Camcorder/iMac communication

I posted this question on the iMovie forum a few days ago with no responses so I thought I would give this forum a try. I own a Sony camcorder Model DCR-DVD203 which I purchased in August of 2005. I have never attempted to connect it to my iMac (Intel Core 2 Duo processor) which I purchased earlier this year. The manual for the camcorder indicates that the software which was included on a disc "does not support MacIntosh computer" – it was strictly for PCs. However, a friend indicated that he thought that I should be able to use iMovie which is installed on my iMac with my camcorder since it records on mini (8 cm) DVD discs which are obviously digital. I know that I cannot place the mini discs in the optical drive of the computer (unless I want to experience a massive repair bill) so my only option is to connect the camcorder to the computer using an appropriate cable but I have no idea what type to obtain for this purpose, that is what type of plug has to be on the computer end. I assume that it must be either a firewire or USB plug. The camcorder side requires what the manual refers to as a 10 pin plug. The only cable provided with the camcorder is an AV with two RCA (phono) type audio and one RCA type video plug on one end and what I assume is the 10 pin plug for the camcorder at the other end. I have been using this cable to connect and record onto my DVD recorder however I did wish to explore the use of iMovie (my version is iMovie HD 6.0.3 of which I have absolutely no knowledge) since I thought it might be more useful for editing both the audio and video of my recordings. Will my iMac accept data from this camcorder using some type of appropriate cable so that I can use iMovie? If so, what type of cable do I need to purchase – what type of plug is required on the computer end (obviously I require a 10 pin plug on the camcorder end)? Will I need additional software for the iMovie to recognize the data from the camcorder? From past experience, I get the feeling that the format of the video on the DVD mini disc and the format required for iMovie will likely be incompatible so I don’t want to spend time and money searching for a cable if the information cannot be transferred between the camcorder and iMac in a common format. Sony support has not been very helpful with the information they have provided.

You cannot capture video from this camcorder into iMovie HD as you could with a MiniDV camcorder. iMovie 08 does support some DVD camcorders, but not your model.
Your options to transfer video are:
- Finalise the DVD in the camcorder and put it into a external DVD player that supports 8 cm discs (alternatively use a different computer to copy the DVD to a regular DVD).
- Figure out if the camcorder can mount as a mass storage device under OS X (connect using a regular USB cable and refer to your manual how to set up the camcorder for this operation there should be a Transfer or Computer item in the menu somewhere). Once the camcorder mounts as a volume on your desktop, you can drag and drop the contents in the Finder
- If you have a TV receiver or a video encoder box, you can use the cable supplied by Sony to capture the video through the composite connection - this will come with some quality loss though
Once you have done that, you can still not use the footage without converting it to an editable format. You can e.g. use the free MPEG Streamclip (http://www.squared5.com/) to convert the .vob files from the camcorder to  export the footage to a compatible format (e.g. export to MPEG-4 or demux to .M2V and .AIFF - the latter will cause less quality loss, but you will then deal with separate audio and video tracks).
HTH,
Uwe

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