I'm running Leopard and my Canopus ACVC-300 can send video straight into iMovie, and it also did it just as easily in Tiger. I have several versions of iMovie, but I prefer iMovie 4 because you can edit video into the iMovie trash which will dump it off the hard drive when emptied. Later versions of iMovie had non-destructive editing which keeps the unwanted video on the hard drive, where it takes up space to no purpose.
Actually, except for very short "quick and dirty" videos, I don't use iMovie to import video from the Canopus, I prefer Final Cut (either Express or Pro), because for videos of any length it has been my experience that the longer the video the more out of synch the video and audio get toward the end in iMovie. Any version of Final Cut, however, always keeps the video and audio tightly synchronized, even in a two-hour movie. How is it done (import the video), someone asked? You just connect the Canopus to the Mac with a firewire cable, and then feed video into the Canopus from a VCR, a DVD player, or whatever you have, and you can use a TV for a monitor to control the deck and also see what it's feeding into the Canopus (the TV is also connected to the Canopus), and you'll also see the video going into iMovie or Final Cut on the computer's monitor. I have a deck that has both a videocassette player and a DVD player, and either one can feed analog video into the Mac through the Canopus into iMovie or FC. If you're importing video into the Mac from a video camera, you take it directly from the camera, of course, no Canopus required. And when the Canopus is connected to the Mac to feed in video, both iMovie and Final Cut see it as a camera (for example, iMovie will say "Camera connected"). Tom -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
