Sanyo xacti and FCP2

Has anyone used the Sanyo Xacti E1 camera with FCP2?
I'm shooting in HD, I assume that I can mix the formats... just curios if anyone has had any first hand experience with it and FCP2...
Thanks,
Ed

FCP2 won't work with HD formats. You'll need FCP 4.5 for DVCProHD and FCP 5.1 for HDV. You're best option is to use the current version, FCP 6. But the codec used by the Xacti may still need to be converted prior to importing into FCP ... I believe it's one of the many MPEG-4 flavors.
-DH

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Reading your topic makes me already a lot wiser noticing that the format of the Xacti is AVC/H.264 ( being different than the AVCHD-format ) probably is the reason why imcompatiblity occurs with Apple. As I can conclude we only can wait till Apple makes an update to solve this problem, and till then use the lower quality.
The software which surely wil do the things we want is Ulead ( Corel - Windows software ) which seems to be bundled with the HD100.
http://dvformat.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=240611
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+My experience in using the Apple video software is that there are no problems as long as I don't try the full HD quality.+
+First of all, just simply trying to view the HD files with Quick Time - after having copied them on the harddisk- does'nt work. The only thing I see is a green screen while I do hear the audio part, so I presume QuickTime & Full HD aren't compatible.+
+When I try to import full HD video's using *iMovie 7*, iMovie crashes, so I presume iMovie & Full HD aren't compatible.+
+Then I tried *iMovieHD 6*, while is seemed that this earlier version does handle the full HD - format, the importing succeeded but ... once again trying to view the files doesn't work, as the generated miniatures look like, also the screen only shows a full green screen with sound !!+
+So I presume iMovieHD 6 & Full HD aren't compatible.+
+The only thing that is left is trying to use *Final Cut Pro*, which I still have to buy.+
+As full HD is represented as the standard for optimal quality, practical use seems upto now to be quite complicated and simply not working although a lot of features claim to do.+
+Do you think Final Cut Pro will handle with FULL HD, or what else can be the reason the incompatibility of Full HD with Apple software.+

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DM

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Zyfert,
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Premiere Elements does not read correctly all my files recorded with a Sanyo Xacti HD1000 at lower resolution.
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(Thank you in advance and sorry for my english)!

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