Transfer Canon Rebel T2i/550D Video to Mac Lion

"Is there a way to connect a Canon 550D DSLR to a Mac and instantly import video to the computer from the camera?"

The canon 550d has two video outputs using the USB adaptor, one is standard definition AV the other is HDMI. normally these would go to a TV set, but you can connect to a computer using either an AV or HDMI capture card, the capture card would come with software.

Now, Step by Step Importing the Canon 550d MOV Video to Mac

First, connect your camcorder to your computer.
Insert the USB plug on each end of the cable into the port on the back of the Canon 550 camcorder and any free port on the Mac.
PS: To assure the safety, make sure all the units are turned off before make any connections.
PS: When the USB cable is connected, turning on or off the camcorder or switching the VIDEO/MEMORY(DSC) mode on the camcorder causes malfunctions to the Mac.

Second, After connect successfully, power on the computer and wait for the “New hardware Detected” message to display.

PS: If the program does not launch automatically, double-click the name of the Canon 550d camera software on the computer

Third, Click the “File” tab, select “Open” and highlight the video files on the Canon 550d camcorder to download to the computer.
PS: Press and hold the “Control” key to highlight more than one file.

Finally: Click “Download Files” to copy the video files onto the computer’s hard drive.
PS: You would better name a new folder to save the footages.
PS: Do not disconnect the USB cable until notified of a successful transfer.
PS: Once the video is deleted from the Canon 550d , it cannot be retrieved.

Now, you have import the Canon 550d video to Mac, but if you want to import the Canon 550d MOV video to iTunes for sync Canon 550d movie to iPad2, iPhone 4s, iPod touch etc for playback, you will need to convert the Canon 550d MOV files to MP4 or M4V etc iTunes 10.5 supported formats with Canon 550d MOV converter for Mac or Canon video converter Mac on Mac os (10.5-10.7)

PS: If you are a Windows user, you can using Canon 550d MOV Video converter

Convert and import Canon HF S200 AVCHD video to Windows 7?

FAQ:
"I got a Canon Vixia HF S200 for Christmas, but now I want to import the video from HF S200 to Windows Movie Maker for editing, but it says unsupported formats, any help?"

Explain:
Canon Vixia HF S200 has the Exclusive 1/2.6″ 8.59MP HD CMOS Image Sensor that captures video at 1920 x 1080 resolution and photos with astonishing detail. Exceptionally life-like tone and detail are captured thanks to 24Mbps Recording, which offers the highest bit rate in AVCHD. The Vixia HF S200 records and outputs at 1920 x 1080 as well, so you get Full HD from lens to screen.

Video editing software like Windows Movie Maker or Sony Vegas etc always works well with AVI, WMV, MPG etc common video formats, but not AVCHD.

Solution:

Canon Vixia HF S200 AVCHD converter supports convert AVCHD.mts video to AVI, WMV, MPG etc to Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas etc on Windows 7, Vista, xp.

Canon HF S200 AVCHD files converter also supports convert HF S200 AVCHD movie to MP4, DV, MOV, FLV, 3GP, MKV, RMVB, SWF, ASF etc for importing to iPad, iPod, iPhone, Samsung galaxy s2, Apple tv etc.

PS: if you are a Mac user, you can go to HF S200 AVCHD Converter for Mac

Guide: Import Canon HF S200 AVCHD files to Windows Movie Maker


1. Install the HF S200 AVCHD Video Converter on PC.
2. Import Canon HF S200 AVCHD videos file to the program
Click “Add File” to load the files unsupported by WMM to the application. Plus, you can load multiple files at one time.
3. Choose the output file formats as WMV for Windows Movie Maker
4. Launch the conversion by clicking “START”.

Import Canon MOV/MOD/AVCHD onto HTC Titan for Playback

"HTC Titan is coming, I want to get one, Its 4.7 inch big screen is really wonderful for play video and games. But I do not know if I can play the video from Canon onto HTC Titan? "

First, Review of the HTC Titan.

“The Mobile Indian, HTC’s country head for India, Faisal Siddiqui said, “We will launch HTC Titan with Windows Phone 7.5 OS smartphone in November for Indian masses.”

