Will the MBP accept 8cm sony handycam dvd's or will they get stuck ?

I have a a Sony DVD92e handy cam and want to transfer the content to the hard drive on my MBP as simply as posible the Sony does no have a USB connection, please help new to all this and a little confused !
macbook pro   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Hi allanavfc,
Welcome to the forum.
The quick answer is "No", the current slot loading superdrives/combo-drives will not accept 8cm disks.
An alternative solution, should you wish, would be to invest in an external drive that has the ability to accept these disks. There are a number of manufacturers out there that make tray loading external CD/DVD drives and prices are very reasonable.
RD

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