Extra Firewire Port on MacBook Pro - 2nd Bus for FCP??
I have a 3-month old MacBook Pro with 2 firewire ports - one is a 6 pin 400 port and the other is a 9-pin 800 port. Can the 800 port be used for an external firewire drive for Final Cut Pro if the 400 port is taken by an AJA Io LD? I've read that it's best to have a 2nd bus via a ExpressCard34, but it seems that's normally the answer for laptops that have only one firewire port. Can this 800 port be used with no problems? Is the 800 on a 2nd bus?
Thanks in advance,
Eddie
I've moved to a G-Sata,via express card adapter,in combination with the Io LD,but to be honest the Io and a fw800 G-Raid didn't drop frames for me in uncompressed SD.
Regards,
Will.
MacBook Pro 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) FCP 5.1.2
MacBook Pro 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) FCP 5.1.2
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