Hollywood Dazzle and Firewire Hub killed FCP

I made the mistake of running DV devices through a FW hub into the same port on my PowerPC G5 and now FCP 5 won't open at all.
I've unplugged everything and reinstalled FCP to no avail.
How can I fix my problem?
System Profiler says my FW ports are still active and DVD studio pro and other associated applications still work.
please help!

The Dazzle has anecdotal evidence of being very problematic and don't use a firewire hub in conjunction with any firewire devices and Final Cut Pro.
Do a forum search for the Guinness Solution, you may find the answers within the results. Also do a search for Dazzle and firewire hub and you'll find anecdotal evidence.

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Making Final Cut Pro 4 recognize Hollywood Dazzle on Firewire

I just got FCP4 and can't seem to figure out how to make the program recognize my Hollywood Dazzle box hooked into the FireWire port. What are the Audio/Video settings to use that will make FCP4 see my Dazzle so that I can import VHS through it and convert it into digital into FCP4?
It is a Dazzle Hollywood DV - Bridge
Thanks

"So FCP4 is sooo professional, yet can't even import simple Bridge video that iMovie routinely does without any problem at all?"
If you are using such a professional application, why not get the professional gear that is designed to work with it?
The Dazzle is a consumer product...iMovie is a consumer product. Match.
DVCAM Deck like the DSR-11 (lowest end model) is a professional deck...FCP is a professional edit system. Match.
Using Dazzle with FCP is like...like...using tires you bought from the local Firestone dealer for your NASCAR. The might work, but for what the car is designed for. Try to do any serious driving and you will hit the wall.
And importing with iMovie for use in FCP is a BAD idea:
#20 Using iMovie to Capture for FCP edit
Shane's Stock Answer #20:
iMovie handles the media differently from FCP, specifically where audio is concerned. So it is not a recommended workflow. Here's why...
iMovie captures using DV Stream (.dv) standard which does not use timecode. That is a big disadvantage over the way that FCP captures in that you can't go back and recapture the material at a later date if you need to revisit a project.
The DV/NTSC specification (the one FCP uses) also calls for seperate tracks for audio and video, even if you capture it as one clip. iMovie' DV stream format is muxed audio and video, which means that they are tied together (I can't get into specifics because I ain't no engineer or programmer). FCP is a bit more demanding and captures the seperate audio/video tracks, either in a single media file or as seperate video and audio files. With FCP you could capture video only or audio only because each is defined by the DV specs. while with iMovie you can't.
Also, if you drop the iMovie footage into the timeline, your will get the RED render bar forcing you to render the footage in order to see it...
If you are going to start working with professional edit sytems, it is time to start thinking about getting professional, or semi-pro (prosumer) equipment that will work with it.
"There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!"

Any recommendations on a good USB and FireWire Hub?

Just bought a MacBook Pro and I'm about to start experimenting with Final Cut Express. With ports needed for usb powered speakers, a mic, a mouse, a usb flash reader (for photos)... and firewire ports needed to upload video and to connect an external drive, I'm thinking I need a hub.
Belkin has one- http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=TE2 88LL/A
But apparently, some come with- as if we haven't heard enough of it- a high-pitched whine.
Anyone have any experience with the ones from-
Compaq
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001DZGX2/ref=pdcp_etitle/103-2708024-2112661?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282
D-Link
http://www.mac-pro.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1210/.f?sc=2&category=16
or Macally
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000086TJU/sr=8-1/qid=1153264913/ref=pdbbs1/103-2708024-2112661?ie=UTF8
MacBook Pro 15", 120 GB, 2.16Ghz, 2 GB ram

The problem with a Firewire hub is you are still limited to one Firewire bus. Fortunately Express/34 cards exist with Firewire to add a Firewire bus:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2119050
You may want to consider getting a 160 GB hard drive for your MacBook to have more storage for video and partitoning that drive to use part for just temporary scratch storage space which can be erased with Disk Utility.
As for USB hubs, always get ones that have their own external power supply from the computer, and don't use the bus power unless the devices you are hooking up have their own power. I have the MacAlly hub, yet even this great hub can't hook up an external Firewire hard disk and an EyeTV simultaneously.