The HTC Titan will come with a fast 1.5 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage memory, an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera, 3G connectivity, a standard microUSB connector and 1600 mAh battery.

PS: The actual storage available to the user could be about 12.6 GB as Windows Phone 7.5 will occupy the rest of the memory.

For the one who want to play video with HTC Titan, the 4.7 inch big LCD touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixel resolution at 199 PPI pixel density will be the best news.

Then, Convert Canon MOV/MOD/AVCHD to HTC Titan

However, all the HTC Smartphone can only play MP4 or 3GP files, if you want to play the MOV/MOD/AVCHD onto HTC Titan, you will need to convert AVCHD, MOD, MOV files to MP4, 3GP, MPEG-4, H.264 etc HTC Titan supported formats and import converted Canon video to HTC Titan for playback with Canon video to HTC Titan video converter for Windows 7, 8, vista, xp.

Actually, The camera of HTC Titan is capable of recording 720p HD videos at 30 frames per second. 720P HD movie can not be widely accepted by various device and software.

HTC Titan video converter supports convert and import the 720p HD MP4 movie to AVI, WMV, MPG, MOV, DV, MKV, FLV, SWF, 3GP etc to Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Samsung galaxy s2 etc.

PS: If you are a Mac user, please go to Mac Canon video to HTC Titan converter

Finally, step by step import Canon MOV/MOD/AVCHD to HTC Titan

Install and run the Canon video to HTC Titan video converter
Step 1. Click “Add File” to the video conversion program. Of course, you can load multiple files at one time.
Step 2. Set output format. H.264 or MPEG-4 for optimal playback on HTC Titan
Step 3. Hit “START” to convert video for HTC Titan on Mac.
Step 4, transfer files from your Mac to your phone`s storage card using the USB cable.

Convert and transfer Canon HV30 1080i HDV MTS Files to FCE/FCP/iMovie

"I have imovie 11 on my MacBook. I could import MTS footage from Canon HV30 to iMovie, but it is not good for quick editing. It looks a bit lacking, and the editing is not smooth."

No doubt, HV30 is a nice choice in high definition camcorder, except its video recording format is incompatible with most of editing software and players. When you copy the entire video recordings to Apple hard drive, the video format will be shown as AVCHD (.mts).



All Mac OS X software makes use of the QuickTime codec libraries –including Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express, and iMovie etc. AVCHD (mts/m2ts) and HDV files produced by Panasonic HDC-TM700/HS700/SD700/SD600, Sony CX350/550, Canon HF200, Canon HV30, etc cannot be natively accepted by FCE, iMovie, FCP, etc.

Canon HV30 MTS Converter Mac supports converting any HDV, AVCHD 1080 60p/50p, 1080i, 720p HDV or MTS/M2TS files from Canon HV30 etc to Quciktime(*.mov) for editing with Final Cut Express, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro 7, FCPX etc on Mac(10.5-10.7 lion)

Now, Step-by-step guide to quickly convert Canon HV30 files to Quicktime (*.mov) for editing in FCE, iMovie, Final Cut Pro on Mac

Connect Canon HV30 camcorder to Apple computer via USB cable, then copy and transfer the recodings files from camera to the Apple hard drive disk.

Step 1. Download and install Mac Canon HV30 MTS Converter
Step 2. Click the “Add file” button to load MTS videos.
Step 3. Choose Quicktime (*.mov) as the output formats from Profile>Drop down list>common video.
Step 4. Click the “Start” button, and the Canon HV30 MTS Files Converter Mac will start the conversion from MTS to Quicktime. MOV for Final Cut, iMovie, FCP.

After the conversion, you can easily import Converted hv30 mts files to FCE/FCP/iMovie without rendering for editing.

Tips: Canon HV30 MTS Files Converter for Windows

Import Canon Video to Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc for Playing

"My mother give me a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc for my birthday, now I want to play the footage from my birthday party video from canon camera on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, but I can't import my Canon video to Arc? Any advice or help greatly appreciated!"

