transfer video to MacBook Pro

[Cesar2022]

I have old mini DV tapes I want to edit on my MacBook Pro 2021. My video camera is a Canon HDV Vixia HD40. What cable adapter I need in order to transfer video, the one I'm using don't recognize the camera. Thanks

 

[justashooter]

You will need to have firewire input to transfer the video to your MBP. Apple makes a thunderbolt 2 > firewire dongle but you will also need a thunderbolt 4 > thunderbolt 2 dongle to connect it all together, and then you hope that your video editing software wil interface with the camera. You can also maybe find a thunderbolt 3/4 hub that has firefire, with the same hope.

 

[hobowankenobi]

There used to be several companies selling the hardware/software, back in the day for this, for the older cameras without firewire. With FW, it used to be plug and play, but that was many OSes ago, the last time I tried. This might be helpful to check the camera and the basic steps.

 

[Boyd01]

This thread might be of interest:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mini-dv-casettes-onto-macbook-pro.2307201/?post=30166514#post-30166514