VCR to Macbook?

If the VCR (tape? seriously...still using tape??) has a firewire port then you can with no additional software/hardware.

saga said:

Hey all,
Can you import video from a VCR to iMovieHD? I know I can do this with a Mini DV tape from a camcorder. I have some older VHS tapes I would love to get onto DVD. And no, I do not have a DVD recorder.
Thanks

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The very best way to do this is to connect your VHS player to your Mini DV camera. Most cameras have a video-in. Then connect the DV camera to the Mac with firewire. Most camera will run in "pass through" mode but I think you are better off dubbing the VHS to Mini DV.

DV tapes are a good way to archive video. They are time coded so if you are using a decent non-linear editor (like Final Cut) you can at any time blow away the media files and recover by reloading the tape and not loose work. Also after converting to DV you can make loss-less copies

Do not try to use DVD as an input. DVDs use a lossy compression, mpeg-2 where as DV is much better quality