Video to Mac

If you have or are considering getting a DVcamcorder
and it has a firewire connection, the camera will act
as a converter

MPGartland wrote:
 > I am new to Mac, and need some help on "how to's".
 >
 > I want to import/capture video from my TV or Analog VCR into my Powerbook.
 >
 > With my PC, I used a Dazzle 80. However, it does not seem to work on the Powerbook.
 >
 > What are some inexpensive alternatives to accomplish this task?
 >
 > Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <9Nm0d.56$Uo1.226@news1.mts.net>,
Liebgott <liebgott RemoveThis @mts.net> wrote:

 > If you have or are considering getting a DVcamcorder
 > and it has a firewire connection, the camera will act
 > as a converter

But watch out, some models will only function as a converter if you are
simultaneously recording onto the camera's internal one hour tape. (they
won't even pass through in record+pause mode.) It is almost impossible
to tell from the user's manual.

Best to try it (and just imagine explaining to the minimum wage sales
dude you need to hook a VCR and a Mac to the camera before you'll decide
to buy it.)

I've not been able to get a Canon ZR-10 to function as an analog to DV
converter except by simultaneously recording onto its internal tape.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Just because the firewire works through the camera does not mean you are
getting a quality conversion. I'd never trust my 850 horizontal line
betacam footage to be converted by a consumer camera.

I looked at the Pyro web site that Chey recommended and the Pyro A/V
link does convert anything to Mpeg2. The specs look good for consumer
use but for professional use I'd like to see a higher quality
conversion. I do like that it apparently is stand alone in that you can
convert if it is hooked up to your computer or not.

bill

David Phillip Oster wrote:

 > In article <9Nm0d.56$Uo1.226@news1.mts.net>,
 > Liebgott <liebgott.RemoveThis@mts.net> wrote:
 >
 >
  >>If you have or are considering getting a DVcamcorder
  >>and it has a firewire connection, the camera will act
  >>as a converter
 >
 >
 > But watch out, some models will only function as a converter if you are
 > simultaneously recording onto the camera's internal one hour tape. (they
 > won't even pass through in record+pause mode.) It is almost impossible
 > to tell from the user's manual.
 >
 > Best to try it (and just imagine explaining to the minimum wage sales
 > dude you need to hook a VCR and a Mac to the camera before you'll decide
 > to buy it.)
 >
 > I've not been able to get a Canon ZR-10 to function as an analog to DV
 > converter except by simultaneously recording onto its internal tape.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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 > I looked at the Pyro web site that Chey recommended and the Pyro A/V
 > link does convert anything to Mpeg2. The specs look good for consumer
 > use but for professional use I'd like to see a higher quality
 > conversion. I do like that it apparently is stand alone in that you
 > can convert if it is hooked up to your computer or not.
 >
 > bill
 >
 > David Phillip Oster wrote:


The Pyro A/V does mpeg, but I pump the converted video directly into
iMovie in the DV format that iMovie will only except. It will convert
any analog signal into whatever format you want.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <bfc635b6.0409091455.2b8ea17a DeleteThis @posting.google.com>,
myles.gartland DeleteThis @comcast.net (MPGartland) wrote:

 > I am new to Mac, and need some help on "how to's".
 >
 > I want to import/capture video from my TV or Analog VCR into my Powerbook.
 >
 > With my PC, I used a Dazzle 80. However, it does not seem to work on the
 > Powerbook.
 >
 > What are some inexpensive alternatives to accomplish this task?
 >
 > Thanks

These are excellent, but not cheap;
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 > I use an ADS Pyro which works great on my PowerBook and
 > PowerMac.$275.00
 > U.S. with connections for Svideo, Sony iLink, Firewire, and composite
 > cables. I can import analog to DV and output DV to analog.

I wonder if this would capture video from the Svideo port on my Sony
DVD-DCR300 Handycam, which, to my chagrin, isn't yet compatible with
OS X. If so, would it keep the 702x480 (or 720x480) video
resolution?

Yours,

bluefalcon

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