flip USB cables frustration I know this does not come with the flip video ultra, but I bought the flip usb cables to use the flip more easily with my desktop imac. The cable goes onto the flip's usb arm, and you can daisy chain them to make a longer extension.However, I found that it took extreme force to get the orange cable onto the flip's usb arm. A second try with the white cable was as difficult. Removing the usb cables (which did work, once you got them on) was even more difficult--you really had to pull hard.Is there a design flaw here? Did anyone else try the flip usb cables? flip USB cables frustration I know this does not come with the flip video ultra, but I bought the flip usb cables to use the flip more easily with my desktop imac. The cable goes onto the... » Read More flip USB cables frustration I know this does not come with the flip video ultra, but I bought the flip usb cables to use the flip more easily with my desktop imac. The cable goes onto the flip's usb arm, and you can daisy chain them to make a longer extension.However, I found that it took extreme force to get the orange cable onto the flip's usb arm. A second try with the white cable was as difficult. Removing the usb cables (which did work, once you got them on) was even more difficult--you really had to pull hard.Is there a design flaw here? Did anyone else try the flip usb cables? « Show Less
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Thanks Mike. To be clear, I bought the Flip from costco online, where the cost of the camera included the cables (same price as Amazon). I would probably have bought a regular cable otherwise. But I am still curious if others have had this problem, assuming they did not take your advice first.
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I know you've already bought the Flip-branded cable, but try a plain ol' USB cable from another manufacturer. It'll be a lot cheaper and probably work better, too.
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hey Zack! although this tool will strip the plastic sleeve from the Cat5 cable I never use this. not sure whether you know this or not and pardon me if I'm stating the obvious but you don't strip the individual strands on Cat5 cable. anyway, I use a little yellow cable stripper to "strip" the plastic sleeve from the Cat5 cable, if you like I can find it for you, it's a simple yellow plastic tool that's around $7 I think. you place the Cat5 cable in the tool, it clamps down and you twist the tool around the cable 2-3 times, works well. I've never used the tripper in the crimping tools, they always cut into the strands too much imo hey Zack! although this tool will strip the plastic sleeve from the Cat5 cable I never use this. not sure whether you know this or not and pardon me if I'm stating the obvious but you don't strip the individual strands on Cat5 cable. anyway, I use a little yellow cable stripper to "strip" the plastic sleeve from the Cat5 cable, if you like I can find it for you, it's a simple yellow plastic tool that's around $7 I think. you place the Cat5 cable in the tool, it clamps down and you twist the tool around the cable 2-3 times, works well. I've never used the tripper in the crimping... » Read More hey Zack! although this tool will strip the plastic sleeve from the Cat5 cable I never use this. not sure whether you know this or not and pardon me if I'm stating the obvious but you don't strip the individual strands on Cat5 cable. anyway, I use a little yellow cable stripper to "strip" the plastic sleeve from the Cat5 cable, if you like I can find it for you, it's a simple yellow plastic tool that's around $7 I think. you place the Cat5 cable in the tool, it clamps down and you twist the tool around the cable 2-3 times, works well. I've never used the tripper in the crimping tools, they always cut into the strands too much imo « Show Less
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Marketing. It was packaged so it could be put on a stand and kept intact until the sale. It was no easier or harder to open than other similar products. All that said, it works fine on USB 1, USB 2 or USB 3 connections. I transfer files to and from it using my Apple iMac USB 3 connection and the transfer is "screamingly" fast. It was well worth the money spent.
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I got one for Christmas too (in black, not green tho!), but haven't tried to download any photos yet, so I'll have to get back to you. I have a new MacBook with 10.5, so we'll see... I guess your post has me a little concerned too now!Meanwhile, are you plugging into the USB port directly, or using a card reader (which will be MUCH faster because of USB2 speeds, vs USB1 through the camera's cable)? It might make a difference. Does iPhoto even recognize that a camera is plugged into the iMac, or does nothing at all happen?I'll update here in a day or two after I plug in my own camera to find out what happens... or DOESN'T happen! I got one for Christmas too (in black, not green tho!), but haven't tried to download any photos yet, so I'll have to get back to you. I have a new MacBook with 10.5, so we'll see... I guess your post has me a little concerned too now!Meanwhile, are you plugging into the USB port directly, or using a card reader (which will be MUCH faster because of USB2 speeds, vs USB1 through the camera's cable)? It might make a difference. Does iPhoto even recognize that a camera is plugged into the iMac, or does nothing at all happen?I'll update here in a day or two after I plug... » Read More I got one for Christmas too (in black, not green tho!), but haven't tried to download any photos yet, so I'll have to get back to you. I have a new MacBook with 10.5, so we'll see... I guess your post has me a little concerned too now!Meanwhile, are you plugging into the USB port directly, or using a card reader (which will be MUCH faster because of USB2 speeds, vs USB1 through the camera's cable)? It might make a difference. Does iPhoto even recognize that a camera is plugged into the iMac, or does nothing at all happen?I'll update here in a day or two after I plug in my own camera to find out what happens... or DOESN'T happen! « Show Less
