 zepolantThis Is Near....This Is Far AwayPremium
join:2002-12-05
Cypress, CA
| IEEE 1394 I bought a MiniDV camcorder and I'm baffled as to what all the hoopla is about IEEE 1394? Can someone give me a little more insight...also will I be able to to hook up my Mini-DV to my computer to capture the photos and video using my standard USB ports or am I going to have to buy PCI card.....thanks for any help
Never mind answered my own question....
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 mmI Did It My WayPremium
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Summerville, SC
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| You will need a firewire card for the speed. The camcorder files are huge and USB 1 speeds are going to take all day. I bought an Audigy sound card that has a built in firewire port. It works very well with my Sony MiniDV.
You also will need a cable. Try and mail order the cable, as the local retailers will hit you with a $35-$40 cable for something that can be had for $8. |
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zepolantThis Is Near....This Is Far AwayPremium
join:2002-12-05
Cypress, CA | reply to zepolant
Thank you for that. I was all out PCI slots, but a soundcard/firewire card will work nicely. Time to get rid of that old sound card anyway! Thanks!
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 ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | yes, I use the Audigy firewire port for capture and a $10 firewire 4-6pin cable from newegg.com.
I think you will find Pinnacle's Studio the easiest to work with.
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Marietta, GA | reply to zepolant
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zepolantThis Is Near....This Is Far AwayPremium
join:2002-12-05
Cypress, CA | reply to zepolant
Thank you all. I bought a Samsung Digital camera (so I could tape our baby once she gets here! 
I'm a little computer savy, but was not aware about the whole firewire 1394 thing going on, so when I bought the camera I bought 4-6pin cable for around $10 bucks, thinking I could just plug it into my USB port..
Sounds like I have something to buy and do this weekend. Also thank you for the links, I believe they will come in real handy!
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