Just keep in mind that the video recorded on a hard disk will not have as high quality as miniDV tape, because of the higher level of compression.<br><br>-Gordon<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Nick Scalise</b> <<a href="mailto:nickscalise@cox.net">nickscalise@cox.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
---- Robert Green <<a href="mailto:greenrw@shaw.ca">greenrw@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> I didn't see anything on this in the archives so here is my question.<br>> I have a Canon mini dv camcorder that I use outside quite often and
<br>> consequently have dust problems on the recording head. It is now past<br>> repair and I want to replace it. The hard drive cameras sound like a<br>> good idea but they are not compatible with imovie as they record in
<br>> mpeg2 format. Are there any hard drive cameras that are compatible<br>> with imovie or is there a simple way to convert mpeg2 to dv or<br>> whatever format imovie can use?<br><br>The formats/codecs in the hard drive cameras are supported in iMovie '08.
<br><br>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.<br><br>--<br>Nick Scalise<br><a href="mailto:nickscalise@cox.net">
nickscalise@cox.net</a><br></blockquote></div>-- <br>Gordon B. Alley<br><a href="http://www.gordonalley.com">http://www.gordonalley.com</a>