EMac and Sony MiniDV

Hi there,
Can anyone tell me why my eMac won't find the firewire connected (either port) Sony MiniDV Handycam?
I connect it all as described (MiniDV set to playback - connected through firewire cable to eMac) and nothing...
The screen on the Handycam blinks every 3 seconds and shows the DV in signal (I actually want DV out) - but nothing else.
It all works fine if I connect it to my IBM Notebook via another cable. Am I missing a setting? Or could my cable / firewire ports be cactus?
Cheers

Do you have any other Firewire devices? To confirm the impression I got from your post, you're attempting to connect directly to the eMac, and not through a Firewire hub, right?
With nothing attached to the Firewire ports, open System Profiler (in Applications/ Utilities) and check that the Firewire bus itself shows up. If it doesn't, reset the eMac's Firewire bus triple fuses (they can be tripped and latched by momentary power glitches) by removing all peripherals other than the Apple USB keyboard and mouse, then removing the power cord from the side of the eMac (to remove the trickle current drawn by modern electronics even when nominally off) and waiting 15+ minutes. Then reattach the power cord only and start up the Mac. Check System Profiler again and confirm that the Firewire bus is recognized. Reattach peripherals (the MiniDV camera) one at a time, checking System Profiler after each to confirm the addition is recognized.
Let's not overlook the too-obvious either; check the Finder's preferences and make sure the "show these items on the desktop" boxes are checked.

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Hi
May be You find help in my old list ?
NO CAMERA or A/D-box
Cable
Are You sure that You are using the FireWire Cable - USB-Cable will not work for miniDV tape Cameras FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin (or 9-pin) FW one ?
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Camera
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This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK e.g. recording and playback to TV)
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Set to same standard as recorded/editing e.g. NTSC 29.97fps or PAL 25fps
Try resetting it
Connections
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Try to avoid connecting Camera <--> external HD <--> Mac but import directly to the Mac then move
the Movie project to dedicated external hard disk.
FireWire-port - Can be re-setted by - Turn off Mac and disconnecting Mac from Mains/Power for 20-30 minutes
External device’s (hard disk’s)
Should be FireWire as USB/USB2 performs badly and so does Airport or Net-work connected ones too.
MUST BE - Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - DO NOT WORK for video due to 4Gb barrier.
Mac
Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
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after material is imported and edited. No Camera or A/D-box
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White MacBooks - don't
MacBook-Air - don't
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else - NO SOLUTION
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Delete iMovie pref. file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
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FileVault is off ? (hopefully)
Screen Saver - OFF
Energy Saver - OFF
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Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
iMovie’08 (7.1.?), 09 or 11 ?
iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
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from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpful insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
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If so it has to be Mac OS Extended formatted
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Network storage
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if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
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