I've just done the same thing with a bunch of old VCR tapes and 8MM analog camcorder tapes. For the conversion I used my 5-year old Sony DV camcorder (HC65) with analog-digital conversion - perhaps you have one already kicking around or can borrow one. It is really very simple.
I hooked the VCR or old Camcorder's video and audio out signals to the input of the DV camcorder (on mine it is a special cable with several input options including S-video). Then I attached the DV camcorder to the mac with firewire, set the AV Conversion option in the camera's menu system. Then PLAY on the VCR, and Capture in either iMovie or Final Cut Express. After capture I convert the DV capture files to Quicktime to save a ton of hard disk space and now the files are available for editing as easily any other media file. Done. I am not sure many later non-DV tape camcorders (flash or AVCD) have this ability, but I know the HDV camcorders from Canon still seem to have it. Cheers --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
