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, Susan Hastings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 >> equipped video cameras like the the JVC Everio series and the >> latest Panasonic and Sony HDD cameras (and some new mini-DVD >> cameras which use AVCHD as well) . >> >> http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ >> >> Looks like it does still need to convert on import, but at least we >> can do away with having to use other software to convert it into a >> format iMovie understands. I'm hoping that it is a general >> Quicktime feature update so Quicktime Player and other Quicktime >> compatible software will be able to natively work with such formats >> as well. >> >> Looks like a very major upgrade all round. >> >> hurrah! >> >> -Mart >> ------------------------------------ >> Martin Hill >> email: mart "at" ozmac.com >> homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com >> Mb: 0401-103-194 (new) hm: (08)9314-5242 >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/blitto/iWeb/ A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

