Best Plug and Play Digital Video Camcorder

I am looking to buy a flash memory video camcorder. What are some of the easiest to use plug and play models that people are using? I don't want to spend a lot of money, looking to stay under $550.
Thanks

After asking the same question about 50 times I settled for the Panasonic TM55K. Recommendation from a couple of different camera techs. I will receive on Friday. $428 from B&H photo.

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Which Digital video camcorder?

Hello,
I just purchased a Mac Air with Final Cut Express on it. I am in the market for a digital video camcorder (I have an old sony, 10 yrs ago that is broken). can anyone give any experience with the new digital video camcorders and which kinds may work best with my Mac? I really like to the hard drive models, high definition, will the ACVHD codec cause a problem? I don't think the Air has a firewire but it does have a USB port.
thanks for any suggestions.
bugsycat

Thank you for your reply. I got the Mac Air for portability at work and I will be using it while I travel this summer. I also have an iMac and a 1/2 TB Time Capsule for extra storage (I work with digital image data alot, but not yet video data). Can Final Cut be used on the iMac? I think I can hook up a camcorder via firewire to the Time Capsule and use my iMac for processing. I realize the AVCHD codec uses a sequence of one frame followed by 4 frames that record changes from the main frame. The AIC expands the data I see, it must fill in the data on the missing frames. Does Final Cut give easier options for editing the expanded data? If so then I guess hard disk models that use AVCHD would be OK.
I do not want tapes (there are start and stop issues with more than one user, also storage issues) and DVDs don't seem to store much. That is why I was looking at the hard disk models, although I guess the flash drive models might work as well from that aspect. I do not know what format or codec the flash drive models typically use. The Canon HG10 or Canon HF100 are what has been recommended to me by friends.

How to create plug and play design pattern on a environment

Hi All,
Help me to get a best design for my problem statement.
Problem Statement: I have to create a platform where I should be able to plug and play different components. explaining better with example
Example:
1. I have to create a platform for school
2. In this school platform we have to plug in multiple components like "Student", "Teacher", "Subjects", "ClassPeriods" etc.,
3. These components should be easily plug/unplug and play
4. Like, the component "ClassPeriods" want to purchase from Vendor 1 and plug it to "School" platform it should work.
5. Incase if we want to unplug the "ClassPeriod" component provided bfy Vendor 1 from "School" platform and want to plug the "ClassPeriod" from Vendor 2. then the Design should support without any extra effort.
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Plug and play speakers not working properly after upgrading to Windows 8.1

After upgrading to Windows 8.1, my plug and play speakers do not work properly. I have uninstalled and reinstalled them, and restarted. When I try to play music, nothing comes out. If I turn them off and back on, music will play for approximately 30 seconds, only from one speaker, then it turns off and fades to no sound. They worked fine until I upgraded to Windows 8.1. The manufacturer has not been able to successfully assist me. Has anyone else reported a similar issue after upgrading OS software? Any suggestions? These are fairly new speakers, less than 2 years old, and not used very much. I do have them installed via a K-V switch, and all other devices linked to the K-V switch are functioning properly (monitor and wireless keyboard). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Can iMovie works with Canon HF20 digital video camcorder?

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone out there have this digital video camcorder (Canon HF20) because I'm looking into buying one. I would like to know if this camcorder is user friendly with Macbook (2.2 ghz). Thanks.

I am not an expert but I believe it does. I have the same camcorder and MacBook Pro. The laptop recognizes the camera and it is a straight forward import from camera to iMovie.

Where has it all gone? Canon MV6i(mc) Digital Video Camcorder (PAL)

Hi all,
I have a Canon MV6i Digital Video Camcorder, that uses MiniDV, and not too long ago changed from a PowerBook to a MacBook Pro. My new Mac does not seem to want to recognise the Camera, I have attempted using both USB and FireWire, and have also recently upgraded iLife, hoping that it will make a difference.
Unfortunately it still seems that the MacBook Pro does NOT recognise the Camcorder. Am I doing something wrong? Am I missing something?
How can I get it to work? I have also thought of getting a new Camcorder, but then why, when this one should work, or not?
How can I make it work?
Help me someone PLS, as I do have a LOT of "sentimental Video" that I want to use.
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How do I set MacBook to an external display when the plug and play doesn't recognize it? I am trying to set my Samsung 530 LCD as a monitor but HDMI and VGA cords (and the adaptor for them) doesn't seem to work.

I have tried everything I can find on line but they all claim that the plug and play works, and they don't for me. I tried the mini dvi to HDMI and a HDMI cord and that was not recognized no matter which unit I rebooted first. I found someone who said that my Macbook might be too old for the HDMI technology so I returned the cords and went to the VGA cord and adaptor.
I tried this first with the HDMI setup:
http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx= 167919&modelname=LN40C650L1F&modelcode=&session_id=NDhJrD0DQT0Z8KRsm62yhxJxqnyPy SKhlhpB8vQ6h9Q7R2BZJGzj!-1089109758!1761676444!7501!-1!434477884!1761676348!7501 !-1!1292098185857
Then I tried this with the VGA setup:
http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?idx= 167901&modelname=LN40C650L1F&modelcode=&session_id=NDhJrD0DQT0Z8KRsm62yhxJxqnyPy SKhlhpB8vQ6h9Q7R2BZJGzj!-1089109758!1761676444!7501!-1!434477884!1761676348!7501 !-1!1292098185857
I contacted Samsung support and they said I needed to set the display settings to external display on the mac. I went to the display settings and moved the icon to my status bar. When I click on search for displays or whatever it says (I'm not at my Mac right now) it does nothing.
What am I missing?

