Component to Firewire

I am looking for a device that converts Component video and RCA audio to Firewire, so that a movie can be imported into iMovie. I am currently using a Canopus ADVC110 for S-Video but have an HD source with component video and would like to be able to get it into iMovie. Does anyone know of a product that can do this?
Thank you

I have spent hours attempting to solve the same issue - in fact the same issue as I have my son's hockey on a DVR recording from a HDTV broadcast.
What was most frustrating is on my Motorola DVR there are USB and 2 firewire outputs, which one can use to transfer download to an HD camcorder, which I attempted in this case. Unfortunately, it was only have screwing around for hours unsuccessfully did I find out from my cable provider (also the DVR retailer) that the USB and firewire outputs are disabled on the units they issue.
I have been unable to source anything to address the issue. Looks like an answer is on the way from Hauppauge with their proposed HD PVR, scheduled for delivery May 1 (???). No price info, but suspect it will not be cheap.
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/hd_pvr.html

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Hello, and please forgive my english, I'll do my best!
So, i have a 1,25 Ghz MDD G4, with 2 x 256 Mo RAM sticks (at first), running mac OS 10.3.9.
As the original HD is too small, I work with my documents on an external firewire HD. The HD is plugged on a third party/PCI firwire card that went down.
On the same day I bought a new firewire card (trendNet, it was said to be mac compatible form mac OS 8.6) and 4 x 512 Mo of Ram (Hynix).
It worked just fine for a week and suddenly my mouse froze (and keyboard too > the mouse is plugged on the keyboard). Having no control on my mac (which seemed ok despite the usb deconnection) I had to hard reboot on the central Unit.
I unplugged the usb hub that occupied mu 2nd usb port (there was a wacom tablet and a flsh memory key on it). I left just the keyboard plugged (and mouse plugged on keyboard).
It was fine for... 2 or 3 hours and then it started again > mouse + keyboard deconnecting/freezing (the keyboard is a mac one, the mouse a microsoft one -optical-).
As the small red optical light of the mouse turns off when the mouse freezes I first thought the mouse or keyboard itself was the culprit.
I tested both of them them on a macbook and they worked just fine (never had a problem with them).
I ran disk utility, repaired the permissions. And it seemed better for a couple of hours.
When it happened again I unplugged the keyboard and plugged it on the 2nd usb port (which was free since I had unplugged everything else) > the mouse "came back to life" and I didn't have to reboot. But it happened again, like 2-3 times (every hour/half hour) until swapping the usb plug on the UC doesn't solve the problem anymore > hard reboot again...
Then I tried EVERYTHING
booting with techtool CD > everything ok, no pb found
running onyx to empty the cash and rerepair the permissions > ibid, no pb
resetting the PRAM with cmd-alt-p-r
resetting the PMU
resetting the usb and firewire ports after each hard reboot
cleaning the dust
removing my old scsi pci card (not used for ages)
moving my new firewire card on an another slot
installing a firmware update
nothing has solved the problem... it seems to arrive randomly, but mostly (more frequently) when working with several apps open.
The cursor seems to freeze for very very short periods (as a warning!) until it freezes for good > it's exactly as if the usb didn't deliver any electricity for micro laps of time (and it is the case I guess as my optical mouse light turns off).
So I change the usb plug into the other port and it works for a while, just as if only one usb port was functional at a time, but it always ends with a hard reboot (no choice).
It's always scary but it's also very annoying as my Western Digital Mybook external drive refuses to mount on desktop after hard reboots... I have to unplug it, replug it, restart etc... well this HD is a pain but I guess it's because it's in FAT 32 (since I forgot to format it when I bought it). So I don't bother too much about the HD itself, but however it seems that the firewire card suffers from this : I have a lot of trouble mounting 2 disks at a time (but with all this I need to backup!). It's like the fiwewire ports (of the pci card) suffered from the same pain as the usb : one at the time! and when I finally mount both external HDs, if I unplug one (after unmounting it and switching it off) the computer freezes.
Then one day I opened itunes, and... kernel panic...
That was 4 days ago I think and I've had like 3-4 KP since then (one a day). These kernel panic happen just as randomly as my usb deconnexions...
Today I tried my last chance : removing the new Hynix ram and putting back my 2 old 256 rams.
It was ok for a pair of hours and then > mouse freeze and kernel panic again...
I reaaally need help, I don't know what to do anymore. I've spent my last week unplugging usb plugs, opening my UC, repairing permissions etc...
now I feel helpless...
Here are some extracts of console logs I've had :
some :
May 14 22:57:42 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
tons and tons (but really!!) of these :
AppleUSBOHCI[0x1382800]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x1f16000 - releasing device
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.217 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.248 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.279
IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.962 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.993 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 24 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 28 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 65 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 96 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.127 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.131 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:10:09 localhost kernel: USBF:
tons on this too :
2136.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 58749)
May 15 00:56:15 localhost kernel: USBF: 2137.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 59726)
May 15 00:56:16 localhost kernel: USBF: 2138.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 60703)
May 15 00:56:17 localhost kernel: USBF: 2139.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 61680)
May 15 00:56:18 localhost kernel: USBF: 2140.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 62657)
May 15 00:56:19 localhost kernel: USBF: 2141.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 63634)
May 15 00:56:20 localhost kernel: USBF: 2142.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 64611)
May 15 00:56:34 localhost kernel: USBF: 2156.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 13052)
May 15 00:56:35 localhost kernel: USBF: 2157.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 14029)
May 15 00:56:36 localhost kernel: USBF: 2158.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 15030)
May 15 00:56:37 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
May 15 00:56:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 2159.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16007)
May 15 00:56:38 localhost kernel: USBF: 2160.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16984)
May 15 00:56:39 localhost kernel: USBF: 2161.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 17961)
May 15 00:56:40 localhost kernel: USBF: 2162.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 18938)
May 15 00:56:41 localhost kernel: USBF: 2163.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 19915)
May 15 00:56:53 localhost syslogd: exiting on signal 15
May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: restart
May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: kernel boot file is /mach_kernel
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: vmpagebootstrap: 125572 free pages
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: migtable_maxdispl = 68
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: IOKit Component Version 7.9:
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: Wed Mar 30 20:07:52 PST 2005; root(rcbuilder):RELEASE_PPC/iokit/RELEASE
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: 82 prelinked modules
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel:
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: using 1310 buffer headers and 1310 cluster IO buffer headers
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0x110600:0x2a1bd
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0xa95ff:0xfeef67e0
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Security auditing service present
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSM auditing present