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is one of the best touchscreen phones. Despite the Xperia Play hogging the media limelight, the Arc has captured our imaginations from the range of Sony Ericsson handsets much in part to its gorgeous 4.2-inch touchscreen display.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc comes with the new Reality Display which uses LED backlighting along with the Mobile Bravia Engine should serve your video playback, browsing and deliver a slick response to touch.

Arc can be act as MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV/MP3/eAAC+/ WMA/ WAV player, but video from Canon always in AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, MOD, MOV files formats that will not be natively accepted by Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.

Fortunately, Canon Video to Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc converter supports converting AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, MOD, MOV video from all Canon camera to MP4, WMV, MP3, WAV, ACC, WMA etc, then import converted Canon video to Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc for playing on Windows 8, 7, xp, vista.

Key features of Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc converter

Import Canon video to Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc etc all popular device and software.
Import MP4files from Arc to all popular device and software.
Convert Canon avchd, mts, m2ts, mod, mov and Arc mp4 files to all popular video formats.
Edit canon video and Arc video: Clip, Merge, Crop, Apply effect, set output parameter.
Mac Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc converter and Mac Canon video converter available.

Step by Step on Importing Canon AVCHD/MOD/MOV Video to Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

Step 1: Free download Video Converter for Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc , install and run it.

Step 2: Click “Add File” button to load the Canon file(s) to the program.

Step 3: Choose MP4 or WMV file format as output file format under the menu of “Profile”
Tip: Click “settings”, you can set the the resolution for the output files.

Step 4: Hit “START” to launch the conversion from Canon AVCHD/MOD/MOVvideo to
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc supported MP4 or WMV formats.

How to Play Videos from Canon Camera to HDTV via DLNA?

Have you ever want to play your video from Canon on HDTV and share with your family? Do you know how to import Canon camera video to HDTV via DLNA? Now, this article will intro the detailed steps about this for you.

DLNA technology is a solution to makes us much effortless to share songs, videos, or other Medias among all of home entertainment devices. However, video from Canon camcorder always can not be natively accepted by DLNA, Such as MOD can not be played on HDTV via DLNA Streaming. In the case, what you need is to transcode formats to DLNA-compliant file formats for playback.

The supported file formats by DLNA:
Video: MPEG2 MPEG-1, MPEG-4, AVC, WMV
Audio: MP3, WMA9, LPCM AAC, AC-3, ATRAC 3plus,
Image: JPEG PNG,TIFF, GIF

Canon video Converter supports converting AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, MOD, MOV etc from Canon Camera and Camcorder to MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, AVC etc DLNA streaming compression. Then, you can import the converted Canon files on a DLNA-certified TV via DLNA.

Tips: AVCHD files encoded in MPEG-4/AVC that may be supported for streaming through DLNA. However, when you play different files, there would be buffering for loading each file. So you can merge or join the several AVCHD, MOD etc Canon video files into a big one with original quality with Canon video editor and then play on HDTV via DLNA.

Canon video Converter also can be act as DLNA video converter and convert all the common video to DLNA supported formats and then enjoy movies or music on all devices via DLNA, like iPad, iPhone, Galaxy s2 etc.

Tips: If you are now running Mac OS X, please refer to the Mac Canon Video Converter

Step by Step Play Canon Video on HDTV via DLNA

Step 1. Run video converter for Canon, and you can capture Canon videos from the camcorder connected to PC through the pop-up wizard. Then the videos on hard drive, just the “Add file ” and browse the folder with .mov, .mod, .mts, .m2ts files from hard drive.

Step 2. Select all the Canon files that you want to merge and then click the right mouse button-Merge, the Canon clips will be joined as a single file.

Step3: As HDTV likes MP4 files best, you can click Profile-Common video-mp4, choose “MP4″ as the output formats.

Step 4. Click the “Start” button, the video converter for HDTV will start combining short clips and converting Canon files to DLNA supported file.

Step 5: Enjoy Canon recordings on DLNA certified TV

1: Load Windows Media Player 12 and hit the big “Stream” button and check “Allow Internet access to home media…”

2: The Home Media Access dialog pops up. Before click on “Allow Internet access to home media”,associate your PC with an online ID account. Click “Link an online ID” to start the process and input your Windows Live ID and password..

