Sony DCR Video Converter Mac - edit and play Sony DCR SD video on Mac(including Snow Leopard)

I have one Sony DCR SD series camcorder and used it recorded my birthday, honeymoon and many sweet time in my life. I want to edit and play Sony DCR videos on Mac, but i am in a dilemma that i can't import them to my movie editing software on my mac, Somebody asked. They haven't find the methods to solve import Sony DRC SD video to mac for editing.

But edit and play your Sony DCR Standards Definition videos on Mac maybe confuse you. The codec formats of these Sony DCR videos are mainly MPEG-2. Most of output formats of DCR-SR series are DV video. Sony DCR SD videos can't be edited and played on mac directly. Therefore, you have to convert them to MOV or MP4 workable to applications like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and other application, etc. with a powerful Video Converter for Sony DCR SD video on Mac is necessary.

You should do is convert your Sony DCR SD videos formats firstly. Sony DCR video Converter for Mac figured out a simple and fast way to solve this problem. With Sony DCR video Converter for Mac you can convert Sony DCR videos to the formats such as(.mp4, .mov etc) which can be imported to movie editing software. And after conversion, you can play videos on portable devices like iPod, iPad, PSP etc.

With Mac Sony DCR video Converter versatile function, converting videos to WMV, MOV, MP4 etc is so easy. You can optimize your videos by trimming, cropping , and choosing effect . What's more, it can be succeed that extract and convert audio track from your video files as MAV, MP3, M4A etc.

play and edit Sony DCR series camcorders video files on Mac OS X

Part 1: Import Sony DCR SD files into Mac (Snow Leopard)

1. Make sure your camcorder is set to the correct mode for importing photos and videos.
2. Locate the 4-pin FireWire port on your video camcorder.
3. Insert the larger six pin into the FireWire port of your Mac, turn on your Sony DCR Camcorder power.
4. In a few seconds your Mac should automatically launch iMovie. Follow the on-screen instructions on your Mac and begin the video transfer from your video camcorder to your Mac.

Part 2: Convert Sony DCR SD files

Step 1: Load Sony DCR SD videos
Free download, install and run Mac Video Converter, then click "Add File" button to select your desired format that need to be converted from the "file type" list in the pop-up window.


Step 2: Choose output format which you need
Choose the file, click "Profile" drop-down button to choose the format you need, then click "Browse" button to choose destination folder for saving output files.

Step 3: Convert your sony dcr video
When you get ready to convert the added sony dcr videos on Mac, Click the "Convert" button to start conversion. http://www.ilifesoft.com/how-to/convert-sony-dcr-video-on-mac.htm

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