[DM-MUG] Importing from Sony DCR-TRV250 Digital Video Camera

[Bryan Baker]

She shouldn't need the dev tools just to have iMovie work.
The Sony software was just provided for systems that don't have  
something like iMovie.
As long as the camera has Firewire (iLink/iee1394) and you have a  
firewire cable to plug it into the mac iMovie is all you should need.

If she wanted to write the next iMovie or some other piece if  
advanced software she'd need the dev tools. (Which are also provided  
on the OS CDs btw).


On Feb 15, 2006, at 7:27 AM, Jerry Weida wrote:
> Jenny,
>
> Your camera comes equipped with Firewire (and hopefully came with  
> the cable too.)  You should be able to plug your camera directly  
> into your iMac and use iMovie to extract the movie directly into a  
> project.  I don't know if you are going to need the Developer Tools  
> as well, but you can download those for free from Apple.  They will  
> provide a Firewire framework that allows many applications to have  
> access to advanced Firewire controls.
>
> On this page (http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/index.html),  
> just click on the link that says "Download Xcode 2.2".  You'll be  
> asked to sign up for a developer account (this is free for the  
> standard package) and then you can download and install these tools  
> with include the Firewire set.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2006, at 10:18 PM, JAJorgy at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I am hoping someone can point me to a way to make this work.  I  
>> have an iMac just upgraded to Tiger 10.4.4.  I have iLife 06  
>> coming.  I want to import from my Sony digital video camera.  I  
>> have an ImageMixer CD but it is only for up to OS 9.2.  Is this my  
>> only solution to get the video into iMovie?  Or are there other  
>> alternatives?  Should I install the ImageMixer on my PC at school  
>> and get a file with the movie in it, then put it on a flash drive  
>> to bring home and get it into the Mac?  Will that work?   
>> Obviously, anything directly into my Mac would be my preference.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>> Jenny
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