Trouble with transferring my footage to my computer.......?

Question

I have a Sony Handy cam DCR-SR42 and iMovie on my computer. My camcorder doesn't use a firewire and I can't find my USB port. What should I do?

Answer 1

Your Mac has a USB port - since you did not tell us which Mac you are using, it is difficult to tell you where to look. Follow the cable that connects the keyboard to the computer - chances are that the keyboard is connected to a port near a USB port.

That SR42 uses a highly compressed version of MPEG2 to store the video files on the hard drive of the camcorder - chances are good that you won't be able to do anything without converting the files.

You will need to download and install StreamClip

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/vi...

to convert the files before iMovie can do anything with them.

Answer 2

You can't find the USB port on your mac or on your camcorder? Doesn't that camera take minidvd discs? You have to convert those files with a file converter program.