Sony picture package

[saladiro]

hi, i have a sony camcorder, and have just installed "picture package" which should enable me to convert the contents of my "mini tape" to my mac hard drive. my problem is that i dont know how

can any one help me

 

[r88my]

Not sure if this is relevant to you but... I dont know about sony picture package software but I have an old sony tape based camcorder and I use imovie 08 to import the footage. Just open imovie with the camcorder connected and imovie should pretty much do the rest.

 

[saladiro]

hi......am trying that now, but my mac wont recognize the connection of the UBS cable to the camcorder.

any suggestions

 

[r88my]

I think you can only do it via a firewire cable (which probably didn't come with the camcorder) as USB connections aren't quick enough (as is the case with my camcorder)

 

[saladiro]

tks....i had a feeling that was the case....
but....my sony camcorder comes with that docking base which does not have an output for fire wire....

sounds like i am out of luck.....

can any one recomed a camcorder that wrorks with the mac, so i can "plug and play"

may just sell the sony on ebay....

 

[r88my]

Are you sure it doesn't have firewire output? I have a dock, but without a regular firewire port - its a miniature version that goes in the dock (sort of like mini usb) and the other end that goes into your mac is a regular firewire port. I beleive it is known as a 4-pin to 6-pin cable. See this one on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IL4615B-SONY-...ryZ23780QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[saladiro]

k....let me try that. for a few bucks its worth it.

so if all goes well, i should be able to record the video on my camcorder (mini tape) right to mac?

 

[r88my]

Yes you should be able to import all the movie footage over pretty easily with imovie 08. You'll see how easy it really is. Good luck

 

[saladiro]

thank you
will let you know....