



Can you help me?”Īnswer: First if iMovie cannot recognize Sony DCR-SX camcorders on Mac the main problem is the driver program is not supported second, the sony handycam recorded videos are in AVCHD format, this format is not supported by imovie and FCP on Mac, so even you insert the memory card or connected to Mac, Mac editing software will not read the AVCHD files either, you will need to convert sony handycam recorded videos to iMovie and FCP supported format like AIC codec/Apple ProRes codec MOV fomat. I finally went in and copied them to a folder on the desk top and tried to import from there with no luck. I then inserted the memory card into my laptop and tried to manually search it in File->Import and.same thing. I selected the folder containing them and let it run for an hour or so and hoped that Apple would do its magic. I went through File->Import from Camera and when I get to the files, they are grayed out. No success despite Finder visibly showing that the camera is connected. For this I have tried to trick iMovie into importing the footage by turning on the "USB Connect". “I have a Sony Handycam DCR-SX45E camcorder, and I now have 2 hours of random video that I want to import to iMovie on Mac. Sony Handycam camcorders are very popular, but, many people encounter problems when they want to import Sony Handycam recorded AVCHD video on Mac, this article will help users to solve these problems and use Sony Handycam recorded videos on Mac easily.