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: From path: "/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:10,\mach_kernel", Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOPathMatch</key><string ID="1">IODeviceTree:/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/@0:10</string></dict>
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC2PE/pci@f4000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/ata-6@D/AppleKauaiATA/ATADev iceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST 380011A Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled2@10
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSD root: disk0s10, major 14, minor 9
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: AppleCPUThermo couldn't parse platform functions
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Jettisoning kernel linker.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Resetting IOCatalogue.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kextd[84]: registering service "com.apple.KernelExtensionServer"
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: Matching service count = 0
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: AppleRS232Serial: 0 0 AppleRS232Serial::start - returning false early, Connector or machine incorrect
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: rtclock timebase_callback: late old 1000000000 / 41656700 new 1000000000 / 41656251
May 15 01:17:13 localhost SystemStarter: Bienvenue sur Macintosh.
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:0a:95:ef:67:e0
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:11:06:00:00:02:a1:bd
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:0a:95:ff:fe:ef:67:e0
May 15 01:17:14 localhost lookupd[125]: lookupd (version 324.13) starting - Thu May 15 01:17:14 2008
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple Multicast DNS Responder
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting timed execution services
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting SecurityServer
May 15 01:17:15 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage du r?pondeur DNS multi-diffusion Apple
May 15 01:17:15 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage des services ? ex?cution diff?r?e
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting kernel event agent
May 15 01:17:15 localhost mDNSResponder[147]: mDNSResponder-58.8.1 (Jan 31 2005 21:11:41) starting
May 15 01:17:15 localhost mDNSResponder[147]: SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk0s10 hfs 3A48DD89-B2C1-3D82-A158-1469A7237FD8 Sans titre /
May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software [not mounted]
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Starting SecurityServer
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage de l?agent d??v?nement du kernel
May 15 01:17:16 localhost ConsoleMessage: Initializing network
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Initialisation du r?seau
May 15 01:17:16 localhost ConsoleMessage: Checking disks
May 15 01:17:18 localhost kernel: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is up at 100 Mbps - Full Duplex
May 15 01:17:18 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostna me
May 15 01:17:19 localhost set-hostname[190]: setting hostname to ordi.local
May 15 01:17:21 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_A: vram [9c000000:04000000]
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
May 15 01:17:21 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 2ac7 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd": exited as a result of signal 1 [pid 125]
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostna me
May 15 01:17:21 localhost lookupd[195]: lookupd (version 324.13) starting - Thu May 15 01:17:21 2008
May 15 01:17:21 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network time synchronization
May 15 01:17:21 localhost set-hostname[220]: setting hostname to ordi.local
May 15 01:17:23 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_B: vram [98000000:04000000]
May 15 01:17:23 localhost SystemStarter: The "HasShadow" window property is obsolete. Use CGSSetWindowShadowAndRimParameters(cid, wid, 0.0,0.0, 0,0, CGSNoShadowStyle) to turn off the window shadow instead. Set a break-point on CGSLogMessage to find out where this property is set.
May 15 01:17:23 localhost ConsoleMessage: Loading Shared IP extension
May 15 01:17:23 localhost ntpdate[239]: ntpdate [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:10 PDT 2003 (1)
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting printing services
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpdate[239]: step time server 17.72.133.45 offset 0.090631 sec
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: ntpd [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:03 PDT 2003 (1)
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: precision = 8 usec
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network file system
May 15 01:17:24 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s1 msdos 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 My Book /Volumes/My Book
May 15 01:17:24 localhost automount[288]: automount version 57
May 15 01:17:24 localhost syslogd: /dev/console: Input/output error
May 15 01:17:24 localhost init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
May 15 01:17:24 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 0 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/libexec/fix_prebinding": exited with non-zero status 1 [pid 301]
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple File Service
May 15 01:17:25 localhost automount[311]: automount version 57
May 15 01:17:25 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apache web server
May 15 01:17:25 localhost /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
May 15 01:17:25 localhost DirectoryService[323]: Launched version 1.8.5 (v258.3)
May 15 01:17:26 localhost ConsoleMessage: Loading IP Firewall extension
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to accept, logging disabled
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP firewall loaded
May 15 01:17:27 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting internet services
May 15 01:17:27 localhost /usr/sbin/httpd: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: xinetd Version 2.3.11 started with libwrap options compiled in.
May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: Started working: 2 available services
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: logout notification received.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: requesting logout processing.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: logout notification received.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: requesting logout processing.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: InternalUSBModem::setPowerState(1)
May 15 01:17:32 localhost TabletDriver[362]: #### GetFrontProcess failed to get front process (-600)
May 15 01:17:51 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: SystemUIServer [376]:21019 not responding.
May 15 01:17:52 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
May 15 01:19:39 localhost kernel: resize: max chain len 22, new table size 8192
May 15 01:27:28 localhost lookupd[195]: NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
May 15 02:08:31 localhost kernel: USBF: 3107.389 AppleUSBOHCI[0x1281000]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x12e8300 - releasing device
and my last panic logs
Mon May 12 14:45:14 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000006174696F PC=0x0000000000252638
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02AB8318 0x0053CB20 0x0053BEB0 0x00540044 0x005404F4 0x0053D538 0x00035148 0x00035028
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02AB8318 0x0053CB20 0x0053BEB0 0x00540044 0x005404F4 0x0053D538 0x00035148 0x00035028
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
Wed May 14 23:30:32 2008
panic(cpu 0): Uncorrectable machine check: pc = 000000000070FE50, msr = 0000000000149030, dsisr = 42000000, dar = 00000000007D0000
AsyncSrc = 0000000000000000, CoreFIR = 0000000000000000
L2FIR = 0000000000000000, BusFir = 0000000000000000
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x0009160C 0x000908F8 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x1FC42280)
PC=0x0070FE50; MSR=0x00149030; DAR=0x007D0000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x0070DBE4; R1=0x0CDBBD20; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
Backtrace:
0x0070DB8C 0x0070D808 0x00267FCC 0x00266EAC 0x00266E10
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(2.2.10)@0x708000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
Exception state (sv=0x1F638C80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
Is my mac dying?? Does all this come from defectible hardware? Is reinstalling a sysem a waste of time?

