iMovie and Sony DCR-HC26

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iMovie and Sony DCR-HC26

Has anyone encountered problems with the hook-up of this camera? I've tried everything so far. I've made sure the firewire cable is properly attached, and the camera is on. When I load iMovie I can see a blue screen with the heading "Camera Connected" (or some variation of that). I can control the camera from the computer, and I can see the time (in the camera) at the top right corner of the screen. As soon as I press play, the time goes away and there's no image on the comp, just on the camera itself.

Can anyone help me?

G5, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Oct 10, 2006 9:42 AM

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Answer 1

macsrule

Level 1

16 points

Oct 10, 2006 10:40 AM in response to Mistakenprophet

No I cant help you im having the same problums with my handycam right now to.

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Answer 2

SDIllini

Level 6

16,675 points

Oct 10, 2006 11:04 AM in response to Mistakenprophet

Hi MP:

Welcome to discussions! 🙂

First-if your mac can control the camera but not see the video,
*Open Garageband
*Play a note or two
*Close Garageband
*Open iMovie
The camera should be recognized now. (It actually resets the Audio-MIDI functions for iMovie)

If not, look here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000

Sue

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Answer 3

Oct 10, 2006 3:38 PM in response to Mistakenprophet

Unfortunately, I have already attempted those steps with no success. The system profiler recognizes the camera in the firewire section. I still do not receive a picture from the camera, only operation of the camera through the computer console.

I've looked in some other forums and found that this is a common problem with this model. It seems like there should be some sort of switch within the camera itself, sending a video and audio signal through the firewire port directly into iMovie.

Quite curious as to how others have managed to get their Sony DCR-HC26 Camera running in time with their Mac.

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