Analog to digital pass through

First of all I apologize if this has already been addressed. The following is what I am trying to do with my eMac computer lab at school. I am using iMovie 4 with Mac 10.2.8. I am trying to use pass through mode with iMovie and my Sony camcorder. I have the VCR going into the Sony and the Sony in VTR mode. The video shows up fine in the LCD screen of the Sony. I used a firewire cable to connect to the eMac and tried to import the video into iMovie. Nothing shows up in iMovie. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? All help is greatly appreciated.

hey there Shirley,
what model of Sony cam are you using? check the manual. try a different FW cable & w/ a different Mac. is the FW connection solid & tight? have you toggled the switch below the viewer from edit(scissors icon) to import(camera icon)? do you have control of the cam for play, stop, etc...? sorry for all the questions, but better to go through the simple & sometimes overlooked first.
someone else may have more & better thoughts. also see this:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/index.shtml

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