Canon FS100 - Downloading videos

http://www.simplydv.co.uk/reviews/camcorders/canon/sd/canon-fs100-sd-review.html

"Importing and Editing clips using Apple Intel Mac OSX computers, Windows/Vista and Canon's DW-100 USB DVD Burner

With the camcorder comes a Pixela ImageMixer 3SE software CD designed to make it easy to import the clips from the card via USB 2.0 (cable supplied) into a Windows XP or Vista PC for simple editing and archiving, or onward onto DVD disc using third party software. There's also a version of the software for Mac users, although in reality anybody with a recent-model Mac running iMovie 08 on OSX Leopard or above will be able to rely on Apple's native video applications to efficiently import and work on the FS100's MPEG2-based clip files. Due to time and resource constraints, we weren't able to install and test our FS100 clips with ImageMixer, but importing and editing in iMovie 08 on the Intel Mac was quick, easy and efficient.

What many users will find useful, however, is Canon's own optional DW-100 USB DVD burner (pictured left). This is a standalone DVD burner and player that connects directly to the camcorder via USB 2.0 (cable supplied with the burner) in order that a specific set of menu controls within the camcorder can then help users to determine which clips are to be burned to standard DVD and in which order.

Furthermore, and with the DW-100 still connected, the playback can be simultaneously output via the AV-output cable (supplied) to a TV display for viewing, and using the camcorder's remote control to control the DVD. Once finalised in the burner, standard DVD discs can then be viewed on any mainstream DVD player. "

.MOI or .MOD files.

Those are MPEG 2 files. You need to convert them to an editable format first.

If the Canon software cannot convert you will need to buy the [MPEG2 Playback Component|http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2> from Apple, although if you have Final Cut Studio, it is already installed.

You can then use [MPEG Streamclip|http://www.squared5.com] to do the conversion. The format you choose will depend onwhich software you are going to edit with.

I found instructions for using the FS100 with iMovie:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8680842&#8680842

Nick Holmes, you da man! Thanks for the tips on MPEG Streamclip and the QuickTime MPEG_2 component. I bought a close-out FS100 yesterday, and I thought I was going to have to take it back. But thanks to these software additions to my little G4 Mac Mini, everything works great. I cannot use iMovie 08, because it needs either an Intel Mac or a high end G5. Thanks to the software you referred to, I can now easily convert my FS100 video to a format that I can edit in the ancient iMovie 4.0.1. I assume more recent versions of iMovie will also work. I never upgraded to any of those because, until now I did not have a video camera. Anyway, this works great, and thank you very much!