Does a firewire/usb converter exist ?

iMac has no firewire port ? Need to migrate files from my LaCie-mini external which has no usb port. Does a firewire/usb converter exist ?

No it doesn't unfortunately.
Firewire reset, usb reset…
Shut down the computer.
Disconnect all FireWire devices and all other cables, except the keyboard and mouse cable(s).
Disconnect the computer from the power outlet and wait for 3 to 5 minutes.
Plug the computer back in and turn it on.
Reconnect the FireWire device(s) (one at a time if there is more than one) and test. Test with each FireWire port if you have more than one.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3101579?start=0&tstart=0
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20051129074631518

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Premiere Pro CS3 Capture Question (Firewire to USB Converter)

Does Premiere Pro CS3 support capture through a Firewire to USB Converter? More specifically, we have one particular PC laptop that does not have a firewire port, only USB 2.0. So we were thinking of getting a firewire to USB converter. Will that work for capturing footage from our Mini DV camera?
Camera is Canon XH-A1S HD and a firewire cable will be running from this camera to the firewire to USB converter, then a USB cable will be running out of the converter into the dual core laptop with Windows 7, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 460M video card.
Thank you!

Might work then again it might not. Have not heared of any positive results. In other words imo its a waste of money.
You need a real firewire connection.

I use photoshop elements version 11 and just bought a nikon d750. Photoshop elements can't open/read the raw/NEF-file. Does a photoshop elements raw converter exist for Nikon d750 ??? And where can I get it ?

I use photoshop elements version 11. I just bought a nikon d750. Photoshop elements can't read/open the raw/NEF-file.
Does a raw converter exist for this camera and where can I find it ?
Thanks for any help.
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You need Adobe camera raw version 8.7. Unfortunately your software pre-dates the camera. ACR 8.7 is only compatible with PSE13. But it is possible to download and install the free DNG converter to convert your raw files to the Adobe universal Raw format and the files will open in all versions of PSE (keep your originals as backups and for use in the camera manufactures software)
Windows download (.exe file) click here DNG Converter 8.7
Mac download (.dmg file) click here DNG Converter 8.7
You can convert a whole folder of raw images in one click. See this quick video tutorial:
You Tube click here for DNG Converter tutorial

I have a digital voice recorder with a 3.5mm mic and headphone jack and want to transfer some recorded lecture to my mac book pro. The mac book does not have 3.5mm jacks. Does anyone know if a jack to USB converter would work?

I have a digital voice recorder with a 3.5mm microphone and headphone jack and want to transfer some recorded lectures to my mac book pro. The mac book does not have 3.5mm jacks. Does anyone know if a jack to USB converter would work?

Is there a pattern to the time of day or other detail that may be
traced back to a OS X system cause of this odd phenomenon?
Are there any copies of system files on any of the attached USB
external drives? Any libraries, such as iTunes, iPhoto, etc?
Once the drives are indexed by Spotlight, are their permissions
ignored by the OS X? Content, if neutral, should not affect the
wake or sleep cycle; especially if they're ignored by the OS X.
Could there be a bad cable or other component? If so that would
be a difficult process of elimination to detect it. Usually replacing
most suspect components in the USB stream (external to Macs)
is a rote way to mechanically test that idea; & not 100% sure.
Does the equipment all have a good ground to the utility or house
electrical field? An intermittent ground may affect more than sleep.
Hard to say at this point. Maybe a late-night talk radio guru on
remote viewing could peer into your situation and sleuth it out?
Sorry to have run out of ideas, but the process must be electrical
& mechanical to some extent. - Or perhaps odd software inspired.
Do you have any phone-home spyware items inside, just jumping
at the chance to spill your information? Little Snitch may help.
PS: Perhaps the computer needs to go into Apple & have a genius
or product specialist at AASP test the unit thoroughly... BlueTooth?
see:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Wake+reason:+XHC1
Good luck & happy computing!
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IPod shuffle usb broke does usb cable exist for suffle or components shop?

