Justin
today i just got a mac and i was woundering how to make sony handycam work on a mac without firewire. if i have 2 use firewire then can you please tell me where to get one? i have a macbook pro with 4 ram and i5 processor please help
Answer
The MacBookPro has a 9-pin firewire800 port.
"Handycam" is Sony's generic brand name for all their consumer camcorders - whether miniDV tape, Digital 8 tape, hard disc drive, flash memory or DVD video storage media.
MiniDV and Digital 8 tape based camcorders have a 4-pin firewire 400 port - also called i.LINK or DV port. The firewire cable would be 4-pin to 9-pin. I use Belkin or Monster cables. A 1 meter cable should be less than $20. Radio Shack, Fry's Electronics and other computer/electronics stores have them. Guitar Center, too.
Consumer hard disc drive, flash memory and DVD based camcorders have no firewire/i.LINK/DV/IEEE1394 connector so there is no firewire cable source to recommend. For hard disc drive or flash memory and miniUSB (camera USB port) to a regular USB (Mac) will work. Dor DVD based camcorders, finalize the disc in the camcorder and use a drawer loading DVD drive - I like the externals from LaCie - and rip the video with an app like HandBrake.
The MacBookPro has a 9-pin firewire800 port.
"Handycam" is Sony's generic brand name for all their consumer camcorders - whether miniDV tape, Digital 8 tape, hard disc drive, flash memory or DVD video storage media.
MiniDV and Digital 8 tape based camcorders have a 4-pin firewire 400 port - also called i.LINK or DV port. The firewire cable would be 4-pin to 9-pin. I use Belkin or Monster cables. A 1 meter cable should be less than $20. Radio Shack, Fry's Electronics and other computer/electronics stores have them. Guitar Center, too.
Consumer hard disc drive, flash memory and DVD based camcorders have no firewire/i.LINK/DV/IEEE1394 connector so there is no firewire cable source to recommend. For hard disc drive or flash memory and miniUSB (camera USB port) to a regular USB (Mac) will work. Dor DVD based camcorders, finalize the disc in the camcorder and use a drawer loading DVD drive - I like the externals from LaCie - and rip the video with an app like HandBrake.
handycam camcorder to macbook?
Q. on the handycam video camcorder, how do u transfer it onto a mac?
Answer
It depends on what kind of camcorder you have.
If you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorderâ¦.
Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your MAC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Make sure your camera is in playback mode.
The fine print in your manual makes reference to firewire (ieee 1394) connection.
If you have a mini dvd camcorderâ¦.
You will have to finalize your dvd in the camera and then put the dvd in your computer's DVD burner (top loading only) and then you will have to convert the files (I downloaded handbrake file converter free) and import them into your editing program. Use the HELP feature in your editing program to learn about editing. Once you are ready to burn, your project will be burned to a different DVD and you can file the original away.
It depends on what kind of camcorder you have.
If you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorderâ¦.
Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your MAC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Make sure your camera is in playback mode.
The fine print in your manual makes reference to firewire (ieee 1394) connection.
If you have a mini dvd camcorderâ¦.
You will have to finalize your dvd in the camera and then put the dvd in your computer's DVD burner (top loading only) and then you will have to convert the files (I downloaded handbrake file converter free) and import them into your editing program. Use the HELP feature in your editing program to learn about editing. Once you are ready to burn, your project will be burned to a different DVD and you can file the original away.
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