USB and Firewire Hubs

Hi All and Happy New Year,
I am trying to connect all my peripherals to my G4 iMac.
I am uncertain which devices will need USB2.0 and those that can get by with USB 1.1.
I have questions that hopefully can be answered here. I have the following devices.
2 Epson Printers R200 and R2400
2 Scanners Minolta/Dimage 5400 film scanner and an Epson Perfect 1870 flatbed
2 External Hard drives Maxtor FW 300GB One-Touch and Lacie FW 250GB
This is what I am trying to use to connect everything.
Belkin 4 port 2.0 USB Hub
D-Link 4 port 1.1 USB Hub
ADS Dual Link 4 2.0 USB and 3 Firewire 400
Should I daisy chain the hard drives?
Can I plug the D-Link 4 port 1.1 USB Hub un-powered into the either of the other hubs?
This hub would be used for low power devices like card readers and whatever other ones that are suggested here.
Can I plug the Belkin 4 port 2.0 USB Hub un-powered into the powered ADS hub?
Which devices need to be connected to the native USB/FW ports on the iMac?
Sorry for so many questions but I went to 2 different Apple Stores and got completely different answers.
I appreciate the help and direction.
Thanks COVRC

I would configure as follows.
USB2.0 (Port 1) - (powered) Belkin USB2.0 Hub - (Port 1) R200, (Port 2) R2400, (Port 3) Epson Scanner, (Port 4) Card reader,
USB2.0 (Port 2) - Apple Keyboard and Mouse
USB2.0 (Port 3) - Minolta Scanner
Firewire (Port 1) - Lacie FW 250GB
Firewire (Port 2) - Maxtor FW 300GB
I feel like I'm missing the point as you don't seem to list enough devices to use more than one hub.
mrtotes

External drive for Time Machine and Firewire Hub

Just got a new iMac. My old iMac G5 was running 10.4.11 so no Time Machine. On the new iMac I am running 10.5.6 I find I have questions about how to go about making best use of this new facility available to me. Since my new iMac has only one firewire port (FW 800) I also need an additional port here.
My thoughts are to use an external drive connected with FW 800 as a Time Machine backup and use the (usually) extra FW 800 port to extend the FW 800 and I find I can get a dual interface drive with both FW 800 and FW 400, so I could use the FW 400 for FW 400 devices like other FW 400 drives and my video camera.
Currently I use SuperDuper to make clone backups of my HD on a weekly basis (I use 2 drives for this on a rotating basis). I plan to continue that in addition to the facility offered by Time Machine (on a separate drive).
My questions are...
Is it a good idea to use the extra FW 800 or 400 port on an external to connect other drives to use for clone BUs?
If that is a good idea...
What brand and size of drive to use for the Time Machine BU (FW 400/800 sharing)
A. Maxtor?
(I have several OneTouch II and OneTouch III that I use for clones, I have been using them for a few years without problem. I seem to remember reading about some problems with Maxtor, have I just been lucky?)
B. Newertech MiniStack v3 from OWC MacSales?
C. OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro™?
If the OWC Mercury Eltite is a good choice...
Is a 750 GB large enough?
Is it worth it to get the 1TB Enterprise 7200RPM?
Any other suggestions?
Andy

i needed 3 drives in total so went with my 2nd choice of buying external enclosures and then hard drives,
at the end it cost me much much less so i endded up buy another as a spare,
so currently using 4 NexStart combo enclosure each one fitted with a 500gb hard drive,
i got one connected to my G5 and 3 connected by FW400 to my imac through a daisy chain,
for time machines it doesnt matter about speed so you dont need to use up the FW800 Port,
FW400 will be fine,
before this i had a USB2 WD Book and was using that with time machine and never had a problem through USB,
i always connect to a port i hardly use as i wont ever need to keep taking it off if i had to connect my camera to it for example....

Are FireWire Hubs ok w/ FCP ?

