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First off - I'm a newbie at this. I saw an older post where someone was having trouble getting movies from their Panasonic HDC-TM90 to iMovie. I'm in the same boat. I've had the HDC-TM90 since last year and just filled up the 32Gb card so now I need to transfer the movies to my Mac. I have iMovie08 but am willing to upgrade to iMovie11 if I need to.
One of my main reasons for picking this camcorder was to get HD movies that are crisp and sharp. Is there a noticeable difference if I choose iFrame as my recording format as opposed to the 1080/60p I'm using now?
What I took away from the older post was that I needed to convert the movies (using ClipWrap) in AIC and then they would be accepted by iMovie. So correct me anywhere along the way but to keep the high quality of the 1080/60p I've recorded in, I need to purchase ClipWrap (unless there's something else) and take the entire AVCHD foler and drag it into the software where I can pick and choose what I want to convert. And when prompted I should choose AIC mode so the movies are compatable with iMovie. Am I on the right track?
Would this work for iMovie08 or do I need to upgrade to iMovie11? The movies are not going to be half speed or anything - right?
Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
General Mac software discussions forum: Need Help with iMovie and Panasonic HDC-TM90
by: mpisani January 2, 2013 11:45 AM PST
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by R. Proffitt 
- 1/2/13 12:11 PM
In Reply to: Need Help with iMovie and Panasonic HDC-TM90 by mpisani
Read http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7592_102-551621/panasonic-hdc-tm90-mac-hd-editing-question/ where we looked at this camcorder and issues with iMovie 11. My bet is your older iMovie only makes the issue worse.
The last time I checked that upgrade was 12 bucks. Maybe it's still possible and you can see what we covered in that discussion.
Beats having to go up to FCP.
Bob
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by mpisani - 1/2/13 12:49 PM
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Bob,
I took the camcorder to the Apple Store yesterday and they were stumped. They (like I) could see 2 JPEGS on the SD card but no movies.
I expected that.
by R. Proffitt - 1/2/13 12:54 PM
In this case you fish out the video files off the card, camcorder and as you read in the prior discussion convert it to something usable. Yes, there will be loss, it may require converters and a newer iMovie but as we know, it's not going to be a "it just works" process.
Bob
Before you do anything destructive,
by mrmacfixit - 1/2/13 3:32 PM
here's what I found a couple of years ago.
User with a Panasonic camera that would not see, and of course import, the movies that were on the HD.
We found that removing the JPEG still pictures from the drive, allowed everything to function as we thought it should.
Give that a whirl
P
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