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Problem using Imovie/Final Cut Express

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Hi all,

i'm a relatively new Mac user and wanted to use my MBP for video editing. Trouble is i have a sony DCR-SR90E Hard drive Camera.

Most of you are probably going to say Imovie was not designed to work with Mpeg-2 and i have been told that already. But i'm wondering if there is a work around or an update to fix this? Is there any way to get the video into a format i can use without losing in quality? or without spending all day converting files?

Any help or suggestions would be great.

cheers
 
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Hi all,

i'm a relatively new Mac user and wanted to use my MBP for video editing. Trouble is i have a sony DCR-SR90E Hard drive Camera.

Most of you are probably going to say Imovie was not designed to work with Mpeg-2 and i have been told that already. But i'm wondering if there is a work around or an update to fix this? Is there any way to get the video into a format i can use without losing in quality? or without spending all day converting files?

Any help or suggestions would be great.

cheers

G'day setanta5 & welcome to Mac-Forums.

I'm also new ... to the world of mpeg2 files. It seems your Mac can handle these with the help of QuickTime and a few add-ons. I found various information about 3rd Party software to help you with conversion and there was mention that QuickTime Pro may also be beneficial.

Anyway, bear with me while I overload you with links:

MPEG2Works

Squared5

MPEG2 Playback

MPEG2 FAQ's

Once you've installed these tools according to their instructions, you can watch MPEG-2 videos in QuickTime Player and use MPEG Streamclip to demux MPEG-2 files. To demux a file, open it in MPEG Streamclip and select File: Demux to M2V. The output file will contain the video data (no audio) from the original movie and can be opened in XO Wave. Alternatively, you can also select File: Demux to M2V and AIFF if you want to import the audio from the MPEG-2 into XO Wave as well. (Of course, if your file is already demuxed, XO Wave will load the video-only stream directly, and there is no need to demux with MPEG Streamclip. You'll still need the MPEG-2 playback component from Apple, though.)
 
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Thanks for that Marty,

one question,

what is demuxing and why do i need to do it?
 
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Some mpeg files have the audio/video interwoven and demuxing separates them into video_ts and audio_ts folders.
 

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