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Originally Posted by jyl
Sigh. Anyone suggest an alternative app to iMovie for importing video from an old tape camcorder?
iMovie recognizes my Canon XHA1 and imports file, sometimes. Other times it crashes and deletes not just the clip being imported, but the last several imported clips. Basically it is flawless on short clips, but on clips longer than a few minutes, it is hit or miss. I can make it work, but it is slow.
I'm happy to edit in iMovie but a robust app to do the importing would be nice.
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A different app may not make a difference.
Iirc you said older Mac laptop.
Stab in the dark but I’m guessing core duo processor with 4gb of ram and a 5400 rpm drive.
Most likely crashing on longer clips because the write speed of the drive is inadequate and ram cache can’t keep up.
While it’s an older camcorder it’s still prosumer grade.
Could also be a codec issue.
Give videolan a shot, Same crew that does VLC