera came with software that stores video in three formats I had no issues with Storing and editing. You also have to piece all the points you create when you use Pause feature because camera creates a separate video clip each time you pause. Software supplied with camera does handle that Sorry not certain I am Not a mac user. Email in a few days at fttvienna@aol.com and I can help you out. At this time I am out of town and can't supply much detail. As you may or may not be aware Video software capture and processing is a complicated process. MANY MANY products are out there. I purchased something on line that converts formats and MAC type was one of the. and there are many types of programs out thereCamera came with software that stores video in three formats I had no issues with Storing and editing. You also have to piece all the points you create when you use... » Read More Sorry not certain I am Not a mac user. Email in a few days at fttvienna@aol.com and I can help you out. At this time I am out of town and can't supply much detail. As you may or may not be aware Video software capture and processing is a complicated process. MANY MANY products are out there. I purchased something on line that converts formats and MAC type was one of the. and there are many types of programs out thereCamera came with software that stores video in three formats I had no issues with Storing and editing. You also have to piece all the points you create when you use Pause feature because camera creates a separate video clip each time you pause. Software supplied with camera does handle that « Show Less
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well, miss Jennifer, the one that i bought didnt even work. i couldnt make it record or even start to do anything. the handful of forums i found about this item said simply: either the software works for you, or it doesnt. so i wouldnt trust it. yes, its cheap and looks easy, but you get what you pay for, ya know? my advice, if you havent bought it alrady, dont waste your time or money. hope this helps a little. :)
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It may be just me, but I rarely upload raw, straight video from camera to Youtube. I think every video could use a little clean up and editing before posting. Unless you have something earth shattering, take the time to make it look good. That said, I'm not sure if YouTube will take the native file format of this camera or not. The files are large - reason two for making edits and 'right-sizing' the files. You can make the files the best they need to be for whatever service you upload them to. Finally, I can confirm, without a doubt that this camera does not have the ability to do a wireless file transfer. Good luck!
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Yes. I have an 8GB sd card which will allow about an hour and 20 minutes of video and about 2000 picture files. So 4GB is no problem As for transfer / upload to computer, I have no problem transferring to my desktop this way as well. A little tricky at first - it won't pop a window up automatically and tell you what you can do. You have to go to "My Computer" and right-click the icon on your E drive or whichever drive the camera connects to using the USB cord and port. You should be able to figure it out from there. Hope this helps, and have fun! Just a word to the wise: When recording video with this camera, audio distortion can happen if the sound (say, a music band) is very loud. This happened at a recent concert I attended. So stay back a bit from speakers and use your zoom for closeups.
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Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase. Hope this has been of help. cj Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase.... » Read More Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase. Hope this has been of help. cj « Show Less