<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have done the same using my Sony Camcorder to convert the DVD player signal to a DV stream. I don't remember if I had to purchase some wires or if they came with camera.<div><br></div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Gerhard </div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br><div><div>On May 13, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Patty Winter wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Are you folks recommending software because that's the<br>way one would grab video from a DVD that's playing on<br>the Mac's own optical drive? Because I'm wondering<br>whether a hardware solution might be easier. I've<br>captured video from DVDs directly into iMovie by<br>going from a DVD player to a Canopus A/D converter<br>to my Mac.<br><br><br>Patty<br><br></blockquote></div></div></body></html>