HELP! I took videos and they won't transfer to my computer. So I just got this camera, and I love it but I'm having difficulty getting the videos I took, on to my computer. I have a 16gb memory card, and all the pictures show up fine. I took 3 videos at a concert and I can watch them on the camera, but they won't transfer to my computer. I even tried seeing if they had gone onto the cameras internal memory and it said that there was nothing on it. I had formatted the memory card before I got it, so that shouldn't be the problem. I don't know what I'm doing wrong! Can anyone help me? HELP! I took videos and they won't transfer to my computer. So I just got this camera, and I love it but I'm having difficulty getting the videos I took, on to my computer. I have a 16gb... » Read More HELP! I took videos and they won't transfer to my computer. So I just got this camera, and I love it but I'm having difficulty getting the videos I took, on to my computer. I have a 16gb memory card, and all the pictures show up fine. I took 3 videos at a concert and I can watch them on the camera, but they won't transfer to my computer. I even tried seeing if they had gone onto the cameras internal memory and it said that there was nothing on it. I had formatted the memory card before I got it, so that shouldn't be the problem. I don't know what I'm doing wrong! Can anyone help me? « Show Less
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Glad to hear that it works for you and you now have a manual. Sounds like you were only able to print one page of the manual per side on the printed sheet. There is a lot of GOOD info in that manual but I cannot study from the computer screen - like a comfortable chair and plenty of time (when needed) to study some subjects.You may find it beneficial to explore if you can print two pages per side (4/sheet). So many things associated with digital (any other fields) are relying on you to print their manuals.
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glad you got things figured out. I'm still not sure why you can't just copy from your SD card directly, but personnally, I prefer to use PhotoFunStudio, and only pull my SD card when I can't find the USB cable.As far as the wind noise, if you haven't already, go to the movie menu, and turn "Wind Cut" on.
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Great idea. We have all the major OS chains around here, I'll make some calls.
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The thing is, they're not even showing up as being on the card, but they show up when I go through the files on my camera. And I made sure they're actually ON the SD card, because it says my internal memory is empty. I was reading other posts and I think I may have recorded them in the wrong format? I don't know how to change that though...
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After much trial and error the ONLY way I was able to download my video was with PhotofunStudio. And then it was easy. Still have a hard time editing, no instructions that I can find. But what was the big shock was the wind noise!! Any clues on how to muffle wind noise?
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Thank you so much for the tip. I never intended to use the camera for video, so therfore I never read the instructions. I really wish the camera came with a manual. We travel a lot and the camera has so many functions I don't keep up. But I must say I love the Panasonic, the pictures are terriffic. I'm a SLR person, and got the Pansonic for ease of use and not having to lug all the lenses etc. around.
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On my SD card, the movies show up in the directory X:\DCIM\101_Pana, where X is the SD card.Personnally, I much prefer to load the supplied software and just plug in the computer. Once you've loaded PhotofunStudio, there is a button to import picture and video files. I find this easier.Also, I tend to record in the JPEG format vs the AVH format. No need for conversion on my computer.Good luck
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I agree on the manual. I took the .pdf file for the big manual to a local chain office supply store, and had them make a bound hard copy of the manual for me. It was ~$24 (in black and white-which is fine), but well worth it. Within 5 minutes of reading the manual, with cam in hand, I learned several things that I had glossed over due to the electronic-only version of the manual provided by Panasonic.
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So I ended up using the photofun studio and I could watch the vids. I actually could upload them directly to youtube from there too, but I didn't record them in jpeg and that was my problem. Thanks for the help though!
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Did you try to upload them with PhotoFunStudio? If so, you can always revert to removing the card from the camera and manually transferring them from the SD card to your computer.
