Canon HF200 and Final Cut Express

I just got my first Mac computer, a Mac Mini, and I ordered it with Final Cut Express. I also have a new camera, a Canon HF200, but I'm having trouble with it. When I connect it with the HDMI cable, nothing happens. I have some dics that came with the camera. The first one installed an image viewer type thing, but the second one is doing nothing and I can't even seem to eject it. Can anyone help? I just need to know how you can hook up a Canon HF200 with a Mac Mini and have the video content imported to FCE.

ColeRothacker wrote:
I just got my first Mac computer, a Mac Mini
congrats!
and I ordered it with Final Cut Express. I also have a new camera, a Canon HF200, but I'm having trouble with it.
I have the HF 10 & had an import error due to sound mixing settings, but we'll hold off on that for now...
When I connect it with the HDMI cable, nothing happens.
how are you doing this? did you buy the mini displayport adapter or something? if so, this will not work as that will be OUTPUT only, it can't import or input video.
I have some dics that came with the camera. The first one installed an image viewer type thing, but the second one is doing nothing and I can't even seem to eject it.
were these full size CDs? the canon software is useless, btw, so I wouldn't bother with it.
rebooting holding the left mouse button down will eject the disc, if it's the std size.
Can anyone help? I just need to know how you can hook up a Canon HF200 with a Mac Mini and have the video content imported to FCE.
USB cable & using the import function: http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/tutorials/ & select the one for "Transfer from AVCHD"

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