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Troubleshooting Sony DCR SR200 Handy Cam

by tlojko Jul 22, 2007 6:20PM PDT

lets see....at work we are using a sony dcr sr-200 handycam to capture our video footage. The only means we have of editing the footage is with IMovie on a Power Mac G5, CPU speed is 1.8 GHz and memory is something like 1 GB. Currently I download the video footage from the camcorder to our PC, because the software it came with is only PC compatible and I then transfer across our network to the MAC. Somewhere in the mix, the video quality goes down the tube. When I watch the video on the PC it looks absolutely fine, but when I transfer it to the Mac there are many problems. When the people in the video move quickly, it creates a kind of artifact around the area they are moving? As well, if the camera moves to quickly, the same thing occurs with objects. I apologize, not quite sure what to call it? I also think that perhaps the footage was shot in low light.

Anywho, not sure why this is occuring, and what I might be able to do to rectify it?

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That's one of those hard disk camcorders.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 22, 2007 9:41PM PDT

As such it's compressed video and the results can be upsetting.

Borrow any miniDV camcorder, connect with firewire and try again.

Bob

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With that video...
by whizkid454 Jul 25, 2007 10:29PM PDT

Are you viewing the video with iMovie? If so, that's the problem. iMovie is used for editing, not watching a video in full quality. It's the same with any editing software. My bet is that you used the included software for the PC to view the video and that is why the quality was better. Check the Mac forums at www.apple.com; there seems to be some helpful information there.

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Whizkidd's right...
by boya84 Jul 26, 2007 8:22AM PDT

Apple: Support: Discussions

http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=141

Search SR200.

What format video file are you saving in on the Windows PC before transferring to the Mac? You need to find a common denominator... Once you get there, then file compatibility issues go away.

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Success at last - I think
by tlojko Jul 28, 2007 8:48AM PDT

At first I was trying to transfer the files in the format which they downloaded from the camera - which was mpeg2 muxed, but as the compression of the mpeg2 muxed seems to cause all sorts of problems between mac and pc, I tried saving the video to dv, which *fingers crossed* for the moment seems to work. Thanks for your response. I appreciate it.

By the way - what benefit does the mpeg2 muxed format have - I know that it interleaves video and audio together thus creating smaller file sizes, in my short time dealing with it, it appears to cause more trouble then good, so in what circumstance would you want to use the mpeg2 muxed file format?

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