I broked my Shuffle usb where can i borow that pice that was in the usb head back I cant repair it the usb falled from the ipod. At the gsm doctors thei told me I need that peace for repairing dose anibody know a cite where i can borow it? or dose an usb cable exist for suffle?

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No light comes on. iPod used to charge to the
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-iPod never broke or had damage problems. The USB
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It's defective... return it for a replacement at the point of original purchase, an Apple Store, or ask for replacement on line http://www.apple.com/support/contact/

Camera connexion - Firewire / USB

I have a Canon HV30 which has firewire out for getting stuff to a PC or Mac.
I need a new laptop, but it seems difficult to find one with Firewire, they all seem to be USB connected.
I can get a Firewire to USB converter easily, but will Premiere be able to download from the camera over this Firewire->USB connection? Or does it only look at a genuine Firewire input?
Additionally:
Is it really about time I junked my beloved HV30 and just got something tapeless instead to get around all these issues?
Black Magic to get HDMI into the PC and work that way?
Thanks inanticipation for any help I vcan get here.
Martin

I can get a Firewire to USB converter easily, but will Premiere be able to download from the camera over this Firewire->USB connection? Or does it only look at a genuine Firewire input?
You can try it, but I doubt it would work. Those 1394/USB bridges might work for hard drives (and probably not well, at that), but the AV/C protocol (that is, video control and capture over 1394) is a different animal. You'd probably have to get an ExpressCard adapter that provided 1394 ports--that's assuming the laptop has an ExpressCard slot.
Is it really about time I junked my beloved HV30 and just got something tapeless instead to get around all these issues?Black Magic to get HDMI into the PC and work that way?
Tapeless is the way going forward--no question. Lots of options based on budget, so that's probably the largest determining factor of what to get. There's no need for a BMD card with HDMI input, though--that would be only if you were going to be capturing live into the edit system. If you're recording to some form of solid-state media, like an SD card, it's just like copying photos from the SD card in your digital camera. You'd simply pop the card out of the cam and into the computer--or sometimes you can connect the camera via USB as if it were a card reader--and transfer the files to your hard drive for editing. Once the files have been created in camera, the damage has been done, so to speak. The HDMI input on a BMD is for taking a signal directly off the camera's imaging sensor and bypassing the internal compression, whatever flavor it may be. That's fine if you're using the camera in a studio setting, or if you have a really, really, really long cable (joking).
In short, with a tapeless camera, you'll be editing directly with the files created by the camera--it's just a file copying process to get them into your computer to edit.
Hope that helps.

How to install and use the CP2102 USART to USB Converter?

