A: Yes... while you did not tell us which miniDV tape based camcorder, *most* of them have a 4-pin DV port (a firewire 400 port). The MacBook Pro's firewire 800 port is 9-pin. So you need a 4-pin to 9-pin firewire cable.
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this is a video on how to import footage from a mini dv tape into imovie Things you need 1) footage on tape 2) mini dv importer 3) power cord for ...
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The Sony DCR-HC28 is a MiniDV tape based, NTSC DV standard definition video format, consumer camcorder.
You need a Firewire cable to connect the DV port on the camcorder to the firewire port on your computer. Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing. The camcorder’s DV port is a 4-pin IEEE1394 compliant firewire port. The firewire port on a MacBook Pro is a 9-pin firewire port.
With the camcorder correctly connected to the Mac (above) and the camcorder in “Play” mode, launch iMovie and Capture or Import the video. It depends on the version iMovie you are using… then Edit, save… “Share” or export if needed…
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