IMovie '08, AVCHD and a Powermac G5

Ok, I know this is pretty early in the product release, but I was really excited yesterday when the new iLife arrived on my doorstep, and I could finally, properly, use my HDD based cam.
Jump to the point......It works GREAT, if I want to shoot in standard definition! When I attempt to import AVCHD format from the cam, I'm told it requires and Intel Mac!!!!! Yeah, I found the compatibility link on the Apple site, and it looked like it might be an issue, but jeez, my machine is a dual 2.3 Ghz G5 with 4GB RAM. I can see if they said "performance may really, really stink", but to not even allow the import?
Anyway, just kind of venting, and wondering if anyone in a similar situation has found a way to "trick" iMovie '08 into thinking it's running on an Intel Mac. 8-)
Thanks

Well, I guess I should have read this before buying a new video camera. When I saw the annoucement for iMovie '08 I was blown away and my reaction was that finally someone had created vidoe editing software for the rest of us. I really wasn't interested in the fiddling with converters and spending hours plying with tools. I found iMovie HD to be non-intuitive and simply never figured out how to use it. With iMovie '08 that all changed and I decided to buy a new Sony Camera, a HDR-CX7E to be specific and the camera is fantastic, I have been travelling overseas for the last 2 weeks and have lots of great footage. While I was away I installed the Sony software on my Windows machine and it worked flawlessly and was very quick, transferring the video files automatically within a few minutes. I assumed it would only get better once I could use my iMac at home.
Well today I purchased iLift '08 and I like what they have done with iPhoto but when I got message from iMovie that only Intel based Macs support AVCHD I almost fell off my chair. Given that there are other 3rd party tools on that support the G5 Mac there is clearly not a technical issue on the G5, I can only assume that Apple havn't written the G5 code yet which is disappointing given all the assurances. The Sony software imports and plays the AVCHD video on my old Windows XP Laptop with a 1.7GHz Pentium M quickly and easily so I can't see why there would be any problems on a G5. If there are performance issues with editing the content then they should at least move it off the camera onto the Mac so I can play it...instead it does nothing. I would like to know why Apple are finding it so hard to support AVCHD, it is the most important current standard for video, Sony's software doesn't run on a Mac, iMovie won't support it on a G5. My only option, having moved to a Mac almost 2 years ago and convinved most of my friends to convert, is to go back to using my Windows machine. As an early convert to the Mac I am being disadvantaged and the least I would expect is an answer from Apple on why this has happenned and what will be done about it. I have purchased a $2,000 camera and at the moment I can't even move the video to my Mac so I can erase the card. I have 2 x 4GB cards so it won't be long and they will be full.

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Please forgive me for these (probably) basic questions, but right now I feel like a complete idiot.
I recently purchased the Canon HF10. At first I thought it was going to be great to have an HD camcorder (a reason to buy an HDTV, too) for home movies, but evidentially this isn't going to be as nice as I thought. I don't understand the following:
I basically want to shoot video of softball games and save for family use - nothing professional here, just good/great quality home videos. Also, need to be able to stop-action and step through video for softball skill analysis.
1. When I use iMovie '09 to import my video, it is taking forever to transfer. Why?
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3. What does the camera frame rate setting mean by i60 Normal or PF30 or Pf24? (again, I feel really stupid)
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Regarding stop action, this camera has the ability for you to take stills while video is recording. It's pretty interesting. Even better, iMovie lets "Add Still Frame to Project." Also if you play video from iMovie Project or Event window's, you can easily view one frame at a time by repeatedly pressing the left or right arrow.
Hard disk storage is cheap now, save up and buy a drive to archive your video. That way later on you could re export your movies to an HD compatible format since burning to DVD as your doing now is not HD.
Also, yes definitely use 60i for action video. This camera really does a great job.
The thing about 30p/24p with this camera is that the resolution is reduced: 60i=1920x180 pixels whereas 30p and 24p modes on this camera is 1440x1080.

