[G4] Analog to Digital Video Help

[sr ferenczy]

i believe imovie will only accept DV footage, so you will have to see 
what format the belkin device records in (most likely NOT DV-unless it 
is a USB 2.0 device, but then you need a USB 2.0 card...)

http://www.formac.com/p_bin/?cid=solutions_converters_studiodv

most capable devices are like the link above, around $200 and firewire.

and most of the USB 1.1 solutions that allow higher resolution 
capturing are priced the same as the firewire bridges, and still wont 
allow imovie to use the footage (they are usually mpeg1 or mpeg2) such 
as this one:

http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=5448&Item=ADSMACAV1750


basically, you are probably going to need to use firewire if you want 
to use imovie. i suppose one otehr option would be to imort using a 
cheap usb device, they use quicktime/QT pro to encode it into DV then 
see if you can import it into imovie (should work) but the results 
would add generational loss to the final product.

YMMV

sandor


On Dec 1, 2003, at 1:35 AM, Wade Perry wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Somewhat off topic. When in need of real advice, I always turn here.
> My daughter is a Film development class and I am looking for solutions 
> or
> suggestions for  analog video input into my DA 533 for use in iMovie. I
> don't want to purchase a new video camera. Most of the choices I have 
> seen
> involve very good, but expensive (Canopus ADVC-1394) or unreliable
> conversion (Dazzle bridge). Belkin makes an inexpensive  cable set 
> that will
> allow import NTSC video to be dropped onto the hard drive via a USB 
> port.
> Will this work in iMovie ? I know that some of you have opinions and
> expertise to share. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Wade A. Perry
>
>
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