My iMovie 10.1.6 fails to recognize my external video camera, a Canon HV10A using output cable HDV/DV FireWire—>[ FireWire 400 —>800 adapter] —> Lightening adapter --> MacBook Pro. MacBook Pro Retina 15” Mid 2014; running El Capitain 10.11.6. Why is it failing to see the camera for input? Thanks for help!
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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15
I didn't see the Canon HV10A listed as a supported camcorder in Apple's list. Here's the link for you to check it out in case I missed it. If it is a tape based camera it still could be supported even though not listed.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204202#canon
Sometimes if you can actually start up the camera to get it running before importing, that will trigger recognition. If you can get camera recognition, try importing into the Photos app and accessing your videos in iMovie from the Photos item in the iMovie sidebar. Or, you can try using the Image Capture on your Mac to import the videos to your desktop and from there drag them into the timeline of an iMovie project.
A major cause of camera recognition failure is defective cable or adapters. A tape based camera uses firewire cable. Here's a link that describes the procedure for connect up a tape based camcorder to a Mac:
https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/mov6af9c94c1
File based cameras use USB cable. Here's a link that describes the process:
https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/movbc953953e
-- Rich
I didn't see the Canon HV10A listed as a supported camcorder in Apple's list. Here's the link for you to check it out in case I missed it. If it is a tape based camera it still could be supported even though not listed.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204202#canon
Sometimes if you can actually start up the camera to get it running before importing, that will trigger recognition. If you can get camera recognition, try importing into the Photos app and accessing your videos in iMovie from the Photos item in the iMovie sidebar. Or, you can try using the Image Capture on your Mac to import the videos to your desktop and from there drag them into the timeline of an iMovie project.
A major cause of camera recognition failure is defective cable or adapters. A tape based camera uses firewire cable. Here's a link that describes the procedure for connect up a tape based camcorder to a Mac:
https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/mov6af9c94c1
File based cameras use USB cable. Here's a link that describes the process:
https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/movbc953953e
-- Rich
iMovie 10.1.6 fails to recognize my external video camera
