iMovie 08 - only one Sound-channel with Panasonic hdc-sd1

I purchased mac1080hd and it is slow. I found that plugging in your SD HC card into a SanDisk micromat was faster for importing.

Since mac1080hd is made for copy to hdd, then convert, that is nice but you can't access your footage on the computer near as fast but I guess that is not what the software was intended for as it states firmly and plainly on their website.

So, overall, mac1080hd is good but my movies are showing up in white so I am not real pleased with it at the moment.

I sent my feedback directly to Apple via the links below......

You can write a product review here:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB0 15Z/A

Send your feedback directly to Apple here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/imovie.html

At the moment I am also testing two Sony camcorders: HDR-SR7E en HDR-CX6EK. The first is officially supported by Apple (iMovie '08 camcorder list) and the other is the latest memory card camcorder by Sony.
Both camcorders have 5.1 sound on board and YES these camcorders cause the same problem in iMovie '08.
There definitely is a 5.1 stereo downmix bug in iMovie '08.

I do hope Apple can and will fix this.

I have a MacBook Pro 2.2 LED model and I can't import from my HDC SD1 either. It will mount on my desktop and shows up correctly in System Profiler but iMovie 7 (08) can't see the HDC SD1 at all. The same camera imports just fine into a new MacBook Core 2 Duo. However that too have the sound balance problem experienced by other users. I wish Steve Jobs hadn't said it was great, because it isn't. I've tried everything, made a new user account, deleted all Quicktime plug-ins. Deleted iMovie 7 and all its cache files /prefs, re-installed iMovie. I've been on the phone to Apple support, they are stumped. I've been into see an Apple Solutions Expert for pro video, they are stumped. Nobody has a clue. I'm about to re-install everything and start from a virgin system. I'll report back.

Howdy...

Does anyone know if this issue has changed under Leopard?

Best,

Ben

Sadly this is not corrected with leopard.

simty -

I had to remove Flip4Mac from my system in order for iMovie to recognize the camera. It functions as a third party app for QT.

I eventually had to remove Flip4Mac to get iMovie to recognize the SD-1. Now, If I could only get 2 channels of sound. grr.

I'm having a very similar problem where the iMac/iMovie don't recognized my Panasonic PV-GS150. Is this a 10.5 issue?

Anyone have any good news about this issue? I'm this close to purchasing Voltaic.

got the same problem with the sd 1. only right channel. is that a problem of i movie 08 or i dvd? an apple operator told me about using roxio dvd burning software. it will support 5.1 audio. anyone knows some about this ?

what about the top menu of the burned dvd? there is absolutly 5.1 sound...but when the film starts ...its over..

Still no fix for this issue... I have created a video rant about this issue to illustrate the audio you get from the on camera mic on the hdc-sd1. I think anyone reading this post could use a laugh (although, in the video I am sad) - the video is titled Rantasonic and iScrewy. http://vimeo.com/391515

Take a look at the image in support of the video - you see tons of surround sound options in the audio export, yet all of them are grayed out or otherwise unavailable. Hopefully, a fix is available soon.

Bump. Not Answered.

it's been 4 months since this problem has been raised...