[MacDV] Re: DV port on camcorder found

[Erica Sadun]

At 12:23 PM -1000 6/8/03, Gary Fujihara wrote:
>Okay, pardon my ignorance...and thank you for the info.  Now, after I obtain
>a cable, and connect to my Mac, I assume that the FW device (camera/deck)
>will appear as a volume on the desktop?  How do I then initiate video
>transfer from device to Mac?  Is there some software I need?

Nope, it doesn't appear as a device.

Get a 4-6 FW cable (4 pin one end, 6 on the other). Connect 4
to your camera 6 to the computer.

Power on. Put in "play" mode (with a recorded DV tape in
there)

Launch iMovie. Use the control keys there to capture, whatever.

Sorry, rushed, -- Erica


>Best Regards
>Gary Fujihara
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>>  From: Erica Sadun <erica at mindspring.com>
>>  Reply-To: Macintosh Digital Video List <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>  Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:05:12 -0600
>>  To: Macintosh Digital Video List <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>  Subject: [MacDV] Re: DV port on camcorder found
>>
>>  At 12:09 PM -1000 6/8/03, Gary Fujihara wrote:
>>>  Aloha everyone,
>>>
>>>  Okay, I thank everyone.  I down off the mountain and back on *earth*, and
>>>  have checked my camcorder.  It does have a USB port, and a proprietary port
>>>  labeled "DV".  It looks nothing like a 4 or 6 pin FW port, but some dinky
>>>  looking connector (Sony ilink?).
>>
>>
>>  That *is* a standard 4-pin FW port.
>>
>>  Congrats.
>>
>>  You're in business.
>>
>>  -- Erica
>>
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