Firewire burns camera

The g4 is in use in a college media room. I have had a DV camera connected to the firewire port for capturing video. Premiere reported no firewire connection to be present. The video circuits in the camera appear to have been damaged via the firewire port. Another camera suffered the same fate! Now the computer doesn't recognise anything connected to the port. Any ideas?

Sounds like someone may have been hot plugging the devices.
(I've never liked doing that, even if the spec says you can, for fear of frying a port or device)
If the port on the CPU is indeed cooked, about the only option you have is a 3rd party FW card, or replace the motherboard.

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Ejecting a Firewire DV camera daisy chained vis a External Firewire HD

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When I unplug my firewire dv camera, after a little while I get a message on my mac that a device was removed incorrectly and the external firewire dirve dismounts.
This only happens after I have unplugged my DV cam, so am I supposed to eject the cmera somehow??
It doesn't show as an external drive so I wouldn't have a clue where to even start looking.
Any ideas?

This only happens after I have unplugged my DV cam, so am I supposed to eject the cmera somehow??
This would depend on the "capturing" application. In most cases you simply tell the application that capture is completed by pressing a "Done" button, disconnect button, ESC key, or similar action to let the application know that it can close the device protocol and allow the device to be removed.

Does JMF support Firewire digital cameras?

To get right to it, I'm wondering if I will be able to capture video from a Firewire digital camera. This is in Windows with the newest JMF and a Unibrain Fire-i digital camera. Is it any different from capturing from a USB webcam?
That said, is this a viable way of capturing video ? Performance wise especially, I'm looking for 30 FPS+ and 640x384 resolution. I've been recommended using LabVIEW (got a license through school). I've got almost zero experience with LabVIEW, but this seems like overkill just to capture some video (?)

Java doesn't actually care about what hardware the video stream comes from, because all that Java does is use the VFW or DirecShow Windows interfaces to grab the video stream. If the firewire camera is VFW or DirecShow compliant, then maybe JMF will be able to capture from it.
Your best bet would be to see if JMStudio will detect it and show it. If so, then you're good to go with JMF. Otherwise, it may or may not work but it won't "work" very easily.

Firewire video camera

I have a firewire video camera and I just bought the new macbook pro. So I bought a new firewire cable that would fit the camera and the macbook pro. But the computer wont recognize the camera. What am I doing wrong?

benjabock,
OK, you seem to be doing everything right, and your prior experience leads me to believe that you know the ins and outs.
My first guess would be a bum cable, even if it is brand-new. Yes, 4-pin to 9-pin is the correct type. There should be no difference between FW 400 and FW 800, as far as your camera would be concerned. FW 800 is entirely backwards compatible, and simply operates just like FW 400 would when a FW 400 device is connected (in fact, the entire bus defaults to 400 when a slower device is connected).
And all this narrows things down to either the cable, or the ports themselves. I think the most likely scenario is something along the lines of a malformed terminal on one of the cable's connectors, but it could really be anything (a bad wire within the cable itself, etc.).
So, I think some logical troubleshooting is in order. Does this cable work with some other FW 400 device (difficult to answer, since the most likely candidate for this would be a FW drive, which would in turn have a 6-pin port)? Does the FW 800 port on the Macbook Pro work with any other device, FW 400 or 800? Can you try a different 4-pin to 9-pin cable, preferably one by a different manufacturer?
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Firewire 400 camera doesn't work with 800 port on iMac

