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. 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. 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.
