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December 26, 2005
JVC Everio GZ-MG20U Video Camera
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I bought the 20GB model and love it! When I plug it via USB to my Mac, it mounts as a hard drive. Now, instead of relying on software to do clip separation from a stream of video from tape, you have each clip as a separate file. You just drag and drop each clip into your favorite movie editting program afterwards. The one thing I don't like about it is its low light sensitivity. There is a large amount of noise that gets into the video sooner than with other DV videocameras that I have used. There is a small light mounted on the front which helps, but it doesn't throw light very far. Otherwise, it's a very small compact videocamera that works pretty well. |
Posted by dshen at December 26, 2005 04:17 PM
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I have to say that I have had absolutely no success whatsoever using IMovie to edit the files that I recorded on my JVC Everio GZ-MG20U. On my G4 Mac from Apple, IMovie does not recognize the .MOD and .MOI files that the camcorder records to disk. I have downloaded all of the extra components and plug-ins including QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback and it still will not work. I would love to hear from someone with a useful way to get around this without speding any more $. I am beyond frustration and aggrevation.
Posted by: Claude Vera at May 31, 2006 01:06 PM
Did you try the software from JVC? I think you need to read the files first with their software, do some minor editting, and then save to disk in a format that iMovie can recognize.
Posted by: dshen at June 5, 2006 06:36 AM
