How do you import videos on a macintosh computer with the flip video camera?

Question

Today my Dad just bought me a new flip and I was wondering how I import videos. Like, what do I click on to download them? Do I have to have a certain application?

Answer 1

haha macintosh is a cool name.

Answer 2

You don't import them... you copy them like any other file copied from an external device.

The problem is that the highly compressd MPEG2 files are not in a format that iMovieHD can understand, so the video files need to be converted.

Download and install StreamClip

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/vi...

Then, after copying the files from the camcorder to your Mac, you need to convert them to something iMovieHD can understand... DV, .mov, .mp4... Then drag the translated/converted files into the clips pane or the timeline and edit...