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MacBook not recognizing canon hv30 camera
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CaptainChunk
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Yeah, unfortunately he's out of luck. The USB port on the HV30 is strictly for offloading still photos stored on a miniSD card.
There's no way to add FW functionality to a base MacBook.
Though it may or may not be financially feasible for your brother, Apple should be able to offer an exchange up to a 13" MBP (which does have FW) for the price difference.
There's no way to add FW functionality to a base MacBook.
Though it may or may not be financially feasible for your brother, Apple should be able to offer an exchange up to a 13" MBP (which does have FW) for the price difference.
matteusclement
macrumors 65816
pinnicle movie box
here is a link
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=681368&Q=&is=REG&A=details
i was looking at one of these a while ago but never got around to it.
might be worth a go.
here is a link
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=681368&Q=&is=REG&A=details
i was looking at one of these a while ago but never got around to it.
might be worth a go.
That doesn't look reasonable for a Mac users. The system requirements are; Windows 7, Windows Vista (SP2),Windows XP (SP3).
Also, it isn't clear to me that you can import HD material from an HDV camera into a friendly HD editing format. I wonder what the file format & codec of the file would be.
matteusclement
macrumors 65816
I dont know where I read it but I am sure that it works with mac osx.
maybe not on that site, but somewhere.
and you're right, does it work in HD and what codec?
It was just a suggestion.
maybe not on that site, but somewhere.
and you're right, does it work in HD and what codec?
It was just a suggestion.
aceventura
macrumors newbie
I just got the VIXIA HF 30 for Xmas. Thanks Santa!! What I did was load using the USB cable. I first opened iMovie (09) and had the usb and camera connected then turned on my camera. I forgot what the prompt said but I remember touching the icon to the bottom right screen. I was able to download and make a youtube review on this camera. You can see my mac in the background!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCh5zXR8IjE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCh5zXR8IjE
yoak
macrumors 68000
Different camera my friend. The HV30 is a tape based HDV camera. You need FW to capture from it
I have an HV40 and I do use FW to transfer over HD video, but I know with mine you can use USB to transfer over SD video. You would think it would be the same for the HV30.