Capture Mini Dv
Need help. Im trying to capture footage from a Mini DV. I have all of the adapters to go from firewire to thunderbolt, but my Mac still won't recognize the camcorder. It's a Samsung Camcorder SCD5000.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.6
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This camcorder uses Firewire. Thunderbolt to Firewire adapters exist from Apple that support Firewire 800 (IEEE 1394b) which can be linked to USB-C as well:
Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter - Apple for 2016 and newer Macs links to
Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter - Apple and then you need IEEE 1394b to your camera adapter which typically is IEEE 1394a 4 pin.
You could contact Samsung to see if they have a USB-C adapter for their camera. Daisy chaining like I describe can work, but it isn't ideal as power may not be sufficient depending on the camera and the computer.