For more information on how to do this, see your camera’s manual. Turn on your camera and connect it to your computer using a USB cable. See your camera’s manual for instructions on connecting the camera to your computer.ġ. This cable is usually included with your camera.

If you don’t have a memory card reader, you can connect your camera directly to your computer using a USB cable. Transferring video from your camera over USB You can also transfer videos you’ve taken with your smartphone to your computer, but if you don’t need to edit or copy the video it’s often quicker and easier to upload videos to YouTube directly from your device (see Uploading from a smartphone or tablet). But now you act like you've never heard of one.Transferring video from a camera via USB – PC & Macīefore you can upload your videos to YouTube, you need to transfer them from your camera to your computer. What makes it even more interesting is that after two other posters mentioned or implied that this adapter existed, you posted a link to a YouTube video. Problem is that the OP still needs a Fire Wire 400 to 800 adaptor and that is exactly what dlevitt suggested and what the video clips I posted illustrated.Įven funnier is that you realised your mistake so to the quote I posted above from you, you then added : Then you realised he can't do that so you introduce the Thunderbolt 2 to Firewire 800. So first you state ' Connect a Firewire cable to the camcorder and to the computer'. It's a pity that you missed the bit about the existence of a Thunderbolt 2 to Firewire 800 adapter.

If you had bothered to read the other comments, that point would have been even more obvious. It is a pity you missed the bit where the OP shared he has no FireWire port in his computer.

Macs of that era had slow USB 1 and 2 ports.) (Back in the day, using USB-based video capture devices often didn't. This pulls in footage at the same quality that the camcorder captured. I know nothing about old style transferring, only ever worked with easy-peasy SD cards etc.Ĭonnect a Firewire cable to the camcorder and to the computer. There's other, more expensive and complicated ways to go about this, but I thought I'd start simple and inexpensive. It's the least expensive, most direct, route. to transfer the mini DV footage from the camera over to my MacBook Pro or Mac? Any ideas on what I need to get, cable adaptors etc. I know nothing about old style transferring, only ever worked with easy-peasy SD cards etc. I bought a DV to USB cable in the hope that it might work but the computer isn't recognising it. It connects with firewire cable to older PCs etc. As I suspected, I'm having trouble transferring the footage over to my Mac or my MacBook Pro. I've bought an old early 2000's Mini DV camera because I like the aesthetic of the footage.

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