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What HD camcorders are compatible with Mac?

Can Sony HDR-XR200V be used with mac? Final Cut Pro?

  • I just bout a Sony HDR-XR200V. I use Final Cut Pro on my macbook pro to edit videos. But it seems that the camcorder doesn't work with mac (the software that came with it doesn't work on mac either). The salesperson in Sony Style said that it would work with mac. How can I modify the file into what Final Cut can process? Or is it true that all HD camcorders don't work with mac? Thanks a lot ^^

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    The Sony HDR-XR200V saves high definition, highly compressed AVCHD compressed, video files. Drag and drop is the correct method - but what you did not tell us is the version of FinalCut you ar using. Only the CURRENT version of FinalCut running on an Intel-chip based Mac will work - Your MacBook Pro is Intel-chip based. If what you mean by "HD" is "high definition", no, it is NOT true that all HD camcorders don't work with Macintosh computer. I have been editing HDV video from my Sony HDR-HC1 and HDR-FX1 for years. If what you mean by "HD" is hard disc drive camcorders, that acronym is HDD. I have edited video from standard definition HDD camcorders and FireStore external drives on my Macs for years. The issue here is the high definition video format used by the HDR-XR200V - AVCHD. It is a relatively new format - if you meet the FinalCut version requirements (you already meet the Intel-chip requirement), then you are good to go. The software included in the box of any consumer based camcorder is useless - even for Windows or Vista. It does not matter that it is not made for OSX.

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Have a look here I do not use a Mac but there is some good tips, http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2007/07/28/175003.html and here http://shedworx.com/ Maybe this will help you out. Good luck RR

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yes it can , you will have to drag the files across by mass storage and into your FCP , this will be the only way , either by import or drag and drop

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