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As stated in its help file, iMovie ‘08 doesn’t support DVD-based AVCHD camcorders.

That bites. I guess I’ll just manually import the AVCHD files. Not so fast! iMovie ‘08 doesn’t recognize the .m2ts files as valid. Ugh!

But wait! Apparently, I can copy the DVD files over to an external USB hard drive and iMovie ‘08 will think it has mounted an HDD-based AVCHD camcorder and import the video.

Nope, didn’t work for me, and there’s a lot of contradictory advice on this topic in the forum. I’ll try formatting the hard drive with FAT32 (instead of Mac OS) or creating a DMG with the files on them. Ugh.

For those having trouble articulating what exactly “the Mac Way” means for spreadsheets, may I offer this excerpt from the Numbers help file describing its Keyboard Shortcuts:

Riiiiiight…

I realize the Zune-bashing bloodsport is over so I’m late to the party in posting this link, but:

I didn’t realize Microsoft had fanboys. That’s like some weird intersection of the Young Republican’s Club and MIT…

Thanks to Disqus, a new start-up focused on hosting web discussions, I’ve decided to re-enable comments on the blog. Integrating their system with Wordpress was a one-minute exercise; hopefully they keep the spam away.

Unfortunately, their system will only work on stories that presently don’t have any comments, so existing threads will remain closed.

I think it’s a great idea to have a service specialize in making a great discussion engine, rather than force me to constantly deal with the spam wars, find new plug-ins with new discussion features, and so forth. Here’s hoping the Disqus integration works out!

Steve Jobs talking about the new iMovie in iLife ‘08, as quoted by Engadget:

Takes video from any source. HDV, still cameras that do video, brand new AVCHD camcorders.

Just ordered it today. Here’s hoping it works with my Sony HDR-UX1. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t let you download the new bits, I have to wait for FedEx to fly them to me. Weird.

I’ll update the blog with the results.