I have a firewire 400 camera that i'm using for a project and one firewire 800 slot on my iMac (Late 2009).
When I plug the camera in, nothing responds no matter what I do - tried resetting the PRAM and SMC.
Compare this to my older iMac (Late 2007) which has both firewire 800 and 400 ports. I plug it in and it pops up using the underlying Quicktime controller api on either the 800 or 400 port no problem.
So I figured after trying to install a firewire camera library (libdc1394) which I need for my project which didn't work, that it must be a hardware issue, so I took it to the Apple store. The genius at the store booted the OS (Lion) from a firewire drive via 400 to 800 cable (no external power to the f/w drive was used) and then using the spare 400 slot on the hard drive, he plugged (daisy chaining) in my camera and it loaded!
So this suggested 2 things - my OS is corrupt or my card can't read straight from my device but why a hard drive in between would change this is beyond me.
I came home and installed OS X on to an external USB hard drive and loaded up from it - so this is a fresh version of Lion, there should be no software issues.
Plug the camera in to the I/O board of the iMac but load the OS from the external USB hard drive - nothing happens, the profiler doesn't detect anything at all.
On a side note, I installed XP and Ubuntu Linux and they also can't detect it, which further suggests its the device or I/O board when interfacing directly with this camera. I've tried providing the devices with external power, daisy chaining 2 cameras, using a usb hub....nothing works.
Just for good measure, I tried to boot Lion off the external USB on my older iMac and again, it worked no problem, which to me really narrows it down to the hardware.
Can anyone work out this mystery? Driving me nuts!
I feel like perhaps the port is a bit dodgy and when the genius daisy chained it, it worked better, but no idea why.
Someone said I should get a firewire 400 to usb adaptor - I actually can't find any...do they even exist?

Maybe something in Apple's quick assist will hlp
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1151

Firewire isight camera

Hi All
I have two firewire isight camera's. I plug both of them into the firewire port of the dual powermac g5 and the macbook pro.
Both cameras green light come on for about five seconds and then go off.
The cameras are not recognised by both machines in ichat, skype, system profiler.
Is this a common problem, or can they be repaired easily.
Joseph

Welcome to Discussions, Joseph
Do not be concerned that the little green indicator light atop your iSight illuminates for a few seconds and then goes dark when you first connect your iSight or power on your Mac. Do not be concerned if you hear a soft whir as iSight attempt to focus either. Both these occurrences are normal.
iSight can be picky about sharing your Mac's Firewire, so be sure you have *only one external iSight connected* and *NO other Firewire devices connected* when you test. (You can test the second iSight after you finish checking and have disconnected the first.)
Then test using the suggestions and links here:
http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/EZJim/EZJimpage4.html
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If none of the applicable troubleshooting suggestions corrects your problem, and if your Mac's System Profiler does not recognize your external iSight (one at a time) as a Firewire device, you will need to decide whether to use a different webcam or to try to get your iSights repaired.
If you want to pursue iSight repair, Apple service is the only option I suggest. There are no user serviceable parts inside iSight. Contact Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider for service on your iSight.
If you have no local access to Apple Service, Apple Support's contact info is here:
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/phone_contacts.html
If you want to pursue service via Apple's website, see: http://www.apple.com/support/isight/service/
(Apple no longer offers the "iSight Accessory Kit, Part Number: M9314G/B" that is mentioned in the link immediately above.) If your local Apple service pro needs parts from the discontinued Kit or some part those listed in the iSight Service: Frequently Asked Questions page, the kind people at http://www.synaptech.com may be able to help obtain some iSight parts.
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IDVD does not burn camera audio - does burn ITunes audio

I have a Sony DCR-TRV460 video camera. The computer does not see my camera. I used an ADS Pyro A/V Link to get the movie from the camera to the computer. When I preview the movie in IMovie, I get the audio and video from the camera perfectly. When I move the movie to IDVD, I preview everything perfectly. When I burn the DVD I lose the audio from my camera. I have tried exporting the audio and that didn't work either. Any ideas on what I can do?

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Mike

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mchlp1363.html
and
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home.search&local e=en_US&q=burn%20cd
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Connecting a FireWire iSight camera

I want to use an older iSight camera with my new MacBook Pro. The MBP has USB3 but no FireWire input. Can I get an adapter to facilitate this? I know my MBP has a built in camera but I want to have the camera level with my head when I am delivering a lecture. There are limits to what I can expect my audience to put up with in terms of looking up my nose and counting my double chins? Please be specific about any adapters that may be available. Thank you.

