my dv camera has a firewire port, but my laptop doesn't have firewire port, so the question is, does this travel kit help to transfer from the dv cam
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It did not work with my firewire device, but that was trying to transfer high grade audio, so USB 2.0 may not been able to handle the amount of data I was trying to send it. It was a gamble when I bought it, and the package specifically shows a camera to USB as a compatible device, so it may be worth a few bucks to try it out. No way to know if the drivers will work and the device will be recognized without trying, but for a few bucks, it may be worth rolling the dice.
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If the camera is a DV cam (firewire) I would suggest getting a Firewire 400 to Thunderbolt adapter (if your Macbook supports Thunderbolt).
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"Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter". That gives you a female 9pin "Firewire 800" connection to which you can plug in a regular 4pin (or 6pin, **depends on your camcorder** but probably 4pin which is the really really tiny firewire cable) "Firewire 400" cable to.
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It should - I believe that MacBook has a FW 800 port. You will need a FW 800 to 400 cable - the enclosure has 2 such ports. It also has a USB B socket, but file transfer would be slower than FireWire.
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No, this device is to get video out of the computer into a tv; not the other way around. What you need is a video capture device (probably connected through the usb port, since i haven't seen any with firewire), do a quick search in amazon and you should find a few options.
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Firewire. Or a dv player. Cost about 20$ for the firewire cord or 100$+ for the dv player. I used windowa movie make and vegas pro and pinnacle studios if that help at all
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how did work out? I am travelling and I have been trying to download video but with no luck on my laptop(mac G4). I tried the 4 pin to the usb, 4 pin to the 6 Firewire, and a couple other connectors.
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Hi, You transfer the footage over to your computer using a firewire cable. If you have any other questions please let us know.
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I'm not sure actually haven't been able to use it myself because of the FireWire and not having any ports for it and forget about the usb adapter doesn't work but it wouldn't hurt and hopefully you will be successful sorry for the inconvenience
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HollyLime: Yes it does. On the upper right side of the camera, notice a plastic cover. Unsnap it and you will see three ports: AV MIC and DV. DV is your firwire port, aka ieee 1394.
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I believe you do need a FireWire cable- you can buy a FireWire card for about $26 right here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002S53IG8/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1360677485&sr;=1-1π=SL75You then just have to use your capture device program (Sony Vegas, or whatever Sony program comes with the camera) and you choose "capture video" and it will auto start the tape on the camera and begin pulling in th video from the camera.
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Correct. FireWire is only used for connecting a camcorder or external hard drive.
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it did not, I had to find an older mac with a firewire 400 connection to get my mini dv stuff transferred
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I just bought this camera, plugged it in today to my Macbook Pro, used the dv/firewire cable. It works fine with iMovie with no tweaking. But downloading is in actual time, so slow. just rewind your tape, put the little wheel on view and hit import.
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I've only had the camera a couple of days but it seems to work fine with my Mac when connecting using a 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire cable. I haven't done any exhaustive testing but I've been able to connect and get video into iMovie and Final Cut Express. So so far, so good.
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You need the firewire to capture the video to a computer for best results. However, you can connect video via a "dongle" or usb capture device using the RED/WHITE/YELLOW cables that came with your camera which then attaches to the capture device & this has a USB on one end so it goes into your computer. However, you'll need some sort of capture software on your computer (look on internet for possible software...I've used TrackerCam, Nero, Windows MovieMaker which comes with your computer, etc). Best bet is to buy a capture device (firewire port) & install it on your computer.
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The USB to FireWire cable is flawed in just about every way, USB reads digital and FireWire reads analog signals, there is no way for one to translate for the other. This is a bad investment. Try an analog to digital converter, a little pricier but they will work.