[MacDV] Storage

[Donald Tully]

Hi Jeanette - I think there are a variety of ways to get VHS into  
iMovie such as using a DV camcorder as a pass thru between your VHS  
tape player and your computer. I purchased a Canopus "converter" box.  
It sits between my video player and computer. It is connected with RCA  
cables to the video player and with a fire wire cable to my Mac. It  
converts the analog VHS signal to digital. I open iMovie, click the  
import button and let it run. Then you can use iMovie to edit the  
video anyway you want to. BTW, I know this is another whole topic, but  
I've done several of these using iMovie HD with great success. With  
this last one, I tried iMovie '09 and hated it. Fortunately, I kept  
iMovie HD and was able to go back to it.

Good luck with your imports...Don
On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Jeanette Brentnall wrote:

> Hi Don,
> Can't help with your query re storage apart from getting a backup  
> hard drive such as the WD MyBook which will hold a huge amount and  
> is separate from your computer so that if one crashes the other is  
> still there.
> But can you tell me how you get your old VHS tapes into iMovie?
> Thanks,
> Jeanette Brentnall
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