Sony HDD Handycam...

Please help...I bought the very cool hard drive Sony video camera, but it is soooo NOT compatible with my Mac. I downloaded the Quicktime addition to be able to view MPEG 2 files. I can actually see the video clips that I transfered to my Mac, but not hear them. No audio. When I go into the A/V controls menu, the volume controls are shaded.....
I will do ANYTHING, purchase ANY software etc. to make this work...please help!

Since Kirk told him/her July 25th what to do, I'd suggest doing that.
To the OP: (long gone no doubt) Buy the MPEG-2 Apple playback component, and MPEG Streamclip (free) open the clips and export to DV and use DV clips if you want edit the video.
$30 for the MPEG-2 and the rest is gratis. MPEG Streamclip is fine with Dolby 5.1 audio and will export to DV with a proper (audible) audio codec .
If you want MPEG-4 for say iPod or Apple TV you can edit , e.g. clip out the junk and export right to MPEG-4 from Streamclip as well. You need the MPEG-2 component since MPEG-2 is licensed and Streamclip needs it to decode the original.
Note it is not the jazziest MPEG player but it will just play stuff back for you too. Since the quality of MPEG-4 is so good, I'd convert to MPEG-4 to make smaller files and watch those.
If you want to make new DVD's from the HDD then Toast 8 Titanium will use the Sony clips right in Toast (no editing the junk though) and then will author a new DVD in practically no time. Better to open in Streamclip, edit, save as MPEG (a new file will be born), then use those clips in Toast.
Just because Final Cut Pro at ANY price might have worked it was not practical advice at all. $30 is a bit less than $1000.

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