Any known problems with firewire hubs and FCP HD ?
i'll be using:
mac mini dual intel
external firewire 400 lacie hard drives
external DVD burner (firewire 400)
canopus ADV100
thank you

thanks Robbosaur
problem is that one of the lacie drives has only one FW 400 port (other port is FW800) and the canopus box has only one 6pin FW400 port.
I can not use the 4pin FW400 port on the canopus while using the 6pin FW400 port.
i'd also like to hook up the video camera.
i'm hoping the FW hub will solve all of this. but sometime these hubs introduce more problems that they solve.
Should be fine.
Daisy chain, well you'll have to
Mac>Drives>Canopus on the end.
Once you're done editing and looking to generate the
m2v and audio I'd probably opt to have those saved on
the boot drive.
Unplug the drives then hook the burner up at that
stage.

IMovie '11 and Hollywood Dazzle DV Bridge

I cannot get iMovie 9 to work with the Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge.
Any advice?

The cameras I have, have RCA output connecters red for power, white audio, yellow for video---my question is---is there RCA to FireWire adaptor so I can attatch a camera to my iMac G4 to us it as a "webcam" ?
I had the system working once but the Hollywood Dazzle DV is now not working.

Does anyone know of a firewire hub that has both 400 and 800 ports?

Subject pretty much says it all...
Thanks

Hi Barbara
I have a couple of links stashed away
http://www.everythinghereplus.com/electronics/firewire-800-repeater-hubs
http://www.synchrotech.com/product-1394/firewire-hubs-repeaters_00.html
http://www.ioi1394.com/products/prodcat.aspx?CatID=107
http://www.networktechinc.com/hub-1394.html
http://www.firewirestuff.com/hubs.html
Heck' if you only need 1 or 2 ports it's cheaper to just buy a good Quad Interface External HD to use as a Hub and get the bonus HD for Storage and Backup.

Firewire hub and iPod, external HD etc...

Hi All,
I've got a new 1.67ghz PB. I have 3 different firewire things connected. My iPod Dock, a Porsche Lacie 160gb external HD and an old ibook. I have a cheap 6 port firewire hub connected to the PB which inturn connects the other devices... My problem is this. My iPod will always charge but wont always mount on the desktop, same with the connected ibook. Is'nt the hub just sposed to be an extension of the port? Everything I plug into the hub should work the same as if it where connected directly to the pb?
Any help would be great

Hi Nicholas,
I use a Belkin 6 port firewire 400 hub, as yet haven't had any problem like this on my Powerbook. Maybe connect each one in turn, make sure it mounts and unmounts OK, they try 2 and then 3 maybe it ld point to a defective port or even cable? Just an idea
Regards
Jed

USB Hub and FireWires Configuration

How can I identify if my USB hub and FireWires are the authentic configuration? I have 2 hubs connected and am not sure what the configuration is like from Apple and whether someone is connected to my iMac.

Nobody could connect to your USB or Firewire without a cable, only way some could connect to your Mac would be with a cable, or Wifi/Arport to your computer or router.

How can I hook up an epson scanner (2480/2580) via USB/Firewire hub- APEBS and be able to operate the scanner with both laptop and desktop computer?

My Artisan50 works in this configuration currently!

You can't scan to a device connected to the base station's USB port. Devices other than computers with both USB and FireWire ports don't provide any crossover between the technologies unless specifically noted in their description.
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External HD, camcorder and Firewire

Hi,
I have a macbook santarosa with a FIrewire 400/6pin, a camcorder with a Firewire 4pins and the cable that connects them.
I would like to use my new external firewire HD as scratch disk. It comes with many connections: E-sata, usb 2, a firewire 6 pins and two FW 800/9 pins.
The man at genius bar told me that still i needed a Firewire Hub he claimed the camcorder have to be directly connected to the MB....
I really could not have the wohle in a FW cascade connections like that camcorder--> hd--macbook? I thaught i simply need a 4/9 pin cable to connect the camcorder to the disk and a 6/6 pin cable to connec the disk to the MB
tx!

