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USB Analog to Digital Converter?

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I have a USB-based Analog to Digital video converter that I used when I had my PC, for transferring old family video tapes to digital to burn DVDs.

Can I use this with my Mac with iMovie 08), or will the Mac only accept digital video via a Firewire input?

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Unless the company had a special driver available for the Mac, I think you're out of luck for using that USB device.

IMovie 08 has the ability to deal with USB video cameras that are drive or memory based. It treats them like hard drives.
 
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Well, you didn't say what brand it is. I have an analog to digital converter for my MBP that is used through the USB. It does not work with iMovie. It works using its own software to capture then you can import it to iMovie. So you may be able to use it if you can find the right software.

Here is what I have...

http://daystar-store.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=749
 

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