I have a number of old mini-DV tapes that I would like to import into my Macbook.
- I want an app to read the contents of these tapes
- It should be able to produce a single MP4 combining all of the clips on the tape
- It should be able to produce multiple MP4 files of the separate clips on the tape.
I tried using iMovie one time and found it to be overkill for what I need. It imported the contents of my tape as multiple .dv files and then I have to create a project. I don't want to deal with that. I want to not need to manage things and import the content of tapes and store it on the filesystem so that I can watch the content on Macs/Windows/Linux/multiple-platforms.
What software meets these requirements?
Best Answer
Connect your camcorder and use iMovie HD to import the tape, then export using Share>Quicktime. It will create one file out of the tape.
Edit: In response to Sajee's comment below.
Choose Share>Quicktime>Compress movie for: Full Quality. As implied, there won't be any loss of quality.