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Thunderbolt port

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Jona330

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Sep 25, 2013
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Hi,

I have a Mac that i am trying to capture video from a cannon hv30 camcorder (tape based).

I am using a thunderbolt adapter and FireWire cable. The cable shows up in the system report as connected, but using iMovie and final cut the camcorder does not show.

I have been speaking with Cannon who are advising the thunderbolt port is only an output device as far as they are aware, they cannot offer any advise on how to get this working.

I have tried the cables on both an Imac and Mac mini, but still no joy:eek:

I have seen various threads on this but appears no definite answer, can anybody advise on the thunderbolt only being for output?

Cheers

Jona
 
Jona330 said:
I have seen various threads on this but appears no definite answer, can anybody advise on the thunderbolt only being for output?
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Nah... they are all wet there. TB is input and output. So you have a Thunderbolt to FW adapter going to the FW cable to the camcorder? That should work.

If you open Finder can you see the camcorder mounted there as a device?
 
No camcorder not mounted as device, tried 3 different camcorders and two different macs
 
Yes genuine Apple adapter, not sure what I could attach it to, only have camcorders
 
Jona330 said:
No camcorder not mounted as device, tried 3 different camcorders and two different macs
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Try reading through this forum. It has some good suggestions. I Don't have the camera so I don't know your issue but I read through this forum.

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7594_102-301704/how-to-connect-canon-vixia-hv30-to-imac/

I know it says iMac but there is talk about FireWire and thunderbolt.
 
Not much help but just to say it should work. I have a Cannon HV30 (nice camera) and routinely connect it to my mac via a 4pin to FW 800 cable which plugs into the apple firewire adapter and then into the thunderbolt port. When I select import from FCP or iMovie when the camera is on and in VCR mode (play) its detected and I can import just fine. When I can't find that adapter cable I use a 4pin to FW400 cable plugged into a drive enclosure and then a FW 400 to 800 cable to the Mac in a daisy chain. Both methods work fine. Not sure how to trouble shoot, but you may want to check your import settings. I didn't have to touch a thing as the defaults worked fine. I know some have had bad or substandard cables that gave them fits.
 
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