Camcorder to mac

Hey i ahve an older panasonic camcorder how can i transfer the data on the dv tape to my mac thing is it has an S-video plug and cable and i have been told that is only to connect to a TV is there anyway i can get the data to my mac soon cuz its for a school project.
PS: i dun wanna spend alot of money.
Many thanks

If there is no digital output then you will need something that can digitize the analog video and getting it into your Mac.
This device will do the trick: eyeTV

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Hello Cris,
you actually don't need a new camera to get analog video into your mac, in fact there are not so many cameras that support AV-in.
read the thread you posted in your question again and you'll find an AV/DV converter, a device that "translates" from analog to digital, mentioned there.
these converters are not as costly as good camcorders, but of course they do only this one thing, so if you think about buying a new camcorder in the near future, you could buy one with AV-in .... two devices in one.
oh yeah: the canopus converters mentioned in that thread are supposed to be good.
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I'm partial to Sony. I've owned the DCR-TRV22 for several years and have been very pleased. I believe it's been discontinued and replaced by the DCR-HC line.
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That post had been up for the best part of a year and suddenly on February 15th. I received this email:-
"Your post "WARNING - DO NOT BUY A DVD OR HDD CAMCORDER IF YOU WANT TO EDIT !" was removed from Apple Discussions as it contained feedback or feature requests. These areas are intended to address technical issues about Apple products. Although your feedback is appreciated, unfortunately these forums are not designed for it and your thoughts/concerns will not get the attention they deserve."
I don't know what sort of idiot working for Apple was responsible. It contained neither feedback nor requests for features. It was simply there to help people make the best of their Apple equipment.
Don't they realise that these forums help to deflect the flak off Apple, because we all provide disgruntled users with solutions free of charge. If Apple had to deal with all the problems it would cost them a fortune in both money and customer satisfaction.

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britishman wrote:
thank you studio x have tried that but the message i get is (unable to find firewire device) do i have to download drivers ? the adapter is new but the cable was used on my other computer running xp with this camcorder.
(1) All Firewire drivers you need are in your Mac OS X (10.6.6). Do not add any other driver software.
(2) Consider all relevant info from this Apple article:
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