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Can someone pleeease help me upload videos (from an older camera)

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chardi
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I have a Canon ZR45 digital video camcorder (don't know if that helps) thats a few years old. I have search barred the shit out of google and ns too. I don't have a firewire, I know that is what you would use to upload them to a pc. I have a usp cable but when I plug it in to my macbook pro nothing at all happens. imovie says it will recognize a camera but nothing happens. I know there has to be a way to upload them without a firewire (or else i'll have to go buy a firewire, or a new camera) I have even found some stuff on the internet where people have said they figured it out but it doesn't work for me. no one i know is that computer savvy but i'm sure the good people at ns have some computer knowhow. Can anyone help me out?

sparknotes: how do i upload videos to my mac from a digital video camera without using firewire.

++++k and sexual favors for those who can help me.
Jun 3 2010 10:19PM
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J-Evs
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just use a firewire cable, they are pretty cheap.
but you could also do something more expensive which is use a capture cam which is basically transferring your clips over to a cheap dv camera and from there uploading them to your computer.
google it. you will find lots on how to do it.
Jun 3 2010 10:23PM
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chardi
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^thanks. i think i'm gonna get a firewire tomorrow. i know thats the easiest way.

i don't have any experience with this but i know a firewire has usp ports and like a computer chip and then on a pc it gets installed into the computer. do you know how that would work on a laptop? there is no place to put it, or would i just leave it outside?
Jun 3 2010 10:43PM
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J-Evs
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your macbook should have a firewire port
3 down from the charging connection?
Jun 3 2010 10:51PM
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chardi
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^the fuck? i didn't even know what that was. thanks haha. i gotta try it i think i have a cable that fits that. i have like a thousand cables and i just keep looking at the ends to see if it will fit into anything, i usually never have that problem.
Jun 3 2010 10:55PM
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chardi
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nevermind i'm dumb. i gotta buy the firewire. thanks though. i've been looking for this for awhile. just helps to have someone actually tell you what to do instead of reading responses on random websites from 2007
Jun 3 2010 10:59PM
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mattytru
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you mean usb ports?...


and if its recognized with the usb, have you tried just capturing it in imovie? this is minidv correct?
Jun 3 2010 11:00PM
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chardi
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^wow i just realized that, usb yea.  if i plug in the usb cable nothing happens, imovie doesn't recognize it.  i'm pretty sure its minidv (i don't know a lot about cameras) but there is dv plug in the camera which goes to the firewire.  i haven't got one yet but i think i'm going to get a firewire today, i'll let you guys how it goes.

but i was posting on here because i read online that if you take the battery out of the camera, plug the charger into the camera (still with no battery in it) then plug in the usb cable (which previously did nothing) imovie would recognize it.  i saw a few people online that had luck with this but it didn't work for me.

Jun 4 2010 1:20PM
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