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Capturing Video w/ FCE and Canon HV20 --- Please Help!

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Hey Guys,

I know this should be a simply process, but I am having a lot of trouble capturing video from my Canon HV20. This camera uses HD mini DV. The cord that came with the camera is a USB and I just found out that I have to use firewire to capture video. After learning this, I went and bought a firewire cable, but it does not fit my camcorder. Is anyone familiar with the HV20, or know what I should do? I am almost positive that Mac users have bought and used the HV20 with FCE. Please just provide any advice that might be useful.

Also, if I record in HD and then edit my video, is it possible to put it onto a DVD? I know that it wouldn't remain in HD, but can it be converted to SDV? Thanks!
 
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Is the firewire cable a 6pin to 4pin or a 6pin to 6pin? You will need the 6pin to 4pin.

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Yes, I tried the 6 to 4 pin. I don't actually see a port on my camera that has the firewire logo, so maybe its not compatible? But before I even bought my camera, there were people on forums that were talking about how they were using FCE to edit their HV20 footage.
 
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ksv1 said:
don't actually see a port on my camera that has the firewire logo
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RTFM. See the attached picture from page 13 and not the red circle.

You can edit wide screen and create a wide screen DVD using iDVD. Yes it will only be standard DVD, not HD, but it will look good. I've done this with the previous version of that Canon.

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