Sony Handycam DCR- SR42 Converting to iMovie??

Question

I bought the sony handycam and tried to put my movies onto my mac pro to put into iMovie, When i try and open the video file it says file is not a movie. I have tried to convert it to DV but iMovie still doesnt recognize t. Is there any other video converters for macs and what other things can i do to make it work???

Answer 1

Had the same problem with this camera on windows movie maker.  The handycam doesn't put a usuable video file on the PC.  Had to use the cables that allow it to play on a TV and used a capture device (Turtle Beach Video Advantage) to record the video output of the camera.  You will probably need some kind of capture for your mac.  Sorry, I'm not mac guy, so I have not idea what to recommend, but the Mac are used for a lot of video so you should be able to find a capture card.

hope this helps.