23" HD cinema and firewire camera without g5

just wondering if it's at all possible to play video directly from the camera through firewire into the 23" HD display and not have it go through the computer? thanks.

Yes, I love the MXO; I've had it since last summer, and yes there is play through with it; you plug the box into the second port on your mac's video card, and the display (I have the ACD 23") into the MXO box. There are also SDI and analog component outs, so you can view things on a regular CRT monitor. I like this setup; I can monitor HD in full res on the ACD, and letterboxed SD on my Sony CRT, which is great since most of my HDV projects end up on SD DVD.
As far as playing through the Matrox before capturing, though; no. It is output only. Depending on your camera, you might be able to watch uncaptured footage from the camera via HDMI out into an HDTV. If both are Sonys, you can use iLink (firewire). I sometimes connect my V1U to my Sony SXRD TV via iLink; I can watch and listen full screen through the firewire cable.

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Hi Lamas,
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failing that your best bet would be to either buy a cheap Aanlog to Digital Concerter (ADC) that takes in composite and firewire on the RCAs. this woul mean that you are using the lowest quality and resolution that is avaliabe to you though!
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Thank you Chris, I just wonder why Bee Jay can use the HD FW800 with the M-Audio Firewire interface without problems.
I use the ext HD for backup too, but sometimes I need to find something in my backups and I have to turn off the audio interface and copy the files on my internal HD ... then turn off the drive again and turn on the M-Audio ... it's very annoying.
In some forum I read that the problem can be the firewire chipset, but my iMac has the Lucent and the MacBook Pro has the TI (reccomended by M-Audio) ... same problem on both machines.
I did some test:
1) If I use the FW800 external HD and the FW400 with iMovie and my Video Camcorder I have no problem at all. I tried to use the HD at maximum (during a time machine backup I was copying other files and saving the HDV files in the same external HD) and everything works perfectly without loosing a single frame.
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Good day,
We often organize workshops and conferences which I sometimes record with an external camera for later reference by our own staff or to make them available to clients who couldn't attend the presentations.
For a long time I was looking for a tool to synchronise PowerPoint slides with spoken recorded comment (audio/video), since I don't believe in just making slides available to people who couldn't attend the presentation, without the spoken comments of the speaker.
I also believe in slides with as less text as possible, but more with images, schemes and animations to support the speaker's message. But in such a case, the spoken comment is an essential part of the presentation to get the message, since the slides as-such alone don't tell enough.
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Adobe Presenter 8 seems to work perfect to synchronise Powerpoint slides and screen actions, together with video recorded by an external webcam, connected via USB to my notebook or via the internal webcam in my notebook.
However, I also want to record presentations, presented in our auditorium and meeting rooms and I want to synchronise in realtime (= during the actual presentation) the Powerpoint slides together with the video/audio from the speaker. The realtime option avoids the work of recording the speaker on tape or in an MPG or FLV during the actual presentation, uploading the A/V file to my PC and doing the PowerPoint/audio/video synchronisation work afterwards by going through the whole presentation again.
To record the video I therefore use an external semi-pro videocamera (JVC DV-500), since this gives me better possibilities to frame the right image, zoom in/out, better lens, etc ... in comparison with an ordinary webcam. The JVC DV-500 can be connected to a computer via a Firewire I/F.
This always worked perfect when we recorded and streamed video/audio using Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3.2. Adobe Flash Encoder recognizes the via FireWire connected external cam without a problem.
But, when using Adobe Presenter 8 within PowerPoint 2010 to start recording a presentation, and when I switch on the power switch on the external JVC-cam, Adobe Presenter 8 crashes, showing an error "Application encountered an internal error ... report to product support forums, etc ..." and "Adobe-Pr-VC.exe doesn't work anymore", and creating some error log and dump-files on my notebook.
After switching off the external cam and keeping it switched off, and manually deleting in Task Manager still running instances of Presenter-software (Adobe_Pr_VC.exe), and restarting PowerPoint, everything works well again with the USB or internal webcam.
Already deleted Presenter from my notebook, cleaned up registry with CCleaner, reinstalled Presenter, but error keeps on coming back.
Someone any ideas what causes this error?
Software conflict, driver conflict, Adobe Presenter incompatible with external A/V devices, no support of FireWire I/F, ... ?
Configuration:
Fujitsu notebook LifeBook T5010
Windows 7 Pro SP1 32-bit (Dutch version)
Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus (Dutch version)
Creative webcam connected via USB
External JVC DV-500 videocamera connected via build-in Firewire I/F
Firewire driver was installed by Windows automatically when connecting the cam (msdv.sys 6.1.7600.16385)
The only other real-time encoding software installed is Adobe Flash Media Live encoder 3.2.
Some other usual Adobe stuff (flash player, shockwave player, AIR, reader X, )
The possibility of connecting an external cam to record the speaker and synchronise the PowerPoint and/or screen actions in realtime, would greatly enhance our work.
Thanks,
Patrick ROTEN
Marketing dept.
CIPAL DV (Belgium)

