Aiptek HD Camcorder w/ FCE?

Anyone know if this camcorder will work with FCE? I've heard lots of different things about whether or not Aiptek's camcorders work with Macs.
From the product description:
"The GO-HD camcorder requires Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000 /XP or above"
Course, if you are filming in HD and you put it into FCE HD or iMovie HD, it should work, right?

Welcome to Apple discussions robnorv,
Look through the threads here and compare the number of problems encountered with hard drive cams, as opposed to miniDV cams. The choice should be clear and, as a bonus, with miniDV you will have unfettered access to use iMovie 06, should you find that iMovie 08 doesn't offer you enough editing solutions. You will have some quality degradation using a hard drive cam due to the high compression the format uses. DV is what iMovies all use and a miniDV cam will need no conversion processes to get the video into any iMovie programme you choose to use. Do some more research about these factors before you decide.
Tape cams also allow you to back up your completed video to a tape for archival purposes. If you go miniDV, it is good practice to buy quality tapes and always stick with one brand. Different manufacturers use somewhat different tape formulations and changing tape brands can cause head clogging problems. I bought several boxes of one brand (Panasonic MQ) online, where you will find good deals.

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Hi(Bonjour!
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Attn: Tom Wolsky.
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Hello,
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Its a neat toy for 130 Euros (about $120-150 in the USA).
The 1280x720 video is better then on our old 200 Euro discount-camcorder, and even though the AHD200 lacks optical zoom, the other features and the price make it worth its money.
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Hello,
I solved the problem
As I am rather new to iMovie, I missed the little arrow for the advanced options to switch to HD... Shame on me.
Still, importing takes a long, long time, but there is a walk-arround which I found in another forum (even though I was looking for something else).
Rightclick the iMovie project, choose "view package content" (or whatever its called in english) and just drag and drop the .mov-files into the Media-Folder.
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This way there will be only one conversion: When creating a DVD.
It saves a long time since converting the h.264 takes a while.
I have a new problem though:
I also have a g4 iBook, 800MHz.
Its with a older iMovie of course, and it still creates a regular project folder. With that, this trick will not work.
Which iMovie versions will run on g4 AND store the project as this single file?
As far as I saw iLife 08 requires a G4 866MHz, but the included iMovie will only run on a g5 (though I read that Apple seems to provide a Download-Link with a older version if you enter the registration-Number).
So i Checked ebay and iLife 04, 05 seem rather cheap- and I have no reason to buy 08 just to upgrade my g4 to a old version anyway.
Which iMovie versions will run on g4 AND store the project as this single file?
(10.3.9)
Thanks in advance
Marcus

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I'm guessing your files were MTS or something else, as I've never heard of an MPL file. You should ask your question over in the iMovie forum as this one deals specifically with Final Cut Express.
Edit: As I recall we were discussing using your camcorder in FCE over here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2344423&tstart=0
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Hello--
I've had a heck of a time importing my older analog 8mm tapes onto my MacBook and was wondering if dropping bigger bucks on FCE 4 will help.
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