First off, I did a quick search and found that some people had had success in that the cp210x driver was already installed on their machines. I did a modprobe and it returned nothing (not an error).
I searched around on the net a bit and found a very useful USART to USB converter bridge (http://www.nexuscyber.com/cp2102-usb-to … Mgod5UQAdQ). The CP2102 is a programmable device with many settings insofar as the data framing is concerned. As such, a driver for the device must be used to interface and modify these parameters.
On the Silabs website I found this driver (http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/page … ivers.aspx) for linux (kernel > 3.x.x). The problem is that this driver is just a single C program with zero documentation. An include make file is about as useful considering it has a single line in it that fails (for me) at run-time.
obj-m = cp210x.o
KVERSION = $(shell uname -r)
all:
make -C /lib/modules/$(KVERSION)/build M=$(PWD) modules
clean:
make -C /lib/modules/$(KVERSION)/build M=$(PWD) clean
The driver source can be found here (http://pastie.org/private/kulx2zqdyvkafoxekwjq)
Where my make error is
make -C /lib/modules/3.14.4-1-ARCH/build M= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.4-1-ARCH/build'
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
In file included from scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c:2537:0:
scripts/kconfig/menu.c: In function 'get_symbol_str':
scripts/kconfig/menu.c:587:18: warning: 'jump' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
jump->offset = strlen(r->s);
^
scripts/kconfig/menu.c:548:19: note: 'jump' was declared here
struct jump_key *jump;
^
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
scripts/Makefile.build:44: /usr/lib/modules/3.14.4-1-ARCH/build/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.4-1-ARCH/build/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile'. Stop.
/usr/lib/modules/3.14.4-1-ARCH/build/arch/x86/Makefile:185: recipe for target 'archheaders' failed
make[1]: *** [archheaders] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.4-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:4: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
If I do not sudo make I just get this:
.probe = usb_serial_probe,
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:165:16: error: 'usb_serial_disconnect' undeclared here (not in a function)
.disconnect = usb_serial_disconnect,
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_get_config':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:321:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'dbg' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
dbg("%s - Unable to send config request, "
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_open':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:430:36: error: 'struct usb_serial_port' has no member named 'number'
dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_close':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:451:36: error: 'struct usb_serial_port' has no member named 'number'
dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_get_termios':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:534:17: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct ktermios')
&tty->termios->c_cflag, &baud);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_get_termios_port':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:556:36: error: 'struct usb_serial_port' has no member named 'number'
dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_change_speed':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:706:21: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct ktermios')
baud = tty->termios->c_ospeed;
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_set_termios':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:735:36: error: 'struct usb_serial_port' has no member named 'number'
dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:740:22: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct ktermios')
cflag = tty->termios->c_cflag;
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_tiocmset_port':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:871:36: error: 'struct usb_serial_port' has no member named 'number'
dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_tiocmget':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:910:36: error: 'struct usb_serial_port' has no member named 'number'
dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_break_ctl':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:932:36: error: 'struct usb_serial_port' has no member named 'number'
dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c: In function 'cp210x_init':
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:989:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'usb_serial_register' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
retval = usb_serial_register(&cp210x_device);
^
/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.c:996:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'usb_serial_deregister' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
usb_serial_deregister(&cp210x_device);
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:314: recipe for target '/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source/cp210x.o] Error 1
Makefile:1274: recipe for target '_module_/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/branden/Desktop/Linux_3.x.x_VCP_Driver_Source] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.4-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:4: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
There is no documentation aside from:
make ( your cp210x driver )
cp cp210x.ko to /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/kernel/drivers/usb/serial
insmod /lib/modules/<kernel-version/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko
insmod cp210x.ko
Can anyone provide some guidance on the steps to install this driver (or at least where to look) and why there is such a lack of documentation? Are there assumptions here that I am not aware of? How is anyone suppose to use this? If you look in the source there are structures being used as arguments to functions that are never defined as far as I can tell. Perhaps they are part of the header files included at the top, but I could not find some of those on my machine either.
Has anyone had success using this device?

ewaller wrote:<hopeful>Do you have an oscilloscope? </hopeful>
First, I think you have a mismatched Baud. Check your settings in GtkTerm. It could also be the uController. I know you said you have it set for 9600 Baud, but are you sure? The divisor settings are dependent on your clock frequency. Are you sure you are using the correct divisors for the frequency of your crystal? And are you using a crystal, ceramic oscillator, or external oscillator for your time base?
I did not think the internal RC oscillators were that bad off, so I was using the internal 8MHz (DIV8 = 0 fuse bit). Taking your advice I just refused the AVR and set it to use a 20MHz clock (external crystal oscillator) to no avail. The setting in GTKterm is certainly 9600 baud.Referencing the datasheet for the Atmega328P we have:
Which gives a a UBRR register value of 129 corresponding to normal speed (U2Xn = 0). This is all computed for me at compile-time via this formula:
20,000,000/(16*9600) - 1 = 129.2 ~ 129 truncated.
That the two devices can communicate tells me they both might be using the same wrong Baud.
I was also suspicious of this .. I do not have a trivial way to test this though. Perhaps some workaround using timers is about the best I can do; no oscilloscope here. Doing a quick high-level test I did find something rather interesting though. Both devices are set to run at 9600 baud. One device is operating at 8MHz (internal oscillator) and the other is using an external 20MHz crystal. I am getting UART communication between the devices, but certainly not the characters I'm sending..
The other problem is that I think you have "Local Echo" turned on in GtkTerm. This places the system in "Half Duplex" mode in which data are not expected to be echoed from the Atmel. That you are getting two characters when the pins are shorted tells me you get the local echo and the loopback. Then the loopback is missing, you still get the local echo. Also, make sure you have parity turned off.
GTKterm does not actually show you what you are typing into the terminal. That is, when you type a character then nothing is displayed to the screen. Presumably this character is sent out as you type it. I was under the impression that local echo would just echo what I type to the screen as well as send it out. Thank you for the clarification.
Last edited by sherrellbc (2014-05-28 03:16:48)

