Hi Tony, do the SDHC card and Hard Drive on the camera show up on the
Mac at all? That would give you the drag and drop. However, you might
still have to do some conversion to get them into iMovie.
You cannot import directly into older versions of iMovie via a USB
cable. Macs always required the Firewire connection for direct
importing.
If you can't see the SDHC card and Hard Drive on the desktop when you
connect them via the USB cable, then you will have to purchase iLife
08 so that you have the latest version of iMovie that can import
video using a USB cable. This link shows cameras that are supported,
just doesn't happen to list your camera. However, it looks like your
camera would be recording in MPEG-2 which is supported.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306171
If the link doesn't work, try under Apple support for imovie.
I don't think there is a definite answer to your query, you may just
have to try it and see. The advantage of iLife 08 is that all of the
applications are enhanced and it only costs $99.
Susan.
On 27/08/2007, at 9:38 PM, Wilson Tony wrote:
One last try
I have purchased a Panasonic SDR H20 Video Camera
It ships with a USB cable for transfer to a computer and an Svideo
cable for TV connection
The TV aspect works fine but I cannot get movies on to my Mac Mini
via the USB cable.
Specifications say the recording media is an SD memory Card -
SDHC, and a 30GB HDD
The camera will record and play back via both the card and the hard
disk on the camera itself. However, what is required on the
MacMini to enable recognition of the .mov files recorded by the
camera.
It appears that buying the camera is only part 1. PC users receive
software to automatically accept the movie but Macintosh owners
have to flounder around without any assistance from the manual,
etc. I purchased on an understanding that the cameras were drag and
drop.
Is there anyone in our community able to direct me away from this
futile floundering darkness
I have downloaded MPEG Streamclip but it requires further payment
for a plug in. I read of your comments about iMovie 8 - is that the
answer? BTW, I come to this forum having checked many sites.
Sometimes new technology should be left to a small minority of
experts until it becomes old technology me thinks
TIA
Tony Wilson
Metal Artwork Creations
27 Ambridge St
Hamersley Western Australia 6022
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Tel: 08 9448 1517
Fax:08 9448 1221
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