[MacDV] Video camera

[Nick Scalise]

---- Robert Green <greenrw at shaw.ca> wrote: 
> I didn't see anything on this in the archives so here is my question.  
> I have a Canon mini dv camcorder that I use outside quite often and  
> consequently have dust problems on the recording head. It is now past  
> repair and I want to replace it. The hard drive cameras sound like a  
> good idea but they are not compatible with imovie as they record in  
> mpeg2 format. Are there any hard drive cameras that  are compatible  
> with imovie or is there a simple way to convert mpeg2 to dv or  
> whatever format imovie can use?

The formats/codecs in the hard drive cameras are supported in iMovie '08. 

MPEG StreamClip can convert most formats to use in iMovie 6. Copy and Convert (from a hard drive camera) may be faster than Capture (from a tape camera). But quality may be degraded.

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Nick Scalise
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