> On 10 Apr 2014, at 5:23 pm, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> I have a Sony mini DV video camera connected by firewire.  This is fine for 
> importing to iMovie and the like.  In  other situations, like QT Pro, I can 
> not select it in preference to the iSight camera.  Is there a preference 
> setting for this?   The Sony does not appear in the Devices list, I suspect 
> this is be because it is Firewire, not USB.  

Hi Severin,

USB will NOT work for MiniDV tape cameras - only FireWire will work.
Do you have any QuickTime Plugins installed... such as Perian etc?
If so 'Remove' and try again.

Cheers,
Ronni


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