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c790 · May 17, 2008

I am new to Macs. i have a new 20" Imac.
I am trying to get some video that I shot on a Sony DCR-TRV240 digital camcorder into Imovie.
I connected the USB cable from the camcorder to the USB slot on the keyboard. I set the camera to VCR and hit play. The Mac does not seem to see this camcorder connected to it. It just turns on the insight camera. My camcorder does not show up on the drop down menu.
I watched the tutorial, and it said to set the camcorder dial to a PC setting. I only seem to have a VCR or Camera setting.

I'm sure there is a simple solution for this. I am very raw at this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

louishen · May 17, 2008

Have you tries connecting the camera up to the usb port at the back of the screen.

Sometimes, if a device is suing too much power, the keyboard usb port cannot handle the load

Soulwar · May 17, 2008

I connected the USB cable from the camcorder to the USB slot on the keyboard.

Usually, there's not enough power from the keyboard. Try the USB from the computer itself.
Helpful link...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1096?viewlocale=en_US

koolpenguin89 · May 17, 2008

This is a digital8 camcorder, meaning you cannot use the USB port for capturing. The only use the USB port wil have is for using the camera as a webcam. You need to hook it up to a firewire (a.k.a ilink, a.k.a. DV) cable. Your imac and your camcorder have this feature. Go to your local electronics store and ask for a 4 to 6 pin firewire cable.

Dylan

skate___board · May 18, 2008

koolpenguin89 said:
This is a digital8 camcorder, meaning you cannot use the USB port for capturing. The only use the USB port wil have is for using the camera as a webcam. You need to hook it up to a firewire (a.k.a ilink, a.k.a. DV) cable. Your imac and your camcorder have this feature. Go to your local electronics store and ask for a 4 to 6 pin firewire cable.

Dylan

what he said.

peekah · May 19, 2008

c790 said:
I am new to Macs. i have a new 20" Imac.
I am trying to get some video that I shot on a Sony DCR-TRV240 digital camcorder into Imovie.
I connected the USB cable from the camcorder to the USB slot on the keyboard. I set the camera to VCR and hit play. The Mac does not seem to see this camcorder connected to it. It just turns on the insight camera. My camcorder does not show up on the drop down menu.
I watched the tutorial, and it said to set the camcorder dial to a PC setting. I only seem to have a VCR or Camera setting.

I'm sure there is a simple solution for this. I am very raw at this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

You are going to need to buy a firewire and capture the video in iMovie. I got a cheap one for 15 dollars..

c790 · May 29, 2008

Thanks for all of your help. the firewire cable was the way to go. I was able to import the movie.
I need to learn some more of the basics and play with the video a bit.

dchyde · Jun 4, 2008

Camera must be connected via Fire Wire