How are you guys downloading the video files to a Mac? Anyone successful in doing this?
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I'm not sure why people insist on attaching the actual camera to the PC via USB - this is an unnecessary step.. STEP 1 remove SDHC card from camera, put in small reader (like a SanDisk MicroMate), plug reader into USB port of Mac (the card will "mount" as a disc image - hold on before you drag the files off the card) STEP 2 iMovie - start iMovie, it says camera detected and gives you thumbnails for selecting which scenes from the card you wish to import Final Cut Express - fce doesn't automatically detect the "camera" (still just the USB card reader), you click on an option called "Log and Transfer" - importing begins FINAL STEP - once you import the files into the editor of your choice (if you'll be editing), you can then drag the raw .mts files into the folder of your choice for archiving. I suggest obtaining a copy of Roxio Toast 9. the player plays these .mts files well and there is a component of the program that allows you to convert the files to almost anything simply put, getting the footage off of the Canon HF100 could not be easier be warned though, when iMovie transcodes the files to .mov, it expands them to near 10x the original .mts file size, so make sure to only do one project at a time if you're running low on HDD space
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Greetings, I have many files that were created on a Mac and converted to mov format saved on an external hard drive half-tera and have never had any problems when opening.Hope this helps
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how did work out? I am travelling and I have been trying to download video but with no luck on my laptop(mac G4). I tried the 4 pin to the usb, 4 pin to the 6 Firewire, and a couple other connectors.
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The video works fine with the Macs, but there is a known issue regarding the audio. The audio doesn't work with USB 3.0 ports. http://www.diamondmm.com/images/wpctvpromac/releasenotes.txt
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I'm sorry, but I don't use Macs. It produces .mov-files. Should not be a problem with Macs.
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To be more specific, do you end up with .mts or .mp4 files? I want .mp4 files so that I can just download the file to my computer and watch on my TV using the AppleTV box.
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It depends on the software used to import the video. I used iMovie on my iMac, the final output file format is MPEG-4.
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try downloading mpeg streamclip from the apple web site. It is free. This program converts the files from the camera into quicktime files that can be read by Imac editing programs. It will take a little bit to learn how to do it, but once you have it is really quite simple.
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You have to contact PERRLA and they will send you the link to download to a MAC
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You can download it onto a mac (that's what I use) by using either the memory card or the USB. Either works well to import into iMovie.
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I use AnyDVD, a program I purchased a several years ago and I think if works great. The company also offers cloneDVD2 which I use to burn the disks. These are separate programs that do different things but the two of them together give you unlimited possibilities. Automatic updates also come. I have been happy with the company and programs over a long period of time. I assume they have AnyDVD and CloneDVD2 for Mac also, but have not really checked. I have a PC. Check out their website. http://www.slysoft.com/download.html
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Are you saying that it's a problem to import the video files into the Mac? I'm using Leopard and Final Cut Express 4 and want to make sure that the files created by the FS100 can be edited by FCE4.
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Yes you can put it on the Mac. The file format for video are AVI and photos are JPEG. You might need to use another program free at the MacApp store to convert files for iMovie, but you definatly can put files on Mac to share.
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I am not sure if you can pass the video directly though the iMac via display port, but I know you can download the video from the SD card and play it though any number of video players on the iMac. I would suggest VLC or MPlayer as good Mac video players that will handle many different formats.
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I have a macbook pro (older, but running Snow Leopard) and it does download to imovie '09. Found out how to get around Sony trying to sabotage mac users from someone else on the internet, here is his tip: "I was able to import movies from my Sony HDR-CX100 using a USB cable by first opening iMovie, and then pushing "USB Connect" in the first screen, and then "Disk Burn" instead of "USB Connect" in the second screen. This produced an icon, which I did not get when I pushed "USB Connect" in the second screen. Once the icon appeared, the movie showed up on iMovie and I was able to import it." My experience was that only had to hit the "usb connect" to make it happen, not disc burn. But be patient, can take a while for your mac to find the files. I will say, Sony's intentional lack of compatibility with mac is almost enough to make me take the camera back though. I just purchased and may still return, even though it is a great camcorder.
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This is a common question. The answers are getting a bit old, like the Everio itself, but Google is your friend. I found the question at an Adobe help forum: https://forums.adobe.com/message/3154985 For Mac users, try: http://www.iskysoft.com/convert-tod/tod-video-converter-mac.html
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Yes, the software will give you an option for a destination for the captured videos. Just make sure that the drive is hooked up when you run the software and select that drive as a destination. Depending on the speed of the connection (USB/FireWire/Thunderbolt), it may take from a little to a lot longer than to do it to your local HD. If that turns out to be very slow, and you want to do a lot of converting at one time, another option is just to save one video to your Mac's drive, and then move it to the external HD while you're converting the next movie.