Connect Samsung VP-D101 camcorder using S-Video or mini-DV

Hi everyone
I'd like to connect a friend's Samsung VP-D101 camcorder to my Mac Pro to transfer a video from my wedding.
There are two options: with and s-video cable or using a cable which I think is a mini-DV cable.
How do I go about doing this - do I need to buy a video card or something?
Thank you very much for any insight
/p

Hi pullman,
all the graphics cards in Mac Pros don't have the feature of a Video-In but only Video-Out.
However I did find that the Samsung camcorder has a Firewire -IEEE1394 - iLink port.
So an appropriate FireWire cable, most likely with a 4-pin on the camcorder side and a 6-pin on the Mac Pro side, should be sufficient to get the video/movie into your Mac Pro.
Regards
Stefan

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