Everio GZ-MG40 Hard drive camera w/ usb2.0 file transfer

[ps2daddy]

Anybody has one of these puppies and used them with a mac?

GZ-MG40
http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL027545&pathId=119&page=1

It has usb 2.0 only but there is supposedly some software that comes with it that will allow you to transfer the movie to your cpu and edit it into imovie

[cbkilner]

Havn't used it with a Mac and don't have one, but have run into similar problems with set-top DVD recorders and editing MPEG2 from DVD-VR discs.

The software that comes with it is Pixela Capty MPEG Edit Ex (ver. 1.3). JVC says it is for data transfer and simple cuts-only editing on the Mac.

You have a few options...
-do simple cuts with the Pixela software and author a DVD w/ Toast or DVD Studio Pro, or
-convert the MPEG2 to DV with Cinematize or DVDxDV and then edit in iMovie and burn with iDVD.