[MacDV] Transferring files from Mac to DVD/HDD combo unit?

[Nick Scalise]

On Mar 13, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Patty Winter wrote:

> I just bought a Sony DVD Recorder/Hard Disk Drive combo. It
> has a 4-pin Firewire (i.Link) input that's intended to import
> DV video from a camcorder. I'm wondering whether I can use it
> to send DV-format files from my Mac to the hard drive, then
> make DVDs from it. Does anyone here know whether it's possible
> to do that?
>
> I know that I'd need to buy a 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire cable,
> but then how would I get the Mac to send the data to the HDD?
> In the case of a camcorder, according to the user's manual,
> the Sony unit would start the camcorder playing back its video.
> I don't that working with the Mac. Nor can I think of what
> software I might have that would send video out the FW port.
> Is it possible to mount the HDD on the Mac's desktop and drag
> files to it? Or is this whole idea simply not going to fly?

This article explains how you can do what you want with free software  
from Apple.

<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2004/12/22/ 
video_out.html>

Good luck,
--
Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com