Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge no longer works with imovie

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Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge no longer works with imovie

For many years I had use the Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge to transfer video from either a video camera, vhs, dvd player, etc with no problem. After not using it for about a year, I try to use it again now and it does not recognize the video signal coming through the Bridge. It knows that a Hollywood bridge is attached, but does not recognize any signal. I first thought that was related to the new imovie version but I even downloaded again imovie 6 and did not work either.
At one specific moment, it started to work but only transferred video to the imovie 6 version for 7 minutes and the dropped forever.

Anyone knows anything about how to solve this problem? Not sure if the Dazzle DV Bridge is broken now and I need to replace it. Any suggestion?

MacBook Pro and PowerMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on May 31, 2008 4:53 PM

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Answer 1

dmrome

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Jun 1, 2008 6:11 PM in response to jros

Jros,
Amazing ... I have the exact same issue ... last time I used the Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge was with my G5 iMac and OS x 10.4 ...

Now, 1 yr. later, I wanted to start importing VHS tapes again with my new Intel iMac using OSX 10.5.2 ... same thing ... iMovie does not even recognize the unit at all ... mine does not seem to be recognized at all as in iMovie, the only import 'camera' that shows up is the built in iSight cam in the iMac. ??? Strange.

Let me know if you find that there is some sort of a fix or what might be done to get it to work again.

I read elsewhere that 2 other options may be the Canopus ADVC110 or the Miglia product that looks like the Apple TV form factor. I'm not sure at this point which one is better.

I still would like to use the Dazzle - as it WAS working perfectly with OSX 10.4 and G5 iMac.

Any ideas anyone?

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Answer 2

Jun 2, 2008 6:24 PM in response to jros

OK all Same situation Ilife 08, G5 Dazzel lights are on but no body gets through.

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Answer 3

Jul 21, 2008 12:05 PM in response to jros

Have just come across this thread.

I bought a Hollywood DV Bridge about seven years ago, and only opened the box the other day!!

Want to convert some old Video8 movies to digital, and put them on the gallery.

Firstly, you need to be patient with getting either iMovie8 or iMovieHD 6 to recognize. They both did for me, but I had to reboot a couple of times, and unplug and reconnect the power cord to the Bridge.

Also, do not fool around with the tiny "mode" button on the rear -let the Bridge recognize the in/out mode.

My only problem is that at the slightest tracking error on the Sony Camera, the transfer goes berserk and totally pixilated. I have to stop the camera at that point, go back a scene, and start again - a pain, but it does work.

Good luck guys!

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