Importing AVCHD and DCIM folders into iMovie that someone has sent me. They live on my desktop. How do I bring them into an event library?

Someone has sent me the AVCHD and DCIM folders to import into iMovie. They live on my desktop. How do I bring them into an event library?

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AVCHD is a highly complex file structure:
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if the structure is intact, you go via File/Import/Camera Archive …
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the pics/jpegs can be imported via Finder/drag'n drop.-

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Advanced High Definition (AVCHD) isn't supported by Apple.
So the answer is "no". You can't really edit AVCHD anyway, and you need a firewire to import to iMovie.
The cameras are awesome, I agree, but not suited for imovie.
:)Sue

AVCHD and iMovie 08

Ok, I tried to do a search as to not clutter the discussion forums any more than they are.
I am considering purchasing the new Canon HG10. It uses AVCHD. Now I know that there is a lot of dicussion on this. So .. here is my question.
I understand the iMovie 08 imports it in and converts it to a Quicktime format of some sort. How does this effect it being "HD Quality"? Does it stay in the same size and quality? I know that AVCHD is a complicated compression but I just want to know if it impairs the quality a lot by this process.
Also when burning these files do they burn in HD? IE: Do I still need to play them on a particular player or use specific media to burn them?
I am sorry for the N00BIE questions but I am a Noobie when it comes to this stuff.
Thanks for any information you can provide to me.

Winston Churchill wrote:
This couldn't be more wrong.
AIC is lossless, indeed when converting your compressed AVCHD file, AIC decompresses it and stores each and every frame as a key frame (full quality) hence the large file sizes.
That couldn't be more wrong! I thought I'd be original and change "this" to "that"! You probably shouldn't speak in absolutes, unless you are absolutely sure of what you are talking about and absolutely clear in what you mean. I'm not sure whether your understanding is at fault or your clarity in expressing yourself, so I will explain below.
I'm pretty certain that you are mistaken about AIC being lossless. From what I have read, you are correct that AIC stores each frame as a key frame. However, you are incorrect in your assumption that a key frame is "full quality".
There are two primary ways that video compression algorithms work - spatial compression and temporal compression. Spatial compression involves compressing the data in each frame. This is often done using a discrete cosine transform (DCT) algorithm and is lossy. Simpler video compression algorithms like DV only use spatial compression.
Temporal compression schemes divide up frames into two types: key frames and predictive frames. There can be multiple types of predictive frames. The key frames are spatially compressed and occur throughout the video stream at regular or irregular intervals, depending on the format type. The frames in between key frames are drawn only by referencing the changes that have happened since the last key frame and the changes required before the next key frame. This greatly reduces the amount of data stored between key frames.
MPEG-2, for example, utilizes spatial compression in the key frames (I-frames) and temporal compression in the form of P-frames and B-frames. AVCHD also uses both spatial and temporal compression schemes, although AVCHD (based on H.264) is much more advanced than MPEG-2 in the algorithm by which this compression is achieved. AIC on the other hand, only uses spatial compression and thus every frame is a key frame (a key frame, but still a compressed frame!).
Where you may be correct (and where I may be incorrect) is in the conversion between AVCHD and AIC. The AIC codec is lossy, but the conversion between the two may be lossless IF AIC builds all of its frames directly from the AVCHD frames without decompressing and recompressing them.
Here is where my knowledge begins to run dry. If you have a reference or link to an article that establishes that the conversion between AVCHD and AIC is a lossless conversion, then I happily concede that no quality will be lost in converting between AVCHD and AIC. However, if you cannot establish this, then I will continue to play it safe and assume that there is some quality loss in the conversion. Thanks for tuning in

