I have many super 8 movies I would like to transfer to my iMAC desktop. I still have a working Sony Handicam but it is old enough that it has no firewire port, it has only the cabling ports for connection to a TV. Any ideas?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.0.x)
Unfortunatley, the cables for a TV won't work for transferring video conent from the handycam to your Mac.
If the handicam has USB, then you could...
buggsmmm wrote:
... super 8 movies I would like to transfer to my iMAC ... Sony Handicam but it is old enough that it has no firewire port, it has only the cabling ports for connection to a TV.
'super8' is for me an old 'film' format ... but, anyhow ... 🙂
Hi8 and video8 were both analogue formats - so, to import into a computer it has to be digitized.
There're very rare digitizers left, which work in the Apple ecosphere ...
Afaik, there's one EyeTV-stick model, meant for TVrecording, with an analogue-IN
I'm owning myself… no, my son owns an Haupage HDPVR 'box', meant for gameplay-recording, which could be abused for the same purpose.
... most 9.99-usb devices which can be found at eBay et al don't work under MacOS ....
last option, for the lazy ones: YellowPages ... lots of companies offering transfer-services .. 😉
how can I transfer home movies from a Sony Handicam to my MAC
