topic Re: T7 Video Downloads to iPhone in Camera Software

T7 Video Downloads to iPhone

eli_sha — Sun, 31 May 2020 05:20:16 GMT

Hi,

Asking this for a relative.

They are having difficulties downloading videos onto their iPhone via the Canon Camera Connect app. The issue seems to be the format of the videos, which are in .mov format. Can the T7 camera film in .mp4 format or, is there a way around this in order to get videos from the camera onto the iPhone?

Thanks in advance.

Re: T7 Video Downloads to iPhone

rs-eos — Sun, 31 May 2020 12:56:57 GMT

The user manual doesn't list the codec (format) of movies captured by the EOS Rebel T7. However, I would assume that it's using Canon's AVCHD format. As such, you'd need to use a computer to open and then convert the footage to a format usable by iPhones.

For all Canon footage I've captured (though only via Camcorders), I use Final Cut Pro on my Mac. I can then export files usable by any devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, etc.).

Re: T7 Video Downloads to iPhone

Waddizzle — Sun, 31 May 2020 13:22:13 GMT

@eli_sha wrote:
Hi,

Asking this for a relative.

They are having difficulties downloading videos onto their iPhone via the Canon Camera Connect app. The issue seems to be the format of the videos, which are in .mov format. Can the T7 camera film in .mp4 format or, is there a way around this in order to get videos from the camera onto the iPhone?

Thanks in advance.

Bingo! You hit the nail on the head. The incompatible file format is exactly why it doesn't work. The MOV file format would quickly eat up the memory in a smart phone. MP4 files have a lot more compression.

Re: T7 Video Downloads to iPhone

rs-eos — Sun, 31 May 2020 14:21:51 GMT

MOV is Apple's QuickTime "container". What that container can hold can be many things to include MPEG4. Thus, having a MOV doesn't imply that it would take up lots of space.