How to copy footage from Mini DV Tapes to your MacBook

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Christina Watkins

Christina Watkins

Күн бұрын

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@easylovemusicvideos
@easylovemusicvideos 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for making everything so clear! going to try it, as soon as I can get my hands on one of those firewire to thunderbolt adapters. I guess it'll be worth it in the long run.
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 4 ай бұрын
@@easylovemusicvideos good luck! yes it’s good to have if you’re using this camera often
@johnking6308
@johnking6308 5 ай бұрын
It would be helpful if you showed us what the various connectors look like close up. What's a FIREWIRE CABLE? I have a lot of cables but do not know what they are called.
@birdierafael
@birdierafael 5 ай бұрын
Google it?
@torimcgraw8944
@torimcgraw8944 10 күн бұрын
Would you be able to provide links for purchasing the connections??
@deanbidwell9326
@deanbidwell9326 3 ай бұрын
I believe the FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adapter is no longer offered by Apple, or anyone else. Used ones are available from eBay, but be prepared to spend at least $130 for one now!
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 3 ай бұрын
@@deanbidwell9326 that’s crazy! it wasn’t that much when I bought it :((
@pamthompson293
@pamthompson293 5 күн бұрын
@@christinawatkinsyoutube True, I can't find any Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptors on Amazon or Apple.
@melissareed2420
@melissareed2420 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! I had no clue about the firewire to firewire adapter I needed - that was the missing piece! All my old videos with my kids now going to be digitized!
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 2 ай бұрын
@@melissareed2420 fabulous!! so glad this helped 💛
@TroubleTimes
@TroubleTimes 7 ай бұрын
Can you link the firewire to dv cable and the apple adapter?
@TroubleTimes
@TroubleTimes 7 ай бұрын
@808bysanji7ty for the info! I tried the AVs on my camera (I have the same model as the video) and it doesn’t pick the audio even tho the capture card works properly and it does have sound when recording! The colors also come out very desaturated and it has more noise. That’s why I want to try this route! Ty again
@mylifeasjessio
@mylifeasjessio 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! You made this seem way less complicated than other videos!
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 10 ай бұрын
I am so glad it helped! That is why I made it, because of the other unhelpful vids haha
@DruSkaLive
@DruSkaLive 23 күн бұрын
Im trying to do this with the canon ZR200 camcorder videocamera. I bought all the plugs but its still not showing up on my macbook pro 2020 with monterey or macbook pro 2014 with big sur any tips??
@ContetorTV
@ContetorTV 11 ай бұрын
It will be good if you list or put a link to those Apple adapters
@gashtape
@gashtape 11 ай бұрын
i cant find one at all. looks like they are sold out everywhere :(
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 10 ай бұрын
@@gashtape I have listed everything in the description! I am in Germany, here there adapters available but i cant tell you how it is elsewhere :(
@heledddavies3211
@heledddavies3211 8 ай бұрын
Would this work with a jvc700x camcorder and a MacBook Air? This would be amazing if it did!
@steph-xy4lk
@steph-xy4lk 12 күн бұрын
@@christinawatkinsyoutube I'm also in germany and I don't think there are any anymore :(((((
@filipbakic8871
@filipbakic8871 Жыл бұрын
If you set some time aside to really dive in to the settings on your recording program, im sure you can find a better way to deinterlace the video in a way that makes it 60 fps, and who doesn't like 60 fps
@gregoryhill1639
@gregoryhill1639 Жыл бұрын
Do you need to format the camera first to import the vids? I had a load of vids but my Mac didn't seem to think anything was on the camera ...
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 10 ай бұрын
no, I didn't do that. hope you found a solution!
@gregoryhill1639
@gregoryhill1639 10 ай бұрын
@@christinawatkinsyoutube no, im selling it as ive not been able to figure anything out
@moseedat
@moseedat 8 ай бұрын
Hey Great video, where did you buy the firewire adaptor from? I had a look online and people are selling them for crazy amounts of money. Seems to be a huge demand for them as apple has stoped making them. Also partly to the fact as dv cams are coming back in fashion.
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 8 ай бұрын
thanks! I think I bought it on eBay, and yeah they are not cheap :( good luck!
@moseedat
@moseedat 8 ай бұрын
@christinawatkinsyoutube I been looking and they like £140 I remember them being £25 🥲
@shanicecurtis18
@shanicecurtis18 8 ай бұрын
Hello, I have all the wires and have been stuck for hours trying to get iMovie to find the camera when I go to import? Any idea?
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 7 ай бұрын
hi there, I’m sorry I’m not sure why it’s not working :( maybe try apple support online
@easymoney3225
@easymoney3225 5 ай бұрын
did you ever find out, I as well have all these cords but iMovie can't recognize my camera
@ecinahs93
@ecinahs93 5 ай бұрын
Apple did an update and there isn't many camcorders it is now compatible with. Was told to go through the list on the apple website but none looked like a camcorder
@sarahmoreheart7285
@sarahmoreheart7285 3 ай бұрын
Roughly how big is the file size for that 19 minutes? Hopefully it's over 2G's. Thanks
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 2 ай бұрын
not very large, not exactly sure how much though!
@mollymu1
@mollymu1 5 ай бұрын
Will this work with hi8mm also . I got an intensity shuttle but heard it won’t work with Mac Pro with M3 .Thanks
