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

[Jeff Fay]

I think the main difference between the DA-1 and DA-2 is that the DA-2 
added LAN-C machine control so that the camera control signals sent by 
firewire can be translated into LAN-C so that a camcorder that uses 
LAN-C can receive commands.

I note that the DA-2 is supported in iMovie 3; the DA-1 is not - 
although the iMac site has the quote in my first message (also below in 
the quoted part), so Apple either needs to correct their website or make 
the DA-1 work with iMovie 3 (the latter would be my preference...).

As another aside, the DA-1 works well with Final Cut Pro 3. If it works 
with FCP, why can't it work with iMovie?

Jeff

Kunga wrote:

> 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.)"
>