Record video on mac with external camera
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#Record video on mac with external camera tv
After all you cannot output from a TV via its HDMI port either. These Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters are again only able to operate in a single direction because that is the limitation of HDMI. Thunderbolt is however a bi-directional interface it can both send and receive so you can both connect it via a HDMI output adapter to a TV for example, or via a different HDMI input adapter capture the output of a video camera. Therefore you cannot plug a video camera in to a Macs HDMI port and view the camera on the Mac screen. HMDI is a single direction interface that is it is either an input or an output but cannot be both, so a TV has a HDMI input only interface and a Mac if it has an HDMI port is an output only interface.
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Hypothetically the above USB device could also be used with a HDMI camera but the Intensity product is specifically aimed a that market. Again in this case HDCP should not be a problem and this USB device might be an option.
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A camera outputting via HDMI should not have this problem.Ī slightly different scenario would be wanting to capture the video from the HDMI port of a games console. TV set-top boxes will use HDCP protection and likely prevent you 'recording' them. Note: Historically digital camcorders would have been connected via FireWire, unlike HDMI FireWire is a bi-directional interface.Īs Illaass says you need a HDMI capture device which in this case would be connected to the Mac mini's Thunderbolt port. If it was a HDMI connected camcorder then it might be able to record from the Mac, but the Mac cannot record from the HDMI port.