Compact VHS Conversion Service

I have some old home movies on Compact VHS (a JVC GR-AXM670 if it makes a difference). I am running iMovies 08 on a PowerPC G5. I want to get the movies into iMovies but don't want the hassle or expense of getting what seems to be a complicated bit of equipment required to transfer the movies. Does anyone know of a service that will transfer the Compact VHS cassettes to a format that I can then use with iMovies?
And what format would that be? I see sights on the internet referring to all kinds of things like NTSC and DVD-R and who knows what. I almost sent the cassettes to one sight but luckily scrolled all the way down on their FAQs and found that their format was not compatible for the Mac. Can anyone help?

Mathew is on to something...
Even if you don't have an appropriate DV camera, I'll bet some one of your friends do. Ask around. You'd only need to borrow it for an afternoon, and you can buy blank tapes all over. Our local Walgreens and Longs drugstores have a big variety of tapes, typically an hour long.
What you will need to borrow is a camera that has a video and audio input (not every model has this). You'll also need the two appropriate cords: one to connect the Yellow-Red-White RCA connections on your VHS VCR to the camera's input jack and one to go from the camera's Firewire output to the Mac Firewire input. You may also need to borrow the User Manual to be sure that you are doing it right. On some cameras you don't need to actually record a tape, but I'd do it to keep a copy of your footage in an easy form to use again someday. If you don't own a DV camera now, I'll bet you'll have one in the future if the bug bites you like it has bitten most of us.

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"huchacha" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Is there anyone do me a favour and tell me how to write the conversational
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