Capturing dv from camcorder on powerbook internal drive then moving to exte

I plan on installing FCE HD in an OS 10.4.6 Sandbox partition on my 667MHz Powerbook G4 Ti DVI w/ a 60 GB 7200 rpm HD w/ a 13GB Scratch partition.
Since the PB has a single Firewire port, can I capture video from my camera through that FW port to the internal drive Scratch partition and then transfer that file (or files: I have a bunch of footage) to an external FW drive for further work, again using the single FW port for the initial transfer and then editing, etc.? Can I use USB 2.0 for the transfers after capture?
Any special considerations in doing this? Things I haven’t thought of? :–)
Powerbook G4 Ti DVI 667 MHz   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   60 GB 7200 rpm internal HD, 1 GB ram, Dell 24" monitor

A Sandbox partition is one generated by SuperDuper! to allow an independent, second OS on a drive. Mine has been working fine and allows me to run new software, including OS updates without affecting the Main partition with it's 'master' set of 'original' applications (the Sandbox uses aliases of the apps on Main). If the new OS or app works, then it can be installed on the Main partition with less danger of unexpected problems. By running from the Sandbox, corruption of the Main partition is less likely.
Why is a scratch partition on the internal drive 'not really a good plan'? Is your caveat for real time capture only, as here or with audio capture, where the disk may be given other, higher priority, tasks by the OS, dropping frames? Hadn't thought of that. The Scratch volume appears to work fine for Photoshop, etc. And I would think it would for post-capture editing in FCE.
'You can daisy chain the camera through the FW drive to the computer. This works with most cameras'. Perhaps I am crying before I am bitten. I have seen posts elsewhere (places I can't recover now!) that recommend using 2 separate FW busses (i.e., adding a FW cardbus to my PB) for the camcorder and the capturing disk, saying that chaining the 2 is likely to cause dropped frames. (My camcorder is an original Optura so it may not play anyway. But that is something else again.)
'USB is not supported by Apple for use with video applications'. Does this include USB 2.0? And I have not seen eSATA mentioned anywhere. ???
Powerbook G4 Ti DVI 667 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 60 GB 7200 rpm internal HD, 1 GB ram, Dell 24" monitor
Powerbook G4 Ti DVI 667 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 60 GB 7200 rpm internal HD, 1 GB ram, Dell 24" monitor
Powerbook G4 Ti DVI 667 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 60 GB 7200 rpm internal HD, 1 GB ram, Dell 24" monitor
Powerbook G4 Ti DVI 667 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 60 GB 7200 rpm internal HD, 1 GB ram, Dell 24" monitor
Powerbook G4 Ti DVI 667 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 60 GB 7200 rpm internal HD, 1 GB ram, Dell 24" monitor
Powerbook G4 Ti DVI 667 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) 60 GB 7200 rpm internal HD, 1 GB ram, Dell 24" monitor

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