3: Simply right click on the video file you’d like to stream, choose your TV under “Play To” option in Windows Media Player.

Now the wired DLNA HDTV should ask if you want to play the video. Press “Allow” and your video should start streaming to your TV.

Play the Canon 24fps video into a NTSC/PAL HDTV

“I’ve tried many a times but never succeeded in getting good quality of my 24fps video from Canon HV30 on TV. Every time my stuff is aired on NTSCTV, it looks dull. Does anyone knows what mistake I’m making?”
PAL video is based on the 50 hertz AC frequency used in Europe and elsewhere. NTSC is based on the 60 hertz AC frequency we is used in the US and a few other locations

Please check the camera is set up for PAL or NTSC, for most TV 24fps is wrong. Use 25fps for PAL or 29.97 (30fps) for NTSC. So if you want to play your 24fps video from Canon camera onto NTSC/PAL HDTV, you`d better convert the 24fps canon video to 29.97/25fps first.
Canon NTSC video converter supports converting AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, MOD, TOD etc 24fps files from Canon camera to 29.97 fps for NTSC TV and convert NTSC Canon video to Pal MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV etc formats.
Canon PAL video converter allows your to convert all canon 24fps files or other movie to 25fps for PAL TV and convert Pal Canon video to NTSC MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV etc on Windows 7, 8, vista, xp.
Tips: if you are a Mac user, please go to Mac NTSC Canon video converter
and Mac NTSC Canon video converter
Now, Import 24fps Canon Video from Canon Camera into a NTSC/PAL HDTV
Step1: Load the 24fps video files from the Canon camera to your computer using the USB cable.
Step2: Free Download Canon video converter on your Pc.

Step3: Add Canon 24fps video files to the software by click”add files”, then click the profile drop-down list:

• If you want to import canon video to NTSC TV, please set output formats as NTSC MPEG-2 which will be work with NTSC TV well;
• If you want to import canon video to PALTV, please set output formats as PAL MPEG-2 which will be work with NTSC TV well.
• Of course, you can just choose MP4 format, it is works well with all HDTV.

Step4: Click “Setting”, If you want to import canon video to NTSC TV, set the frame rate as 29.97 or 30fps for NTSC TV; If you want to import canon video to PALTV, set the frame rate as 25fps for PALTV.

Step5: Click “Start” button to finish the whole progress and then import the converted Canon files to NTSC or PALTV for playing with original quality.

Top 10 FAQ of Canon Camera and Canon Video

Do you have a Canon camera? Do you know which Canon camera is suit for you? Do you want to import and convert the Canon video to PC easily? This article will help you solve 10 FAQ about Canon Video and Canon Camera.

Q1: “Is there a way to make it so everything is in focus, becuase the shallow depth of field annoys me sometimes, I am using Canon 550d dslr.”

Solution: Decrease your aperture, such as use f/11.

Q2: “I have a canon 60D that i recently bought with a class 4 16gb sandisk sd card and while trying to start a project everything was fine, but when i tried seeing the videos afterwards they wouldn’t show up. Now i can only see pictures and the vids are no where to be found.”

Solution: (only some suggestion)may be the card isn’t nearly fast enough for video, you can use a class 10 card – the fastest currently available. You can try a usb card reader. They’re not expensive, though we will not be surprised if something in the card is corrupted, it’s certainly worth a try.

Q3: “I recently bought a Canon EOS 600D (Rebel T3i), along with a 16GB Kingston Class 10 SD card.. Now I’m trying to shoot a 5-10 minute video on it right now. However, it frequently stops between 1-3 minutes saying “video recording has stopped automatically”, I was once able to shoot a 20 minute video. Any help would be appreciated!”

Solution: First, make sure you have formated the card first before making a video.if not, try formatting the card. Then, if the camera itself has limit on how much you can record. You can put together the pieces in a Mac video editor .


Tips:You cannot format a memory card on a computer, the camera you are using is the only place to format memory cards.

Q4: “See, the video was recorded with my Canon HD Vixia HG20 Camcorder. I recorded the video as 1080i, and it was 1920×1080. The video exports as MTS files, now I want to upload the video to Youtube, what should I do?