I'd recommend that you stay away from Firewire hubs; they've been known to cause issues with most editing applications, including FCE and FCP. As long as the camcorder isn't a Canon, you should be fine daisy-chaining the camera to the hard drive then the hard drive to your Mac.
-DH

Iogear Firewire Hub..help

I bought this firewire hub from iogear. GFH610. so i plugged it in and it was great and i had 5 firewire things running. 3 lacie drives, a jvc mini dv deck, and a lacie dvd burner. then something FCP froze so i restarted but then the firewire port in the computer wouldn't work. i called apple and they walked me through finding that button under the keyboard to reset the internal battery or something. i had to reset the clock and that was it, but the firewire port worked again. thank god. but the iogear hub still doesn't work. maybe i shocked it and shorted it out. who knows. anyone else have problems with this thing?

Yes, it works, at least as far as signal is concerned. You may run into issues with device control if you would happen to attempt a capture from more than one computer at a time.

I have been trying to import VHS video into iMovie via a Hollywood Dazzle bridge. Did not have trouble until I upgraded to mavericks. I have a mac book pro, 10.9.1, iMovie 10.0.2. Says it is recording, but when I go to check, it says the file is empty.

I have been trying import VHS video into iMovie via a Hollywood Dazzle bridge. I have been successful doing this in the past, but now it is not working. I have a mac book pro, 10.9.1, (mavericks), iMovie 10.0.2. Everything in iMovie looks like it is working. It reads "recording" in the upper left hand corner of the pane while the video is playing. When I stop the process to check on my clip it says that the file is empty. The only thing that has changed since I did it successfully is that I upgraded to mavericks from whatever I had previously. My system is about one year old. Any suggestions?

Hey, Clinton,
     Thanks for your help! I was able to go to iMovie 9.0.9 and import video. I was still curious as to why it didn't work in version 10.0.2, so I contacted Apple tech support. They were't sure at first as to why it wouldn't work, so they had me delete iMovie 10.0.2 and then re-install it just to see if something had gone wrong when it upgraded. That didn't change anything. In the end, they determined that 10.0.2 doesn't support the Hollywood Dazzle DV bridge. But I have a workaround path from them that I will share so that it's possible to import to 9.0.9, then move it to 10.0.2.
     1. Open iMovie 9 (finder/applications/iMovie 9.0.9
     2. Import from Dazzle Bridge to iMovie 9, note which event you are importing the clips into
     3. Close iMovie 9
     4. Open iMovie 10 (probably in the dock)
     5. File/Import Media...navigate to home(this was my name, on the left side of iMovie, under Favorites)/Movies/iMovie events. Find the event folder that contains your Dazzle clips (tip-try sorting by date modified to look at recent events.)
     6. Select the clips and import. Click the blue "Import Selected" button on the bottom right.
You may get a message that some files cannot be imported. Click continue import. It's a little glitchy. It imports your clip, and also makes a copy of it, too. On the copy, the audio is normal, but the video is choppy. In any case, you would delete the copy, anyway.
Hope this additional information helps somebody else. Thanks again, Clinton for helping me!

Can anyone recommend a good firewire hub?

We have a 2009 imac with one firewire 800 port, also I will soon be buying a new 15 or 17" Macbook Pro. I have run into problems trying to connect several firewire devices up at the same time due to there only being the one firewire 800 port. For instance, I might have a firewire audio interface, a DV camcorder, and a firewire hard drive that I use together when editing music and video.
I reliable powered firewire hub would make life a lot easier.
Can anyone give me some recommendations?
Thanks.

something like this might work for you:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/431605-REG/KramerVS_81FW_VS_81FW_8_PortFireWire.html#features
+The VS-81FW 8 Port FireWire Switcher from Kramer is a simple yet versatile bi-directional switcher for 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394) data signals. This unit allows you to connect up to (8) devices and then enable a connection between any two ports as needed. Use this solution to save time, space, and money by connecting your varied devices under the management of a single switch. This switcher is ideal for small digital video editing systems and data switching systems.+
+It works with mechanical (passive) switching, so no power is required. Transfer rates will fall within the range of 100, 200, and 400Mbps. This unit's small footprint allows you to mount up to (2) units side by side in a 1U space in your rack with the optional RK-81 adapter.+

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