a drawer loading DVD drive - like one from LaCie. The slot loading drives like the one in your Mac Book Pro will not work with the small 8cm discs.
You will also want to download and install HandBrake to rip the video from the DVD...
http://handbrake.fr/
Save the ripped file to MP4 or MOV file for use with iMovie. Less compression is better.
Alert: The VOB files contain very highly compressed video. Chances are very high that the video you rip will not be very good quality. This is expected. The video captured by consumer DVD based standard definition video camcorders was never meant to be edited.
Good luck.
Hi
The sony handycam DCR-DVD-205E i used to film material on doesn't have a firewire or usb output ( just an av output ) and i can't load the 8 cm mini dvds into my mac .
I would like to import the film into imovie for editing .
Can any one suggest a solution please ?
Thanks
Chris
ps i have a MacBook Pro, 3,1 - Intel Core 2 Duo using Mac OS X (10.5.![]()

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