Imac 20" hooking up dvd camcorder

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angeno03

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Feb 22, 2009

• #1

I have a 20" Imac 2.4ghz. When I try to get movies off my Sony DVD camcorder I get a message that my dvd is blank. I know for sure there is footage on the dvd and have watched it on the camcorder. Am I doing something wrong? thanks for any help!

 

IgnatiusTheKing

macrumors 68040

• Feb 22, 2009

• #2

angeno03 said:

I have a 20" Imac 2.4ghz. When I try to get movies off my Sony DVD camcorder I get a message that my dvd is blank. I know for sure there is footage on the dvd and have watched it on the camcorder. Am I doing something wrong? thanks for any help!

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Need more info. What software are you using? How is the camera connected?

Have you set the camcorder to VTR mode?

 

mcavjame

macrumors 65816

• Feb 22, 2009

• #3

It's been a while since we wrestled with the sony DVD cameras, and we never had great success making them work. I do seem to recall that the disks had to be finalized before a MAc could read them.

Things may have changed since I last tried and this was 10.3 at the time.

 

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MTI

macrumors 65816

• Feb 25, 2009

• #4

Likewise, the compatability issues a few years back was the reason why I chose to stay with miniDV tape instead of the mini-DVD camcorders from Sony.

 

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harry454

macrumors 6502

• Feb 25, 2009

• #5

I had the same problem with my hitachi one, has to use windows and the camcorder software to get the data off

 

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old-wiz

macrumors G3

• Feb 25, 2009

• #6

have you checked to see if the recorder 'finalized' the disk? I have a DVD recorder, and if I don't finalize the disk it can't be read.