On the mac, I installed a video codec package that had everything I needed, all in one swoop (I can't remember the name of it it right now-- it started with a P). The Flip does come with software to use with the Mac, though-- no hack required.
The Flip's packaging is obscene, it's so hard to get into. I did like the fact that, at Costco, the Flip was all of $90. I bought four of them, but I think I'm going to return three. The hardest part for me is that my Mac has developed an intermittent USB software issue, so the camera gets disconnected while accessing. That, and the MacBook ports are too low to fit the Flip connector, and my USB cable extension didn't want to play nice when I tried it. I have to monkey around with that a bit more before considering it a failure, though. --Stephanie On 8/4/07, Ryan Ozawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was curious about the Flip Video as an cheap, easy option to let my > kids do the video thing, but never got around to picking one up. Turns > out waiting was a good strategy, as Facebook gave away a hundred of > 'em last month and I won one. > > ... The hardest part of getting started was getting the thing out of the > darn molded plastic coffin it came in. The hardest part of using the > videos it recorded was... well, using a Mac. It comes with stuff for > Windows, but to use OSX video tools takes some hacking. More hacking > than I had patience for. So I just ran the Flip Video software under > Parallels. I used the "Movie Mix" tool, strung together 25 clips, and > voila: > > > http://www.lightfantastic.org/imr/extras/videoblog/archives/2007/08/bon_dance_by_fl.html > > Not sure if I'd have bought one (over the nearly comparably priced > low-end Xacti, which has more features), but I love it given the price > I paid! > > Ryan > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Stephanie Bryant Author, Videoblogging for Dummies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mortaine.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
