2 xserves connect to a firewire video device

Hello,
I've had a lot of success with this but have had something happen once in a blue moon, so I wanted to check:
Say I have 2 xserve's and I have a video device (a canopus Firewire/RCA converter). Right now, I send the canopus a video signal via RCA and do video out via firewire to both xserves simultaneously, as I use them for dual webcasting. This works beautifully, but I noticed once in a while, the canopus locks up and the video's frozen on both machines. Easy solution is to just power off/on the canopus and it fixes this, but I wanted to check if there's any "danger" in doing this?
Thanks!

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This is so maddening. Its happened before. I sit down to FCE and its been open on the computer. I click on a sequence, and want to see it on external video monitor that was operating fine earlier in the day. It always works fine. Suddenly, no output. My firewire is connected to ADVC-110 converter > video monitor via RCA. I refresh video devices, no go. Change the view to Desktop Preview - that works fine.
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#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
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I have a firewire video camera and I just bought the new macbook pro. So I bought a new firewire cable that would fit the camera and the macbook pro. But the computer wont recognize the camera. What am I doing wrong?

benjabock,
OK, you seem to be doing everything right, and your prior experience leads me to believe that you know the ins and outs.
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#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.
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