[MacDV] Can the Sony DVMC-DA1 be made to work with iMovie 3?

[Kunga]

I use a Sony DVMC-DA2. I wonder what the difference is. DA1 must be  
really old as I have had this DA2 for many years.

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On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 09:31  AM, Jeff Fay wrote:
> I've been unable to get my Sony DVMC-DA-1 media converter to work with  
> iMovie 3 or iMovie 2 (OS X) either on my 450dp or on an 800mhz iMac.  
> Both are running 10.2.6.
>
> To quote Apple's website @ http://www.apple.com/imac/dv.html:
>
> "And if you have a stack of home videos in VHS format and wish you  
> could use clips from them on your DV-model iMac, you can do that, too:  
> you can get a convertor box that lets you convert VHS-format videos to  
> digital video. It’s as simple as that. (The Sony DVMC-DA1  
> <http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/handycam/accessories/i- 
> dvmcda1.html> is one such converter box. It converts analog video to  
> DV <http://www.apple.com/dv/>, converts DV to analog, adapts non-DV  
> camcorders, and supports iMovie.)"