Need help pulling digital video from Canon HD HF10 camcorder to MacBook

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aav3

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

Topic # 28567 4-Dec-2008 16:44

Hi, I am having difficulty pulling the digital recordings from my Canon HD HF10 camcorder onto my MacBook. The Software supplied (ImageMixer 3 SE is not mac compatible). Does anyone have any ideas if there is another movie editing software that I can use that will be compatible with my Mac and canon camcorder?

Cheers

plod

258 posts

Ultimate Geek
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Reply # 182454 6-Dec-2008 11:16

Have you got imovie8 installed, your camera seems to be on the compatible list.

phindmarsh

112 posts

Master Geek

Reply # 182473 6-Dec-2008 13:10

As mentioned by plod, iMovie has a bunch of supported cameras out of the box, so if you have a firewire cable, try starting up iMovie and plugging the camera into the Macbook via firewire and if all is peachy it should just work!
:)

aav3

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

Reply # 182702 8-Dec-2008 11:21

I have iMovieHD installed. Is that similar to iMovie8?

wellygary

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Uber Geek
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Reply # 182704 8-Dec-2008 11:39

You will probably have both iMovieHD and Imovie 8 installed as part of the standard iLife suite,
do a spotlight search for imovie or have a look in the Applications folder,

Just plug you camera into the macbook and see what opens

aav3

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

Reply # 182709 8-Dec-2008 11:50

Hi,
I am able to pull off still images from the camcorder into imovie hd but no moving images. I got my hands on a firewire cable but it does not fit into the small usb plug socket. So will have to go source another one to see if firewire is the way to go.