Ian
I want a good camcorder for YouTube. I will be using imovie on MacBook Pro to edit them. I read somewhere that some camcorders aren't compatible with macs. So what are some good camcorders
Answer
I've been editing video on Macs for many years.
Any camcorder with a DV/IEEE1394/DV/i.link/firewire camcorder works fine.
Any camcorder with a USB port that records very compressed AVCHD files to flash memory or hard disc drive (I've imported video from various Canon HS R, HF M and HF S series camcorder, Panasonic consumer AVCHD camcorders, Sony consumer AVCHD camcorders, JVC consumer camcorders and others).
I also have a Canon PowerShot AS3300is that provides video and stills into my Macs just fine.
Final Cut and some plug-ins are needed for higher end camcorders - like the Panasonics that record to DVCPro or DVCPro HD format; Sony Camcorders that recorder DVCAM, HDCAM and XDCAM format; and the Canons that record MXF files.
GoPro cams are fine. Basically, I have not yet encountered any camera that I could not get the video into my Macs for editing. Maybe a transcoder is needed. Having MPEG Streamclip from www.squared5.com and HandBrake from www.handbrake.fr takes care of that...
I take that back... the crappy DVD based camcorders that have not been made for several years were a pain because the slot loading DVD drives cannot deal with the small 8sm discs - so I got an inexpensive external LaCie drawer loading drive... but other than that...
The only thing I have found that is "not compatible with Macs" is the useless software that comes in the box. Since it is useless, it is irrelevant.
But if "not being compatible" is a problem, find the article you read and get a list from the author. Then stay away from those.
I've been editing video on Macs for many years.
Any camcorder with a DV/IEEE1394/DV/i.link/firewire camcorder works fine.
Any camcorder with a USB port that records very compressed AVCHD files to flash memory or hard disc drive (I've imported video from various Canon HS R, HF M and HF S series camcorder, Panasonic consumer AVCHD camcorders, Sony consumer AVCHD camcorders, JVC consumer camcorders and others).
I also have a Canon PowerShot AS3300is that provides video and stills into my Macs just fine.
Final Cut and some plug-ins are needed for higher end camcorders - like the Panasonics that record to DVCPro or DVCPro HD format; Sony Camcorders that recorder DVCAM, HDCAM and XDCAM format; and the Canons that record MXF files.
GoPro cams are fine. Basically, I have not yet encountered any camera that I could not get the video into my Macs for editing. Maybe a transcoder is needed. Having MPEG Streamclip from www.squared5.com and HandBrake from www.handbrake.fr takes care of that...
I take that back... the crappy DVD based camcorders that have not been made for several years were a pain because the slot loading DVD drives cannot deal with the small 8sm discs - so I got an inexpensive external LaCie drawer loading drive... but other than that...
The only thing I have found that is "not compatible with Macs" is the useless software that comes in the box. Since it is useless, it is irrelevant.
But if "not being compatible" is a problem, find the article you read and get a list from the author. Then stay away from those.
Is this camcorder compatible with imovie 11?
Sally Poop
I'm getting a new hd camcorder, and i want to get the Canon VIXIA HF M41
i looked on the imovie 11 compatibility list and its not on it, but its earlier model, the canon vixia hf m300 is. however, i want to get the m41 because it is newer, but its not on the compatibility list even though it is AVCHD... I'm worried if i get it it won't be able to upload onto imovie 11 without some sort of converting files, which i am not gonna do. so which camcorder should i get? and is the M41 compatible in imovie?
Answer
No, maybe you have to convert the camcorder video to iMovie 11 supported video format.
See this guide: http://www.mac-videoconverter.com/imovie/how-to-import-camcorder-video-to-imovie.html
No, maybe you have to convert the camcorder video to iMovie 11 supported video format.
See this guide: http://www.mac-videoconverter.com/imovie/how-to-import-camcorder-video-to-imovie.html
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