[MacDV] VHS to iMovie question

[Erica Sadun]

At 10:03 AM -0400 6/23/03, Ray Zimmerman wrote:
>Yesterday I was trying to import a VHS directly to iMovie using my 
>Sony Digital8 camera as a converter. I was not able to do it 
>directly because every time I hit the Import button in iMovie it 
>switched my camera to "Play". I hit "Play" on the VCR and everything 
>displays fine on the camera viewfinder and in iMovie, but as soon as 
>I hit "Import" in iMovie it sets the camera to play. So I ended up 
>recording it to Digital8 tape and later importing it into iMovie 
>from the digital tape.
>
>Does anybody know of a way to make iMovie record without it telling 
>the camera to "play"?
>

Try using HackTV as a workaround. (Import to DV)

<http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/Sample_Code/QuickTime/Capturing/HackTV_Carbon.htm>

-- Erica