#MPEG STREAMCLIP WIKIPEDIA MAC OSX#
#MPEG STREAMCLIP WIKIPEDIA MAC#

While the script is running there will be a small progress animation next to a red dot located on the middle-left side of the Main Menu bar at the top of the screen. This may take a long time depending on how many video clips are on the camera. These video files will then be converted to either DV or MPEG4 depending on which script you are using.

Once the script starts it will copy all of the video files (.MOD files) off of the camera's hard drive and place them in a desktop folder called 'video_files_from_camera' overwriting any pre-existing folder with this name in the process.

Click on this icon and then click the 'Choose' button. It should be located in the left side of the browse window as a small yellow icon named 'CANON'. Click 'Grab Video' to browse to and choose the small yellow icon of the camera's hard drive.

Read the script's onscreen directions carefully and make sure that you won't be overwriting any previously imported clips by continuing.

CANONFS11-MPEG4 will convert your videos to lower quality MPEG4 files, which are smaller and more appropriate for use on the web without editing first. CANONFS11-DV will convert your videos to high quality DV files, which take up more space and are compatible with iMovie and Final Cut Pro.

Now open one of the Automator scripts for the CANONFS11 located in the dock at the bottom of the screen (the icon looks like a little robot).

In a few moments a little disk drive icon should appear on the desktop.

Depressing this joystick affirms a selection) The item selected will be highlighted in yellow by toggling you can choose other items. Choose this option (Choosing on the camera is accomplished using the little joystick on the left side of the screen. A little yellow prompt will appear at the bottom of the screen with two options.

Plug in the camera (there is a usb cable provided for this purpose the small end goes in the camera the large end in the computer).

(this option is currently only available on Wilson Media Lab computers)

The instructions below will cover both platforms and assume that the user wants to transfer the footage into an editable format.

#MPEG STREAMCLIP WIKIPEDIA MAC#

The import process is slightly different on Mac and pc. The DV cameras suffered from a multitude of connection problems due to their reliance on Firewire 400 as opposed to the much more resilient USB 2.0 standard.

#MPEG STREAMCLIP WIKIPEDIA MAC OSX#

1.1.2 Mac OSX - Manual import and file conversionĪlthough the import process with the new HDD cameras does not signify a reduction in complexity over the import process for DV cameras it is much more reliable.1.1.1 Mac OSX - Using Automator Scripts.That said, you have more encoding and quality options with the DV footage because it is largely uncompressed. As such when recording with a DV camera it is necessary to have sufficient storage and backup storage for your footage (around 18GB per hour). The HDD camera records in a compressed format, the DV camera is raw. The quality of this footage is somewhat better than the footage coming from the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) camera. Instead the user must purchase a dv tape from the campus store or an outside vendor. The mini dv cameras have no built in storage. The hdd is not removable and hence the footage must be imported from the camera before it is returned to the Circ desk. This will allow for about 10 hours of recording at DVD quality. To this end they have less storage space than an ipod - about 32GB. They have a hard drive in them very similar to the one you might find in an ipod. The hard disk cameras are made by cannon. See Borrowing Equipment - Camcorders for more information on checking out these types of camera. Two types of video recording cameras are available at the Circulation Desk: hard disk cameras and dv cameras.

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