Importing Sony PMW EX1 footage into Imovies


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Importing Sony PMW EX1 footage into Imovies
by Joe Young on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:47:52 pm

Hi,
I just started with a new Mac and I'm feeling quite shocked that I can't view or import my video footage recorded on a Sony PMW EX1 HDV camera.
I'm connected the camera with a USB lead and I can view the files on the "untitled" memory devices that appear on my Mac's desktop after I plug the camera into the Mac, but then when I click on the "untitled" folder to play the videos inside the BPAV folder... it doesn't work,

The annoying thing is I can neither import the files nor even view them with Quicktime.

Does anybody have a suggestion at all? Much appreciate it..

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Re: Importing Sony PMW EX1 footage into Imovies
by David Roth Weiss on Oct 30, 2009 at 9:13:18 pm

See the necessary Sony downloads at the site below:

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcamexsite/resource.downloads

David Roth Weiss
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Re: Importing Sony PMW EX1 footage into Imovies
by Joe Young on Oct 30, 2009 at 11:54:09 pm

Thanks a lot for your help, I installed XDCAM clip browser, but now I get this error: XDCAM EX Clip Browser cannot open files in the “QuickTime Player Document” format.

The thing is I have Quicktime X already installed (I think) but when I try to play the MPEG-4 video clips, I get this error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -12909.)

Is my Mac missing something here? Do I need n extra plugin?

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Re: Importing Sony PMW EX1 footage into Imovies
by Rafael Amador on Nov 1, 2009 at 1:34:21 pm

Hi Joe,
You need Final Cut 6.0.2 and the SONY Transfer tool.
This will allow to download and re-wrap the MP4 as editable QT files.
Search in the SONY CineAlta forum for a link.
Cheers,
rafael

www.nagavideo.com

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