Thanks for the tip Daniel. I don¹t subscribe to Australian Macworld but it sounds like I¹d better get a copy of the one you refer to.
Is it the July or August issue? What¹s on the front cover? By the way, thanks to all who gave me the tip about playing the VCR through the handycam and into the Mac. Looking forward to giving it a go. Cheers...Steven > > Steven > > You could check out the current issue of Australian Macworld which has > about a 4 page article on how to do exactly what you are asking. > > Daniel F. > > On 16 Aug 2004, at 13:49, Steven wrote: > >> If I had a PC, then the solution appears to be >> <http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process? >> Merchant_Id=&Product_Id= >> 144533>. >> >> However I use a 1.5GHz PowerBook 17" running OS X 10.3.5. >> >> I have numerous hours of VHS home video which, for reasons of >> longevity and >> storage, I'd like to transfer to DVD. I guess I could copy the VHS >> footage >> to MiniDV tapes using my Sony HandyCam, but that would surely get >> tedious. >> >> I presume I need to buy some kind of hardware interface between my VCR >> player and the PowerBook in order to use the PowerBook's DVD burning >> capability. Could someone please tell me what options are available? >> >> Many thanks...Steven
