Canon Vixia HF R21 camcorder question

Problem: Just bought a Canon Vixia HF R21 HD camcorder. Just shot a football game with it using the highest quality setting called MXP. This is 1080x1920 at 24Mbps and a frame rate of 60i. Output is 1080i. The video looks awesome on the camcorder screen.
In PE9 it looks jittery AND WAVY. Almost like looking trough heat waves.
Questions:
1. I did not set the camera to sports mode. Should I have?
2. Besides 60i, there are PF30 and PF24 frame rates. Would either get rid of the jitters?
3. Is the jitters I'm seeing because I don't have a Hi-def monitor or TV or Blu-ray player?
4. Don't know about 1080i vs 1080p.
5. All I know is I want what's on the camera to be on DVDs or Blu-ray DVDs.
Thanks.

have amd phenom x955 quad core and 8gb ram
under change settings....
no clue what to choose
In a message dated 9/2/2011 1:14:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
First, ensure that you have the latest version of Quicktime from Apple.com
on your system.
Then ensure that, when you started your project, you chose the settings
for a Full AVCHD 1920x1080 video project. You'll know if you've selected the
right settings for your project because, when you add the video to your
timeline, there will NOT be a red line above the clips until you add effects
or transitions to them.
Is that the case in your situation?
Did you use Premiere Elements' Video Importer to get the video from the
camcorder to your computer? You should. It's located under Get Media/From
Flip, AVCHD and Hard Disk Cameras.
If, with everything set up right, you're still having problems, it could
be that your computer isn't powerful enough to work with AVCHD. Most people
successfully editing AVCHD have quad-core or i7 processors.
How fast is your processor and how much RAM do you have? Have you cleared
and defragmented your hard drive recently?

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I am looking for the best or most optimal setting for shooting video with my Canon VIXIA HF R21 camera.
I am using a MacBook Pro laptop and Adobe Premiere Elements 10.
My goal is to produce the best quality videos for a "YouTube" channel. The videos will be for a teenage car show shot outdoors and narrated.
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Try it. You'll see.
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In a message dated 9/2/2011 1:14:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
First, ensure that you have the latest version of Quicktime from Apple.com
on your system.
Then ensure that, when you started your project, you chose the settings
for a Full AVCHD 1920x1080 video project. You'll know if you've selected the
right settings for your project because, when you add the video to your
timeline, there will NOT be a red line above the clips until you add effects
or transitions to them.
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successfully editing AVCHD have quad-core or i7 processors.
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Which version of Premiere Elements allowed you to do a DV or HDV capture firewire in to its Capture Window using a USB connection? From what you wrote it gave me the impression that you were saying that you had.
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http://help.adobe.com/fr_FR/premiereelements/using/WS5CDA0F91-60F1-4b79-ABF6-E9E75F498DB2. html#WS2AF26FB5-4C63-4c46-9DB3-7249558F6528
then you would need to explore the use of HDVSplit (firewire connection) and then import of the .m2t split clips from that process in to Premiere Elements 12 (Add Media/Files and Folders/Project Assets).
http://strony.aster.pl/paviko/hdvsplit.htm
If both these Canon camera are miniDV camcorders, then you need a firewire connect to the data capture into Premiere Elements Capture Windows.
Do you have access to a computer with a firewire port?
Or
Does your computer have what is referred to as a PCMCIA slot for use with a firewire card? Have you looked into the possibility? No sure if that will work for you.
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