FIREWIRE CARD

I have just purchased and installed in my G4 a Belkin PC/MAC 3 port PCI Firewire card
but cannot get my Lacie drives to mount.
I am running OSX 10.4.4
Mike Hooley

Questions...
1) Do they mount using the native FW ports?
2) Any historical problems with the drives?
3) Have you tried all combinations of testing them now? (Have them plugged in when machine starts, plug them in when machine is already running, and then on/off states for the drives for both of these)?
~FifthWheel

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To capture the Mini-DV file through the 1394 firewire card from t

hii there!
first let mi make you understand what we people are doing ....
We people want to capture the Mini-DV file directly through the 1394 firewire card from the sony camcorder in to the MPEG2
format. Thent on the fly(i.e.during capturing into MPEG2) we also want to capture the metadata i.e (time,date etc. of the
original shooting event) into some text file. Our MPEG2 format requirements are: 8mbps viedeo,freq-48KHz,16 bit sterio,384
audio kbps, Deinterlace... we are using JavaMediaFramework-2.1.1e(Java Media Studio tool)..so we want to explore that tool
much more coz rightnow it's not supporting MPEG2(only supporting MPEG1) and also not supporting 1394 cpture card ...we want
the codec for converting DV-AVI to MPEG2 with date and time exctrated and much more explored details about JMf2.1.1 JavaMedia
Studio to get more familiar.....
for the above mentioned problem I am trying to add the mpeg2 codec inthe plugin of the jmf studio..and i have followed the
steps ..
Download the Codec from IBM
Extracted jmf.jar
Extracted codec.zip
Added files from codec folder to jmf folder
Made a jar out of it and name it jmf.jar
Replaced that with current jmf.jar (kept a backup)
Opened JMFRegistry and in "Plugins","Codec" and now unable to add " "
this becoz i am not knowing the exact way of recopiling that newly created jar file and because of that that mpeg-2 codedc is
not get added .....so i am looking forward for any help for the above mentioned problem!
I would be gratefull on getting ur help coz it's such challenging and techy concept to explore...
thanks..
nilesh hardikar
contact: [email protected]

I understand your pain. See BUG ID 4640032: JMF does not support DSVD encoding
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4640032
Add your vote, maye Sun will hear!

PCMCIA firewire card for G4 laptop (follow-up to excessive timecode breaks)

1.) It was recommended that I get a new firewire bus to resolve excessive timecode breaks when importing from a Canon camcorder to an external hard drive. I've been reading through posts on this topic...and saw getting a new firewire port mentioned a few times... How come when I called Apple to check on the cost of a new firewire card for my laptop Powerbook G4, I was told that nothing could be added without replacing the entire logic board? Am I missing something? I didn't say "PCMCIA firewire drive" - is that something special? Any idea of the cost to purchase and install?
2.) Apple recommended just capturing to my internal hard drive, and transfering the projects. Apart from this being cumbersome... I need a little verification: if I transfer PROJECT X to my external hard drive, then do I also need to transfer my Audio Render, Autosave,Capture Scratch, Render, Thumbnail, and Waveform folders? [I realize this is basic, but I'm wary of losing the information the project needs and getting it all messed up]
Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.3.9) FCP 4.5, LaCie external HD
Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.3.9) FCP 4.5, LaCie external HD

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=BEAFWT2&is=REG&Q=&O =productlist&sku=304014
pcmcia is an card slot. If you have a 12" PB you may not have one.
If you have a pcmcia slot, buy the card. Slide the card into your computer and start up. Put the camcorder on the card and your fw drive on the port built-in to your computer. Even if this does not solve the timecode issues, it will save you other headaches in the future.
Question. Does capturing to your internal drive solve the timecode issues you are having?
I disagree with the advice of capturing to your internal drive and transfering the project after the fact. There are a bunch of reasons why, and all of them are qualified, so I hesitate to go further until I know whether or not capturing to the internal drive is making your timecode headaches go away.
I suspect capturing to the internal drive will not help the timecode issues which will make the whole point moot. But hopefully I'm wrong :>
Tom
ps
When you talk to representatives from Apple, you have to be conscious that if they are not specialists in the area you are focused on their advice may be based on general recommendations from an IT or home user perspective. There is a difference between talking to a sales person on the floor of the Apple Store and someone from the Genius Bar. And the person at the Genius Bar may have a tremendous background in network installations, but never have opened FCP. Or you might get lucky and get a FCP savvy genius, who would be a bit weak when talking about some other area.
This is not a knock, just a reality. It is difficult to be deeply conversant with even one area. It is not realistic for the generalists you usually deal with to know the best answers to very specific questions.
I'm working toward becoming a certified trainer with FCP and it is not easy or cheap to become an expert at this one application, never mind all the possible applications and hardware combinations for wildly different needs and budgets.

