Connecting Sony Mini-DV camcorder to Mac..

I have a Sony Mini-DV camcorder that I'm trying to connect to my Mac so I can save some video i've taken. The Camcorder is about 5 years old. The only output ports it has are: a really small USB, a slightly larger square looking port that says
i DV under it, and the old yellow audio/video out. I connected the camcorder via a mini usb converter to one of the regular usb ports on the back of my mac and nothing happens. It doesn't even recognize that something has been plugged in... Is there anything I can do to connect this camcorder to my Mac???

Hi
A. As Lennart writes but there are in some cases two FW-Cables depending
on how the FW-port looks on Your Mac
either a
• 4-pi to 6-pin FireWire Cable - or -
• 4-pi to FW-800 connector FW-Cable
Some new Macs only have the FW-800 port eg MacBook-Pro
B. On some Cameras You need to look into the Camera menu and set DV-out
so the Camera port gets active.
Yours Bengt W

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