On 2008-07-10 06:54:30 -0400, H Jochim <hjochim@gmx.de> said:
> Hi *, > > I am newbie as far as camcorders are concerned. Right now I sit in > front of a Sony DCR-VX1000E (miniDV-based) which is connected to my > MacBook via Firewire. > > What I want is to record the Sony's video/audio signal directly to my > MacBook's harddisk instead of the miniDV cassette. > > So I installed iMovie (6.0.1), created a new project (tried "DV" and > "MPEG-4") and hit the "Import" button. Recording started an all seemed > to work fine until after about 3-4 minutes recording suddenly stopped. > > So now I have a 3-4 minutes clip in iMovie which is fine ... but > nevertheless only 3-4 minutes long. What I want one clip with 45-60 > minutes without having to use the miniDV. > > I have searched discussions.apple.com and this seems a known problem. > But actually I have not found any workarounds or other hints. > > Any tips? > TIA > > HJ
Try Vidi <http://www.mitzpettel.com/software/vidi.php>