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Firewire Question

Started by win_crook Dec 30, 2006 at 2:05 PM 2 replies 950+ views

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Dec 30, 2006 at 2:05 PM

My uncle has a laptop with no firewire support and no cardbus slots so I can't buy an adapter for him. He wants to connect his DV camcorder to the laptop and firewire is the only way of doing it. Any ideas? Thanks David

curtmax_0

Dec 30, 2006 at 2:13 PM

Remember: Google is your friend!

Ravuya

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Ravuya

Dec 30, 2006 at 2:25 PM

Logic dictates that if you don't have a firewire port, and can't extend the computer to have a firewire port, you're not going to get to use the machine with firewire.

There's no magic USB adaptor that allows you to use 1394.

You could probably find an analogue TV bridge like the EyeTV and use that to record, or buy a firewire card for a desktop PC and dump the raw contents that way.

Programmer One

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Programmer One

Dec 30, 2006 at 2:40 PM

Indeed. What rav said. You will need to buy a video capture box.

However, if your uncle's laptop does not have USB 2.0...forget about it. USB 1.1 is just not going to cut it. I know. I've been there.

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