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#1 2003-12-30 6:08 pm
- iKwak
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- Registered: 2003-11-07
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Firewire - iMovie - No Camera Attached
I have a Sony digital camcorder that connects fine with my PC desktop.
I tried using iMovie and the iBook for the first time but iMovie would not detect the firewire that is attached to the camcorder.
I have the camcorder set to VTR (play mode).
Turned on iMovie and clicked on the Camcorder icon next to the scissor icon on iMovie. I checked the Help but didn't help.
What should I check next. The camera is a Sony DCR-TRV520.
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#2 2003-12-30 11:15 pm
- thomazhole
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Re: Firewire - iMovie - No Camera Attached
I've read about this...sometimes you have to fiddle around and wait to turn the camera on once iMovie has started up, and sometimes turn it off/on again. I'm sure you've tried it, but I remember some people had to do it...
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#3 2003-12-31 12:48 am
- KolobsWarrior
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- From: Utah, USA
- Registered: 2002-09-08
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Re: Firewire - iMovie - No Camera Attached
Yes... (I hate to bring up the sad stuff) there could also be something wrong with your firwire port. Sony cameras (from my own experience, consisting of some DCR and TRV Sony cameras) generally don't have a lot of trouble interfacing with macs. Do you have any other firewire devices around, just to make absolutely sure that your firewire ports are working? My PowerMac G4 came with firewire ports working, but after I'd shot some video and wanted to import, they were both fried for unknown reasons. Thankfully, I was still under the "fix it for free warranty" thingy. I hope that this is not your problem, but I thought I'd throw it out there.... Best of wishes, good luck,
-KW
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