Can I fit a firewire card to my F4T60EA laptop?

Is it possible to fit a firewire card to the above laptop? If not how can I connect to a firewire camcorder

No.

LACIE HD'S WONT MOUNT. APPLE THINKS I NEED A SEPERATE FIREWIRE CARD.

I have 2 lacie hd's that will not mount they used to mount but now they will not. I have been back and forth to the Mac store and I have been on the phone with Lacie . My drives were tested and my computer was tested and nothing is wrong WITH EITHER. Apple seems to think that my fire wire bus on the computer may be interfering with the HD's and thats why the will not mount. They also said for me to install a fire wire card to just completely avoid using the fire wire ports on my Mac. Does any of this sound normal to you guys? And whats a good fire wire card to buy? Should I just stick with the Lacie brand since I have two lacie HD's?

I'm not sure if this would cause a problem, but you might want to check the filesystem of the hard drive. If it is something other than HFS or HFS+ (these are the apple filesystems) then it might not mount as well, but apple is known to support most filesystems so I don't know if that's the case.
If you want to purchase a firewire card you should go snoop around on www.macsales.com just go into the firewire section, and then into the pci/pcmcia sub section. You did not specify as to which firewire you are in need of (400 or 800) but you can check out that website to see what the deal is.
Also, I HIGHLY recommend the OWC External hard drives if you do not enclose them your self. OWC is www.macsales.com and I have a couple of their external drives (one standard 200GB and one 500GB dual RAID). After a couple years of use, I have never had a problem with my OWC hard drives (well the drive itself isn't made by them, but the enclosure is.)
Anyway, I've been ramblin on and on way too much, but I hope I could have been some help.

Capture through firewire card

hello friends,
I want to capture video using firewire port in my laptop. Is
it possible to capture through firewire card?... If so how can i do
it?. Please help me ....
regards

When we start the Flash Media Encoder, there is an option for
"Microsoft DV" and we just use that.
If this doesn't appear as an option for you, download
WebCamDV from a company called Orange Micro. The program is only
like $20, but it makes your 1394 port look like a webcam. It will
then appear as a 'device' in encoder and you can use it for audio
and video.
ps - we are using a Windows PC not a MAC for this.

VIA VT6306 Firewire card

I've just installed a PCI USB2.0/Firewire card (specified on the box as being Mac OS X compatible) into my G4 dual 1GHz MDD . It runs the VIA VT6306 chip. I installed the drivers and the USB ports work perfectly, but the FW ones don't. Apparently they're supposed to run using the native Apple FW drivers, and indeed System Profiler shows the PCI card as being installed with 3 USB buses and one FW400 bus. But none of my peripherals (DV camera, iPod, scanner, hard drive or audio interface) will work using these ports. They are currently all hooked up via a hub to one of the on-board FW ports, as the other one has failed, hence the purchase of the new PCI card.
I've searched the web for information, but apart from someone else with the same problem, there's no fix given. Can anyone help?
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GJB
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HI, jumie. What you propose may work fine. Go ahead and clone your internal drive to an external drive, then give your plan a try. In the worst case, the computer will simply ignore the external drive and boot to the internal drive instead. No harm will be done.
Or could I just boot the computer with an external HD using the TiBook's own FireWire port and then run the audio through the PCMCIA-slot via FireWire?
This is a pretty safe bet. It's certainly possible to boot a Tibook to an external FW drive connected through the built-in FW port, unless you're unlucky enough to have bought a non-bootable external drive enclosure (there still are some). In that case you'll probably want to buy a different enclosure for your external drive — making sure the new enclosure uses an Oxford 911 FireWire bridge, which will ensure that it's bootable.
Assuming your drive is bootable, the next question will be whether your audio hardware runs OK through the PC-card FW adapter. If it does, you should be set.
It is not possible to boot any Mac running OS 9 or OS X from any USB device. So don't bother to try booting from a USB drive, or from a combination FW & USB drive through a USB connection.

Firewire card or adapter for g7 1237dx

I have a G7-1237dx. Can I get a firewire card or adapter to allow me to run pro tools? Need a 6pin firewire solution.
thanks
Steve

If the "dual mirror" Power Mac G4 is the model immediately before the last one with FireWire 800, then it has FireWire 400. You need an cable like this one with FireWire 400 (6-pin) on one end and FireWire 800 (9-pin) on the other end
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/1394B96036/
Will also be moving data from a Lacie d2 external hard drive to the imac
Again, it depends on the type of connector it has. If it has FireWire 400, then that same cable will work. If it has FireWire 800, the you need a regular FireWire 800 cable with a 9-pin connector at both ends.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/1394B99036/