philomene251 wrote:
Hello, and please forgive my english, I'll do my best!
My complements on that. While I read the post quickly, it was only later that I saw you're in Paris....
Anyway, I'm not an expert on logs (system and panic ones), but from what I can tell there is a problem with the PCI USB/Firewire card you installed. It looks like it's the USB portion of the card; those are happing at startup when I'm pretty sure there's a kind of initial checking of the PCI cards.
May 14 22:57:42 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
AppleUSBOHCI0x1382800::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x1f16000 - releasing device
IOUSBDevice0x1654000: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
2136.248 AppleUSBOHCI0x127f000 Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 58749)
The panics show dependencies to USB and FW:
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(2.2.10)@0x708000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
The problems with the card at startup are probably creating an unstable condition, which in turn is causing kernel panics later on.
Basic things first, whenever you change the hardware setup, e.g. RAM and adding cards, it's a really good idea to reset-PRAM. Did you do that? Try that first, it's simple and easy enough to try.
If resetting the PRAM doesn't help, then try the new PCI card. I re-read your post a few times, but I haven't seen whether you tried removing the PCI FW/USB card to see if that helps. Try your mouse and some other devises on the native USB and FW ports. If you're stable, then it very well could be the card.
Of course there's also the question of the RAM, which you pulled without help. Again, after any change of the hardware (adding RAM, pulling RAM, adding/pulling cards, etc.) even during testing, reset the PRAM at startup.
With new RAM it's usually a good idea to test it, with say AHT CD or Rember. If you test, you might want to do this without the new card. It's a little tricky right now because you added 2 new pieces of HW (RAM and FW/USB card) either which or both could cause the problems you're seeing. OS X is picky about RAM, and the MDDs in particular are extremely picky about RAM as far as Apple HW is concerned.
Lots of kernel panics can eventually cause damage to the OS X installation. So in the end, it may be worth re-installing. But, before you take that route. Try the simple things like removing the PCI FW/USB card & testing, and testing the RAM. Take it one step at a time.

