Sony DCR-DVD908E works with iMovie'08?

[ij83]

Hi there.

I am a new mac user.Last week i just received my new iMac 20-inch(MB876) and Sony DCR-DVD908E...

My question is:

a) How this Sony camcoder works with iMovie'08?
** Already try plug using USB but the imovie only show i-sight to import the video.

Please advise.

Thanks.

[MisterMe]

You have a DVD camcorder with a USB connection. There are numerous threads on this site which explain that you need a tape-based (miniDV or HVD) camcorder with a FireWire connection to use it with iMovie. A list of hard drive- and solid state storage-based camcorders that are compatible with iMovie 08 is available on Apple's website.

However, all is not lost. To use your DVD camcorder with iMovie you must do several things:

• Buy an external tray-based DVD drive.
• Download and install the free DVD ripping utility Handbrake.
• Finalize the miniDVD that you want to edit while it is still in your camcorder.
• Remove DVD from your camcorder and insert it into your external drive.
• Use Handbrake to rip the DVD into an editable format.
• Import that the editable file into iMovie 08.