Sony hvr-a1u connection to macbook

Has anyone actually connect it up via firewire? I have trial and errored it to death to get it to connect. Anyone have the settings of the camera to help me out?
Thanks
Thom

2lange2 wrote:
... HVR-A1U ... Shot DVCAM. ...
Also learned that iDVD doesn't burn in HD so what is the point of shooting HD when my DVD's will not be HD. Is this also true.
your device has TWO modi: HDV and DV ... HDV=HDef, DV=SDef .. FCE is right, ignoring a DV-shot to import as HDef ...
DVDs are by standards SDef only... iDVD supports 'only' standards.
disks with HDef are BluRay - additional burner, additional software.
consider a 'Mediaplayer' for playback instead of disks.

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