HT2498 Anyone using a Sony Handycam TD20E?

Is anyone using the above camera with their Mac? I have the latest OS

If you use a SD card in the TD20E, you can import the MTS files (MPEG4 H.264) from it into iMovie 10 for further processing.
http://www.sony-mea.com/product/hdr-td20e

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I can't seem to figure out how to import video files from the tape.
Since you say tape, I must assume you do not have a Sony DCR-DVD109. As Appleman indicates, "tape" camcorders use the FireWire interface/protocol for tapped video and USB for the Memory Stick "stills."
I looked at iSquint but I guess I'm not sure how it will recognize the tape source any better than the Memory Stick source.
iSquint was recommended specifically for the conversion of VOB ("muxed" MPEG-2) which have already been copied to your hard drive. It is not a dedicated "capture" application.

Anyone use the Sony MDRV-700 DJ headphones with nano?

Anyone use these with the nano? Did they work well?
http://www.warhogsaudioshop.com/ProductImages/Product%20Pictures/Sony%20Pro-Audi o/MDRV700DJ.jpg
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I use Sony MDR-V6 headphones with the nano, and they sound great. These are the same as Sony Pro MDR-7506 (although often the MDR-V6 can be found for less money). These are actually great headphones for sound from nearly any gear (especially at the price), and they provide good isolation.
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We have a Sony Handycam and I am unable to make it work with my MacBook. Are they compatible and how can I import the movies off the camcorder and work with them on my mac?

im pretty sure you have to get a firewire cable to connect the sony to your macbook. unless of course you have a memory card reader. then you could just dump the memory card from inside the sony cam into the card reader and import.

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I just bought this Handycam model DCRSR65. I can't seem to figure out what to do! I have downloaded sttreamclip still no audio and I can't even find my camera in Imovie? Please tell me there is a way! I think my macbook has a firewire port, so will this work? IF so, where do these firewire come from? I'm not very computer savvy so any help is really appreciated. I'm starting to feel like this purchase of a Sony product was ridiculously stupid! So many others seem to have this problem, please tell me it can be rectified for under a million dollars!
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You probably can not use it, unless you have a working InfraRed that can learn signals.
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So before when I was shooting in SD, I thought I was shooting in 30F then too, and the deck plays back that just fine - am I missing a difference in SD vs HD types of 30F?
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Generally you're going to have this problem with ANY computer that you hook up to a TV. If the TV does overscanning it is going to modify the edges of any input that you send to it. You don't notice due to the fact that there's usually nothing REALLY important around the edges of a TV broadcast, but with computers you definately notice when the menu bar gets chopped off.
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Anyone use a Sony J-30SDI with FC?

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Used that deck yesterday to load about 70 mins into an FCP system off a BetaSP. Used a Kona LH card, chose the appropriate kona dvpal setting, worked smoothly. Are you gonna capture through the firewire output?
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If your Sony will shoot in 48KHz (16 Bit), you should change it from 32KHz as you will be getting slightly better sound. (Make sure the Easy Setup matches of course).
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So, I purchase a new Sony Handycam DCR-SR42 with a 30 GB
Hard Drive in it. I ask the sales person “Is this camera compatible
with my G5 Mac?” He says, it sure is! I take it home record the kids
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Then I go and try and downlaod the movies to my Mac. I come to
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Sony states in one of the bullet points in the instruction manuel
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on the desk top for the camera, and copy the files from the camera
to my hard drive. So I follow the steps and do this. Then I go to
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stating that Quicktime cannot open the file because it could not
parse it -2048!?!?!
Next, I go to the Apple web site to see if I can find anything to
resolve all this. I find an article “iMovie does not work with muxed
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 clips” In the article it states that if the files
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are heavily compressed to allow the camera to cram more data
on the hard disk. The problem is you need some kind of software
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camera full of movies, with NO way of getting them off with
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Get a nice Sony miniDV camcorder. It is not too expensive; it is small and easy to carry around to shoot your video. Most importantly, it will be instantly compatible with iMovie. You don't have to install any software, just connect it via FireWire (Sony calls this iLink) and you are good to go!
I have had several Sonys and love them. You don't need one with fancy editing capabilities because you will edit your movies in iMovie. Just be sure that it has AV In and Out so you can import and export back to the camcorder.
My current version is the small DCR HC-26. There are newer versions of that HC-30something and 40something. Look at the specs on Sony's website
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I used to be able to download files from the Harddrive of my Sony Handycam, but now it won't let me import them while going through "log and transfer." I have tried to update my settings, but this doesn't seem to work. Any help would be much appreciated

Hard Drive: The Hard Drive is on my camera (Sony Handycam)
Just needed some info on what is going on with your particular system.
Knowing the exact camera model will also assist us.
If this camera is standard AVCHD you should be able to connect with USB to Mac with FCE open and use Log and Transfer without all the fiddling around converting etc.
What FCE does during ingest is convert files to AIC. (Apple Intermediate Codec)
FCE cannot read the individual files in the BDMV folder, that's why all the converting is required when you use that method.
BTW: regards formatting drives/cards/memory on cameras; it is wise to use the actual device to format rather than a computer. This is a prime cause of read/write goof ups with solid state media. This applies to still or video cameras.
Keeping the COMPLETE card/memory structure in tact is vital for successful transfers.
Try here for some trouble shooting tips:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12682263#12682263
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Using footage from DVD disc shot with sony handycam

I'm trying to import some footage that was shot with a sony handycam. The camera records directly onto a mini DVD disc. I put the disc in and copied the files onto my desktop. When I import the files into FCP, it recognizes the .vob files, but not the other ones.....so, all I have in FCP is the video, but no audio. Any ideas on how to get the audio into FCP? Trying to avoid playing the mini DVD disc on a player and recording the audio, then importing that and then trying to sync....but will resort to that if necessary.
Thanks in advance.

Get MPEG Streamclip (its free) from www.versiontracker.com. Use this to convert the files from your handycam to QuickTime videos using the DV codec.
Be aware that there will be a loss in quality as you convert your MPEG-2 videos to an editable format. Its unavoidable, and the reason professionals do not use direct to DVD cameras.

HT2498 Anyone using a Sony Handycam TD20E?

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