I am using MAC OSx 10.5.8 (9L31a) as my operation system. The TV says "No signal. Check connected device's power, cable connection and source selection." Seems to me that that goes in hand with what the Samsung tech said about the Mac needing to be forces to use the external display. But how do I do that?

I have a new iPad Air. Can I use plug in USB camera reader to have a load of movies etc on an external hard drive and then plug and play so to speak. I'm off on holiday and haven't got the capacity to have everything on that I'd like for the kids

Can I use a plug in USB camera reader to have a load of movies etc on an external hard drive and then plug and play so to speak? I'm off on holiday and haven't got the capacity on the iPad to have everything on that I'd like for the kids.
So basically I want a hard drive with X amount of films etc on. Can I then watch them on my iPad?
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External HDD won't work.
You need something like this:
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How can I configure and control a non-plug and play VXI card using the NI-controller (NI-VXI/NI-VISA software)?

Defining the slot, logical address and sending data across the card bus are the main operations I would like to perform. The non plug&play card is a VXI send & receive slave card. Low-level programming is probably required. Has anyone tried this before? If so I would be so grateful if you could share your experiences or refer me to someone who has.
Thank you for your time and help,
Nandeesh

VXI cards are, by specification, plug and play, so I'm not exactly sure what you mean by a "non plug&play card." I'm guessing that the card is effectively a VME card. In this case, you can just add the VME device in the proper configuration utility. Here is a link to a document on our website about configuring VME cards (http://ni.com/support/vxi/vmeinfo.pdf).
You should easily be able set the slot, pseudo Logical Address and memory space. Once configured, you should be able to write to registers using NI-VISA commands (viIn, viOut, and viMove). These high level commands are included in the highreg.c example which shipped with your NI-VISA software (installed in vxipnp directory).
I hope this helps.
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Ever since I updated to the IOS 6, I no longer can play my music in the car! It is plug and play! It just sits there saying connecting and nothing happens. A few of my friends have said the same thing. Help please! Any ideas?

Ever since I updated to the IOS 6, I no longer can play my music in the car! It is plug and play! It just sits there saying connecting and nothing happens. A couple of my friends have said the same thing. Any ideas? Help please!

Hello ..do you have a history on the phone? did you get it wet? was it dropped? have you been using an authentic ORIGINAL apple charging cable?
this problem occurs when there is a short circuit in the phone... you most likely got it wet at some point and maybe didnt even realize it? The moisture in the phone hasb probablly oxidized one or several capacitors, integrated chips thereby short circuiting the phone. that is why he phone is acting erratic because these short circuits inadvertently "activates" other circuits.. eventually the phone will not turn on anymore- the heat will stress the citcuit board and you will have discontinuity along your main power lines and the phone will cease to function..i see this alllll the time in our shop
the fact you upgraded to ios6 will even work the phone harder because its a more powerful operating system taking full advantage of the A4 chip..

Seagate Plug and Play from Macbook Pro to Macbook Air

Recently bought a new Macbook Air to upgrade my 2010 Macbook Pro 13 inch.
I had been using a Seagate Plug and Play external hardrive that needed no formatting on my Macbook Pro . However when I tried to use the same on my Macbook Air it did not allow me to drag files across the the hardrive.
I can see it in the Finder but unable to drag files to it.
I thought Plug and Play woudl across all Macs?

OS X comes with the ability to read NTFS but not write it. Some Seagate drives come with software to enable writing NTFS on that drive. You probably installed it on your 2010 MBP when you got the drive, then forgot you had done so. Find the software installer if it is still on the drive and run it on your MBA. (You might have to locate a newer version online.)
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I have a Keyrig 49 m-audio and it is not recognize by OS 10.9.4 when it says that mavericks is plug and play. I would really like to do what I am able to do on earlier version of OS... Please help

I have a Keyrig 49 m-audio and it is not recognize by OS 10.9.4 when it says that mavericks is plug and play. I would really like to do what I am able to do on earlier version of OS... Please help

it the link it seem someone made it work. How can a new OS make things more difficult... it seem crazy too me.
via: http://community.m-audio.com/m-audio/topics/m_audio_keystation_with_osx_maverick s_9_1_doesnt_work_via_plug_n_play
pavery85 8 months ago
**UPDATE*** All is working on Mavericks 10.9.1 for me!! Back in business!
Drivers seem to working now!

Hello, i have youtube videos on my iweb site. but i would like to know if it is possible to get a 'pop-up' affect when you click on a small photo of the video, to open and play the video in a popup?

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There's an example of one at the buttom of ths page...
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Loading and Playing 2 videos at the same time

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Plug and Play not showing up on desktop - camera, jump drive, etc.

Hi all:
On my Macbook Pro, none of the so-called "plug and play" devices show up on the desktop as they normally would on a Mac computer. I tried my ipod, camera, and usb jump drive. Is there a setting that I could have set on to make it like this??
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
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