I need some help and guidance on how I can transfer or capture video from my old SONY Camcorder (DCR-TRV-120) into an older iMAC (2010 OS High Sierra 10.13.6), please. I have a connection cable from my Camcorder to iMAC (via either Firewire or USB. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks
Hi rjessa- you need software, such as iMovie to capture the video. See this- https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/camcorders-tape-camcorders/dcr-trv120/articles/00029443 Does that help (please respond)?
No progress. I have an old Imac running High Sierra and doesnt have Imovie. I think I need to have 2 adaptors; One which has 400 to 800 firewire adaptor. 2nd one i need is to take the firewire from above and convert to Thunderbolt. Even though I have firewire port on my old imac, no software recognizes the video camera. Any other guide or help would be appreciated.
Your firewire cable should have a 4 pin connector for connecting to the camera and a 6 pin connector for connecting to your iMac. I don't know why you would need an adapter. Does your computer have Thunderbolt? You can download iMovie for a MAC from here- https://ccm.net/download/download-1238-imovie and a number of other places. What other software have you tried?
Since i have a very old iMac (Mid 2010) with 10.13.6 High Sierra OS, the link for that iMovie will not work since it requires a higher OS. I have tried connecting to the iMac using USB, and Firewire but no luck. The computer does not recognize the camera. It has the following ports at the back; Audio Out Audio In 4 USB Ports Firewire 800 Mini Display Port Ethernet So I got an adaptor to connect to the Firewire 800 from Sony DCR TRV-120, but none of the software will recognize the camera. I have tried a version of iMovie (not sure how I got it installed); this crashes often Davinci Resolve VLC The issue is that I have so many DV Tapes from my sony I would like to convert to DVD, plus I would like to use my Camcorder to capture more videos instead of buying a new one. It works really well. Any help or guidance would be appreciated. Thank You
Whatever software you use, it must have a Capture feature in order to see the imput from your camera. I don't think that the VLC Player for Mac will work unless you have a capture card. Based on the date of your computer, I suggest downloading iMovie 9 from here- https://www.wondershare.com/imovie/imovie-download.html#part2
