import digital tape
Old topic, nothing recent, still need help.
I have old digital video tapes (Sony Optura 30), and recently posted and learned about how to hook it up to my 2018 Mini. Have yet to buy the cables.
However, I found an ancient MacBook (2009?, 10.5.8, not further updatable), still runs, with a Firewire 400 port on it.
I have successfully networked that old MacBook, so was wondering about being able to import digital tape video - preferably uncompressed, over the network to my Mini.
Question #1: Is this worth pursuing? Or am I just going to end up buying the several cables to connect directly to the Mini's Thunderbolt 3? (I'm concerned about doing that - not cheap - and then not having it work.)
Question #2: The Mini of course also has an HDMI port, but I'm presuming that's unidirectional _out_. Correct? (The older USB-3 ports and the Ethernet port won't help me, to the best of my knowledge.)
Thanks to all.
(Question #3: Then I will get into software to upload the digital tape videos, but that could be another post - and on which computer?)
Mac mini, macOS 10.15