Q. Hi i have a old digital video camcorder thats like 10 years old but i wonder how to transfer the videos form it to the mac. Its a MVX10i and connected with the cord and to the mac and nothing happend. i want to transfer every single video cassette to the mac and i have like 20 of them it have alot on import an stuffs in it so please help
A. The Canon MVX10i is a standard definition video, consumer grade, camcorder that records low compression, high quality video to miniDV tape.
Link to the manual:
http://files.canon-europe.com/files/soft24435/Manual/MVX10i_CUG_EN.pdf
This is the English version.
It behaves like any other miniDV tape based camcorder (with one exception form JVC that I will not address here).
Camcorder OFF. Connect a firewire cable (not USB) to the camcorder's DV port (not USB) and the Mac's firewire port (not USB). There was no firewire cable in the box with the camcorder. You did not tell us which "cord" you connected to your Mac - but if it was the USB cable that was in the box, that will allow transfer of stills from the camcorder's flash memory only. It will not transfer video from the digital tape. You *must* use a firewire cable.
See page 9 for the location of the camcorder's DV port. DV, firewire, IEEE1394 and i.Link are all the same thing. They are not USB and are not interchangeable with USB. USB-to-firewire cable/converter/adapter things will not work.
The camcorder's DV port is a 4-pin firewire connector. We do not know which Mac you are using. Older Macs all had a 6-Pin firewire port. More recent Macs either have no firewire port (MacBook Air, some versions of MacBook) or a 9-pin firewire port ... and most new Macs have a Thunderbolt port that will need a Thunderbolt-to-firewire adapter tail/cable from Apple (about $40) that provides a 9-pin firewire port. So... without knowing which Mac you have we don't know if you need a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable or 4-pin to 9-pin firewire cable.
Assuming you correctly connect the camcorder's DV port to the Mac's firewire port, and the Mac is on, *now* you can turn on the camcorder and put it into "Play (VCR)" mode. See the power/mode switch on page 10 of the manual. LOCK the video (there is a small tab on the back of the tape - it should be "open" to be locked). Rewind the video in the camcorder.
Launch iMovie. It will been in the Dock or in the Applications folder of the Mac. Name the file and set the destination of the video files for storage. Under File, select Import or Capture and the video should start importing.
ALERT: If the miniDV tapes are full, that is 60 minutes of video. This 60 minutes of imported video will consume about 14 gig of computer hard drive space when imported to iMovie. 14 gig x 20 tapes = 280 gig of computer hard drive space. We don't know how much available space there is on your Mac's hard drive. Consider using an external drive (connected using USB) for the videoeidinting project file storage.
Link to the manual:
http://files.canon-europe.com/files/soft24435/Manual/MVX10i_CUG_EN.pdf
This is the English version.
It behaves like any other miniDV tape based camcorder (with one exception form JVC that I will not address here).
Camcorder OFF. Connect a firewire cable (not USB) to the camcorder's DV port (not USB) and the Mac's firewire port (not USB). There was no firewire cable in the box with the camcorder. You did not tell us which "cord" you connected to your Mac - but if it was the USB cable that was in the box, that will allow transfer of stills from the camcorder's flash memory only. It will not transfer video from the digital tape. You *must* use a firewire cable.
See page 9 for the location of the camcorder's DV port. DV, firewire, IEEE1394 and i.Link are all the same thing. They are not USB and are not interchangeable with USB. USB-to-firewire cable/converter/adapter things will not work.
The camcorder's DV port is a 4-pin firewire connector. We do not know which Mac you are using. Older Macs all had a 6-Pin firewire port. More recent Macs either have no firewire port (MacBook Air, some versions of MacBook) or a 9-pin firewire port ... and most new Macs have a Thunderbolt port that will need a Thunderbolt-to-firewire adapter tail/cable from Apple (about $40) that provides a 9-pin firewire port. So... without knowing which Mac you have we don't know if you need a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable or 4-pin to 9-pin firewire cable.
Assuming you correctly connect the camcorder's DV port to the Mac's firewire port, and the Mac is on, *now* you can turn on the camcorder and put it into "Play (VCR)" mode. See the power/mode switch on page 10 of the manual. LOCK the video (there is a small tab on the back of the tape - it should be "open" to be locked). Rewind the video in the camcorder.
Launch iMovie. It will been in the Dock or in the Applications folder of the Mac. Name the file and set the destination of the video files for storage. Under File, select Import or Capture and the video should start importing.
ALERT: If the miniDV tapes are full, that is 60 minutes of video. This 60 minutes of imported video will consume about 14 gig of computer hard drive space when imported to iMovie. 14 gig x 20 tapes = 280 gig of computer hard drive space. We don't know how much available space there is on your Mac's hard drive. Consider using an external drive (connected using USB) for the videoeidinting project file storage.
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Q. I want to upload to youtube, and do some video blogging and also take it To places that require a bit of walking...indoors and outdoors.
(but mostly indoor stuff I think)
If I do any editing I would be using imovie that's standard with ilife.
Help please!
(but mostly indoor stuff I think)
If I do any editing I would be using imovie that's standard with ilife.
Help please!
A. Standard definition consumer camcorders that record video to DVDs are not good for ANY computer. Too much compression on the video.
MiniDV tape base camcorders are GREAT for any computer - if the computer has a firewire port. Since you did not tell us which Mac you are using, we don't know if it s a MacBook made between October, 2008 and June 2009 - or if it a MacBook Air. If yes, then these do not have a firewire port and have no way to add one. ALL other Macs made in the last 10+ years have a firewire port. The DV port on the miniDV camcorder is 4-pin. The Mac's firewire port can be either 6-pin or 9-pin. This dictates which firewire cable you need to get. USB will not work. USB-to-firewire cable/converter/adapter things won't work. When the camcorder is properly connected with a fiewire cable and in Play mode, iMovie or FinalCut can Import the video.
Hard disc drive and flash memory (including most pocket cams) camcorders connect with a USB cable to copy the video files. Most times the video needs to be converted... MPEG Streamclip
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
may be needed to convert the video to something the video editor can use (like mov or MP4 files). If all you want to do is view the video, then use Flip4Mac
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/flip4macwindowsmediacomponentsforquicktime.html
MiniDV tape base camcorders are GREAT for any computer - if the computer has a firewire port. Since you did not tell us which Mac you are using, we don't know if it s a MacBook made between October, 2008 and June 2009 - or if it a MacBook Air. If yes, then these do not have a firewire port and have no way to add one. ALL other Macs made in the last 10+ years have a firewire port. The DV port on the miniDV camcorder is 4-pin. The Mac's firewire port can be either 6-pin or 9-pin. This dictates which firewire cable you need to get. USB will not work. USB-to-firewire cable/converter/adapter things won't work. When the camcorder is properly connected with a fiewire cable and in Play mode, iMovie or FinalCut can Import the video.
Hard disc drive and flash memory (including most pocket cams) camcorders connect with a USB cable to copy the video files. Most times the video needs to be converted... MPEG Streamclip
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
may be needed to convert the video to something the video editor can use (like mov or MP4 files). If all you want to do is view the video, then use Flip4Mac
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/flip4macwindowsmediacomponentsforquicktime.html
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