Solution: First, Youtube supports FLV well, you can convert Canon HG20 mts files to FLV, then upload to Youtube for sharing directly by following steps:
1:Click the Upload link at the top of any YouTube page.
2:Click the Upload video button to browse for the video file and select the file you want to upload and click Open.
3:As the video file is uploading, enter as much information about your video as possible in the relevant fields (including Title, Description, Tags, and Category). You’re not required to provide specific information, but the more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video!
4:Click the Save changes button to save the updates you’ve made to the video file.

Q5: “Actually I have problem that my Canon HFR16 HD camcorder video can`t play on my simple monitor. please suggest me some HD video player for my normal monitor. please help me!”

Solution: VLC, ALLPlayer, MPlayer, Gom Player all can play HD video, if you are a Mac user, you can convert the HD video to MOV, DV, MP4 etc with Mac Canon Video Converter, then imported to Quicktime etc for playing.

Q6: “Is there a cheaper camera with similar video and photo quality to a Canon D7? And Video quality would be my top priority but I also need to take a lot of photos, since I am building a portfolio.”

Solution: You can choose Canon 600D/T3i or Nikon D5100. Video quality probably will not be an issue since no video uses more than 2 mp of the sensor (Full HD, 1080p) and less than 1 mp (HD, 720p). Canon t1i, t2i or t3i also good, the 60D is an amazing camera that will be totally up to what you want and need and then some, but it does not live up to the standards of the older 50D camera , however, the 50D does not have video, so it’s also not an option for you.

Q7: “How do I turn my video light for the canon vixia hg21. I purchased a Canon vixia HG21, and I cant figure out how to turn on flash/video light.”

Solution: (only some suggestion)Try searching the button on the top of your camcoder. Of course, it’s usually not a button but a setting in your camera. Probably you have to set the camera to “photo” and then in the settings find menu that let you choose from : auto – always flash -never flash or something like that.
Tips: The pictogram for flashing is a lighting-bolt, if you don’t see one in your display it means the flash function is disabled.

Q8: “what video formats of Canon camera, and how can I import the Canon video to imovie 11, Final Cut Pro x etc to Mac?”

Solution: In fact, video from Canon camera is always in MOV, MOD, AVCHD etc HD formats Which can not be widely accepted by Mac software or device, however, we can convert these Canon video to MOV, DV, MP4, then import Canon video to iMovie 11, Final Cut Pro X, Mac Lion etc easily.

Q9: “I got a canon t3i, but I cant open t3i video with windows movie maker. is there a way i can change the format so it can work? what program works with .mov files?”

Solution: You can convertt3i MOV files to Window Media WMV etc to Windows Movie Maker.

Q10: “All 1080p looks the same? For example, the Sony Bloggie MHS CM5 video in 1080p 30fps. Will this video look as good as like a Canon 7D or some expensive video camera? Can you label videos with MegaPixels, like 1080p 15 Megapixels?”

Solution:
In fact, not all 1080p is created equally. 1080p is roughly 2 Megapixels, however, that only measure a single field/frame of video.
There are two main factors when considering video quality resolution and data rate. The data rate tells how much data is contained in each second of video. Blu-ray quality video is about 4.5 Gbps making a standard 1080p movie about 30Gb (not including all the extra features)
Most Consumer level HD camcorders record 1080p at a data rate of about 20Mbps about 1/220th of Blu-ray quality. Yes the video is the same size, but major sacrifices are being made to achieve a high resolution at a low quality.
The Sony Bloggie MHS CM5 record 1080p at about 13Mbps which is about 1/350th of Blu-ray quality. While the Canon 7D shoots 1080p video at about 50Mbps which is about 4 times as high a quality as the Sony Blogger.
I usually shoot 1080 video at 280Mbps. So, no all 1080p video is not the same, and no the sony blogger will not do video anywhere near the quality of the Canon 7D.
Full HD on consumer/prosumer cameras works out around 2 Mega pixels, the Mega pixels count is for stills, although “Red” cameras will workout at 5120 (h) x 2700 (v) giving you roughly 14MP, but that camera starts at 25k.
So, its not the standards or media that determines the quality of the images.