Directv HD signal via component into a 24" iMac help?

Greetings,
PC user here who is attempting to convert to Mac. I currently have a Dell 17" Media Monitor and an XPS tower. I have both an office and home theater in my basement. So I ran a component cable from my Directv reciever 30' or so into my Dell monitor via component in. This allows me to watch an HD Directv signal in picture in picture while I work on my home office PC. I also have a VGA cable going out of the Dell Monitor about 40' or so to my Marantz projector so that I can watch my PC source on my 10' home theater fixed screen.
Now to my problem. I need to use some Mac apps for work, prefer the OS and want to switch to Mac in my home office. I am very interested in buying the 24" iMac. After a discussion with Mac Sales it seems clear that I can use an Apple mini DVI to VGA adapter to send the iMac source via VGA cable to my home theater projecter. What is unclear to me is how in the world to convert my Directv signal via component cable into the iMac for display? Mind you I don't want to edit the video or store it or burn it or send it to friends or pirate it in any way - so I don't think I need a video capture card. I just want to be able to view the signal and turn the iMac into a dumb monitor in this instance.
Second question. If I can somehow display an HD Directv signal on the iMac ( I know there is a solution for standard def and terrestrial HD signals) via component, surely the video card that comes standard in the iMac - the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB of GDDR3 memory will allow me to view not just the iMac desktop, but any Directv signal that is now viewable on the iMac (presumably in a window or picture in picture)???
I spoke with sales reps at both AJA and Black Majic. they both offer costly solutions or cheaper video card solutions that would allow component in, but only cards that would install in a tower such as the Mac Pro. I would strongly prefer an iMac based solution as it is the perfect Mac for my home office needs and the Mac Pro is overkill.
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
Illiniwin

