I just read the "Tapeless camcorders and the Mac" article that is posted
on MacWorld. See it here, http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/06/tapeless/index.php
I borrowed a friends Sony that uses a hard drive and he told me that the MiniDV tapes were on there way out and the harddrive camcorders were the way to go. I used it and liked it; however, it did not like my PowerBook and iMovie HD. From help on this forum I downloaded a free program and a 19.99 program (MPEG Streamclip is free and Apple's QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component )from apple.com...those together allowed me to convert the video files on the Sony harddrive to a dv file that iMovie can use.
My question...because I am now going to by my own camcorder. Should I go with a miniDV camcorder or a harddrive camcorder and use the conversion software?
Thanks for any advice,
TC
on MacWorld. See it here, http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2007/06/tapeless/index.php
I borrowed a friends Sony that uses a hard drive and he told me that the MiniDV tapes were on there way out and the harddrive camcorders were the way to go. I used it and liked it; however, it did not like my PowerBook and iMovie HD. From help on this forum I downloaded a free program and a 19.99 program (MPEG Streamclip is free and Apple's QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component )from apple.com...those together allowed me to convert the video files on the Sony harddrive to a dv file that iMovie can use.
My question...because I am now going to by my own camcorder. Should I go with a miniDV camcorder or a harddrive camcorder and use the conversion software?
Thanks for any advice,
TC