Sanyo HD1000 and Macs
 

I am considering this camera and was wondering what the latest info is on the Mac workflow. Last I heard, every mode but the Full 1080/60i HD worked, is that still the case? Also, how does Final Cut and iMovie handle the 720/60P mode?

- Thanks

Haven't personally tried this as I don't have a HD1000, but they're supposed to be fixes for the Quicktime codec problem:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23875/avc1decoder

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....sageID=6102255

I can vouch it DEFINITELY works with full 1080 mode now with QT with that revised avc1 decoder!
No more 1080i problems at all!!!!!

(720P modes always worked!)

FCP and FCX both edit the mpeg 4 files no problem at all!!!!

So, you all you do is install that convertor and Quicktime will recognize and playback the files? And there are no issues at all in FCP?

The new avc/decoder just fixed the issue with playback of 1080i files which produced green screens on Macs- with the new decoder it works perfectly!!!

Yes the files are 100% editable using FCP and FCE4HD (tried both) and works right out of the camera! No trans-coding is necessary. The only slight hindrance is the audio needs to be rendered as it's not in the correct form for the avc preset- but it literally flies in render- only a few seconds to do a minute of audio in the time line (or you can just change the seq preset to match the weird audio setting.)

So far this camera is producing better results than the JVC Everio HD7.....I just wish it had exposure lock and a few other features....but nice as a sub $700 HD camcorder.

Steve: i still have problems with avc1 decoder! All frames are double! Don't you have this error?

No trouble here- are you certain you installed it in the correct place?

Yes its in the quicktimefolder and the codec itself works. Only if i go pic by pic through the movie all frames are double. Also in final cut each twice frame is greenish. All that happens only to 1080i stuff! 720p is fine.

non-Intel Macs?
 

I thought I had heard that video from some of the newer video codecs (like AVCHD) can't be edited using FCE/iMovie on pre-Intel-chip Macs. In the talk of HD1000 and Macs, were any of these pre-Intel models? Thanks.

Sorry I use a Macpro which is Intel.

Thanks
 

Thanks, Steve. I realized I should be able to figure it out by checking the Mac software specs. I have an Intel MacBook Pro but I was thinking of a friend who might share the camera, who has an pre-Intel MacBook.

Well since the footage doesn't conform to the AVCHD spec- perhaps your friend will have no issues editing....let's hope!

Thanks for that, Steve. I purchased the HD1000 last week and immediately ran into the green screen problem with Full HD. The pictures are excellent for such a small device.

Rob, did you put the new decoder in the Quicktime folder- if you do- it'll resolve the green screen you get with full HD clips.

Hi Steve - No, I'll download and install tonight (the Mac is my home machine; at work we use Windows).

Steve - I've downloaded the decoder and put the folder in the Quicktime Library folder. Obviously I haven't done it right as the green screen remains. I'm a relative newcomer to Macs and would appreciate it if someone could tell me exactly which file goes in exactly which folder? An idiot's guide would do nicely :)

Thanks in advance.

Rob, it seems you've done it right- my only guess is that you've placed it in the wrong sub-section (/users maybe?). You have to place the new file in the root directory- click the Mac HD icon and place in the Library/Quicktime folder.......if you've done this it should play fine- everyone else has reported it works and I know it does now work on my machine (it didn't before.)

OK, I removed the old file and just placed the complete decoder folder in the QT root directory. That worked. Thanks for that, Steve.

Xacti HD1000 footage with Power PC G5
 

I recently picked up the HD1000 and have been trying to play/work with the footage on my G5. Without the avc1Decoder, I get the green screen. When installed, the green is gone but the footage plays hesitantly. Audio seems ok.

Is this not compatible with a non-intel machine? Am I missing something here?

Sorry if this has been answered already but did not find anything.

Thanks

Follow up to my last post

I went to the Apple store today with the Xacti and shot and downloaded footage directly into the Mac Pro on display. The 1080i footage appeared with the green screen but everything else played out fine, even from the SC card so I've determined my G5 2.3 just can't chew the numbers fast enough.

Yes, full Xacti HD stutters a bit on my intel Mini (1.8/2Gb) but is fine on my new Macbook (2.4/4Gb).

Do you have to use FCP/FCPE for the footage or can you just open the clips in Quicktime Pro, make content edits and export out for the web?

I found some raw footage I beleive of this camera and was able to edit it w/o a problem with Quicktime pro after installing the AVC1 decoder. Please correct me if the raw footage is not in .mp4 format.

Thanks,
Michael

OK, I'm stumped.

After following what Steve N told me to do, I was able to see full Xacti HD video on my Mac Mini - although the pics stutter a bit in both Quicktime and iMovie HD 6 (I put that down to the relative slowness of the 1.8 processor and 2GB RAM).

Recently, I purchased a Macbook 13 with 2.4 processor and 4GB RAM. I copied the old iMovie across, installed the aci driver in the QT library and was able to play HD movies in QT with no stutter to speak of.

Yesterday, I downloaded and installed the SANYO 1.1.0 firmware upgrade and shot some test footage.

No problems playing on the Mini either through QT or iMovie - except that the old green screen is now a white screen! It still shows the video, though, after a few frames of white (easily removed by cropping the start).

On the Macbook, the video plays fine in QT but not in iMovie. I get the same white screen but that's it. And cropping doesn't make any difference. BUT, the videos play in iMovie8 (still get the white screen at the start of each clip but again, it can be easily cropped out).

Anybody have any idea what's going on here?