The iMac does not have a Video Input Port.
http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMacMid2007.html
There are a couple of input devices in the following link that may be what your looking for, Digital video input/output via FireWire.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=br owse&mco=891A2863&node=home/shopmac/mac_accessories/videodevices
Message was edited by: den.thed

How to connect Final Cut Pro 7 to HVR M10U Deck via Firewire

Does anybody know which settings to use? I can't get my Firewire to work.
Current settings (HVR deck) iLink Converter - Off, VCR - HDV / AUTO (tried both), COMPONENT - 1080i / 480i, DOWN CONVERT - tried them all
Final Cut Pro Settings - I've tried HDV 1080i60 and HDV Apple Intermediary Codex 1080i60; neither work
Someone told me about a Refresh Camera button (or something of that kind in the View menu) but I can't find it anywhere.
Current Op System MAC OS X (10.6.8), Final Cut Pro 7
Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

This has always worked for me:
First, with the deck on and connected via firewire, launch system profiler (apple menu, about this mac, more information. And look at hardware: firewire and make sure the mac is seeing the deck. If it isn't, it could be a bad firewire cable, or a blown firewire port on the deck or mac.
Make sure your easy set up is correct. For some reason or other, you can have the inidividual settings correct, and things still won't work.
Then BEFORE you launch fcp, with the the output of the deck matching your easy setup, start playing a tape with a recording. Then launch fcp.
Good luck, and post back with how things are working.

How can I do live streaming with a Mac Book Pro 2011, using a new model of Sony HD camcorder ..that doesn't have firewire out/input?

I need to do live streaming with a Mac Book Pro 2011, using a new model of Sony HD camcorder (http://store.sony.co...ber=HDRAX2000/H) ..this camcorder model does not have firewire out/input ..it comes only with a component video output, USB, HDMI and composite A/V video output..
I wonder how can I plug this camcorder to the firewire port of my laptop? Browsing on internet I found that Grass Valley Company produces this converter http://www.amazon.co...=A17MC6HOH9AVE6 ..but I am not sure -not even after checking the amazon reviews- if this device will send the video signal through firewire to my laptop, in order to live streaming properly? ..anyone in this forum could help me please?
Thanx

I can't broadcast with the built in iSight webcam... how would I zoom in or zoom out? or how would I pan? I've seem people doing it walking with their laptops but that's not an option for me... there's nothing wrong with my USB ports but that's neither an option to stream video because as far as I know through USB you can't connect video in apple operating systems ..you can for sure plug any video cam or photo camera through usb but as a drive to transfer data not as a live video camera... is by firewire an old interface developed by apple that you can connect all sorts of cameras to apple computers... unfortunately my new sony HDR-AX2000 camcorder doesn't have firewire output...
thanx

