how do i get to edit videos from my sony dsc t-20 camera in imovie?

Question by incredi_paul: how do i get to edit videos from my sony dsc t-20 camera in imovie?
i have to make a movie for my project and i’m using imovie to do so. I shot the videos using a sony cybershot dsc t-20 and i can’t get those videos to play in imovie. i’m really running out of time. please help by giving a step by step instruction. please..is it really possible? or the cam isn’t, really compatible with a macbook? please help

Best answer:

Answer by Bill G
Don’t transfer using the camera. Get a card reader and copy the video files to the Mac.

You also need to download and install (free) StreamClip from Apple. Go to apple.com, click on Downloads, search for StreamClip… You need this for iMovie to work with the MPEG2 video files that camera records.

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