iMovie Help

[jiant.]

I'm trying to import some old movies from my hi-8 camcorder into iMovie on my Macbook. I've got an RCA-USB box that I'm running into my computer, but whenever I try to capture something in iMovie, it will only let me select my built in camera. If you can help, that would be awesome. Thanks. -Brad

[IanStephenson]

i suspect iMovie will only work with firewire. Apple support for USB cameras has always been limited.

The easiest way to get old formates in is via a newer miniDV camera with video in, so you can play the old camera into the new one, press play, and then capture via the new camera's firewire.

Ian

[jiant.]

Ah, yeah, iMovie will only work with firewire. What if I tried capturing it on my roommate's PC and then transferred the video files over to my mac?

[IanStephenson]

Should work fine - just drag them in.

I'd do a few tests first to make sure that the file formats are correct for importing, but should work no problem.