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HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!! Sony HDR SR-11 and connecting it to final cut express

I just got this new Sony HDR SR-11. I recorded a short clip and wanted to put it in my computer. I have Final Cut Express 4.0. So when I got the camera hooked up and went into the cameras files, not with final cut yet, tried to look for the files. Confused I went to a sony support site and it told me how to get to them , for a mac. I found the video file and copied it to my desktop. It was in that wierd black and grey shinney box format and said excu on the top , i think. I clicked it...Nothing. I opend it with quick time....Nothing. So I called up sony and after a long discussion the operator said that I needed to buy the MPEG-2 codec for quick time. which I did and...Nothing. So I called up again this new guy says i need Final Cut Pro to read HD files. Which Im pretty sure I dont. So I open final cut, i go to capture and...Nothing. PLEASE HELP ME. IM SOME WHAT NEW TO MACS AND I HOPE SO ONE OUT THERE CAN HELP ME

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 29, 2008 5:46 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 4, 2008 11:44 PM in response to kdb12

You say log and transfer is not working, what happens when you use it? Help us out here, we can't see your computer. Tell us exactly what you're doing and what happens when you do it.

ComPH1

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Dec 4, 2008 11:59 PM in response to kdb12

It appears that you are in PA, USA. Why would you be set up for 50i? That is PAL/European scan rate. Is your SR11 set up for HD FH recording mode (1920x1080)? Your FCE "Easy Setup" should then be AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1920x1080i60", unless you shot at 1440x1080i60. The camcorder and the FCE should match for best results. Then set up the "System Settings" especially the scratch discs to something sensible drives and directories, that actually exist on your iMac. Then try the "Log and Transfer" again. I assure you that the SR11 IS compatible with the FCE 4, however, FCE is not trivial to setup or to use. There are tutorials on the web as well as Tom's book as well as some useful you-tube tutorials to help.

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!! Sony HDR SR-11 and connecting it to final cut express