camcorder

Pulled my Canon HV20 out for the first time in a year to record the kids' presentations at their school, but ended up just learning it's time to retire this. I was fighting all the problems - battery, skipping during playback, etc. But now I can't connect it to my computer anymore, it seems it's...

UPDATED: Feb 19 2023: GUI based options and misc edits for clarity. A method for converting old videos on tapes (Video8, Digital8, Hi8, VHS, etc..) if you have a old device (camcorder, VCP, VCR, Playback Deck, etc..) that has an IEEE 1394 / Firewire / iLink connector built into it such as my...

Hi everyone. I’m having some issues with transferring my mini DV tapes onto my MacBook pro 2017 osX Big Sur. I have all the connections i.e 4p to 9p firewire, FireWire to thunderbolt adapter, thunderbolt to USB-C. I have a Sony DCR-TVR18E camcorder. My Mac isn’t recognising that the camcorders...

Hi. Last night I made some new video and tried to transfer from the camcorder to my new 2012 MB. I realized the cable I used for my older Power Mac had been FW 400 to mini FW, which worked fine. Of course it didn't work with the MB Pro, because it's FireWire 800. It's an older Panasonic mini...