HP Laserjet 6MP fails to print with parallel-to-USB converter cable

I have a LaserJet 6 MP parallel printer which I was using in 10.3.9 with a parallel-to-USB converter cable. The Printer Utility saw it natively as a USB device and it printed just fine most of the time, although it would occasionally fail to print, so I installed a different driver called usbtb 1.0.15, and after that it printed very reliably.
Now I've upgraded to 10.4.9, and the Printer Utility still detects the HP printer natively as a USB device, and I also installed the formerly-reliable usbtb driver again, but the printer now fails to print with either driver. It acts like it's going to, but then it quits.
When I choose Print, all the features of the printer are shown, and I can select which tray to take paper from etc., and the printer dialogue box says "Printing," the activity light on the printer flashes just as it always does when printing is in progress, but then, instead of printing, the activity light stops flashing and the print job disappears from the dialogue box.
Can anyone tell my why this printer is failing to print now, and how I might be able to get it working again?
Thanks,
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Wait a minute! It's only certain Indesign documents that won't print.
All TextEdit docs will print.
I created a few scribbles in Photoshop and they print.
But with InDesign, there is no predicting which documents will print or will not print. On some that will not print, if I remove all but one text box, then they will print. On other documents that do print, if I copy some text off of one that won't print and paste it in, then that one stops printing too.
On some that won't print, if I erase everything on the page and create a new text box and type a few words into it, the page will print. If I revert to the previously saved version, once again the page won't print.
What kind of craziness is this, anyway? It seems random. I can't figure it out.
Even on the documents that won't print, when I try to print them the printer's activity light blinks as though it is just about to print, but then the light goes out without printing.
Anybody got any ideas what this problem is and how to fix it?
All I know is that EVERYTHING printed before I upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.4.9.
Tom

Usb converter cable help needed

I am trying to use an external microphone for iMovies. It apears I can use a USB microphone I have, after talking to someone at Apple.
However, I need a cable which will connect the non-rectangular end of a usb cable to a 30 pin connector. Or the newer connector if that's going to be easier.
Apple sells usb converter cables which have the "rectangular" end of a usb cable which leads to the 30 pin (obviously becuase it's the connector with the power brick). But I need one with the different end -- the end that generally sticks into the printer or other device -- which will then connect with a 30 pin connector. it's not a trapezoid, but more of that than a square.
Does anyone know where I can find this? Do I need to worry where it's made? I ask becuase I've used some Belkin cables in the past with iPods and had some issues with them connecting cleanly. I've looked on the Apple site and seen ones that say they're for cameras, so I feared they were for the mini-usb connectors, or wouldn't work for some othere reason.
Help would be appreciated. Thanks.

It sounds like your mic has USB B, while the standard is USB A.
THe camera connection kit comes with a USB to 30 pin, but it's regular USB, which is A, not USB B. So maybe a USB B female to USB A male converter? Plug your mic into the converter then the converter into the apple connector.
But unless your mic is powered, I'm not sure if the iPad will power the mic through a converter, so whatever you play with you may want to make sure they have a good return policy.
If you try to use the lightning connection, which is the newer one, may be even more problimatic simply because iOS 7.0.4 activated software that looks for signed chips in plugins and those signed chips are only authorized to companies that have gotten apple's permission to make the connector.....which adds another element of 'might not work' to the whole thing.

