Importing video help

Discussion in 'Digital Video' started by yanke108, Feb 19, 2008.

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  1. yanke108, Feb 19, 2008

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    Hey, I have a sony handycam that does NOT have a usb port, all it has is the yellow(video) and black(audio) plugs and also a s video port. what are some of my options for importing my old videos to my new mac?? anyting will help, i'm kinda usles when it comes to this... thanks
     
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  2. MisterMe, Feb 19, 2008

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    Well a USB port wouldn't be of much use either. You really need a FireWire (which Sony calls iLink). It would be really helpful if you gave the actual model number of your camera. The only communication lines that you have are all analog--composite video, S-Video, and audio. You will need an old Mac such as a beige G3 or a video deck that can accept analog audio-video and pass it through to your Mac.
     
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  3. slu, Feb 19, 2008

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    Or more practically a device like Elgato's EyeTV which can perform analog to digital conversion.

    Or borrow a newer cam from a friend that can do analog to digital conversion. But unless this camera is like 10 years old, there should be an iLink (Firewire) port.
     
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