Can't find movies on sd card from Sony nex-5

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Can't find movies on sd card from Sony nex-5

Recently I've recorded some videos while on vacation and a lot of pictures on the same sd card using a Sony NEX-5.

When I've got home and tryed to upload it to my iPad (3rd generation) the pictures jumped right out to upload, but, for

Some reason I can't find the footage for the videos. I know it's there because I've used the sd card on a PS3 and I was

Able to watch on my tv, via PS3. For some reason iMovie is not recognizing the AVHCD file format or anything at all other

Than the pictures. I don't know if I have to transfer the footage to other format or what am I doing wrong. The movie was recorded

In HD (1080p)! AVCHD. By the way I'm not an expert on it. just a point and shoot kind of guy. So probably I'm the one doing

The wrong thing. Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Ricmel01.

iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi

Posted on Apr 18, 2012 8:02 AM

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Apr 18, 2012 1:17 PM in response to Ricmel01

Pad2, the new iPad Supported Video Formats & Movie Formats

H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

If you camera doesn't produce one of the above formats, you'll have to do a conversion.

Another way to transfer. You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.

Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).

Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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