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My family just got a new MacBook, and we recently found out (to much dissapointment) that it is not compatible with it. Do you have any ideas on good camcorders that work with a Mac (and iMovie)? We don't need anything professional, but we don't want something childish.
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Any camcorder with a Firewire (iLink/DV/IEEE1394) port will work just fine (MiniDV tape, Digital8 tape, hard drive, etc.). MacBooks have a connection for this. It's the standard connection for video transfer. You can use iMovie to do basic editing as well. DVD gets a bit more tricky.
Out of curiosity, what camcorder are you using? I'm curious to know why it's not compatible. If you're using a camera that shoots in an analog format (for example VHS-C, Hi8, 8mm), you can purchase a converter such as the ADS Pyro A/V Link, which will get your video into DV, which upload to your Mac via Firewire and edit with iMovie or any other editing software.
EDIT: Since when is MPEG-2 not compatible with Mac? MPEG-2 is ESSENTIAL for making a DVD, and lack of support for MPEG-2 would mean that nobody has EVER made a DVD with a Mac. I find this hard to believe, especially when I've made dozens of DVDs on Macs.
The question is not whether your COMPUTER will work with MPEG-2. Rather, find out if your SOFTWARE will work with it. Please get the facts straight.
The one thing that is correct there is that SOME software programs might not recognize some of the new hard drive camcorders because the format is not supported by that particular program. Your chances are better if you go with DV, whether from MiniDV or Digital 8. Just about all editing software supports DV via Firewire.
Any camcorder with a Firewire (iLink/DV/IEEE1394) port will work just fine (MiniDV tape, Digital8 tape, hard drive, etc.). MacBooks have a connection for this. It's the standard connection for video transfer. You can use iMovie to do basic editing as well. DVD gets a bit more tricky.
Out of curiosity, what camcorder are you using? I'm curious to know why it's not compatible. If you're using a camera that shoots in an analog format (for example VHS-C, Hi8, 8mm), you can purchase a converter such as the ADS Pyro A/V Link, which will get your video into DV, which upload to your Mac via Firewire and edit with iMovie or any other editing software.
EDIT: Since when is MPEG-2 not compatible with Mac? MPEG-2 is ESSENTIAL for making a DVD, and lack of support for MPEG-2 would mean that nobody has EVER made a DVD with a Mac. I find this hard to believe, especially when I've made dozens of DVDs on Macs.
The question is not whether your COMPUTER will work with MPEG-2. Rather, find out if your SOFTWARE will work with it. Please get the facts straight.
The one thing that is correct there is that SOME software programs might not recognize some of the new hard drive camcorders because the format is not supported by that particular program. Your chances are better if you go with DV, whether from MiniDV or Digital 8. Just about all editing software supports DV via Firewire.
Cheap, awesome camcorder compatible with a PC and/or Mac?
Q. In a couple months I will be a freshman in college and I want to record a lot of campus activities, my program's events, things I do with friends, me flying in the planes (I'm majoring in aviation), etc. I want to buy a camcorder before then that is the cheapest for awesome quality. I'm looking for things such as: HD recording (1080p if possible), a good mic, stabilization, etc. My price range is probably $500 or less as I only have a minimum wage job this summer. Thanks for any advice! Links too please! I haven't decided if I'll get a Macbook Pro or a beastly PC yet, and I'm also not sure on what editting software (for a noob at this) can use. Any help please?
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Getting a HD camcorder is taking a step backward in Video Quality. HD camcorders Interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly, the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. HD camcorders interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi processor computer with the big Graphics and sound cards that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files a HD camcorder produces.
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorder_choices.htm
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_camcorder.htm
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video.
http://www.canon.ca/inetCA/products?m=gp&pid=1017#_030
Getting a HD camcorder is taking a step backward in Video Quality. HD camcorders Interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly, the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. HD camcorders interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi processor computer with the big Graphics and sound cards that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files a HD camcorder produces.
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorder_choices.htm
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_camcorder.htm
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video.
http://www.canon.ca/inetCA/products?m=gp&pid=1017#_030
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