what are cpl files and how can I view them in my computer?

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what are cpl files and how can I view them in my computer?

I transfered files directly from my sony camera to my external hard drive and all my videos are in .cpl, how can I view these in my computer?

Posted on Jul 24, 2011 12:17 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 24, 2011 11:21 PM in response to jonathan234

did you mean .cpi?

that is part of an AVCHD-structure .. but not containing any video.

to backup your recordings you HAVE to copy the WHOLE structure which is on the card, incl. BDMV, CLIPINF, PLAYIST, STREAM Folders and including ALL files, cpi, bdm, mpl, mts ... , otherwise, no edit-app will launch the necessary import-routines, can 'read' such files.

best practice: connect you Cam or card-reader to your Mac, launch iMovie, start Import From Camera and make use of the 'Archive' feature (which doesn't do more than putting ALL card-content into a folder...)

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Jul 28, 2011 10:00 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Thank you for your response! that was helpful

I did what you suggested and used the archive feature. Now I have all my cam's files in my external hard drive and deleted it from my cam-recorder. My only question is how can I view this in my imovie? Do I need an edit-app? do you know which one?

thanks again! not that many people know what to do with this 🙂

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Answer 3

Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM in response to jonathan234

jonathan234 wrote:

.. . how can I view this in my imovie?...

you ceated an archive - that doesn't mean, you imported them in iM, which is not only for editing, but for achiving too. nor into the iLife suite of apps, esp. iTunes, which is the 'media centre' on MacOS.

choose Import from Archive. in a preview window you see each 'take'. choose All or select which to import. on import, iM will create so-called Events=groups of clips defined by day of recording.

After import, iM allows to preview each clip or Event, edit them in Projects, share them to iTunes for playback on your Mac, iPad, iPod, AppleTV, YouTube, VImeo .........

don't hesitate to watch the tutorials

http://help.apple.com/helplibrary/#video

to grasp the 'idea' of iLife, the iApps, iMovie ..

http://help.apple.com/imovie/

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