On 04/03/2007, at 3:31 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
My son has a JVC GZ-MG505 camcorder which has no firewire
connection. It will connect to a PC via USB2 but he is unable to
control the camera through this. He really would like to get into
iMovie on a Mac. Is there a way to do this?
Severin Crisp
Hi Severin,
I take it the JVC GZ-MG505 is a HDD Camcorder.
If this is the case the Camcorder should show on his desktop as a
Hard Disk.
The files will be in MPEG-2 format which need to be converted to DV
Stream to be imported into iMovie.
Install the Application Pixela Capty MPEG Edit EX (that should be on
the disc that came with the Camcorder)
Use this application to convert the MPEG-2 ( .MOD) files to Quicktime
DV Stream.
All this information is in his Instruction booklets that came with
the Camcorder.
1. Create a Folder on his Desktop name it 'JVC Footage'.
2. Connect the AC Power Adapter to Camcorder & plug into Power.
3. Turn the Camcorder on & connect USB cable to Computer
4. Double click the 'EVERIO_HD icon that appears on the desktop to
open it.
5. Drag all the MOV.MOD files (eg: MOV00A.MOD, MOV001.MOD etc) into
the folder 'JVC Footage'
6. Drag the 'EVERIO_HD' to the Trash to Eject it, check that the
ACCESS light on the camera is not blinking
Turn the Camcorder to OFF
Disconnect the USB Cable
7. Open Capty MPEG Edit EX.
A} Under VIEW > COMBINE FILES
B} Click on ADD & locate the MOV.MOD files (use the shift key to
select them all).
C} Click OPEN
D} Click CREATE .... select Format DV Stream
E} Click EXECUTE
F} Name the Save As 'untitled.dv & Where 'Movies'
When it has finished creating your DV Stream and Encoding the Audio,
Quit Capty MPEG Edit EX & 'the combined file list will be discarded'
- OK.
8. Open iMovie, 'Create a New Project' - and Import the .DV file or
files and then Edit as normal.
It's late and I've been at a Birthday Party for a number of hours, so
hope I have not forgot anything.
Champagne does tend to make one 'slightly' forgetful ;-)
Cheers,
Ronni
