Sony Handycam DCR-SR45

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Sony Handycam DCR-SR45

Hello,
I bought a Sony Handycam DCR-SR45. Connected it to imovie 06 and it says no camera is connected
it is plugged in via usb, it is recognized by iphoo since it imports the photos.

Any ideas? Would an newer Imovie work or FCP?
Cause i only got a mac!

PowerBook G4 - 17", Mac OS X (10.4.9), Linksys Wireless Router. Canon ip4200 to pc via USB. iPod 4th gen 20 Gb

Posted on Jun 19, 2008 1:57 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 19, 2008 3:52 AM in response to Silver Edge

Hi Silver Edge-

Does that camera have a FireWire or iLink interface? If not, iMovie 06 will not recognize the camera as connected via USB.

iMovie 08 will work with these cameras via USB: iMovie ’08: Camcorder Support

This document may be helpful: iMovie: Using footage from DV and non-DV sources

Luck-

-DP

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Silver Edge Author

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Jun 19, 2008 6:14 PM in response to Silver Edge

Thanks, i get FCP and that should work!

Thanks again for help was thinking i had to grab the file from the hdd and drop in to imovie!

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Answer 3

Jul 8, 2008 5:53 AM in response to Silver Edge

what is FCP?

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Studio X

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Jul 8, 2008 6:38 AM in response to bigmanoncampus

Final Cut Pro. It is part of the Final Cut Studio suite of professional video editing applications.

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Jul 12, 2008 2:07 PM in response to Studio X

Is FCP the best way to go for editing and creating movies with videos transferred from a camcorder? My wife has a SR85 and we are having issues with editing. Mainly because with the QT MPG2 component you only get the video and no audio, and iMovie 6.0 won't play the audio either. I've downloaded MPEG Streamclip to watch the videos with audio but have no way of editing with that program. If FCP is the best way than I will buy that for both of us, if not, what is?

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Studio X

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Jul 13, 2008 1:12 PM in response to TomZachary

FCP would be a very bad choice.

Figuring out how to get your files editable by iMovie would be your best bet.

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Aug 23, 2008 2:31 AM in response to DaddyPaycheck

Hi DP,

I was wondering if you could help me... I just bought a Sony DCR SR55E and when I attach it to my mac with the USB nothing shows up. Sorry, I've been searching online and I know that there are some compatibility issues with Sony and the Mac, but I don't know how else to find the answer!

I'd really appreciate any help you could give me,

CarolyneMO

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ImgWorks

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Sep 25, 2008 8:46 AM in response to Studio X

I have also Sony DCR SR55E, The only way to edit movies from it is to transfer them from the camera to your computer and then convert them with FREE Media StreamClip ( http://www.squared5.com/) to DV format if you are using iMovie.

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http://www.imageworksltd.com

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