Camcorder video

Is it possible to download camcorder video on to the Touch?
I've transfered some camcorder video clips on to my computer that I want to put on my Touch but, can't seem to get it to download them.

Yes, I have tried bringing the clips through iTunes.
I tried doing it the same way that I did putting pictures(using iTunes) from my computer on to the Touch but, it said something like "iTunes unable to accept this video".
You're right about videos coming in different formats and I did change the original video format using Windows Movie Maker after downloading the video from the camcorder to the hard drive.
I think the format I changed them to compressed the video so they could be sent in e-mails.
I can't check to see what format these particular clips are in now as I'm not at my home computer.

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A workflow to burn AVCHD camcorder video and 5.1 sound to BluRay disc.

A workflow to burn AVCHD camcorder video and 5.1 sound to BluRay disc.
After weeks searching through many posts by the Forum’s experts with Final Cut Pro and Compressor, I have a crude workflow that seems to work for me, and might be of interest to others. This information I couldn’t find in the Help files of either FCP or Compressor, and would appreciate feedback on other options. Thanks to the Forum contributors who have helped me with suggestions.
I have successfully burned a BluRay DVD of the video and audio outputs of my new Panasonic AVCHD camcorder, that is, 1920x1080 video and 5.1 surround sound, using Final Cut Studio 2 (FCP 7.0.2, Compressor 3.5.4.) on an Intel iMac with OS 10.6.3
Using AUNSOFT-PAVTUBE or CLIPWRAP, I converted the camcorder’s MTS files to ProRes 422 .mov files containing 5.1 six channels of audio.
In FCPro, set the Sequence / Settings / Audio Outputs to 5.1 Monitoring:
     L+R Stereo,     Stereo
     Center             Dual Mono
     LFE                Dual Mono
     Ls +Rs            Stereo
Uncheck the “Downmix…to Stereo” in Warning box that pops up when this step is completed.
Drag the ProRes .mov file into the time line of FCP 7:
The next steps are important for assigning each of the six audio channels to the Dolby 5.1 configuration (L, R, C, Lfe, Ls, Rs). This step was new to me and something I couldn’t find in the FCPro or Compressor Help file manual. If anyone can reference a page number, I would appreciate that info.
In the FCP time line, unlink the video from the audio channels (Linked Selection) in the upper right corner of the FCP time line.
Select each audio channel, then right click in the area of the blank column near the padlock. Assign A1, A2, A3 etc to each of the audio channels as they fit the Dolby configuration ( L+R, C, Lfe, Ls+Rs) This process is kind of clunky and it may take patience to accomplish.
The best Forum ideas that I could find for setting up the six channel audio came from the following posts which I credit for their help:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/9095726#9095726
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12525373#12525373
In FCPro, Mark In and Out points, Select In to Out
Under File / Share option ………Select BluRay job……then Select either “Export” or “Send to Compressor”
(Note: At this point, the Option Export which enables FCPro to burn a BluRay DVD, seems to work well, and the resulting DVD video and six channels of audio seems as good as that produced by the more complicated option of “Send to Compressor”……..which is described below.)
If the Send to Compressor option is selected, Compressor is automatically started by this selection. At this point, do not Quit FCPro, because Compressor needs to transfer file data (or something like that) to Compressor.
In the job pane of Compressor, will exist two targets, H264 for BluRay and Dolby Digital.
I deleted the Dolby Digital and replaced it with Dolby Digital Professional Auto.
Clicking any where in the Sequence 1 job pane (not in H264 nor Dolby target rows) will reveal the A/V attributes:
Under the Job Action tab, select the BluRay unit that will eventually do the burning.
Clicking on the target H264 for BluRay located in the larger Job Pane reveals the settings I chose:
Clicking on the target Dolby Digital Professional (Auto) reveals these settings I chose:
I left settings on the Bitstream tab untouched. However the Preprocessing tab, I set the Compression Preset to “None”.
I found that turning on the BluRay burner with a preloaded BD/RE is best to do at this time, or even better, to energize the burner at the time that the “Send to Compressor” function is activated.
When settings are complete, select “Submit” in the lower corner of the Compressor larger pane and processing will begin, and a status pane indicating time elapsed and time remaining will appear. These estimates are not very accurate.
I have found that my 1 minute test video was initially estimated to require about two hours of processing time, but actually required only 1 hour which is still unusually long. Based on my experience, be prepared for an “overnight” processing to occur for longer movie durations.
This is the part of the overall process I need to understand better: How to estimate the duration to encode and burn 1 minute of video / audio? This 1 hour duration for 1 minute of video/audio was the same whether I SHARE-Exported to FCPro to burn DVD, or SHARE-Send to Compressor option.
Wondering if the encoding of the six 5.1 audio channels caused the lengthy processing(?). Perhaps settings that I made in Compressor affected time to process and burn.
Finally, I hope this poorly written process will help someone who has been looking for the same information as I had been. I would appreciate feedback from those who have already done this; what OS are you using, what hardware are you using? What software package have you tried. And lastly, Thanks to all who contribute to these Community Forums, who take the time to detail their processes. You all have helped me to get this far.
BoBo