Startup problem with Adaptec FireWire/USB drive enclosure?

I recently acquired a Core Duo 1.66GHz mini. Soon after buying it I noticed that on startup, I get to the gray screen with Apple logo, and it freezes there for about 3-4 minutes before the spinning wheel appears briefly and then OS X starts normally.
I eventually figured out that it only does this when my Adaptec 3.5" FireWire/USB drive enclosure is connected via FireWire. If the drive is not connected the mini starts up lightning fast.
It seems to be an issue specific to the mini and this model of enclosure. I put another drive in the enclosure; same issue. I tried another enclosure I had; issue doesn't happen. I tried the Adaptec enclosure with a MacBook; issue doesn't happen. I exchanged the Adaptec enclosure for another of the same model; the issue still occurs. I even exchanged the mini for another; the issue still occurs.
Any ideas as to why this is happening and what I might do to fix it? I don't restart very often so this isn't too annoying, nonetheless I'd really love to fix it if I can.

Afraid it is all downhill from here: from what I have learnt, that drive uses a Prolific Revision A chipset. This means it cannot be used as the boot drive for your mac. http://www.ultraproducts.com/ seems to be the manufacturer and on their website forums about their enclosures detail similar issues and worse - write failures over firewire.
I cannot say much about the chipsets. Some folk swear by Oxford, which has to the best of my knowledge always supported Firewire startup. Personally, my ext hd is a Prolific Rev C and I have had no problems at all.
That all said and done, I trust that only the firewire connection is made and not the FW and USB? Also, if it is connected only via USB, are the mount problems experienced?
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Can a raid be moved between protocols (eSata/Firewire/USB)?

If I get two multi-protocol drive enclosures (like the OWC Quad interface enclosures) and set them up as a RAID 0 under, say, eSata, does anyone know if I can move them to another computer, plug them in as, say, FireWire, and then continue to use the RAID?
This is mostly to assure myself that if my (contemplated) Mac Pro goes back for repairs for a week or two, I can continue to work on my Mac Mini.
TIA
Dual G5 + 15" MBP 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Yes. The type of connection is not relevant. You can move the enclosure connection to Firewire, USB, or SATA (if you have an external SATA port.)

FireWire, USB hub

I'm looking for some advice on a self-powered hub to connect an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer, an Epson 3200 photo scanner, a Nikon CoolScan IV film scanner, and a LaCie 120GB external drive. The Epson devices have both ports, while the Nikon and LaCie are Firewire only. USB connection is not critical, but it would be nice to have. The hub, of course, will be connected to the PowerBook.
I've searched this forum, but have not found any postings about a firewire or firewire/USB hub.

Braby -
My experience with hubs has been limited to ethernet and USB hubs. Most have their own power supply, but I once had a USB hub that didn't, and I found it limited what devices would work with it. Since I've never used a Firewire hub before, I did not know whether there were powered or un-powered varieties, so I was just playing it safe.
I've found a number of Firewire hubs through Google and I have checked Amazon.com. Both sources have provided some information, which have been helpful, but not definitive. I was hoping to find an Apple user or two who have tried doing what I am wishing to do, and thereby benefit from their experience.
I'll probably try a Belkin, Buslink or Macally hub from someplace like CompUSA, so that if it doesn't work well I can at least take it back.
Thanks for you input.

. Does CS4 accommodate USB inputs?

I am looking into buying video cameras for our art school. It seems that (Sony) cameras no longer have firewires connections. Does CS4 accommodate USB inputs? (We may move onto CS5 next year.)

I don't think you'll find any pro level NLE that will take a video feed from a USB input.
Most cameras that have a USB connection are likely to be file-based (CF or SD card, P2, hard drive, etc.) and not tape-based. As such, you don't need to 'capture'. You just use your file explorer of choice to copy the media from the camera to the computer's hard drive, and then import into the NLE from there.

