Re: New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Susan Hastings
Rod, you can put the raw footage onto a DVD for archiving. Its compressed, so doesn't need nearly as much space as the processed video. The convenience of 'drag and drop' onto your computer from the camera outweighs the extra step, I think. cheers, susan. On 09/08/2007, at 6:38 AM, Rod Blit

Re: New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Rod Blitvich
So if we buy a Hard disk or flash memory video cam, how do we archive our footage? Will it burn to a DVD and still be usable/importable? It was great being able to put the miniDV tape in the desk drawer in case I ever wanted to go back to the raw footage. Ta Rod Blitvich on 8/8/07 9:05 PM, Susa

Re: New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Susan Hastings
Good news, I have an AVCHD video camera now. On 08/08/2007, at 11:24 AM, Martin Hill wrote: Everyone who has been recently considering buying a new video camera should be pleased by the new iMovie '08. It now natively supports the MPEG-2 and AVCHD formats used by the latest hard disk equip

Re: New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Steven
Oops. See what you mean. Second dot point is iMovie specific... " iMovie requires a Mac with an Intel processor, a Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz or faster), or an iMac G5 (1.9GHz or faster)." On 8/8/07 7:07 PM, "Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First dot points states... > > " Mac computer wit

Re: New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Steven
First dot points states... " Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 processor." On 8/8/07 7:01 PM, "Mark Heeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mmmm... > > Looks like this is a expensive iMovie upgrade: > > http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html > > No G4 support -

Re: New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Mark Heeler
Mmmm... Looks like this is a expensive iMovie upgrade: http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html No G4 support - looks like a new Computer for me... On 08/08/2007, at 3:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/08/2007, at 11:24 AM, Martin Hill wrote: Everyone who has been recently consi

Re: New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/08/2007, at 11:24 AM, Martin Hill wrote: Everyone who has been recently considering buying a new video camera should be pleased by the new iMovie '08. It now natively supports the MPEG-2 and AVCHD formats used by the latest hard disk equipped video cameras like the the JVC Everio se

New iMovie '08 works natively with MPEG-2 and AVCHD video cameras

2007-08-08 Thread Martin Hill
Everyone who has been recently considering buying a new video camera should be pleased by the new iMovie '08. It now natively supports the MPEG-2 and AVCHD formats used by the latest hard disk equipped video cameras like the the JVC Everio series and the latest Panasonic and Sony HDD camer