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It may be just me, but I rarely upload raw, straight video from camera to Youtube. I think every video could use a little clean up and editing before posting. Unless you have something earth shattering, take the time to make it look good. That said, I'm not sure if YouTube will take the native file format of this camera or not. The files are large - reason two for making edits and 'right-sizing' the files. You can make the files the best they need to be for whatever service you upload them to. Finally, I can confirm, without a doubt that this camera does not have the ability to do a wireless file transfer. Good luck! It may be just me, but I rarely upload raw, straight video from camera to Youtube. I think every video could use a little clean up and editing before posting. Unless you have something earth shattering, take the time to make it look good. That said, I'm not sure if YouTube will take the native file format of this camera or not. The files are large - reason two for making edits and 'right-sizing' the files. You can make the files the best they need to be for whatever service you upload them to. Finally, I can confirm, without a doubt that this camera does not have the ability to do a... » Read More It may be just me, but I rarely upload raw, straight video from camera to Youtube. I think every video could use a little clean up and editing before posting. Unless you have something earth shattering, take the time to make it look good. That said, I'm not sure if YouTube will take the native file format of this camera or not. The files are large - reason two for making edits and 'right-sizing' the files. You can make the files the best they need to be for whatever service you upload them to. Finally, I can confirm, without a doubt that this camera does not have the ability to do a wireless file transfer. Good luck! « Show Less
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Thank you for the tip.I like the camera very much, great zoom, it also has facial recognition.If you get it, one little note, make sure the rec, is on when your recording.I believe I hit it too quick when I put the camera on, and it did not register.Yes I did not record a whole chunk that I thought I did.Wish you the best with your camera stuff.
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I too noticed that with the camera's internal memory, but not with my 2GB stick. btw, look at this product: Iogear USB 2.0 MEMORY CARD RW ( GFR202MSD ) in amazon, it is a pen drive which holds the memory stick inside it. Very cool and cheap, I'll be buying one. Oh, also, I was a bit disappointed with the video quality the first 2 days, then I noticed the default is "medium" quality, once I changed it to "high" quality, I decided THIS IS THE ONLY CAMCORDER I NEED.
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Everyone it tells me that its full i always refirmat card. takes less than 20 second to format and I'm making sure its recorded properly. If i wad u i would firmat it once a week if u get alot of recording. Tried it b4 and it didn't record over anyway. Told me it e was full and i reformatted its simple and if u really need the video then just grab the card and recorded into ur pc, just put the card into the pc, make a folder and copy over. Great camera though. Hoe that helps
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Yes. I have an 8GB sd card which will allow about an hour and 20 minutes of video and about 2000 picture files. So 4GB is no problem As for transfer / upload to computer, I have no problem transferring to my desktop this way as well. A little tricky at first - it won't pop a window up automatically and tell you what you can do. You have to go to "My Computer" and right-click the icon on your E drive or whichever drive the camera connects to using the USB cord and port. You should be able to figure it out from there. Hope this helps, and have fun! Just a word to the wise: When recording video with this camera, audio distortion can happen if the sound (say, a music band) is very loud. This happened at a recent concert I attended. So stay back a bit from speakers and use your zoom for closeups.
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I had a 4gig that I transferred from my old camera and it never got full even after close to two thousand pictures but I never recorded video with it which takes up a lot more data. I hope this was helpful.
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K., I am sorry, we have used the SD card to dump still shots onto instead of taking up the limited space... we have not used it for video. Typically we shoot our segments, put them to an editing program within a week and clear the memory to optimize its limited space. Sorry I could not be of more help. You may consider going to Canon's help site to see if they have a resolution.
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I'm pretty sure THE CARD NEEDS TO BE RE-FORMATTED. Put the card in an adapter (may have come with the card, mine did) connect it to your computer and format it. If you don't know how to do any of this go to you tube and do a search for S5 memory card
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I have always unloaded my pictures via my camera card into my computer. I tried previously and it did not recognize the card. The other day I started the process of learning to connect via WIFI. I created the "camera name" and went to the Canon website. I eventually became frustrated and decided to try inserting my card again into my laptop. This time it worked. So I was able to unload all my pictures the way I was used to doing. Maybe this would be another option for you to try??
