Problem importing from Panasonic SDR-S150.

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Problem importing from Panasonic SDR-S150.

According to the IMovie '08 support page, the Panasonic SDR-S150 MPEG-2 camera is supported by IMovie '08. But, when connected via USB cable, the program does not recognize the camera. Every time the SDR-S150 is connected via the USB cable, Aperture opens and downloads stills without any problem. But, no video shows up on the IMovie import screen. Attempt to import using +file>import movies+ also fails even though camera shows up as "No Name" drive. Even changing the file extension from .mod to .mpg or .mpeg does not work. I don't want to use streamclip to convert the .mod files to Quicktime because the resulting files are huge and it is very time consuming. Please help. I like this camera and it is very frustrating to be unable to load its video into my Mac.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Feb 23, 2008 9:04 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 24, 2008 7:36 AM in response to Benjamin NYC

I think you need a FIREWIRE connection to import Videos.
USB is too slow. Only good enough for pictures and photos.

(I read this somewhere in the support pages)

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Answer 2

Feb 24, 2008 7:53 AM in response to VictorHotel

Not true...this camera only has USB.

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Answer 3

Feb 25, 2008 10:36 AM in response to AppleMan1958

Sorry.

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Feb 25, 2008 11:14 AM in response to Benjamin NYC

If you open Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility) can you see you camera listed?

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Feb 25, 2008 8:25 PM in response to AppleMan1958

Yes. Disk Utility shows a 3.8GB Matshita SD Video Camera Media drive with a "No Name" volume underneath. Mount point is /volumes/NO NAME. Format is MS-DOS File System (FAT32).

Thanks Appleman. I appreciate any help you can give.

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Answer 6

Feb 25, 2008 8:45 PM in response to Benjamin NYC

I don't have your model but here are some things to try.

1) Make sure you are powering the camcorder with AC power not batteries.
2) Open iMovie before connecting the Camcorder
3) Connect the USB Cable and turn on the camcorder
4) Open the LCD screen of the camcorder. Does it give you a choice of Pictbridge vs. PC Mode. If so, choose PC Mode.
5) iMovie import screen should come up.

Also, make sure you have installed all software updates. (/Software Update). If the software update requires you to restart your Mac, then restart your Mac before proceeding. Install iMovie, iLife, Quicktime, and Leopard updates.

If that still does not work, try taking out your SD card and putting in a USB card reader.

If that still does not work, put the card back in the camcorder and make a disk image of the card using disk utility. After making the disk image, try formatting the card using your camcorder menu. Then retry shooting some footage and importing.

By the way, using MPEG streamclip should not create files any larger than iMovie will create using an import function.

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Problem importing from Panasonic SDR-S150.