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connect a camcorder?
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<blockquote data-quote="natey" data-source="post: 24572"><p>Hey, I was wondering how I could connect my camcorder to my mac. My camcorder is a samsung, and it has RCA outputs, not firewire. It's only a year old (still being sold in stores).</p><p></p><p>I know camcorders with firewire are supposed to be plug and play with imovie, but of course, I have RCA. Is there a way to convert RCA to firewire, or maybe even USB? Or do I have to get a new camcorder all together?</p><p></p><p>My camera has digital output (it's a digital Hi8). Most firewire cameras use DV format. I don't know how different the two are. Anyone know if mac would read it if I could find a rca to firewire converter? </p><p></p><p>If I could find a converter, I could also connect a VCR to my mac. That'd be handy if I were to find older video's that I wanted to put into an iMovie.</p><p></p><p>My mac (it's a powerbook G4, new one) has an s-video. My mac came with an s-video to RCA adapter. I tried to see if that'd work, but it didn't. I also noticed that it says, "s-video out" beside the plug in.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, any help would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>--nate <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="natey, post: 24572"] Hey, I was wondering how I could connect my camcorder to my mac. My camcorder is a samsung, and it has RCA outputs, not firewire. It's only a year old (still being sold in stores). I know camcorders with firewire are supposed to be plug and play with imovie, but of course, I have RCA. Is there a way to convert RCA to firewire, or maybe even USB? Or do I have to get a new camcorder all together? My camera has digital output (it's a digital Hi8). Most firewire cameras use DV format. I don't know how different the two are. Anyone know if mac would read it if I could find a rca to firewire converter? If I could find a converter, I could also connect a VCR to my mac. That'd be handy if I were to find older video's that I wanted to put into an iMovie. My mac (it's a powerbook G4, new one) has an s-video. My mac came with an s-video to RCA adapter. I tried to see if that'd work, but it didn't. I also noticed that it says, "s-video out" beside the plug in. Anyway, any help would be appreciated. --nate :) [/QUOTE]
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