Temporarily freezing audigy 2 and firewire not working - sol

hi,
i had two problems with my audigy 2 using windows xp:
a) my firewire port didnt appear to work. i had only one device using firewire which was my creative jukebox zen. i could only transfer 95% of the first mp3 and then it would say that my mp3 player is not responding.
b) i experienced random and temporary freezes, not only while gaming but even when writing e-mails. everything would hang for a few seconds and then continue to work like if you write text it will appear after the hang.
firewire: i used my audigy 2 in my old pc with windows me and win 2000 without any problems. neither with firewire nor with the eax4 driver patch. under win xp i could only transfer mp3s via usb and that is slow as hell as you can imagine. i first tried if transfers using the firewire port on my mobo worked but it didnt, same prob. i found a fix from microsoft that is not listed in windowsupdate at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en (KB885222). that did not solve this issue but maybe you need that too so I mention it here. then i found some new drivers on the creative site. "oh you fool, why didnt you say earlier that you're using old drivers?" someone might say but these drivers dont work or more specifically, its setup routine sux. it quits with "an error occurred". wow cool... but it appears as it unpacks the driver to c:\program files\creative\jukebox3 or something (note, i have a zen and not a jb3...) so I uninstalled everything, rebooted and told the device manager manually to get the drivers from that location. now it works.
freezes: it took me many, many hours to search the internet, but i found absolutely nothing. sure i'm using the latest drivers (yea they actually work), put the card in slot3 and stuff. then i found a post on this board that mentioned that this guy's audigy had a heat problem. it became too hot and hung. hmm. i have 2x 2cm fans sucking heat out of the box through the radiator of my water cooling so heat is actually mostly get rid of through water and whatever else produces heat (harddisc, video card ram etc) is cooled by some really strong air flow. so wth, this card has worked for almost 2 years in my old box. so i opened the case and saw that air circulation around the audigy was impossible as its sandwitched by two other cards. those parts that i was able to touch were not that hot but i dont know how hot the main chip became and i have no clue why a sound card can become too hot from playing an mp3... anyway, i have left my case open and since then i havent had any freezes. now i also know why the freezes suddenly appeared and not since after i setup my box 3 months ago: it was open until i had cut a hole for the radiator...
oh yea, its good that my expensi've creative stuff works and that it was not creative's fault but that of a moron of a user. now honestly, how is an average user supposed to get their product working when the knowledge base is totally outdated and gives advice such as "update your bios, get the latest drivers and dont put your card into the microwave", when mods in this forum give advice like the knowledge base and the driver is not even installable? creative products are not bad at all, they're not cheap at all too. but the support page is absolutely not informati've and the knowledgebase does not give solutions to known issues. i was never ever able to find anything useful there and i'm really really not an average user but a very experienced one. not everyone wants to use a pre-installed dell box with el-cheapo components. i like to put my own high-end rig together and things must be pushed to the limit BUT still be absolutely rock solid. let me list my recent experience with creative products during the past 2 years:
-) bought an inspire 6. surround system and even replaced my audigy with version 2 for it. but unfortunately the subwoofer had a problem. it randomly made a popping noise which was so loud that it pushed your adrenaline level to that of a base jumper. i then found out that the whole batch had some faulty component. at least i got a replacement within a week, so i thought "yea, great support".
-) bought a jukebox zen, 20gb with firewire. it worked great for almost a year. then it died. when i switched it on, only the creative logo appeared, thats it. recovery mode was inaccessible too. it took me 2 months to convince the support lady to let me return this junk. first they sent me a new adapter because maybe it was damaged and the battery was low and therefore it didnt work anymore... then i was told, ok you can have a new one but we dont have firewire versions in stock anymore. you can have a usb one now or you wait until we get the firewire zen again. i said wtf, you produce this so why dont you have them in stock? and the usb version is sure not an equivalent to my firewire player. woot after 2 months i got a new mp3 player... had to rip 250 cds again (i really prefer having originals) and copy them to the player, but ok, i'm happy again. no, i'm not. this one doesnt work properly either. everytime i dont use the player for more than 24 hours i have to rebuild the database and scan the harddisc. that takes about 0 minutes for like 3000 songs!! grr... but i didnt want to argue with the tech support about that, i can li've with that. maybe i can flash to an older bios if i find one somewhere. from what i read somewhere it is caused by the zen going from hibernate into "off power" mode and then it forgets a few things.
and now i had the two issues described above and had to find a solution myself because the support pages dont help at all. sure you can say i should have thought of a heat problem but all important components are watercooled (even the north bridge) and i had some good airflow in general, but not around the sound card. and who knows that the audigy is that sensiti've to heat and that a sound card even gets hot at all. i've never heard of sound card cooling... i'm not that disappointed about the quality of the hardware because it is ok imo, but with the horrible lack of quality of the support and the buggy driver installation. hey, you get free advice by your customers, think about that. they tell you by themselves what the problem is and what they think may cause it. sure many posts are just flames but you should take ppl here more seriously. and if other manufacturers are to blame then put a list together like: msi k8n neo2 platinum - in this case upgrade to bios .2 or in that case install this or turn on/off that.
alright, i hope anyone can use this information. sorry for the length but i wanted to describe things as precisely as necessary. cheers from austria.
(edit: a typo)Message Edited by Temujin666 on 0-05-2005 03:49 AM

Hi folks,?Initially my audigy 2 nx was not working. But after installing the drivers for vista it started to work. But unfortunately, the other application from creative media source is not working. When I press EAX it says '[color="#000099">the application with the device not found'. But the sound card is working fine.[color="#000099">?[color="#000099">I have even mailed creative with the details. They have sent me a mail with the drivers and an application driver. I have installed the application driver too, but still no luck.[color="#000099">?[color="#000099">Kind regards,[color="#000099">Jwell[color="#000099">?