Go to https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4719249
BoBo

FireWire is the only way to import Canon HV20 Camcorder videos into iMovie?

As a followup to my last post a moment ago tonight 1/30/08:
Is it true that I need a FireWire cable to import Canon HV20 Camcorder videos into iMovie?
If so, the Apple salesperson is wrong.
He told me last Monday that purchasing the new iLife 2008 (that contains iMovie 2008) would allow me to use my current USB cable.
Given I see NO FireWire port on my new MacBook Pro (bought in 8/2006), I don't see a solution.
Note the camera, an HD camcorder (the Canon HV20) did NOT come with a FireWire cable; it only came with a USB male plug on one side of the cable and the other is a small square-like male plug that connects to a female port on the Canon HV20.
Solution?
Thanks for any suggestions, Daniel

The USB cable is for importing still photographs. Not video.
The firewire 400 cable you need is one that goes from the 6 pin full size male connector to the small 4 pin form used for DV.
The cable plugs into the camera in a socket behind a plastic flap near the eyepiece. Its marked HDV/DV. The other end plugs into the MBP on the right-hand side. 4th from the back.

HT204291 can i stream camcorder video from computer to tv

I have Apple TV connected to my tv and internet. I am trying to show camcorder video which is on my computer onto my tv. Have only succeeded in showing stills. What am I doing wrong

iTunes and the Apple TV cannot play AVCHD and it needs converting to a format that they can play.
AVCHD is a recording format it is not optimised for playback which is why it is not supported by the vast majority of devices and not just the Apple TV.
There are a number of software converters you can use, but I'd be inclined to recommend iMovie, which is extremely easy to use and would allow you to do some editing before you export to another format. Of course you can vary the amount of editing you do, you don't have to do any, you can simply cut out the bad bits or go the whole hog by adding titles and the like.

I'm looking for software to convert Panasonic camcorder video to view on a mac

I'm looking for software to convert Panasonic camcorder video to view on a mac

Install the AVCCAM Importer for QuickTime 7:
https://eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/dload/avccam_impt/dl_e.htm
Note that this QuickTime component works for others camcorders.
houdini

Ever since I upgraded iPhoto to 9.5, my camcorder videos aren't all downloading properly and I have several of the videos to say a necessary data reference could not be found. I also can see many of the pixels on the video footage that was downloaded???

ever since I upgraded iPhoto to 9.5, my camcorder videos aren't all downloading properly and I have several of the videos to say a necessary data reference could not be found. I also can see many of the pixels on the video footage that was downloaded. Anyone have any suggestions???

What version of iPhoto and system are you using? Also what camera make and model are you using?
See if you can download all of the videos to a folder on the Desktop using Image Capture and import into iPhoto from that folder.
OT

Getting camcorder video on iTouch? I have a PC, not a Mac and need help

I am getting my wife the 32GB iTouch for XMAS and hope to be able to get some of our video footage of our 15 month old on her iTouch. The video was taken in AVCHD format (highest resolution) on my Canon HG10 camcorder. Video support for the camcorder is as follows:
VIDEO SUPPORT: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
I also have many JPEGs in 10 megapixel resolution taken with my Canon Powershot G7 camera.
Because i have a PC (Sony Vaio), will I be able to get the camcorder video and camera pics onto my wife's iTouch? I assume I may also need to downconvert the video resolution from the 1920 * 1080 HD high res fomrat. What software or conversion device will I need? Someone mentioned a free shareware converter called "Super" (just Google "super") which might help???
Any and all help will be much appreciated.
Happy Holidays and thank you,
John
Message was edited by: jdapples

Hi John,
It really is pretty easy. The Ipod touch won't take the highest resolution, which is why it needs conversion. I also have an XP machine, and the easiest way to get home movies into iTunes is to pull them up from "my documents" and open the file, selecting iTunes or QuickTime as the player. Either option will open your itunes library and put the file there. My computer allways complains for a minute when I do this, but it settles down and does it just fine. When it starts to play, stop the video and it will be in "movies" in your iTunes library. Now you're ready to click on the advanced tab and convert. For converting high def video, be aware this may take awhile. It is worth it though-I love watching my home movies on the touch. Good luck! Let me know how it goes!
Sandygirl

HT201302 how to transfer my camera photos and camcorder video to my ipad?

