<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks to everyone for sharing your experiences and your advice.<div><br></div><div>The student who had the initial problem is happy with the outcome achieved by the use MPEG Streamclip; but I have recommended the purchase of the breakout box as suggested.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Anne Taylor</div><div>**********************</div><div>Narooma High School</div><div>Narooma. NSW 2546</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On 28/07/2008, at 9:46 PM, Mark Walsh wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div> <!-- Converted from text/plain format --><p><font size="2">Unfortunately this sort of camera is the wrong choice for editing. The best way to get around this is to purchase a firewire DV breakout box.<br> <br> <a href="http://desktop.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/ADVC300/index.php">http://desktop.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/ADVC300/index.php</a><br> <br> This will take analogue input from cameras and decks sending it to firewire or vice versa.<br> Most Mac resellers have them. they go for $300-400 and are well worth the money.<br> <br> Mark<br> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: <a href="mailto:maced-bounces@zeus.as.edu.au">maced-bounces@zeus.as.edu.au</a> on behalf of Anne Taylor<br> Sent: Mon 7/28/2008 7:51 PM<br> To: DET Apple OSX server support; Macs in Education<br> Subject: [Maced] importing from miniDVD to iMovie[Scanned]<br> <br> Wondering if anyone has had much experience with importing movie <br> footage into iMovie from tapeless camcorders...<br> <br></font></p></div><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>