Problem with External Hard Drive - Firewire

I have a problem with a *300GB Venus DS3 Hard Disk* / USB 2.0 - Firewire 400 (not sure if 400).
I have a +Mac G4 (1GHz Power PC G4 / 1GB DDR SDRAM)+ running +Mac OS 10.3.9.+
I connect Venus hard disk through USB cable and no problem. But when I want to connect it via Firewire it doesn´t appear in the desktop.
If I go to *System Profile* it says that there is a device connected to the FireWire port but i can´t see it in the desktop and if a open *Disk Utility*, there is no other hard disk besides the internal, so I can´t mount the Venus DS3 Hard Drive.
I looked in the internet and found this page -> http://american-media.com/support/downloadDDDS2316CBK.html
I was about to download the *Firmware Update* but i read this:
AMS is not held responsible for any damage caused by misusage of this utility! Use at your own risk and be aware that your warranty might be void! DO NOT CHANGE
ANY SETTINGS WITHOUT CONSULTING TECHSUPPORT. Do not distribute or post these files on the internet!
I searched in Internet and found that many persons had issues connecting Hard Drives using Firewire port and read some tips (like unplugging all the usb firewire devices unless mouse and keyboard, disconnect AC cable, wait 15 minutes, ...) but couldn´t fix the problem.
I also wrote several emails to the manufacturer of Venus hard drives (American-Media) but so far no answer.
I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me how to connect the Venus DS3 to a Mac G4 (OS 10.3.9) via FireWire.
Thank you very much

I suspect the problem is in the size of the drive. You say the drive was formatted for Mac and Windows. How did you do that? With older Macs, there is a 128 gB limit on drive size.
Here is a link to a third party disk utility that claims it gets around the size limit:
http://www.SpeedTools2.com/
Another possibility is to connect the drive to a Windows machine and re-format it into 3 volumes, each less than 128 gB. The Mac should be able to see the partitions.
Sidebar comments:
• The way I read the information on the AMS web page that you cited, you do not need a driver. And that is consistent with my experience with firewire enclosures.
• Inside the AMS enclosure, the drive is a standard ATA/IDE drive. That you can use the drive with a USB connection is proof the drive itself is working.
• The "bridge" is a key component in FW conectivity. (That is a piece of circuitry that sits between the IDE drive and the FW connection. It is inside the enclosure.) It appears your enclosure has the Oxford 911 chipset on the bridge. That is good.

Is there a MAC Book to Component video adapter

I have a club customer who wants to play music videos off of the DJ's MAC. There will be different MAC's coming in. Is there a MAC to component adapter available?

The matrox MXO2 is likely what you are referring to. It would be an extremely useful i/o device for you if the price is acceptable. It will have good resale value for a few years too if you ever wanted to get rid of it. With your camera's chip set and resolution of 850 lines you can capture via component to 4:2:2 color space by editing in a codec like DVCPRO 50 which is very efficient and looks great too. It is a big step above anything dv related which is 4:1:1 color space. If you ever drop your video signal down to dv quality you will take a big hit picture quality wise. Another device is the original AJA IO which connects via firewire and gives you component i/o as well as s-video, composite and digital component as well. The AJA IO's are selling on ebay for $600.00 - $750.00. They were around $2500.00 originally. You could also use an AJA LA which is basically the analog side of the IO and they are a little cheaper. Blackmagic multibridge is another product that is similar. These are all pro level equipment. You will need FCP.
http://www.aja.com/html/productsIoIo.html
http://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mxo2/output/

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