We only had money in the budget for one station. I've reworked where I'm putting the station; was perpendicular to the transfer unit, & now is adjacent. This will solve the problem. Thanks.
david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 232-4592 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Length of Firewire/Mini DV cable Ya, about 15 meters is the maximum length of a firewire cable. But you can get extenders (e,g, http://sewelldirect.com/firewireextension.asp). I have no idea if they work well for capturing as we've never used one. The problem is that you really need the deck close by to capture, not across the room - I mean, who wants to have to get up and run across the room to change tapes or just see what the deck is doing? Any reason you can't just use the one station for capturing, then move the hard drive to the editor? Or just get a cheap second deck to use at the second workstation? On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:17 AM, David Turk <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know if there are length limits to this type of cable? I'm only > finding 13' as the max length. We have a video transfer unit (which is in a > fixed location), & are putting a video editing workstation in the same room. > However, we may have 2 people working in the room at the same time, & it > would be inconvenient if one needs to work on the transfer unit, while the > other is working on editing. But, we'll need to use the transfer unit to > capture video, so it has to be somewhat close. Any thoughts? tia. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
