I have a camera and a mac and im trying upload a video but there is always an imprt error?

Question

I have an Aiptek camcorder and everytime i try to upload it to imovie it says error importing. I know there has to be a way please help me. If there isnt or you just need more info i have it if u need it just ask.

Answer 1

The Aiptek flash memory camcorder records in a very highly compressed MPEG2 format. Importing the files directly to iMovie won't work (as you have found).

Download and install StreamClip.

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

Translate/convert the Aiptek camcorder video data files to something iMovie can use (like .mov, .dv or .mp4), then launch iMovie and drag the translated files onto the iMovie clips pane or timeline...