connect dvd recorder and mac with usb

I would read the manual of the panasonic device as the usb port could be for updating firmware only like that of the appletv

the thing is with these devices is that to avoid piracy they are very protective and encryptive about what they record

and connecting acceries to it and expect the disc recorder to work wit them are a bit of a long shot

but read the manual even if yo don't have it anymore a quick google should provide you with the pdf in no time

I am going to go with Rudegar on this.

The USB port may be only for doing software updates to the recorder or for hooking up peripheral devices like camcorders, digital cameras or Flash Drives. It is an input only connection. It will not output Blu-ray Disc data through that port to the Mac.

What you want to do won't work.

There are other ways to accomplish what you want to do, but the forum rules forbid us from talking about such activities as this is considered a form of piracy and, therefore, no one will be able to help with your issues here.

Google is your friend in these matters.

That will simply not work directly. I used to have one with Firewire and there was a way to connect and transfer homemade movies directly into iMovie while it was running,but that was a very old iMovie version which would not work with the current OS. and, as already mentioned, due to DRM and copyright issues, we can't discuss copying commercial DVDs.

You are on your own with this.

Good Luck!

Sorry, I should have been clearer - it is still copyrighted content whether it is a movie or some TV program. They don't want you to copy it, that's why they offered the Olympics on media for sale (I considered buying some but decided not to because I had my own legal copy: I videotaped the events while I was there).

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It won't work anyway - can't connect the two directly. You need something like eyeTV.