

I don't know how to do this with Premiere, but in Avid it's transparent- you just move the project+media folders and Avid rebuilds the database. Save to NTFS on your Toshiba, then jack to the Mac, then migrate the files to the OSX partition. Several programs allow a trial period: Avid I'm sure, Premiere should, full uncripled versions for limited time. If Premiere uses software activation (I don't know if it does, but I suspect it), then you could install that in a different machine, run it, capture, deactivate then move the project files to your machine, and reactivate your license. My suggestion would be to do the capture to an external hard drive in a different machine and then move to yours to edit. Add to that the non-existence of an express card and you're screwed. This is exactly why I hate the new "no FW" development in the new MacBooks- FW is an industry standard for video and audio interfaces. What’s the best workaround for transferring files between Mac and Windows systems? Dual partitioned NTFS 150GB/Mac OSX 150GB? I’ve got a 300GB WD external hard drive I can use as a scratch disk, but right now it’s single-partitioned as Mac OSX Extended, because Mac can’t write to NTFS and FAT32 can’t have files larger than 4GB.

I’ve also got an old Toshiba laptop I’m trying to use to capture right now (though Windows Movie Maker likes to crash when I open it). What workarounds are available for me? Can anyone recommend good software to capture from USB? Or some kind of peripheral/standalone firewire capture hardware? I’m sure many Mac users are in the same bind. That is to say: I have a computer which has USB but not firewire ports and software which accepts firewire but not USB connections. My video editing software is Adobe Premiere CS4, which doesn’t support USB capture. I have a MacBook Aluminum, which doesn’t have a firewire port.Ģ. I’d like to capture some miniDV tapes from my camera to my hard drive.
