Is this camera good Canon HV20?

Canon HV20 camera video input to Final Cut Pro HD Express?

• Canon HV20 camera to hook into Final Cut Pro HD Express, what are the necessary settings to import video? I have tried many things yet Final Cut Pro HD Express is not recognizing my video for import.

• Answer:

  Clarification: You can have Final Cut Express HD. You can have Final Cut Pro HD... There is no "Final Cut Pro HD Express. Which version of Final Cut? If it is an older version, you need to manually install the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) from the Mac OSX system discs - the AIC is a QuickTime component. Which Mac are you using? How are you connecting the camcorder to the Mac? The only way that will work is by connecting a firewire cable to the HV30's DV port (not USB) to the Mac's firewire port (not USB). If you have a MacBook made between October 2008 and June 2009, there is no firewire port and no way to add one. ALL other Macs made in the last 10 years or so have a firewire port. The only workaround I can come up with are to use another computer with a firewire port and FinalCut - and when you import the video, get the video project files to an external drive. When importing completes, shut down the computer and hard drive, disconnect the hard drive from that computer and connect to your Mac - start everything up and open the video project file...