Camcorder + mpeg muxed question?
Hi there.
I wonder if you guys and gals can help me out at all please.
We have just moved countries and I need to get some dvd's sent home to our older relatives that don't have internet/computers. I am also a recent switcher to mac and so far loving it, especially as I am not spending loads of time trying to work out issues (unlike my windows days).
My first question is that I have a Sony W17 digital camera which records movies as a mpeg muxed file. I need to demux / convert it to dv format so that I can use it in imovie and idvd. I would like to stick to apple apps if I can but wondered if anyone knows if quick time pro can convert the file for me. Any help for this would be appreciated.
The second question is that I am thinking of buying a video camera so I can take it to imovie very easily. I can see a few recommendations for Canon HD10 and HD20. I don't want to spend too much and now these models are a bit older there are a lot cheaper. Is there any others I should be considering. I am trying to stay clear of hard disk and DVD as I have heard that mini dv tapes are best especially when using imovie.
Obviously technology is changing so the reviews I read about the Canons might be out of date so if I need to me thinking about newer models then can you sugguest some for us?
Thanks in advance.
A newbie mac user.
I wonder if you guys and gals can help me out at all please.
We have just moved countries and I need to get some dvd's sent home to our older relatives that don't have internet/computers. I am also a recent switcher to mac and so far loving it, especially as I am not spending loads of time trying to work out issues (unlike my windows days).
My first question is that I have a Sony W17 digital camera which records movies as a mpeg muxed file. I need to demux / convert it to dv format so that I can use it in imovie and idvd. I would like to stick to apple apps if I can but wondered if anyone knows if quick time pro can convert the file for me. Any help for this would be appreciated.
The second question is that I am thinking of buying a video camera so I can take it to imovie very easily. I can see a few recommendations for Canon HD10 and HD20. I don't want to spend too much and now these models are a bit older there are a lot cheaper. Is there any others I should be considering. I am trying to stay clear of hard disk and DVD as I have heard that mini dv tapes are best especially when using imovie.
Obviously technology is changing so the reviews I read about the Canons might be out of date so if I need to me thinking about newer models then can you sugguest some for us?
Thanks in advance.
A newbie mac user.
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Any helps please?