2 questions: Convert analog video AV- USB Converter; Good TV Tuner For IMac

1) I need to convert analog video tapes onto my Mac. What's a good AV to USB converter?
2) I'd like to take advantage of my 24" screen and occasionally watch TV on my Mac. What's a good TV tuner?
Thanks.

Most recommend the Canopus converter, but it is $100-200. I was curious if the analog to digital tv converters available for $10 with the $40 govt coupon would serve the same purpose. I don't know why it wouldn't, but I haven't seen one. I'm going to try to borrow from a friend and see.
Otherwise you can borrow someone's Sony Digital8 to use to play Hi8 and it works as a converter (some models don't do Hi8 playback). This worked for me, but I was afraid I would wear out the "eject' on my friends Digital8 bc I have 60 tapes to transfer.
Other option is to play on old Hi8 thru a miniDV camcorder, used as a converter. My Canon zr500 miniDv doesn't seem to have that option.
I may try to use my Presidian dvr from Radio Shack as a pass thru converter. I haven't tried it yet either, but I think it might be yet another option. If anyone knows how to do any of these, please reply. It seems the tv converter should work and I'll get one if it does.

DNG Converter converts existing dng files to.....dng!

Today I decided to convert all of the raw files on one hard drive to dng format. The dng converter has converted about 4,000 of a little over 15,000 raw files so far. I scrolled through the conversion status list and noticed that the converter is also converting existing dng files into dng files thus creating a duplicate. Why in the world would a person need, or want to , convert existing dng files to dng files? I new that I already had some dng files on the hard drive, but I never would have imagined that the converter would include dng files in the list of raw files to convert to dng.
It is not a big deal to find and delete. All I have to do is do a search for all files that end in _1.dng. No biggie, but it seems redundant to me to waste time on this conversion. Is there an option to choose not to convert dng files? I can not look at the moment because the converter is converting dng files and is busy. LOL.

You still have not provided any documentation to back up your assertion that Adobe makes plain, or even unplain for that matter, that DNG files are going to be included in the conversion process. I am not asking you to "slavishly go over a variety of documents in order to provide proof", you state as a matter of fact that the documentation exists. Your failure or inability to produce any proof can only be interpreted as meaning that it does not exist. You are speaking about something that you apparently do not have a clue about. You only seem to act like you know what you are talking about. It is pointless to discuss this with you any longer. I accept the fact that you are not going to be able to provide official Adobe documentation stating that DNG files are going to converted along with camera dependent raw files. Apparently, you had no prior knowledge of this issue, because you did not share a reason in your post. And, you still do not share documentation....because you do not have any! FAIL!
As far as making contributions, just because I have only posted 14 times on this forum is not a clear indicator of my total contributions. I am not going to get into a "I have made this many posts on this forum and that forum argument" with you. It is pointless and childish.
And how were you trying to help me? You were not. You offered nothing. Your comment only had one purpose: to make fun of another person and/or to incite a reaction. You did that very well. You need to be honest with yourself and think about what kind of contribution you were making in your original post. You did not offer anything accept for a smartaleck answer.
As far as acknowledging the utility's ability to convert dng files to newer files, yes I knew that the converter could be used to update existing DNG files. I did not imagine that it would convert an existing dng file and produce a duplicate. Big difference!
And what is wrong with venting? I expressed frustration with something that I found bothering. Adobe would like for everyone to adopt this format. One way of achieving that goal is for people to use the converter. But, if people are not happy with the converter, then they may not convert, or recommend the use of the converter. I use the converter, and I use camera raw to convert to dng as well as converting upon import.
You can not defend yourself on the issue of documentation to back up your claim apparently because it does not exist.
I apologize for referring to you as "Mr. Smartypants". I can clearly see now that I was wrong for calling you that.
I know that I am guilty here of inserting my own emotion into your original response. I have a 50% chance that I was correct in assuming that you were simply being humorous and not condescending. Again, I should have ignored your post as it was completely worthless. I apologize for that.
And, at the moment, I do not feel very smart for participating in this childish discussion with you. I am much too old to be doing this.

Does a firewire/usb converter exist ?

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