Sony HandyCam HDD DCR-SR52 Compatibility

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Sony HandyCam HDD DCR-SR52 Compatibility

My iBook sees my new Sony Handycam and allows me to import photos to iPhoto.

But iMovie does not see the camcordeer and dragging and dropping the media files onto my Mac does not allow me to import or play them.

Is there a compatibility issue between the Sony Handycam and OSX/iLife?

iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on May 5, 2007 5:01 AM

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Answer 1

SDIllini

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May 5, 2007 6:20 AM in response to Keith Tomlinson1

iMovie does not work with muxed MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 clips (and that's what you're trying to do)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42996

You'll need:
MPEG Streamclip 1.5.1 (free) and the MPEG-2 Playback Component ($20 from Apple).
http://www.alfanet.it/squared5/mpegstreamclip.html
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/

Once you do that...these are the steps I once copied from a DCR-SR100 user...(I have not done this myself)

To transfer the data to the iMac:
1- Plug the USB cable, once detected (5s), press HDD on the touch screen panel
2- Go to Finder (on the Mac) then open the videos folder /MP_ROOT/100PNV01/M2U0001.MPG for example
3- Drag the .MPG file to the mac
4- Start Streamclip (see message further up the discussion)
Export using for example .DV format, readable by I-Movie.
5-Import the new file in I-movie

Sue

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Answer 2

jim_joh2

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May 5, 2007 6:32 AM in response to Keith Tomlinson1

woops!! Sue you are correct how ever I am having success in connecting sr82 in the usb2, opening streamclip & importing the files into the streamclip. jim_joh

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Answer 3

May 5, 2007 7:22 AM in response to SDIllini

This is great but I am in the UK and the Apple link is for the UK - I have selected UK from the drop down but I cannot find the item in the UK store.

Can I download the UK version/what am I looking for?

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