from video tapes to canon MVX350i to iMovie to DVD.... which cable?

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from video tapes to canon MVX350i to iMovie to DVD.... which cable?

Hi,

We wish to transfer and edit our VHS tapes to a Canon MVX 350i, transfer it to iMovie and then burn DVDs.

We bought this Canon because we were told it would allow us to do as described. (Analogue Digital Converter).

However we do not have a cable to undertake this task... I believe it is a SCART in/out? Is this correct? What cable(s) do I need?

I don't mind paying for a decent cable and suggestions please?

Thanks,

George UK

iMac G5 20 inch, Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Feb 14, 2006 1:34 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 15, 2006 1:32 AM in response to George UK

Hi George,

made some research. your Canon has a "composite in/output" - as long as Canon hasn't decided to build its own connectors, that should be "chinch". you should find in your camcorder's manual something about "anlogue import/input"....

that is one side of the cable.... 😉

VHS: most VHSplayers have the mentioned Scart (big flat connector with dozends of pins), some offer chinch too.... read the manual of your VHSplayer.

finally, you need to connect your camcorder via firewire to your Mac... 😉

good luck!

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George UK Author

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Feb 16, 2006 10:57 AM in response to George UK

Thx Karsten...

Canon supply a cable but it will not transfer fron VHS to it so have to buy another cable. They only supply USB and not Firewire so will buy one of those as they are faster.

cheers George UK

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allanrw

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Feb 16, 2006 1:45 PM in response to George UK

George,
I have a Canon 530i and have transferred many VHS tapes to DVD.

Youir Canon should have come with a cable with 3 RCS connectors and a 1/8" plug to connect to your camera. Canon has a socket for that purpose and it is marked "AV" and is yellow.

You need to set your camera to "AV to DV out" which is in the stup section. That allows your camera to do the conversion from anologue to digital without actually recording anything.

There is another socket in your camers and that is for firewire. You will need to buy a firewire connector that can connect to your camera and your computer.

If your Vidoe player has RCA connectors which I presume it does, then connect the cable to your outlet sockets (red, white and yellow) into the yellow AV input socket on your camera. Connect your Firewire to your Mac and bingo, you're set up.

When you start up iMovie, you will need to click on the camera icon next to the scissors. Turn your camers to 'play', turn on your video recorder to play and then you will get the picture on your screen. It should download about 9 minutes per clip and will continue until the film runs out or you run out of disk space.

I suggest you download about 3 or 4 nine minute clips, the stop the downloading and save it for editing.

Good luck

Robert

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