Transferring 8mm videos to dvd using imovie

I have several 8mm videos that I'm wanting to transfer to dvd. I have an old Sony ccd-trv212 that I can use, but don't know how to plug it into my Macbook. I've read that I need a FireWire transfer box, but some people have used only USB converters. Anyone know what I need?

I've read that I need a FireWire transfer box
Yes, that is true, USB is not to good with video.
All analog to digital video converters use firewire.
To get your 8mm video into iMovie, look at the Canopus ADVC300. Audio and Video go in, FireWire comes out. It also comes with a nice Macintosh application that works flawlessly with iMovie 06 and iDVD 08 (not sure about iMovie 08).
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC300/index.php
If you like to make DVDs, give iMovie 06 a try.
I use both iMovie 08 and iMovie 06, if I want to make a DVD I prefer iMovie 06. iMovie 08 is not as DVD friendly as iMovie 06.
iMovie 08 has replaced "Share to iDVD" with "Share to media browser". Also iMovie 08 cannot set chapter markers, this has to be done with another program.
When using iMovie 06, one mouse click will set a chapter marker EXACTLY where you specify. In just a few seconds set all your chapter markers. When you are done editing just "share to iDVD 08" and all of your chapter markers will be there!
iMovie 06 and iDVD 08 is a terrific combination.
Apple includes iMovie 06 as a free download to iLife 08 owners. (THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE IT!)
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html
The Web site below has a good comparison of iMovie 08 and iMovie 06.
http://www.geethree.com/slick/imovie8.html

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Do you mean 8mm film? Or "digital 8" video tape?
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Hi
There are several layers to this Q
A. There are no HD in DVD - DVD is as standard only SD-Video what ever tools used to produce it !
iDVD or DVD-Studio Pro or Roxio Toast™ - will only make SD-Video on DVD
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• Using iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - are not tools to chose if highes quality is of importance - iMovie up to HD6 or FinalCut any version is far better as they send over all lines to iDVD and not only every second one.
• Using Right encoder quality depending on movie and Manu duration is very important
• Use of high quality brand of DVD - is important - I use Verbatim DVD-R
• Type of DVD - DVD-R plays on more DVD-Players (even old ones)
• Burn speed - I set it down to x4 - resulting in less burn errors - plays on more players
• I secure a minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-Up Mac OS hard disk as iDVD and Mac OS needs this and it can not be taked from other hard disks - has to be here.
• What You feed iDVD does matter
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Audio file formats
Photo file formats
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You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
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(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
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For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
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From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it.
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
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I would like to know how to transfer my 8mm video to IMovie, so I can edit and burn these movies.
I tried using my current Sony DV camcorder as a converter or a pass through, but no such luck. My DV camcorder has a S-Video input, but my old 8mm camcorder does not. So not sure what to do with that.
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Greetings and thanks to all who post:
Ive read the previous posts but since ive been converting 8MM ill contribute my 2 cents.
First, iMovie 5 users download the 5.02 Update, as there have been problems with importing from analog using a digital camera as a passthrough.
Naturally youre going to need an 8MM camera that has audio/viedo output, or you can buy an 8MM cassette deck, there is also a model of sony camera (DCR-TRV240 and some similar makes), that reads both analog (8MM) and digital (Hi8 and D8) which you can use to export through firewire. I use my cassette deck though just so I dont waste the head on my camcorder.
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Hope this helps all, good luck saving those 8MM memories!

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