Does your MBP have ThunderBolt?
If so there are adapters from ThunderBolt to FireWire.
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Does Boot Camp or Virtual PC support firewire for camera input?

I have found Parallels does not have a camera firewire driver. Has anyone found another solution in Windows XP?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Firewire and camera Canon

hi , my iMac 20'' with iLife '08 bought in december 2008 can't see the Canon MV400 camcorder ( I use the firewire 6 pin to mac and 4 pin to camera ; I have 2 port on my iMac: FireWire 6 pin and FireWire 800);
on a Mac+iLife '06 of my friend the camera works without any drivers . why not in my new iMac??
Canon have no driver for device.
please help me!!!

Hi Jouly
appart from the Canon camcorder, do you have other peripherirals connected to your mac through firewire interfaces ?
I have a old iMac G5, and a canon Camcorder too. I had the same behaviour you've described when I was trying to connect an external hard drive and the camcorder at the same time .
Each was connected to a separated firewire (400) plug. When disconnected the external hard drive, it went okay again
Cheers
Sylvain

Firewire from camera to MBP 15" cable

How do I connect my video camera (Sony FX1E) using Firewire cable to the MBP firewire port (which I see is Firewire 800). Is there a cable or adaptor for this please?

This one should do the trick
http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW748LL/A
haha i was too slow
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Audio Line In/Internal Mic ignored if FireWire DV camera seen first?

I've been working streaming a broadcast that is intended to consist of audio fed into an MBP via its line in and video fed in via FireWire.
However, I've found quite often that if after boot the audio input is plugged in too quickly after the FireWrie connection is hot plugged, the MBP will not "see" the incoming audio, nor will it see audio coming from the internal mic; I can plug the cable in and out several times but the Sound preference pane never shows input audio.
However, if I unplug the FireWire and plug it back in, it seems the MBP will continue to see the audio in and the FireWire camera.
This also works if I wait to make sure the MBP can "see" the line in before hot-plugging the FW camera.
Has anyone else seen this? Anyone know of any other workarounds other than to make sure the line in audio is "seen" before plugging in the camera?
This is within the context of Ustream, but the audio isn't even being seen at the Finder level.

I've been working streaming a broadcast that is intended to consist of audio fed into an MBP via its line in and video fed in via FireWire.
However, I've found quite often that if after boot the audio input is plugged in too quickly after the FireWrie connection is hot plugged, the MBP will not "see" the incoming audio, nor will it see audio coming from the internal mic; I can plug the cable in and out several times but the Sound preference pane never shows input audio.
However, if I unplug the FireWire and plug it back in, it seems the MBP will continue to see the audio in and the FireWire camera.
This also works if I wait to make sure the MBP can "see" the line in before hot-plugging the FW camera.
Has anyone else seen this? Anyone know of any other workarounds other than to make sure the line in audio is "seen" before plugging in the camera?
This is within the context of Ustream, but the audio isn't even being seen at the Finder level.

IMovie locks/crashes when using firewire for camera and disk

I've been archiving all my old movies from my Mini-DV camera. My setup is as follows: Mac OSX 10.5.6 and iLive '09 (latest updates), Intel Mac Mini (2008 version), MiniStack external Sata drive, and Canon ZR-60 (firewire). I have the camera hooked into the external drive's firewire cascade port. Typically, this is what happens:
I auto-import my tape and when the tape hits the end, iMovie hangs instead of re-winding the tape and stabilizing the media. Unplugging the camera from the FW bus usually solves the problem when the stuck "updating thumbnails" progress bar appears.
Last night, I tried manual import and got a different result. At random times in the import, iMovie simply crashed and created a problem report for Apple. Has anyone found a workaround for this? Will I ever be able to use more than 1 device at one time on my FW bus reliably?

iMovie seemed to work correctly once I had the Cannon ZR60 still daisy-chained off the FW external drive but stored the movie events to the internal SATA drive. After stabilization, I quit iMovie and then manually moved the events to the external drive. This is kind of a pain but better than discovering that my import failed at random times.

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