Comments on: Test clips from Canon HF10

By: eirikso

eirikso — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:25:55 +0000

That’s normal. The original file from the camera gets converted by iMovie. Into a format called “Apple Intermediate”. This is because it is not suitable to edit the original files from the camera directly. Due to the way it is compressed. This has to do with something called the GOP structure of the AVCHD format. That format gives a very high quality for each byte of data. But unfortunately it is not suited for editing and needs to be converted.

I don’t know of any workarounds. Other than shoot-convert-edit. Then keep a high quality copy of your finished edit and delete the raw material from iMovie…

By: SoCal_Tom

SoCal_Tom — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:54:59 +0000

Erikso, I just recently purchase the HF10, and when I imported the 10gb of video onto my intel base MacBook Pro using iMovie08, the original 10gb of video footage is now over 60gb…is this normal? Any work arounds? The video was shot in standard mode.

Thanks

Tom

By: Ole

Ole — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:40:59 +0000

I am having a really hard time getting Sony Vegas Pro 8 to work under my fresh install of vista (..reinstalled the OS 4 times now..I am about to give up) so I am looking elsewhere..FSC4 was one of the options I looked into before going for Sony, and I only went for Sony since I got a new computer through my work that would be more capable than my MacMini (with the current highest specs). Now that Sony seems to be unable to do what I need..the darn program wont even start properly most of the time..I am thinking of going for FSC4 again.

So..what are your views on FSC4, MacMini and the HF-10..will I be in a world of hurt trying to edit AVCHD on this thing?

By: eirikso

eirikso — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:05:17 +0000

I’m running iMovie 08, version 7.1.2. And you need an intel mac to get the AVCHD-support.

Without an intel mac you need to convert the files with Voltaic:
http://shedworx.com/?q=volmac-home

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:05:53 +0000

What version of iMovie do you have? I tried it with my mac mini and it did not recognize the files.

By: eirikso

eirikso — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:09:57 +0000

iMovie gets the files directly off the camera. I connect it and start iMovie. Then I use the import function to preview, select and import the files.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:26:21 +0000

How do you get the raw vidoes files from the camera to import into iMovie? My version doesn’t recognize the “mts” files.

Thanks

By: eirikso

eirikso — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:32:05 +0000

…and that’s exactly what they’ve done in the Canon HF10 camera. Throw out the hard drive and moving parts. And in with the solid state…

By: JHAWK

JHAWK — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:26:43 +0000

Well, If RAM is a concern, and you need speed because you use your computer to make a living,
and with RAM at 40 Bucks per 2 GB,
Throw 4 GB in there and call it a day IMO.

I mean, it’s 2008. I bet it gets even cheaper.

And by 2010, we prolly won’t even use ram anymore.

We’re going to see the convergence of RAM and Hard Drive before long. (After all Hard Drives become solid state and catchup to ram speeds that is)

By: eirikso

eirikso — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:44:18 +0000

He’s right about the battery life and I will probably buy an extra battery at some point. I’ve had no problems with the focus like he has and complaining about AVCHD-recording on an AVCHD-camera sounds kind of strange…

A comparison with the sony here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vktlx1nPBk&NR=1