Connecting dig.camcorder to Mac? help

zzzuppp · zzzuppp #1 (**permalink**)

11-26-2006, 02:04 PM

My son has just got a JVC GR-D340 digital video camera and wants to mess around with his films on iMovie.The instructions say to use a DV cable to connect camera to a PC-no mention of Mac and the connection looks like nothing on the back of my G4.
What do we need to do?

G4 AGP Graphics 450 MHz PowerPC
OSX 10.3.9

rman · rman #2 (**permalink**)

11-26-2006, 02:31 PM

If the camera has a firewire port, then you are in good shape. If not, you will need a bridge to connect the camera to the computer.

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #3 (**permalink**)

11-26-2006, 02:35 PM

According to the spec sheets it has "Firewire Connection Out".

Presumably it has a small 4 pin firewire connector, like the smaller end in this picture.

Your mac should have a larger Firewire port, like the large end in the picture, so you'll either need a 4pin->6pin adapter for a 4pin->4pin cable or a 4pin->6pin cable.

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #4 (**permalink**)

11-26-2006, 06:22 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Startech-Ieee-.../dp/B000067SO3

-or-

http://www.amazon.com/IEEE-1394-FIRE...&s=electronics

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Member Since: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 14	11-26-2006, 02:04 PM My son has just got a JVC GR-D340 digital video camera and wants to mess around with his films on iMovie.The instructions say to use a DV cable to connect camera to a PC-no mention of Mac and the connection looks like nothing on the back of my G4. What do we need to do? G4 AGP Graphics 450 MHz PowerPC OSX 10.3.9
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