From: Steve Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 cards/mpeg storage
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 07:50:57AM -0700, RealForum wrote:
> From: Mark de Bokx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: IEEE 1394 cards/mpeg storage
> > > distinct impression that FireWire had multiple uses and assumed
FireWire
> > > cards would allows internal HDD connections etc etc...
> > I installed an Adaptec Hotconnect 8920, it connects to a DV camcorder
> > fine (not with the included s/w - had to download the updated stuff
> > from the Adaptec web site).
> > RealProducerPlus doesn't recognise it at all.
> We bought the Miro DV300 (Pinnacle) some time ago and were soon to
> find out it did not work with Real products at all. The card wasn't
> even recognized as a device. Real support informed me its products
Indeed, another PC has that installed here.
> (RealG2Producer etc.) do NOT support firewire input. Guess the
> encoding engine is not fast enough to capture the DV stream coming
> from the capture card. So buy am Winnov or an Osprey capture card
> instead or wait untill Real supports DV capture cards (I hope they
PC has both an Osprey and DV card, that already works.
> will soon). If you allready bought a DV capture card you still can use
> it editing AVI files (with Adobe Premiere for instance) which you can
> endode to RM fileformat.
I know, I use that, though it would be nice to do the whole thing in
one go.
Steve
