How do I correctly capture video from my camera to iMovie HD?

January 28, 2007 6:58 AM

How do I transfer correctly my 16:9 video from my Sony camera to my computer using iMovie HD?

A while ago I've bought a Sony DCR-HC96 DV camera. All I've filmed with it is 16:9. I have a Mac Mini and, by selecting the DV Widescreen format when I create the iMovie project, I've been successfully able to capture my video correctly.

Now fast-forward 9 months. I no longer have my Mac Mini, but a brand new MacBook. I want to re-capture the video (don't ask me what happened with the previous captured ones :-). Even if I select DV Widescreen when I create the project in iMovie (and I can see it's the correct proportion, 16:9), in the moment I plug in the camera, it automatically changes to 4:3. So it must be a setting in the camera, but, for the love of God, I don't know what it is. I don't remember changing settings, I am quite a newbie at this, so I pretty much kept the camera on the default settings. But it must be a setting, because I am trying to capture the exact same cassetes I've previousy correctly captured on my MacMini.

So, please help. Any ideas whatsoever are more than welcome!

Best regards,
Panzerboy

posted by panzerboy to computers & internet (2 comments total)

You seem to have gotten your answer here.
posted by alms at 10:11 AM on January 28, 2007

Yeap, saw it :-)

Thanks!
posted by panzerboy at 10:52 AM on January 28, 2007