No sound in Vado clips once copied to a mac: Videos play fine (WITH SOUND) in MPEG streamclip but i need to use Quicktime, no one else seems to have this problem after they install perian, whats the deal?
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I'm in the same boat with John. I have downloaded and installed Perian (recommended by Creative) and still no sound. I get great results moving to my PC, but iMovie and iDVD are only on my Mac. Anyone solved this?
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I don't know guys, I still haven't figured it out. Reading thru other posts here is making me think I'm going to return this thing. I really thought I'd like it, but if I can't string together my video clips to burn to DVD, WHAT is the point? It doesn't seem you can ask this question at the Vado official site either w/out first entering all the numbers off the box it came in. What a pain, I don't carry the box around w/ me. They also do not have an 800# that I can find on the site to call. Frustrating! I wonder how many customers they are losing?
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Did you try downloading DivX? It is free and needed to play the videos on my PC. It sounded like the chipmunks with no video.
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I have been able to play .mov, .avi, .mkv .jpg and mp3 files.So far I haven't found any video files that it won't play.It has played on the TV and any computer connected to my network.
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I've used the DS-20 for a long while with Mac OS X. I'm quite satisfied with it but truth be told, I stopped using the included DSS software to listen/transcribe the recordings on the Mac. Now I just plug in the DS20 into the USB port, see its icon on the desk top as a mounted disk, drag the recorded files from that icon into my own folder set up for transcribed files and that's it. Quicktime plays these files just fine. That way, I have a much simpler Mac OS X experience and no third party software to deal with.
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Hi there, almost all kind of videos I've been played on it, mp4, avi, mpg, mkv, flv with no problem. I've used dlna to share the videos from mac and pc. I hope this will help.
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Bought the same product, tried it on a 2008 Mac Book and a 2013 Mac Book. Great video, no sound. Didn't spend enough time fussing with it to get the sound working. If anyone has the sound working using this cable, it would be nice to hear how it's done.
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When i download my movies from this camera to my Mac, there is a disconnect between the video and the sounds. It's like a delay. Very annoying as i use it mostly for short clips of concerts. Also, there is a long delay between when i push the button for a photo and when it actually takes it (the photo). Are there fixes for for this? Operator error or is this the camera? Really thinking about selling it. But then what? I researched this for a long time and am disappointed.
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I have a question, I just picked out this camcorder as a Christmas present. My family just purchased it for me. I will be using it for my Senior Project Documentary (Needed to graduate college). I have a new Macbook Pro and will be editing on Final Cut Express 09. Does anyone know how the video quality will be with that? Also, will I have any compatibility issues? Lastly, how is the audio on this? I was going to invest into the external microphone. Has anyone had any issues with audio thus far? Thanks.
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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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The easiest solution (besides NOT taking vertical videos!) is to upgrade your Quicktime player to Quicktime Pro (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/). I assume that since you want to convert to AVI, you're a Mac user, but this is available for Windows folks as well. There are likely some cheaper shareware solutions out there too, but I've found that the upgrade to Quicktime Pro is well worth the 30 bucks, since it allows you to edit, rotate, and export to a variety of formats and file sizes. Hope this helps!
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I had no problem with transferring video. Sound came through fine. I went back and looked as I have only one video on my phone. I could not find the file on my laptop but it is in my Dropbox and it has sound. Tried to transfer again with cable and you are right, it had no sound. I cannot remember how I got it into my Dropbox.
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Records .avi files, something a bunch of MAC video players can handle easily. Playback is simple IMO.
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The company's site says: "Mac functionality limited to importing files from Vado/Vado HD and using them with QuickTime player and suitable video codecs. Vado Central software is not compatible with Mac OS."So, does that mean we cannot import to iMovie?
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only if you have your own software that will do that. It does not come with what is in this box. We separately downloaded the suggested program, but still have not figured out how to save the videos the kids make to view on our Mac system, let alone add sound to them. Very disappointed.
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I am having issues also. WMP doesn't recognize the files, KMPlayer plays audio and video but they are out of sync (video is too slow), Quicktime plays audio and video but the video is "jerky" and not as smooth as it should be, VLC was only playing the audio. I'm running out of things to try. -_-
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I was looking for a player as well. I was not happy with the lack of options in quicktime. I actually use itunes to view the videos now. I understand both are made my apple but I find there are more features in itunes...including a better full screen mode. I hope this helps. By the way, do you have the sd940 and are you happy with it?