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AVCHD and Snow Leopard. I have been using Final Cut Express 4 and I-Movie 08 since they both came out. I have been using the same AVCHD camcorder (Cannon HG10) with both programs, and it has worked perfectly. Now I have installed 10.6 and 10.6.1 and now neither program will allow AVCHD transfer. Both recognize the camcorder but won't transfer.
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I have just restored back to 10.5 and every thing is working again.
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CAM2399 wrote:
A little poking around on the internet and I discovered that Snow Leopard won't support AVCHD (http://www.shedworx.com/no-avchd-in-snow-leopard). Third party web site mind you.
This is, to be polite, a misunderstanding. Shedworx are being careless with their terminology.
1. SL itself does not support AVCHD, but neither did Leopard.
2. AVCHD support is built in to the movie editing software (iMOvie, FCE, FCP), exactly as it was in 10.5
3. I am happily editing AVCHD from my HG10 in iMovie 09 and in FCP, in exactly the same way I did under 10.5
So you have a specific issue with your camera, you've taken that with some carelessness from Shedworx, and on that basis you've decided, incorrectly, that Apple does not/will not support AVCHD.
There were many cases under Leo where people reported problems getting their camera to communicate with iMovie. Solutions include:
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Dear all,
I experienced a problem with iMovie today : I was importing video from my camcorder, and iMovie suddenly crashed.
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I tried to restart the Mac, to re install iMovie using Pacifist and the install DVD provided... but the same problem appears.
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Hi Sue,
Thanks for your quick answer.
I had a look at the web page : as a conclusion, no problem appears in my plist files.
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Date/Time: 2005-12-11 19:49:01 +0100
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Problems transferring my mini DV tapes to Imovie. Slow and not working correctly

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2) Drag your long clip into MPEG Streamclip. (If you don't know where it is, Right-click on the clip in the imovie event and select "Reveal in FInder".
3) Think if dividing your long clip into Events (everything you shot on a single day, for example) - and Scenes (clips) - an individual unit of footage within the Event.
4) Move the MPEG Streamclip playhead to the beginning of the 1st scene and press I for in point. Movie the Playhead to the last frame of the scene and press O for out point.
5) Now, FILE/EXPORT TO DV. Save it to a location you can easily find, like a folder on your desktop. Give it name in the following format: clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss.dv This will preserve the time metadata for later when you are editing. You may want to have your camera handy so you can easily see this data.
6) Repeat this process until you have all clips done. You should find that the playhead is still at the out point. You can simply type I and you have set the in point for a totally nondestructive capture of the next clip.
7) Finally, open iMovie and use FILE/IMPORT/MOVIES... and navigate to the place where you saved all these clips. iMovie will import and sort into Events (you may have to check "split days into new events". Let it generate thumbnails and you are done.

HT1338 imovie keeps quiting and now it won't play my projects

I think I deleted something I wasn't suppose to. I tried clearing space on my hard drive by deleting past events in my imovie folder. Now imovie quits unexpectedly and it won't play my projects. I try play one full screen and I just get a black screen. I also when get out of imovie and go back it won't open my project, but it'll open others?

Welcome to AD!
That authorization loop is annoying, isn't it? It's happened to quite a few folks.
Here are some steps to try.
1. Deauthorize, then reauthorize your PC
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
Sign out and sign back into the store to authorize all the accounts, even that old one from 2 years ago that you forgot about.
2. Delete the SC Info folder. The _entire folder_, not just the file. It will get rebuilt the next time you start iTunes. Don't forget to _restart your PC_, as the article says.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
3. Get a free single of the week, which has the latest DRM on it, and play a few seconds of it. This sometimes will present a new terms of service you need to agree to.
Something else that has been suggested, is to delete one of these problem tracks but DO NOT SEND IT TO THE RECYCLE bin. Then re-add it to Itunes and see if it will play. Just do one track to check this out. Nobody has ever posted back to tell me whether this works.
If you still can't get purchases to play, contact iTS support.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/authorization/
There is a Contact Us button on that page.

IMovie '08, AVCHD and a Powermac G5

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