avchd on mac? I was thinking about getting a mac but was wondering if that would work better, also what apple machine would I need?
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NO, do NOT get a MAC. Overpriced and WAY over-hyped. I can edit 60p with ZERO chop on one of my meager core-duo laptops at 1.8ghz, with effects and PIP's, etc. no problem. You probably are not optimally configured both in hardware and software. What kind of hard drive do you have? This is a very likely culprit. I typically only edit on RAID0 configs because of their awesome speed, and this is where the bottle-neck is really. Also, get some real editing software. I've been using Edius for 10+ years now, and it is simply THE BEST NLE software I have ever used bar none (Vegas, Avid, Premiere Pro through CS4, and yes (sigh) Final Crap Pro). It is incredibly fast, stable, and supports mixed formats and more on a single timeline. Best wishes in any case.
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I hate mp4 format...I agree completely; that's the one thing that has kept me from buying any Apple device...I don't want everything in my audio library converted and not be able to play it on other systems. This is proprietary warfare and I'm not bowing down to Apple...
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So the camcorder does come with basic editing software to edit AVCHD files? Does it allow all types of transitions? Any cool features that stand out?Thanks...
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Thank you J. I'm sure the HV20 should work since it's DV Tape based and the video capture is made in real time.My concern is that since the HG10 works with a Hard Drive, the files copied to the computer may be in a format that the Mac cannot read... That would be a bummer.I've heard about some Sony AVCHD cameras not being compatible with the Mac and this is why I wonder about this one.I guess ultimately I can just get it and try it and return it if it doesn't work.Thanks again,Christian
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Mac all the way! This is so easy it's a miracle. This little unit does everything with the press of one button. It has provided my a capability for which I have longed for years. It's so easy, I think I'm missing a step or two...but I'm not.All you do is insert the flash card from the camera into your mac. It loads an AVI file. QuickTime player will then convert the file to a .mov file.
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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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Did you try watching movies from your mac? Are you happy with the viewing experience? Any kind of jittering... etc? I am just worried about the video card on the mini, it is the intel on board 9400 I guess. iMac comes with 256M/512M NVIDEA/ATI cards. What other features do you rate the most?
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No, I don't do any video editing on iMac. Using for just basic home use. Thanks
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You cannot have both audio and visual with the aforementioned hardware, my friend. The best you can do is plug speakers into your macbook's audio port. That's what I does. I hope my answer helped. Also, be sure to minimize your plugging in and out of ports with this cord. Mine broke in a month.
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The Lumix DSC-TS5 can record video in either AVCHD or MP4. Mac users must use the MP4 format not the AVCHD format. (You can use a 3rd party software to convert AVCHD to a format that iMovie can play. Just do an internet search. About $40-$50.) PC/Windows and HDTV users can use AVCHD. To make the mixed computer (PCs/MACs) people happy, use the MP4 format.
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Sorry, that is an AV setup question that is dependent on your computer and TV capability. Last I checked, USB is not the best AV connection choice when it works. Resolution and bus limitations alone are inferior to pure video output. The cable is excellent for computer to computer data transfer for migration from older Mac to newer Mac.
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Thanks! This looks great for the Mac, but a PC version (or parallel) would be great. Basically I'm looking for a timed way for a camera to come on a specific hour, and record until another hour, and then rotate the video files. Thoughts?
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I don't own a Mac, but I'm not aware of any way to share a screen from any OS, just push media to it (which you can do from a Mac, ostensibly, with AirPlay).
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I don't know why this is so I don't use AVCHD for any thing that I want to pass thru my computer. Perhaps Sony could furnish an answer but they might want you to buy some software. Good luck in your search
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Hi Matthew, Could you tell me which program you bought to convert so my Mac can recognize the hi res video? Thanks!
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Looks like it uses h.264 which is a quicktime format. Do you have quicktime installed? I'm a mac user and never use AVI's so I hope I'm correct in this assumption.
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Now, I'm very new to Mac so a lot of you Apple lovers probably know this already, but for Mac newbies (myself included), you need to go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES and choose DISPLAY, APPEARANCE and click on MIRROR DISPLAY to get the video on your TV. And to get the sound from your Mac to your TV go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES and choose SOUND, OUTPUT and click on BUILT-IN HDMI OUTPUT and that should do the trick. Hope that helps folks out there.