My new MacBook will not import video from my Sony Handycam Hard disk Drive which I believe uses codec - MPEG 2. Software supplied was weindows based. Any idea on software that will convert video so I can view in Imovie? Just a warning I am a computer novice.
I have this same problem, so I downloaded Streamclip, but my problem is not that I can't convert the files to an editable format, it's that I can't even get the files on my machine. It doesn't appear that the Sony Handycam DCR-SR42 has a firewire option, although I could be wrong about that. Is it possible to get video onto a Mac via USB? I don't care about quality or anything. Just, is it possible at all? And yes, I know I screwed up by getting the wrong camera.
Take a look at my reply to 'theroadsplit' a few minutes ago. In your case, though, as an iMovie user, I think you will have to convert to DV, not Apple Intermediate Codec.