What cable can I use to transfer my camera photos and camcorder video to my ipad?

Use the camera's USB cable and Apple's Camera Connection Kit.
Using The iPad Camera Connection Kit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4101
Pad2, the new iPad Supported Video Formats & Movie Formats
H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
 Cheers, Tom

What do I need to transfer my iphone and camcorder videos onto dvd

I have a MacBook Pro Mac OS X. Version 10.7.5
It came with imovie, idvd, iphoto and garage band. I have a ton of iphone vidoes and some camcorder videos(on a sd card) I need to get onto a dvd somehow. I tried to do it through i tunes but it was difficult and the dvd would not play in my dvd player.
Do I need IDVD?
What type of DVD's do I need to buy?
thank you

If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
Then follow this workflow to help ensure the best quality video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
OT

How to import MPEG-1 camcorder video into iMac?

I have a Sony digital camcorder purchased in 2002 which records to film. I would like to import the video from this camcorder into my iMac (purchased Jan. 2007) for playback on the computer and to burn the video to DVDs.
When I hook up the camcorder to my computer via Firewire cable and turn it on to the VCR position for importation into the iMovie HD program, nothing happens. There is no communication between the camcorder and the iMovie HD program. None of the steps recommended by Apple that I have tried to establish communication between the camcorder and iMovie HD have worked. It appears that the camcorder format (MPEG-1) is incompatible with iMovie HD.
I will appreciate any knowledgeable advice on how to successfully import this video into my iMac for the intended purposes.
Bob

Thanks for your responses.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I miscued in attempting to import the camcorder video into my computer. I corrected my mistake and successfully imported the video, watching it on the iMovie monitor and seeing the video clips appear as the import proceeded.
I added the clips to the movie and saved the project. I just got through playing back the whole movie. Yippee!
I was surprised that this 12-minute recording produced a movie file size of 2.14 GB. Ouch! Is this normal? If so, I’m glad I opted for a 500 GB hard drive on this iMac!
You may be wondering where I went wrong in my initial attempts to import this movie into my computer. John was right in saying “...it should be as simple as you thought.” Simple, that is, if you follow all of the necessary steps! Where I missed the boat was in not clicking the Create button after entering the various pieces of information into the Create Project window. I obviously overlooked the fact that Apple treats the importing of a simple camcorder video into a computer as a major movie-making event. The next time I go through this exercise I’ll don my Martin Scorsese hat to make sure it doesn’t happen again!
The next step will be to burn this movie to a DVD. Wish me success as I research how to do this without any further miscues.
Bob

Recovering Deleted Camcorder Video Footage/HD Files

Does anyone have any success with recovering accidentally deleted video files from a tapeless workflow camcorder?
I think the camera is a Canon Vixia. It is HD footage that was lost.
I did an online search but was looking for some suggestions or recommendations. Thank you!

I haven't met this before as I am having my Samsung digital camera instead of camcorder. But I think it's similar between camera video recovery and camcorder video recovery. You have chance to recover the deleted video provided it is not overwrtten(if you keep taking new videos or save more files, then possibly). You may read this article about recovering camcorder videos I just came across,
http://www.squidoo.com/recover-digital-camcorder-video
One more suggestion: Always backup your precious files especially those photos,videos. Because like what was said, recovery software is the last option.

Getting my Camcorder video to work on quick time?Does anyone know?

I use XP Windows,i have no problem with downloading onto the video ipod from itunes also no problem with videos from the music store,BUT ! i have a problem trying to convert my homemade movies onto quicktime,KEEPS COMING UP WITH ERROR 2048,there are no problems playing the movies on windows media,only when i try to open file with quick time,it says ERROR 2048,if i could get it onto quicktime,then i would have no problems converting the file into mpeg4,then i could take my home movies anywhere.
Can ANYONE HELP WITH THIS?

