Apple Digital Editing from VCRer.
Ok, I know about the Dazzle $280 editing connector but I am looking for a little cheaper way to get video from my VCR into my Powerbook. I need to get home videos from when I was a child in there by Mother's Day and I don't know what the best, cheap tool is to get the video into the computer. I know how to edit it but just not get it in there. Someone please help!
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This way, in the future, you'll be prepared to shoot in DV and not ever have to worry about this again.
<strong>by the way, this should probably be in genius bar... support related.</strong><hr></blockquote>Nope. Looks like purchasing advice to me. It stays.
Anyhow, I'd generally second the advice of getting a digital camera and using it like a bridge. Just remember when getting a digital cam that you won't need nor use all the fancy digital effects and titling tools that they'll try to sell you on the higher-up models.
Connect A/V leads and Firewire to the cam and set to VIDEO, and while playing on your VCR, capture via iMovie as it "plays through" the cam.
Saves time copying to DV tape and re-playing to your Mac
This feature has the added bonus of being able to record TV programs to iMovie as they air.
[ 01-28-2003: Message edited by: MiMac ]</p>
anyway, I suggest recording to DV since you can do it while you capture so that in case you decide not to capture all of it, you still have it on tape so that you don't have to go through the process later.
<strong>Go buy a nice Digital Camera. Then plug your vcr into the Video in on the camera, push record. When done recording, capture into your mac via firewire like the rest of the world does.
This way, in the future, you'll be prepared to shoot in DV and not ever have to worry about this again.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I like how it is my fault that in the 80's my parents shot home video on 8 mm film. I mean seriously, how would I have been prepared for this. I'm actually looking for a 3mp digital camera right now. I would like to spend like 299 on it as then I can have my girlfriend buy it for me but I am open to any suggestions.
If you only want to spend $300 fine, you get what you pay for, and you're not going to get much. A pinnacle or dazzle card is less than that, and will do what you want, but will look really lousy compared to the slightly more expensive alternatives.
Is it VHS, Beta, Digital 8, Hi8, 8mm FILM, What?
There are huge differences here, and the cost differences are incredible.
OR, Use a Digital8 camcorder by the likes of Sony to convert your footage (slightly more expensive but some good deals to be found).
<a href="http://www.techtronics.com/files/sony-digital8-faq.html"; target="_blank">FAQs on Digital8</a>
OR. if you don't want to commit to buying Digital8 just now, get a loaner OR buy one from a chainstore with a full refund policy - use to convert - then if you don't want to keep it just return it!
[ 01-29-2003: Message edited by: MiMac ]</p>
we have one (as well as some miniDV cams) and its great for around £199 gb pounds
Reading back through the thread, I think there's been a degree of talk at cross-purposes, largely around the lack of the word video in relation to digital cameras.
I really hope I've got this wrong, or it's not too late... <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[surprised]" />
Like. Oh my god.
I hope you're just messing with OBJRA10 for saying to "buy a nice digital camera".
[ 01-29-2003: Message edited by: murbot ]</p>
Sort of doesn't look like a video camera to me:
I think the key passage was "I'm actually looking for a 3mp digital camera right now"...
jpp1cd, get back to us, would you?
[ 01-29-2003: Message edited by: Overhope ]
just helping your image placement...
[ 01-29-2003: Message edited by: murbot ]</p>
No matter what you do it is going to cost a couple of hundred dollars. Try buying a DV camera on e-Bay. You don't have to worry if it shoots video you just have to make sure the video input works.