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The USB portion of the device is rather tricky to use though it worked for me on first attempt because of certain circumstances. First I ordered the entire kit (meter, cable and software from a Chinese firm called Gain Express. They are reputable I have now purchased this kit for each of my test locations and for my technical crews. The second and what I only figured out today after my test facility told me they couldn't get it to work on their system is that you must run this program in XP SP3 compatibility mode. (Accomplish this buy Right Clicking on the program and selecting properties. Moving to the compatibility tabs and running in the above mentioned OS). After all this is accomplish a more expensive meter might have been a better choice but hope is not lost just stick with me. To finally read data on your computer screen you will need to have installed any serial converter to USB driver. Because of the nature of what I do this was done on my PC well before I ever bought this meter but this is a relatively rare driver. You can find this driver here (http://www.drivermax.com/driver/update/Ports/Gigaware/Gigaware-USB-to-Serial-Cable/481626) take care to download the drive and not click on the deceptive add in the page. Lastly the cable and meter logger software can be found from gain express at the URL below http://www.gainexpress.com/products/cdc-sl814cd-optional-software-cd-usb-cable-for-sound-level-meter Once you have installed the logger software and the serial to USB driver and change to run in compatibility mode you will need to reboot your PC to enable all changes and it should work for you. Hope this helps but I know this process is a pain. However I would rather spend 15 dollars on additional cables and 30 minutes in setup than buy 300 dollars at the cheapest meter that will work seamlessly
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I just started using the 8gb on an iMac with Leopard. After connecting the Walkman, it appears as a device mounted in the finder. One can just drag-n-drop items to the appropriate folder on the Walkman (VIDEO for movies, MUSIC for, well, music). The problem I'm having is determining the exact type of file formats it supports. It will play music downloaded from iTunes no problem--both protected and unprotected files. It will not, however, play files I rip from a CD with iTunes using its Apple Lossless Encoding. This boggles my mind. I am also having a terrible time trying to get movies to work. The Sony website has a tutorial explaining that video files need to be 320x240. Fine. I used Handbrake to convert a file to this size. It's encoded as H.264/AVC, which the Walkman documentation says is correct. It still won't play. So, it's definitely not as easy as an ipod. But, it sounds a lot better, and that's what counts. Meanwhile I'm sure I'll figure these things out--but the average user's head will probably explode trying to deal with this.
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It's USb only. It says to use double connectors, but I use it with only a single connector with my iMac; and it works fine. Using the double connector might make it a little faster, but this is fine for me.
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the Flip Mino HD has a lot of problems connecting with the Macs. Has anyone had a trouble connecting the usb on the Ultra?
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I haven't had very good luck with either. The last Flip camera I owned stopped working for no apparent reason and the Sony Bloggies tend to shut down in the middle of recording. I purchased about 10 of these last year and have used all of them. This seems to be a problem with all 10 of them. I wouldn't really recommend either product to tell you the truth.
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Look at my answer under the mac question. A very important detail is that the (white) cable is not a standard USB-mini cable. The fat head apparently has some circuitry in it to help make the cable look like a serial port. If you substitute an ordinary cable, it will not work. Other than that it's a bit finicky until it "clicks".
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See the discussion "Flip Not Fitting in Macbook USB." There are a lot of people facing the same problem. I had a little bit of a jerky problem on something I shot outside. I thought mine might be due to the fact that I had zoomed in and out. I need to shoot more video to really figure out what the problem is. Perhaps yours had to do with zooming?
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I have a MacBook Pro and just connect my Handycam to my Mac via the included USB cable. iMovie pops up and imports the clips just fine, with one annoying inconvenience: it imports each clip about 3 times and I have to delete the duplicates. I am running the Leopard OS and maybe that's the difference. However, very displeased with the short recording time, and the horrible video quality. My daughter's still camera takes MUCH sharper movies. What's the deal?
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Hi there, Jennifer. Are you using Windows or Mac? Do you have a program that can convert video files into different movie files into .mov .mp4 .flv .avi etc. Basically, you just have to connect this Video Camera Sunglass via USB cable that was provided to you when you bought it. If you have a program that corresponds to the movie file generated by this product - I don't remember whether it was .mov or .avi file then you will be able to see it. If not, then you will have to transfer the file onto your desktop or wherever you choose to as long as you remember where it is and then open a program that can convert this file that corresponds to your media and then you will be able to see it. Let me know if it helps or if there is something that you do not understand with my answer.
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I just bought a new Flip MinoHD and for the life I me, I can't seem to plug it in to either of the USB ports on my MacBook Pro! I don't want to force it. Am I crazy or is the Flip's male connector smaller?
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I only have a couple of software programs that recognize the quickcam and they do flip the image, but don't record mirrored or non mirrored. When I bought this cam it did not have any install disc for Macintosh only windows, but it works on macs. I use Photobooth and BTV pro for Macs.
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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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I had the same result. Very annoying. If you already have the older cable you just need to buy the adapter from Apple. Wish I knew that before I ordered this.