On 7/14/04 9:36 PM, "Tom Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the
Cybertrough:

> 
> People on some of the video editing forums have been claiming that the
> firewire ports in G-4s have been frying the circuitry of their video
> cameras, when they connect them via firewire cables to transfer video.
> My Miglia DC-2 video converter box (analog to DV and back) just
> flickered and died yesterday, although it's only a few weeks old.
> iMovie sees this box as a video camera when connected, and it is
> plugged into one of my G-4 733's firewire ports, and draws its power
> from it. I wonder what the chances are that my Mac's firewire port just
> burned up the video converter box? Is this a known problem that I'm
> just now becoming aware of?

It only does that if you plug the FW cable in backwards.  Seriously.

Kyle H. Hansen
-- 
Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!!


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