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Sony MicroMV (DCRIP7) & Mac
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Apr 16, 2002, 06:08 AM
 
I am thinking of buying the new Sony MicroMV camera. Does anyone know if they work well with iMovie - i.e. I assume because they have a firewire port there should be no compatibility issues but given they are not MiniDV I wasn't sure if there would be any issues. Can anyone elighten me?
     
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Apr 16, 2002, 07:59 AM
 
Won't work (at least yet). MicroMV doesn't record a DV stream to the MicroMV tape -- it records MPEG 2. There aren't any MPEG 2 editing utilities for the Mac. In fact, for Windows the only program you can use right now is Sony's mediocre MovieShaker. Sony has said it is trying to get Apple and Microsoft to build editing components into their systems to support the camera, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
     
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Apr 21, 2002, 02:57 PM
 
Damn...I've bought IP7.....good camera...good quality...but I CAN'T connect it to Mac (G4/733). Sony's MovieShaker - the only program, that can recognize IP7...and for PeeCee.
     
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Apr 23, 2002, 09:44 AM
 
could you run Movieshaker in virtualPC, just to get the mpeg 2 file (or is it files?) onto the mac. then you could export the file to DV stream in quicktime pro, and get it into iMovie.

no idea if the first bit would work, not having played with VPC for ages. and it all sounds a bit of a bother.

anybody got a plan B?

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Apr 25, 2002, 10:13 PM
 
QT6 may be able to help when it finally comes out.
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