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Maineman · 02-16-2021

Can a Canon VIXIA HFM31 videocam be used as webcam? Have OSB software and HDMI video capture card. OSB software recognizes the built in webcam but not the Canon.

Maineman · 11-10-2019

I have a Canon VIXIA HF M 31 that seems to only record in .MTS format. Can that be changed to .MP4? Photoshop Elements doesn't recognize the .MTS format and needs to be converted to .MP4. Couldn't find a way to change recording format and guess the a...

Maineman · 11-10-2019

I have a Canon VIXIA HF 31 I have not used in months that seems to go into sleep mode when recording. It worked fine in the spring but not know. Battery was dead but fully charged now. During recording the LCD display showed what looked like a scree...

Maineman · 12-20-2019

Thanks, I discovered the 16 min video segments are normal. In playback the entire video runs.Problem with converting was viewing camera video on the laptop top and trying to edit those file.Once downloaded Adobe Premiere Elements worked fine. Thanks ...

Maineman · 11-17-2019

OK, After the setting were changed the camera no longer shows a screen saver. The camera still seems to only records in 16 min segments but maybe that is a problem with playback setting in VLC on this laptop. Anyone else have this problem? Will updat...

Maineman · 11-14-2019

Thank you, The key here is :Most editors can already read the .MTS playlist file and pull the .MP4 files from it ONCE IT HAS BEEN IMPORTED AND DROPPOED INTO YOU VIDEO TIMELINE. I will try importing and dropping the video files into the video time lin...

Maineman · 11-14-2019

Thanks, OK, I am good with that - The .MTS format is a playlist file that keeps associated clips together so it is necessary to be in this format -- UNTIL -- it is being edited or organized on the computer. My question is what format does the file...

Maineman · 11-12-2019

Thank you, Knowing that is a step in the right direction. When video is uploaded to a laptop the format is .mts, not .mp4. Photoshop Elements recognizes .mp4 files but not .mts files. Right now I have to convert the .mts files to the .mp4 format to e...

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