advice
I've tried googling for an answer to my question but I don't really know what good keywords to use ergo I've not found an answer. Hoping someone here has advice. (and I hope my question is ok to ask here, it seemed like a good place to get some advice...)
I have vhs tapes I want to convert into a digital form on my mac so i can edit them (home movies mostly). the mac requires that it be able to control the input, so if it's not a digital source, I can't feed to the mac form it. I have a digital camcorder that I now use, and even though it's digital, the mac wont recognize it. so neither my old movies nor the ones I will shoot in the future can be downloaded directly to the mac. humpfff!
So I'm in a game store and saw this this and it seems like it might fit the bill. It will take my footage and turn it in to a video file and since it's on a memory card I can then just load that off onto the mac where I can edit it how I want. this particular product is 3 years old, so I have to think there's a better product out there.
or is there a better process? I've looked in various forums, googled a bunch of stuff and haven't really found anything. if there's a better process, great: tell me. if not, is there a better device then this? My main question is whether the quality of the video will be sufficient for tv viewing. I mean it's not HD or anything, but I don't want my home movies squinched down to some pixelated blob.
I have vhs tapes I want to convert into a digital form on my mac so i can edit them (home movies mostly). the mac requires that it be able to control the input, so if it's not a digital source, I can't feed to the mac form it. I have a digital camcorder that I now use, and even though it's digital, the mac wont recognize it. so neither my old movies nor the ones I will shoot in the future can be downloaded directly to the mac. humpfff!
So I'm in a game store and saw this this and it seems like it might fit the bill. It will take my footage and turn it in to a video file and since it's on a memory card I can then just load that off onto the mac where I can edit it how I want. this particular product is 3 years old, so I have to think there's a better product out there.
or is there a better process? I've looked in various forums, googled a bunch of stuff and haven't really found anything. if there's a better process, great: tell me. if not, is there a better device then this? My main question is whether the quality of the video will be sufficient for tv viewing. I mean it's not HD or anything, but I don't want my home movies squinched down to some pixelated blob.