Are you wanting help or do you think this forun is your own personal bullentin board?
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Re: Getting my Camcorder video to work on quick time?Does anyone know?
iPod » Fifth Generation iPod » Using your Fifth Generation iPod, Jan 1, 2006 1:40 PM
If any one wants to convert there movies,then go to download.com and download the software from avs ...
Getting my Camcorder video to work on quick time?Does anyone know?
iPod » Fifth Generation iPod » Using your Fifth Generation iPod, Dec 29, 2005 5:37 PM
I use XP Windows,i have no problem with downloading onto the video ipod from itunes also no problem ...

Camcorder video importation - think it's a hardware issue

Hi All,
I am trying to import video from my camcorder (Sony DCR-HC90 NTSC) and am unable to. I think it might be a hardware issue, but I wanted to see if I've ruled out all other possibilities first before going down that route. (Unfortunately, none of the other sufficiently relevant forum postings I've been able to find seem to come to a resolution.)
Here are the relevant facts:
* I am using the Belkin 9-pin to 4-pin Firewire 800/400 Cable that I purchased at a nearby Apple Store. I did verify that the cable can be used to import video from the camcorder to one of the iMacs in the store. (So, the ends fit correctly, etc.)
* When I try to connect my own iMac to my Camcorder, literally nothing happens. (It seems to not recognize that there is a device there).
* I tried toggling the modes on the camcorder (e.g., Play/Edit mode, Tape mode, etc.), but nothing seems to happen.
* When I open up iMovie, the only camera it lists from where I can import video is the built in iSight. (No other options are available for selection.)
* As an independent check, I also opened up iChat, and it too did not list the camcorder either (I toggled the camcorder moves between record, play/edit, etc.)
* I went to utilities -> System Profiler -> FireWire and it does not list my camera as among the devices (no devices are listed).
* My camcorder doesn't display a message like DV Out or anything.
Have I exhausted the list of things I can try? I realize that this general topic has been covered in the past, but I haven't been able to find a conclusive thread that identified it as a hardware problem (in the threads I've seen, either the problem is resolved through some obvious step or the thread just seems to die without a conclusion.)
Thanks again for your time! Let me know if there is more information I can provide. I am fairly technically savvy, but I am most certainly a newbie when it comes to a Mac. So, any advice (no matter how basic or brain dead obvious) would be tremendously appreciated!

Thanks Ian and Appleman -- your suggestions are very much appreciated! To follow-up:
- The firewire cable is in the DV port on my camcorder. I'm 100% sure it's in the right place since I have imported video from it to my older Win XP laptop for a couple of years without any issues and also was able to get importation working at the Apple store a couple of days ago.
- I've tried two different 9-pin to 4-pin cables (both a Belkin one that I got from the Apple store as well as another one that I bought online). Both of these worked on the iMac at the store, but not the one in my house.
- I've tried both having the the camcorder on AC power as well as on battery. Neither mode seems to be making a difference. (In the store, I only tried battery -- which worked.)
- I unplugged all peripherals (aside from my keyboard and mouse). I also tried shutting down and unplugging the machine before rebooting it a couple of times to no avail. I don't have any other firewire peripherals that I've tried on this machine.
- I've tried all permutations of running iMovie first and then opening up the camera as well as the opposite. I also tried other applications that might recognize the camera like iChat.
If you have any other suggestions, they would be GREATLY appreciated! I'm going to talk with Apple support as well.

Recording Camcorder video to DVD with Satellite 1900

I have just tried to record a video from my camcorder to a DVD-R but kept getting the message 'drive not found' My computer is a Satellite 1900 and happily plays DVD's. but would appear not to want to record them.
Does the type of DVD make any difference, is there a way to make the computer recognise the disc in drive E:
The video happily transfers from the camera to the computer and I can play it on the computer but cannot transfer it to a DVD disc, anyone with any ideas??

Hi
One question; do you have an DVD writer or only the DVD reader!?
Please be sure that you can also burn DVD with your notebook and not only view.
Second question; what burning applications did you use?
I use Nero and its my favorite burning program. It supports many burning modes and burns the medium with best performance.
Check it!

Creating a DVD from camcorder video tape

Hi all,
I am tasked with creating a DVD from some of my dads camcorder tapes. Can anyone provide a simple advice list. I assume that iDVD (which i have never used) will be the software to use?
Look forward to hearing from you helpful and intelligent people out there.
From a complete simpleton.
Kind regards,
Alan

The easiest way (if you don't want to do any editing)
buy a dvd player/recorder, connect the video out of the camcorder to the dvd recorder input.

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