I would like to make a film library out of my old canon DV tapes. My new imac does not recognize the camera. I was using a HDMI cable to USB-c connection to imac. any suggestions?
iMac, OS X 10.11
Those cables are USB and are for transferring stills/jpegs to Mac.
For capturing your HDV/DV from tape you need FireWire.
Your old Mac has both 6 pin and 9 pin FireWire ports.
If you have not already got a FireWire cable then I would suggest you get the 4 pin to 9 pin FireWire cable which will set you back only a few £$.
The cable will look like this.
The 4 pin end goes into the DV/HDV port on the cam just above the HDMI outlet,under the cover. The 4 pin end is quite small so don't force it into the cam' the wrong way round.
What iMovie version do you have on the old Mac and what OS ?
Once you have captured the footage onto old Mac you may want to transfer it over to new Mac.
Thanks for the feedback.
Difficult to know when people have problems capturing tape whether it is the OS or the adaptors.
there was a mention of the TB-3 and USB-c. can these be used interchangeably?
Kris
Here is the picture of my old 2008 imac.
The cable ( firewire/usb) was a cable Canon had on their website for downloading movies.
Thank you for your help!
HDMI or USB can NOT be used with Mini-DV cameras.
DV and HDV tapes can only be captured by using FireWire which modern Macs do not have.
You will need a FireWire to Thunderbolt adapter to enable you to connect the FireWire output on the HV30 to the Thunderbolt socket of your Mac.
Good point and if the OP has just bought a 10TB RAID a FireWire cable is nothing. 😎
canon vixia HV30 unable to transfer video to 2019 imac OS 10.14.6
