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iMovie and non-digital cameras
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I am not quite sure where to post this, so sorry if this is in the wrong place.
I have Belkin's VideoBus II USB to RCA adapter for my Mac because I don't have a digital camera. This would work great if it worked with iMovie, but I guess iMovie only supports firewire connections. The adapter came with Strata's VideoShop 4.5 which only works in OS 9 and is extreamly buggy and confusing to use. I guess my question is, are there any alternatives to VideoShop for importing from Belkin's VideoBus II, preferably OS X compatible, or is there a way to get iMovie to recognize a USB connected camera? Thank you.
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I \'m not sure if this has been addressed here or not. I refuse to replace all my old equipment just to use iMovie. I won't go into great detail, as I'm not familiar with the details of your gear, but here's a working strategy for using analog video w/ iMovie.
Port your analog video into a format (any format) that Quicktime can deal with.
Pay for the upgrade for Quicktime Pro. Use it to convert your video file into DV format (Only the pro version supports this, and I haven't found an alternative convert to DV application).
iMovie to your heart's content. The quality won't be the same as if it came from a digital source, but you knew that when you decided to work with analog anyway. Personally, I could give a damn as long as I don't have to blow a few grand on a firewire camera.
Good Luck
 yomammasmokeschiba
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Thanks for the advice. I figured that was the only way to go about getting it done. I do have Quicktime Pro, so I guess I will keep exporting to a DV Stream...
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Cleveland, OH, USA
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It would probably cost half of a DV cam to do this, but if you have a PCI slot in your Mac, get a FireWire card (<$100) and a Sony Media Converter ($300). I use a Media Converter to bring in video from live TV or my VCR and my DV camcorder for it's video.
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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were I you, i'd check out this... the Dazzle DV bridge takes your Analog and dumps it to digital, also will do the reverse...they go retail for about 300....you'll needa Firewire card but the product is great...
:ryan
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Santa Clara, CA
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Originally posted by CMYKid:
<STRONG>were I you, i'd check out this... the Dazzle DV bridge takes your Analog and dumps it to digital, also will do the reverse...they go retail for about 300....you'll needa Firewire card but the product is great...
:ryan</STRONG>
It works for me.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Buy.com has the dazzle for $230.
A note about using QT to export to DV stream. Is this necessary? I though iMovie could import any movie that quicktime can read.
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Originally posted by jtc:
<STRONG>Buy.com has the dazzle for $230.
A note about using QT to export to DV stream. Is this necessary? I though iMovie could import any movie that quicktime can read.</STRONG>
The only Quicktime format listed as available to import to iMovie seems to be DV Stream. Thanks for the price check. I wish I would have known about Dazzle before I bought the Videobus...
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
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Originally posted by jtc:
<STRONG>Buy.com has the dazzle for $230.
A note about using QT to export to DV stream. Is this necessary? I though iMovie could import any movie that quicktime can read.</STRONG>
Well, since iMovie only deals with files that export to the camera, it must use DV stream. After all, the only format your camera records in is DV stream.
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I have used iMovie straight from a DV camera and also the Dazzle DV bridge and I was impressed by Dazzle. It isn't as easy to control from the iMovie interface as a camera, but who cares? it captures footage just the same. Plus you can plug it into anything that has RCA outputs and import directly to iMovie. That means, using a VCR to capture VHS tapes. (Great for transferring those old home movies to VCD.) I haven't hooked it up to a DVD player though. That would be interesting.
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: adrift in a sea of decadent luxury and meaningless sex
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Originally posted by smezjj:
<STRONG>are there any alternatives to VideoShop for importing from Belkin's VideoBus II, preferably OS X compatible...? Thank you.</STRONG>
search for BTV on www.versiontracker.com
it is carbon and supports any video input source. I had the Belkin usb videobus 1, and I gave up and upgraded to the Dazzle, because the videobus would consistently flake out on quality after recording for more than a minute. I'm curious, does yours have the same problem?
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blackmail is such an ugly word. I prefer extortion. the X makes it sound cool
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