i did that and it didnt work. so i went on cl and bought a cheep g4 to capture then i transfer it to my mac book .
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:00 PM, elbowsofdeath <st...@dvmachine.com> wrote: > > > There are a few different technical reasons I can think of why Jays > solution should not work in a variety of cases. In fact Im rather surprised > it works at all. > > I can well imagine it working if the hard drive is connected to the > computer using FW800, and happens to have some FW400 ports on it, because > its really just acting the same as a FW800->FW400 adapter cable. > > But I thought that the nature of the firewire bus would make it unlikely > that drives would support Firewire->USB conversion, and that traditional DV > cameras interface to computer with capture software in a very firewire bus > specific way and would not take kindly to USB being involved? Maybe some > modern cameras that could transfer via firewire using a non-DV way, eg by > showing the camera as a storage device and you can just drag files across > would work if USB was involved, but I dont imagine traditional DV cams > working. > > I may be utterly wrong, its just that solution goes against my instincts > for what works, though I may be out of date. Jay are you sure you are using > USB not FW800? > > I will try to learn more via the interwebs. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Miguel" <mig...@...> wrote: > > > > > > Test the external hard drive and your setup first. Jay and others have > told me about this workaround but I haven't been able to do that with my > external hard drive and my two cameras. Go figure. > > > > Miguel. > > > > > > > > > > > Looks like I might be bartering for a new-ish mac 13" > > > > There is no firewire input and i was wondering how some of you dealt > > > > with that problem. > > > > I think my cams are only capable of exporting via firewire... > > > > Any help would be appreciated? > > > > > > I use an external hard drrive with USB and Firewire to make it work. > > > --The computer connects through USB to Hard drive. > > > --The camera connects through Firewire to Hard drive. > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://ryanishungry.com > > > http://momentshowing.net > > > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