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 2 ай бұрын
not sure unfortunately! good luck
@ucreatephotostudio
@ucreatephotostudio 2 ай бұрын
Why mine is not showing in imovie?
@complicatedeggclips5635
@complicatedeggclips5635 8 ай бұрын
Hey Christina! I also have a very similar, if not the same samsung camcorder as you but I cannot get mine working... Do you have any tips? I used a FireWire 9-pin to 4-pin adapter to connect to my old 2012 macbook pro but it did not detect the camcorder :(
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 8 ай бұрын
hey there, I'm sorry it's not working... perhaps your MacBook is too old? I'm not a Mac expert unfortunately, hopefully you find a solution in a forum somewhere :)
@muhddanial5789
@muhddanial5789 8 ай бұрын
same here
@easymoney3225
@easymoney3225 5 ай бұрын
Did you find a solution?
@milannech
@milannech 4 ай бұрын
After not believing that the only solution is this complicated. It was indeed the only solution I came to at the end. So thank you :)
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 4 ай бұрын
@@milannech Same 😭
@osheawtf
@osheawtf 3 ай бұрын
I just bought a mid-2010 macbook pro 13 and a 4 to 9 pin cable all for 85€ because i didnt want to spend over 100€ on apple adapters
@roadrunnerrickyray
@roadrunnerrickyray 4 ай бұрын
what about if you only have a 2015 MacBook Pro?
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 2 ай бұрын
i’m sure it’ll work! as long as you have imovie it’ll work. you might be better off because you still have USB, and depending on your model, potentially you may also have a thunderbolt connection!
@AllThings80s
@AllThings80s Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the shoutout 👍🏻
@aNYCdj
@aNYCdj 8 ай бұрын
bought a 2012 mac mini Catalina for $100 last year of firewire plugged it in loaded life flix and everything worked perfectly no extra cables or work around
@michelluccote
@michelluccote 7 ай бұрын
I've had so many problems with life flix. It is buggy and amazingly unstable. It is causing me more work that it is worth. I'm on Big Sur so maybe that makes a different. lifeflix keeps making all my videos orphaned when I have to quit and restart it. Not only orphaned but the recovered video are in random order even if the order in which they are saved tells you the correct order. You have not had any of these problems?
@wiljerry3251
@wiljerry3251 13 күн бұрын
can yoy not just buy a firewire dv to usb cord and a usb to usbc cord and upload it from there?
@wiljerry3251
@wiljerry3251 13 күн бұрын
not trying to hate just asking if this would work also
@85context123
@85context123 11 күн бұрын
I’m gonna try that soon
@tedrutj1284
@tedrutj1284 9 ай бұрын
what a beautiful things and memories
@MrMaxSkorpion
@MrMaxSkorpion 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video, this was super helpful! What version of MacOS was your computer using, and did you have to download any drivers or additional software to get your computer to notice your camera was plugged in?
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 6 ай бұрын
Hi! Not sure exactly what iOS but this was filmed last summer and my Mac is updated regularly :) I just used iMovie which was already on there, nothing extra. :)
5 ай бұрын
very nice video!!. Very informative
@DAVEJ-y3y
@DAVEJ-y3y Жыл бұрын
Hi, thanks for the video. I am about to do the same. Are you running an intel chip or the new M1 or M2 MacBook and also which macOS? Thanks so much!
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube Жыл бұрын
hi! my Mac is MacBook Pro from 2017 with an Intel chip, and I am running on macOS Monterrey :)
@milbex
@milbex Жыл бұрын
do you need a mac or can u use any computer with a usbc port?
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube Жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure you can do this on any computer, but I am not sure how :)
@gkoyt
@gkoyt Жыл бұрын
If you’re running a Windows PC, you’ll need a Thunderbolt port, there should be a lightning bolt icon next to it. It is not the same as USB-C, even though Thunderbolt(4) uses the same connector. (And if you’re not confused yet, that Thunderbolt port supports USB-C.) If you do have a Thunderbolt port, I believe there’s another matter with the processor you have, which I am not familiar with. Search “how to transfer mini dv” and see what’s been posted in the past year or two.
@joshua_wagstaff
@joshua_wagstaff Жыл бұрын
Why couldn’t have you just got - Mini DV to FireWire 400 cable - FireWire 400 to usb C Would this not work?
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube Жыл бұрын
hey Joshua, I couldn't find a Firewire 400 to USB C cable, this is why I had to do it like I did. If you find this kind of cable, for sure, try it out!! :D
@TheMaan2008
@TheMaan2008 9 ай бұрын
So, you think this is better than S-Video?
@HonestFred
@HonestFred 8 ай бұрын
100% better. S-video is analog vs firewire is digital
@jirkadolezal8127
@jirkadolezal8127 Ай бұрын
thank you
@AydinProductionsLtd
@AydinProductionsLtd 8 ай бұрын
sadly they should make it easier with a cable going from mini firewire to usb-c rather than this cumbersome situation. In this day of tech we could find engineers to do this?
@christinawatkinsyoutube
@christinawatkinsyoutube 2 ай бұрын
you’d think so, hey?!
@jampstudios3314
@jampstudios3314 7 ай бұрын
Eu comprei hoje o meu primeiro macbook especialmente para editar muito material que tenho em mini DV e consegui tirar todas as dúvidas de importação com este vídeo!! Parabéns!!! 🙏🙏🙏
@antoniodbo
@antoniodbo 4 ай бұрын
Onde você encontrou o adaptador Thunderbolt 2 para Thunderbolt 3 (usb-c)?
@jesuschrist5294
@jesuschrist5294 Ай бұрын
i came for info and found a beauty. and info. that too.
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