IMovie and Digital Camera Recording

I was able to use a digital video camera as a passthrough to burn copies of old family film (VHS). I am running OS 10.9 and iMovie 10.0.1 and can't get any recorded video. It says it is recording, but I am not getting any available clips from it. Please help.

The Raw Camera support is not a separate program but is part of the OS. The file is not really all that large in the scheme of things and removing it might impact the operation of your system.
I would strongly suggest you don't do it. It use to be possible to ignore particular updates, not sure if it is still possible given the whole App Store thing.
iMovie is a different story. It is a separate application and removing it will not impact the system.
regards

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