Can anyone help with a troublesome FireWire card reader

I have an Addonics firewire card reader to transfer image files to my Macs. It has never been predictable about mounting on the desktop when I insert a card. I've used it with OS 10.2, 10.3 and now 10.4.8. I have the OS set to open Photo Mechanic when I insert a card, but most times, nothing happens. After trying various daisy-chain connections, I have the reader connected directly to the computer, but this hasn't helped.
Usually, I have to disconnect the cable, then re-connect; I usually do this at the reader end, to save wear and tear on the computer port. Sometimes multiple attempts are necessary, but in the end, this procedure gets results better than anything else. I have tried a different cable, known to be good, with no improvement.
I have a little utility called Spindown HD, which shows what's attached, and in fact, the reader shows up as connected, but sleeping. So, perhaps this is a "wake-from-sleep" problem instead.
By the way, Addonics "support" was useless. Their site states that they offer no support on products over two years old. An email inquiry brought the response that they could do nothing to help. On service quality grounds alone, I have bought my last Addonics product.
Do others have problems with getting FW readers to respond? This is driving me crazy, and wearing out ports or connectors.

bad card reader, un-supported by Addonics (mfg)

List multiple firewire cards

I am developing a 10 camera system using multiple IEEE 1394 (firewire) cards ... How do i list the firewire cards connected and which camera is connected to which card ...? PLs reply..

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Does Lightroom 5 (CC) support tethering for a Nikon D1x with a Firewire Card on Windows 7?

Our company wants to use an older, but fully functional, Nikon D1x and tether it to a Windows 7 Workstation with Adobe CC and a FireWire card installed. Will Lightroom 5 recognize the camera and allow us to manage workflow in a tethered setup, complete with photo taking and instant importing?
Thank you,
Jim

Hi Hal,
Thanks for your response!
I noticed that this list only shows versions of Lightroom 3 and above. Would a D1x have found compatibility with an older version of Lightroom? If so, might this compatibility be carried forward?
In either case, what third-party applications might you suggest?
Thanks a lot,
Jim

Is Final Cut is killing my firewire cards?

I have had a Lacie 800 firewire card for about 10 months and just the other day, it went out on me as I tried to do some digitizing from my video camera. I hadn't used the camera for a few months but had used it numerous times before with no problem. But, after numerous attemps at switching PCI slots, still nothing.
Today I went and bought another card and when I first signed on with two external drives and my camera attached, it seemed to work fine. Then, about 45 minutes into digitizing my FCP froze and when I rebooted, no more fire wire card again.
Anyone else have this problem? I can't keep buying cards obviously at $80 a pop. There are no new changes in my computer so what could cause this?

Could also be a short in either the Firewire cable or one of the two ports.
During the several weeks/months that you did no Firewire transfers did you;
1. crimp 2. drop 3. immerse in liquid 4. use as a leash for your dog; your Firewire cable?
It may turn out that you are fortunate to only have lost $80 dollars... it could have been the machine that card is plugged into.

2 DV Cameras on same firewire card.

The computer I was using for our broadcast did not have any Firewire ports, so I added a 3 port Firewire card. When I have 2 DV cameras hooked up to it VC3 will only recognize one and the other will be black.
Would it be better practice to use separate Firewire cards for each camera? Does anyone else have any problems running multiple DV Camcorders through Firewire?

Thanks for the reply. Just a follow up, I added a second Firewire card and all is well. No problems using to DV Camcorders now.

Anyone capturing SD video using a firewire card successfully?

If so, can you please tell me what particular firewire card you have been using. I have just ordered a Belkin Firewire card (Texas instrumwents) on account of my existing firewire card not being able to capture. I have tried changing over to the Legacy driver - still does not work. My specs are:
Adobe PPro Cs 5.5
Windows 7 64 ultimate
12 gigs Ram
i7 930
gfx 470 graphics card.
If anybody else has been having this problem and resolved it, I would love to know. Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I have just tried with my old Pana NV- GS200 and it works fine. win 7 64 bit cs5.5. lenovo w701 lap top
Darren

Firewire Card for a 1.8 dual G5

hello all,
I think my fire wire port is dead, unable to see my camera, tried two different fire wire ports, with two different firewire cables. Unsure of what to do next, i need to get some footage from my camera, i tried resetting the pmu, nothing, even the NVRAM reset, nothing, only thing that shows up in the infomation abot the unit is the 800fw or atleast it states up to 800,
I want to purchase a firewire card, need help in the choice for my mac, tight budget too.
thanks in advance.

Hi, I see there are two G5 Dual 1.8 GHz, does yours have PCI or PCI-X?
If so, Power Mac G5 (with PCI or PCI-X slots only)...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/FW800A/

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looking for a firewire card that will work in my original G5 dual 2.0 ppc. i understand some chipsets are better than others, but not sure wich ones are good. Can anybody point me to a good card?

See what OWC has, Sonnet is usually safe and can cost more but reliable.
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