Can i connect a Samsung VP-D381 to iMovie to import videos?

CAN ANYONE HELP??

Please?

I won one of these in a raffle, but it doesn't work with either my iMac or my Macbook Pro - it "tries" to work, but fails miserably.

You will need a firewire cable. Not a USB Cable.

I'm using Firewire - the camera has a Firewire 4 pin connector and the cable I'm using works perfectly on a friends Sony DV Camcorder.

No special drivers are needed for miniDV camera on Apple computers.

[Have you seen this thread?|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1829720&tstart=0]

Hello,

(I posted the same answer to a similar thread)

I have the same camcorder and same issue, though with iMovie '09.

Symptoms on my Samsung VP-D381 are :

I can import when in Camera mode (live capture)
I cannot import what has been recorded on tape (import window stays blue)
I can forward and rewind and stop.



I found a trick I hope will be useful for you :
open iMovie.
without connecting it yet, put your Panasonic on "Play".
when video plays, plug the DV cable in.
iMovie opens the video import window and then you should see the tape playing.
press the "Import" button to capture the DV stream.

Let me know if you find other ways to get it to work. I'm quite frustrated Samsung cannot make a DV camcorder work with iMovie, 14 years after DV went out!

Pierre

iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.5.6)

It works for me ! thanks
I'm putting my camera "on pause" instead of "on play" before connecting the camera to my mac book pro.