Imovie 11 and Canon Vixia R400

I am considering purchasing the Canon Vixia R400 and want to be able to use imovie 11. I understand that AVCHD does not play well with imovie unless it's transcoded but this camcorder can also record in MP4 files. Would this mean that imovie will be able to handel without needing to transcode the file first?

I would recommend that you get a 4 pin to 9 pin firewire cable. You can get a good price at www.monoprice.com. Many people have reported trouble with those adapters.
Also, make sure camera is plugged into wall power. Battery power will not work for this.

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As per Shane, I actually just tried to get 'Clipwrap' for my own G5, and couldn't find a version for 10.4.
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i just bought the new Canon Vixia HF200. it is Mac Compatible and i have imported the still photos from the flash drive. When i started to import the video into iMovie, all seemed well.
at one point, i wanted to start the import part over again because a few clips didn't import. iMovie stopped recognizing the cam. i have tried zapped pram, repaired permissions, trashed plists, updated all software. no go...iMovie still refuses to see the cam, it sees only my build in iSight.
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Here's my initial ideas for your consideration.
I expect that you have already checked to see if anything from this link helps you:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317
I see you have reset PRAM, but have you tried resetting SMC/PMU? That, and other troubleshooting tips related to your inbuilt iSight may merit a look at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
The other Apple Article I looked at about your problem is:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/7.0/en/10331.html
The thing that caught my eye there is that you might be experiencing a conflict with DVD Player (or some other app?). Try connecting the camera, quitting any extraneous apps like DVD Player that might open, and then launch iMovie.
If that does not help, you might restart your Mac and try again with NOTHING but the HF200 connected.
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If everything fails, we might want to brainstorm this via iChat
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Hi! A MacUser since 1989, and using a digital camera for stills and videos since 2004 - +but really have done next to nothing with a true "camcorder".+
I'm considering a Canon FS100 camcorder which records onto SD and SDHC cards (but has no internal memory / storage).
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I feel so lucky that I stumbled into a great file management scheme with my Canon HF100 and I can also report that before that I tried an FS100 and the same procedure for a week before I got this camera. I picked up this method on a thread on MacRumours, I believe.
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Grant
Message was edited by: Grant Crosthwaite

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