S-Video Cabels

Hi, I have a VCR with S-Video Output. Does Apple or anyone make a cabel that is S-Video at one end and firewire at the other. I would like to transfer video from an old camera onto my Powerbook using the VCR as a converter.
Thnx

No. There needs to be a box in between to make the analog video into a digital signal. You can do this with a converter box or with many camcorders.

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Hi all!
Have used my mini-vga to s-video adapter in the past have also used my mini-vga to vga to display on my 47" lcd tv. But now when i plug in my S-video adapter it outputs VGA over the S-video cabel kind of confuses anything connected to it. My 32" tv goes nuts. grayscale flicker. It is NOT an NTSC/PAL issue.
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I have looked upp the serial nr of my imac it is covered by the extended warrenty but hoping for a simpler solution, like deleting a prefrence or something.
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If anyone remembers the video cabels that were used to conect the old ibooks to a tv, i wonder if this is the same cable for the 5g ipod. i'm not talking about the minivga-component adapter, but the 500,600 and 700 mhz white ibooks used a cable that had a headphone type plug on one end, and 3 rca's on the other. if anyone tries this, or knows if the cable will work, let us know.
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Good question!
I don't know the answer, but I know the early iPod used a sleeve around the adaptor to transmit the remote control signal. Some found that the iPod remote could even control the iBook when playing media.
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This truly is an FCP question:
"Since you are going through an S-Video cabel (YC-luminence and color) you will be losing a generation of video because: Digital-Analog-Digital. One of the beautiful things about staying in the digital realm is the ability to avoid "stepping" on your material and losing a generation during transfers.
However, it doesn't mean it will look bad. I've known some videographers that would take DV material and blow it over to analog betacam because it would soften the edges. It really depends on which look you are after."
--from Panoramicus answering part of a question I had yesterday on this forum. . .
OK, I know this question may seem elementary, but up until now, I have had a lot of helpers with the technical end of my projects. Now with some new projects coming up I am working more independently, and have some gaps in my knowledge.
I know that older video to video there was degeneration, and definately in film, shooting layers of film, there was degeneration, but I really thought with digital, tranferring ditigal information was clean. Exact. Is this not so?
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J

OK, thanks, all of you, for spending the time,
I think I need to ask this in steps to arrive at an understanding. Referring to JC writing, "But, rereading your post, what exactly is the question?"
If I want to make a digitally indentical recording on a mini-DV tape from another mini-DV tape, and the blank tape (soon to be the copy) is in one camera (Sony DCR-VX2000) and the original tape is in another camera (Panasonic AG-DVX-100B), don't I connect the two cameras with an S video cord that has prongs on both ends? And then push play on the Panasonic and record on the Sony?
And then, I thought that the S video cord described above was the preferred transfer, as opposed to a fire wire. . .
Perhaps the cord I am thinking of is not analog at all, what do you think?
It has prongs on both ends and fits into the S video outlet on both cameras. . .
OK that is the first question (these steps all lead to how I am going to get all of this onto a Mac laptop to edit w/FCP in a remote location).
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J

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The following Knowledge Base article covers the steps on importing content into your iTunes library:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Import music and video already on your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12493
Additionally this article provides information on iTunes compatible video formats:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2729
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Video content purchased from the iTunes Store.
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Video podcasts.
iTunes Digital Copies.
iTunes Store Movie Rentals (Requires iTunes 9 or later).
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Look in your question and you'll find the answer...
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look like it is indeed an apple mini vga adapter that I use, and now I need an adapter that allow me to connect to a TV, VCR or Mini-DV camcorder.
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I have just purhased a new Macbook. My first mac ever
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For VGA you will need the Mini-DVI to VGA adapter. For composite video you will need the Mini-DVI to video adapter. If you want sound while using the video adapter you will need a 3.5mm to rca stereo cable. This is a y cable like this Example of 3.5mm to RCA Y cable
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