Old sony handycam

Hi

No it can't be used with any computer lacking an analog video in port.

Something in mid 1990s

video Hi8 Cameras are analog and do not have any digital out connection. SONY
made such a serie called Digital-8 - doesn't sell any more.

only way to conect it is via an Analog/Digital converter and they costs from
about $100 or up to astronomical costs.

Mine Canopus ADVC-300 was about $500 and I use this to connect a standard VHS-VCR
to edit old tapes.

Summarey.
• Camera can't be used natively
• Needs an A/D-box
• Cost of box most often more than a new miniDV tape Camera

With iMovie'08 & 09 there are several digital video cameras possibly

To be used to do DVDs - the problem is iMovie'08 or 09 which are not the
tools to do that with a good result (low resolution)

To do DVDs - I use iMovie HD 6 or FinalCut Express or Pro

Yours Bengt W

In addition to Bengt's excellent advice, you may be able to find a used digital 8 camera on eBay. Most models of Digital 8 camcorders will play analog tapes, and some will pass-thru (convert) the analog signal to digital and send on to Mac via Firewire.

I bought a used Sony DCR-TRV230 for this purpose.

Hello GaelRobin,
I use Elgato EyeTV Hybrid on my Imac to connect a sony analogue video camera.
It is a USB TV tuner with extra cables with various connection.
When set up play & record your video in Eye tv and then export the recorded movie.

You can now import the movie to IMOVIE.

Hove this helps,
Cheers Chris

I have so many grandkid videos on these old Hi8 tapes and the workable Sony Handycam. Any way to transfer to dvd via my Mac? Sorry if I am asking an old question, but I am old.

Hi

Only options I can think of

• Analog out from Camera to an analog/digital box to Mac - or -
• Digital 8 Camera - via FireWire to Mac (Don't know if there are new one like this any more)
• Use a Video tape to miniDV or DVD service at a PhotoShop or alike

I use the first one (VHS tapes to Mac) via a Canopus ADVC-300 A/D-box
• there are cheaper solutions - but I don't want to baby-sit the conversion
- due to eventual drop-outs

Yours Bengt W

I have the old Sony Digital High 8 camcorder. (I don't have complete model specs on me right now) This unit was a kind of bridge between analog and digital because I could digitize regular High 8 tapes on older versions of iMovie and do editing that way. It is obviously way outdated (at least 10 year old model) but I would still like to use it. New versions of iMovie will will not import...any ideas?
Also...is there a way to import movies made from older version of iMovie into the new? I have all these tapes and footage I can't use.

Hi
I am very new to Mac and not very good with computers at all. I have a Sony DCR-TRV230 camera and want to convert my old Hi8 tapes and put them on iMovie. What do I need to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kelly

AppleMan1958,
I have the Digital High 8 as well and used to transfer into older versions of iMovie without any trouble. However, the newer versions of iMovie don't seem to recognize the camera as a media source anymore, so I cannot import video. Do you use iMovie and have you found a way around this?

I'll second FOF1's comment about the EyeTV box for analog video capture. I just bought an EyeTV 250 Plus and I'm using it to convert a stack of old 8mm camcorder tapes - it uses a hardware renderer to convert straight to MPEG2. Not the best format for ease of editing (look at one of the Canopus or Pyro boxes to capture to DV if that's what you're looking for), but I wanted to get the tapes all into a format I could watch straight away on my PS3, and/or burn them straight to DVD without a rendering step (in theory, haven't tried that yet).

The EyeTV is producing 1GB MPEG2 files per hour of video, and in general I'm very pleased with the quality - much better than anything I've seen before from my experience using other analog capture cards on Windows boxes in the past (eg ATI All-In-Wonder cards).

Kevin

Thanks for the advice...somehow I missed FOF1's comment.
This looks like a good solution.