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

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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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Jul 29, 2008 5:51 PM in response to xtermanater1

Try log and transfer.

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Jul 29, 2008 7:38 PM in response to SkinnyRaven

omg, thank you so much, why didnt i think of that?

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swmeeks

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Aug 18, 2008 3:04 PM in response to SkinnyRaven

hey i just got this camera today and i am having the same problem, i downloaded the codec but i also have final cut pro but i still can't view the videos, what's log and transfer and how do you do it

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Alchroma

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Aug 18, 2008 4:00 PM in response to swmeeks

It's under the File menu.
Set the corresponding Easy Setup before you start to capture.

Al

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swmeeks

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Aug 18, 2008 5:22 PM in response to Alchroma

awesome, worked perfectly! thank you

Message was edited by: swmeeks

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opditch

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Aug 22, 2008 4:55 PM in response to swmeeks

I just got and HDR-SR 11 also. Have been working all day to transfer a video to my iMac. But I don't have Final Cut Exp. Can IMovie get it too?

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Alchroma

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Aug 22, 2008 10:44 PM in response to opditch

It's best to start a new thread to get attention.
The users in the iDVD forum will be better placed to help out. Try there. 🙂

_I think_ if you have an Intel Mac and iMovie 8 you should be able to capture.

Al

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KGOVEY

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Aug 30, 2008 10:10 PM in response to xtermanater1

I have been trying for three days to the same thing.
I did get the video content off my camera via imovie 08 but the quality is very poor.
Haven't worked out how to improve the quality yet, I also tried importing the video
via ADVC 110 analog conversion device but that doesn't improve the quality.
I do have Final Cut Pro & MPEG-2 Codec and have been searching for the video in the camera's
hard drive but can not find it.
Can you tell me where Sony told you to find the video files so that I can try & import it to Final Cut Pro.

Thanks
KGovey

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Nov 8, 2008 1:02 PM in response to Alchroma

Hi there. Just got one of those cams and I have a similar problem. I am using FCP 5 on Mac mini 1.5 GHz Power PCG4. As far as I'm aware it's not an Intel mac. Is there anyway i can transfer the MPEG files from the camcorder into my computer. Please help.
Thanks in advance.

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Nov 8, 2008 1:16 PM in response to Tyberiusz Skarzynski

You need an Intel processor in your Mac to work with AVCHD media in Final Cut Express. I imagine that's true with FC Pro as well, but you'd get a more authoritative answer in that forum.

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Tom Wolsky

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Nov 9, 2008 7:23 AM in response to Tyberiusz Skarzynski

You should try your question on the Final Cut Pro forum, but I don't think there is anyway to make FCP work directly with that camera. Maybe something like Voltaic can convert the media, but even then you should check to see if it can be converted into a format for that version of software.

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kdb12

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Dec 4, 2008 2:44 PM in response to xtermanater1

ughhhh. i'm having such a difficult time with my camera and computer working together! i have a sony HDR-SR11 and an iMac. I've been trying forever to get these videos off my camera and the computer just won't recognize the file format (says something like 0012340.mts). I went out and bought Final Cut Express because it said it works with AVCHD. Just got the final cut today, not working still. I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong...tried the log and transfer. Juuuuust not working for me. Someone help me figure this out!!

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