Hi,
started Presenter's Video Creator in troubleshoot mode with external Firewire connected cam switched off.
1. Video Creator started in troubleshoot mode (got the 'troubleshoot' message)
2. default active cam was the USB webcam (HD screen, SD cam)
3. started recording
4. everything worked normal
5. stopped recording
Result looked fine. Got the normal troubleshoot message, asking to send log files. Did not do this, since there was no error at this time.
Then repeated the process with exteral FireWire cam.
1. Video Creator started in troubleshoot mode
2. default active cam was the USB webcam (HD screen, SD cam)
3. powered on external JVC camera connected to the notebook via FireWire
4. Video Creator crashed after windows detected (beep sound) an active appliance on the FireWire port.
Could not even stop recording with Video Creator in a normal way to go to the "send error log to Adobe" procedure.
Instead got a box with the message: "Applications encountered an internal error. If the problem persists, please report on product support forums or contact the support team."
Had to shut down Adobe_Pr_VC.exe manually in Task Manager.
Tried the same procedure with another FireWire appliance, a DV video recorder with a tape of a previously recorded conference session.
Same error, as soon as I powered on the videorecorder, and Windows detected (beep sound) an active appliance on the FireWire port, Video Creator crashed with the same error message as above.
I can't go through the whole workflow to send the error logs to Adobe, since Video Creator crashes from the moment the power of a FireWire appliance is switched on.
No possibility to stop recording in a normal way (SHIFT-END or clicking the icon in system tray).
Had to manually shut down Adobe_Pr_VC.exe in Task Manager again.
Tried again with Adobe Flash Media Live Encorder 3.2 to see how this application reacts, to be sure there is nothing wrong with my notebook or the Windows O/S.
1. started Flash Media Encoder with external FireWire cam switched off
2. saw 2 active devices : build in Sirius webcam and external USB Creative webcam
3. saw image of my webcam in the encoder monitor windows
4. switched on power on external JVC camera, connected via FireWire
5. Flash Media Encoder immediatelly recognized "Microsoft DV Camera and VCR". Selected this and image of external cam was shown in the encoder monitor windows.
6. Could stream FireWire cam image to an external streaming service without a problem.
Conclusion: a FireWire connected cam does work with other Adobe software. Must be something wrong in the Video Creator software.
Sorry I can't send you the log files, since app in both normal and troubleshoot mode crashes prematurely.
Hope my explanation helps you a bit to find a solution.
Regards,
Patrick

10.5.6 and firewire (DV)

Hello, (i'm french, please excuse my "english")
I've got a JVC DV cam and a macbook. I know that my camera is compatible, that my firewire link is new, and when I plug the whole thing to my macbook, impossible to import from imovie (I can only see my isight).
So, I have a look on system information, (firewire), and I also can't see my JVC. I know that my *firewire port is not burned* (cause I can use a firewire DVD writer whthout any pb). I already used my JVC with that macbook (not with that version of imovie, but the pb seems not to come from imovie), and under leopard (but not this version, probably). *In fact, I'm sure it comes from the system update.*
What I've already tried :
- keep out the battery 5 minutes
- change the order of boot (JVC and macbook) (but I've always plugged my firewire disks and so on with my mac on, without any pb)
- repair the authorizations
It's silly, cause I already ask for it a year ago (with 10.5.2, I think), found the good answer, but I can't remeber where and what it was...
Bonjour,
J'ai une caméra DV JVC et un macbook. Je sais que ma caméra est compatible, que mon cable est neuf, et quand je branche le tout à mon macbook, impossible d'importer depuis iovie où je ne vois que mon isight disponible. Du coup, je vais sur info système et dans firewire, je ne vois pas ma caméra. Je sais que le port firewire n'est pas cramé puisque je peux brancher mon graveur DVD sans problème dessus. Ma caméra a déja fonctionné avec une version précédente d'imovie '(mais le pb semble être en amont) et sous léopard (mais probablement dans une version antérieure).
Ce que j'ai déjà fait :
-virer la batterie du portable 5 minutes et appuyer 5 secondes sur le bouton d'alim'
- changer l'odre de démarrage du camescope et de l'ordi (mais il me semblait que le firewire se branchait à chaud et jusque là, c'est ce que je faisais sans pb)
- réparer les autorisations
Ca m'énerve parce que j'ai déjà posé cette question et j'avais trouvé la réponse mais je ne sais plus où...
Si vous pouviez m'aider

Re: 10.5.6 and firewire (DV)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 8:33 AM in response to: estragon07
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Welcome to  Discussions, estragon07
Firewire works fine with my 10.5.6.
Do you set your camera to the "VCR" mode and have it plugged into electric power while trying ?
If your problem persists although you use the EXACT process that worked previously, try this:
• Download http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_6_ComboUpdate
but do not install it yet.
• Disconnect all Firewire devices and restart your Mac done
• Repair permissions done
• Apply the 10.5.6 Combo Updater done
• Immediately after the restart that finishes the update, repair permissions again done
• Connect your JVC and test to see if the problem is solved *done, no change, my JVC does neither appear in info system and of course neither in imovie or other softwares like skype, quicktime...*
• If so, reconnect your other Firewire devices (if any) and test again *done, and no problem, my other FW device, a HD for exemple, appears in info system and mounts*
• If the problem returns when you have more than one FW device connected
but works properly when it is the only FW device connected to your Mac,
you may need to keep the others disconnected while downloading from JVC. *I've only one FW device connected (directly) on my macbook at the same time.*
I*t still does not work*

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