Camcorder to mac?

[audi321]

Hi all. I have an old Sony camcorder which is broken (the tape doesn't work). But is there a way I can connect it to my MacBook Air so I can record on that?

The camcorder has a FireWire port out and the MacBook has USB and thunderbolt ports in. Is there anything which will connect it? Also if I can, what software would I use to record it?

Thanks in advance!

Edited by audi321 on Thursday 6th December 12:26

[audi321]

Bump cos moved from photography

[Olivero]

Nope. The camera records to and onto tape. This is what you are seeing on the small or Mac screen via FireWire when you play the tape.

[marshalla]

It depends on the model, some have "webcam" functionality, some don't.

This discussion & list of cameras may help : http://www.livestream.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4...

Or just get a firewire cable, plug it into the camera & Mac. and see what happens.

[megaphone]

My Sony Mini DV camcorder will stream straight into iMove via a Firewire cable, no need to record to tape. Newer HiDef camcorders will not, not many newer cameras have a Firewire/DV connection.

But is Thunderbolt backwards compatible with Firewire?