JVC Everio

is your camera listed here...? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306171

I have a JVC GZ-MC500 that recors on CF cards... the compatiblity list shows JVC GZ-MG505 which records on HDD. I hope the difference will not be that great.
I tired of converting the .mod files with MpegStreamclip before importing them to iMovie...

bye

According to JVC the key is if your camera has a Firewire Connection. iMovie 08 will only directly import via Firewire. JVC MG505,155,555 all have firewire transfer. JVC says the .mod file format is the same however, ason the GZ MG27 and other JVC hard drive cameras and I speculate that if you drag the files over to the iMac via the USB, iMovie will be able to import them. If anyone can confirm that I would be most interested.

Actually, if you watch the "iLife in depth" video on the apple website (the one that's about 20 minutes long), they clearly show (and say in the narration) a camera being connected via USB. I think all MPEG-2 and AVCHD cameras are USB-based.
I imagine that JVC's knowledgebase articles are based on the last version of iMovie, not iMovie '08.

That is right. iMovie8 can directly control "SOME" USB 2 cameras.

But you have to have the right computer also.

I have the MG27 JVC Everio and will try to put the issue to bed for myself by taking my USB2 camera to the Apple store and test iMovie 08 (as soon as thy have it up and running in the store...not yet as of today)

yes it works with the everio cameras. I have the mg-555
BUT the sound is not being imported!!!1
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maybe it's just my system?

and yes I had it connected via USB2

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I have the Everio GZMG27US hard drive camera. After being told by the apple care iMovie expert that it would not work with iMovie08, I took my camcorder to the Apple store hooked it up via USB and iMovie opened and showed all the clips immediately. (I did not have to drag them tothe iMac drive or convert them to digital video. ) I could then, within iMovie, selectively import the .MOD files from the hard drive automatically, or, choose import all. It was slick. That put to bed a lot of misinformation..it did not need firewire. I would speculate that it will work with all the Everio Cameras as mine is a early 2006 model and Apple has already tested the latest MG155,505,and 555. the file structre on the hard drives is all the same. I bought my iMovie08 on hte spot...bye bye streamclip and visual hub!!!!

correction on my previous post, the model is gz-mg555

The adventure continues. When I got back home from the Apple store I installed iLife8 opened i movie 08 hooked up my JVC Everio GZMG27 via USB, the Everio HDD showed on the desktop of the iMac but iMovie would not import the movie files, they were all dimmed. I tried importing, dragging and every other thing I could think of. iMovie when you said capture from camera went to iSight, and no otehr camera was available.
Then, i shut everything down,restarted the mac, hooked up the camera, THEN opened iMovie and all my clips showed up just like at the apple store without having to open the Everio HDD. For some reason you have to have the camera up before you open iMovie for it to see the camera.

Are you aware that there is a button next to the Horizontal green sound level bars under the view window that turns off sound for skimming?

yes, thanks 🙂
There is no sound at all when you skim, preview or see it in full mode.
I even located the Quicktime movie in the file structure and there is no sound there either.
The green bars show no sound.

The genius at the Apple store had no clue and we tried another system with a fresh image of the drive.

I also talked to some Apple techs and they are filing a bug report for the Apple engineers.

Also no sound with JVC GZ-MG77E.

update: in the import menu when you preview a file, you hear sound.

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I have a JVC Everio GZ-MG21U. It records video in MPEG2 format and used the .MOD files.

Using iMove08, I was able to see all movies stored on the camera by first haveing the camera pluged in via USB2, and turned on in playback mode. In the preview window all the videos were there and the sound worked correctly, I could hear all clips.

I then did an automatic import to an external firewire dirve, took about 15 minutes but all clips came in. I started reviewing the clips from the earliest to the latest, this is where something interesting happened: The early clips had sound, the later ones did not.

If I had to guess, I would say it's a problem with the import.

Any suggestions?