How can I get my Mac to recognize my Panasonic Camcorder?

Q. I have a Panasonic SDR H60 camcorder and Mac OS X 10.4.11 computer. I use iMovie '08. I have been able to upload video from the camera directly to iMovie before, but now I can't. My dad used the camera on his PC with the software provided with the camera, and I'm wondering it that may have messed up the ability of the camera to work with the Mac. How can I get the camera to be recognized by iMovie again?

A. Make sure the camera is in playback mode.

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How can I connect my Sony camcorder to my mac computer?

Q. When I connect my Sony Dcr-Trv11 camcorder to my mac via firewire, the mac does not recognize it. I have an imac osx tiger and imovie. I have found places online that say that this is possible, but I have had no luck yet. does anyone have any suggestions? thanks

A. The Sony DCR-TRV11 camcorder is miniDV tape based.

What are you expecing the Mac to do? Nothing will automatically "pop up".

Connecting a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable to the camcorder's DV port and the Mac's firewire port - with the camcorder in "Play" or "VCR" mode, launch iMovie,
Name the project,
select the video project destination folder,
select DV (presuming you captured the video in 4:3 standard definition mode - select DV widescreen if the video was captured in that mode.
Create.
The iMovie Import screen should appear.

You did not tell us which Mac. It is possible that the Firewire port is inactive. System Preferences: Network: Port Status. Be sure there is a check mark in the firewire box.

It is also possble that the firewire cable or the camcordeer's firewire port is bad.

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How do I connect my camcorder to my computer?

Q. I have a Panasonic PV-GS320 camcorder and a Mac computer. When I connect the camcorder to the computer with the cord, nothing happens. I tried turning it on, but it's dead without the battery and the plug is behind the battery, so the battery has to come out in order for me to plug the cord into the camera. And no, I can't just read the instructions because my idiot brother decided to use it as a fire starter -_-

A. http://tlc.housing.wisc.edu/docs/video_pvgs320.pdf
for user manual go to link above

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Can you configure a Mac to have a disc tray cus this is really ticking me off?

Q. I want to get a Macbook Pro but the thing is that it has only a disc slot and it can't run minidvds. You know how many people are into those minidvd camcorders right? Even if i could connect my camcorder to a mac using firewire there are still some minidiscs out there with software I just got to have! So what should I do? And I'm also planning to buy Windows to go run on bootcamp on my Mac.

A. get an external dvd drive (like- usb external dvd drive).

Both mac os x and bootcamp windows will be able to access it and you can read mini dvd disk.

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How to connect Panasonic 3CCD camcorder to Apple power book to download the recorded movies?

Q. I've connected the camcorder to the Mac using the USB port, but I am unable to access the camera. I tried using iMovie to no success. When I was using a PC I was able to access the camera and transfer the movies. I was hoping to be able to do the same with the Apple. The main reason I purchased the Mac was for the ease of editing and creating DVDs.

Any help would be much appreciated.

A. you must install a mac driver for your camera if you opt to use the usb port. if you cannot find a driver, you will need to use the firewire port.

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How is the quality of your videos transferred from a camcorder to your Mac/PC?

Q. Yesterday I have started transferring my videos from my digital camcorder to my Mac using Pinnacle Video Capture. The quality is not that good (not as good as when I watch them on my TV) and the sound doesn't follow the image. Is it normal? Could I have a problem with my cables?

A. What's happening ? You're speeking English today ????
Sorry, I can not answer your question but I give you a big big kiss...
See you later (in French this time please.... lol)

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