FireWire Video Feeds

I have the MacBook Pro with two firewire ports, the 400 and 800. Is there any way to use both ports at the same time with video feeds? I am needing to use one with Quicktime Broadcaster and the other with a Sony Camcorder. So far, the programs that i need to use them will only recognize one at a time. Is this a software issue? I am looking to record the HDV feed in its native form from one firewire feed, and the other feed is used from a dv converter for Quicktime broadcaster. Thanks for any help.

Nevermind I actually got it to work.
Thanks!

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