Importing VHS

What is the easiest way to import a VHS cassete of football highlights onto my comuter to use on imovie?
thanks

Like this Mark:
VCR to Camcorder via red/white/yellow/ RCA cables, as you said.
Then, assumig you have a mini-dv or digital 8 camcorder, Firewire out to your Mac.
In this method the camera asks as a pass-through for the audio/video.
Alternatively you could RECORD from VCR to your camcorder, THEN transfer from camcorder to computer.
Hope that is clearer.
BTW- What kind of camera are you using. i.e. mini-dv/digital 8/Hi-8

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