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Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase. Hope this has been of help. cj Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase.... » Read More Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase. Hope this has been of help. cj « Show Less
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I currently am very impressed with the camera. I have two of them and have had them almost two years. I cannot answer your question specifically regarding the 16 gig card but I can tell you that I use an 8gig card for video only with thirty second clip rates. the longest I have left them without checking them was two months and I had almost two hundred video clips of animals. I have never filled up the card. This is during rut in Wisconsin so I think a 16 gig card would last forever, as long as the camera excepted it which is what I am uncertain of. Good luck, cameras are the best I have ever had, way better than Wildgame or Cuddieback from personal experience. I currently am very impressed with the camera. I have two of them and have had them almost two years. I cannot answer your question specifically regarding the 16 gig card but I can tell you that I use an 8gig card for video only with thirty second clip rates. the longest I have left them without checking them was two months and I had almost two hundred video clips of animals. I have never filled up the card. This is during rut in Wisconsin so I think a 16 gig card would last forever, as long as the camera excepted it which is what I am uncertain of. Good luck, cameras are the best I have... » Read More I currently am very impressed with the camera. I have two of them and have had them almost two years. I cannot answer your question specifically regarding the 16 gig card but I can tell you that I use an 8gig card for video only with thirty second clip rates. the longest I have left them without checking them was two months and I had almost two hundred video clips of animals. I have never filled up the card. This is during rut in Wisconsin so I think a 16 gig card would last forever, as long as the camera excepted it which is what I am uncertain of. Good luck, cameras are the best I have ever had, way better than Wildgame or Cuddieback from personal experience. « Show Less
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What have you tried for transfering the photos? I've never had a problem loading pictures with my USB, as well as by simply loading my memory stick into an sd converter. I'm really not sure I'll be able to answer if those two options do not work.
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Thomas, I love the camera!!! It's extremely easy to transfer the videos to your PC to edit. I have found that even though the software initially permits "frame to frame" editing, it actually edits in segments on the PC. When transferring to "YouTube" I have lost the last segment, yet, I'm a novice at this. It is possible to edit on the camera directly which I have not yet tried. The camera is new to me and I wasn't yet confident enough that I may loose my videos while editing on the camera. The camera is amazing for far distance shooting, the main reason for my purchase. Hope this has been of help. cj
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That's correct that one file had no data at all, and technically its file name itself was the data. I have no idea why it would not work. It worked for me, and all I did was copy the files to the root directory of the card, put the card in the camera, turn it on, and the upgrade went as expected. The instructions say that if you leave the files on the card, the upgrade will happen each time you turn on the camera.I'd suggest making sure that the files didn't get copied to a sub-directory (such as DCIM or the one with the videos) by mistake. You can also check the firmware version again just to see if it changed. That's correct that one file had no data at all, and technically its file name itself was the data. I have no idea why it would not work. It worked for me, and all I did was copy the files to the root directory of the card, put the card in the camera, turn it on, and the upgrade went as expected. The instructions say that if you leave the files on the card, the upgrade will happen each time you turn on the camera.I'd suggest making sure that the files didn't get copied to a sub-directory (such as DCIM or the one with the videos) by mistake. You can also check the firmware... » Read More That's correct that one file had no data at all, and technically its file name itself was the data. I have no idea why it would not work. It worked for me, and all I did was copy the files to the root directory of the card, put the card in the camera, turn it on, and the upgrade went as expected. The instructions say that if you leave the files on the card, the upgrade will happen each time you turn on the camera.I'd suggest making sure that the files didn't get copied to a sub-directory (such as DCIM or the one with the videos) by mistake. You can also check the firmware version again just to see if it changed. « Show Less
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I dont own one of these cameras but Im currently borrowing one from a friend, its the 8gb newest generation. I take my video, plug it into my Macbook pro, go to iMovie, click "import video from camera" and im done.
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its a widely known issue - macs dont recognise memory card formatted by this camera. it's a joke trying to get files onto iMovie...