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Posted by grid on January 21, 2008 at 1:51pm
Hello! I've got two basic questions: 1) I need to capture material from mini DV to my LaCie drive working with Avid. I've currently got an old PowerBook G4. It seems as if I have to capture from the tape to my system drive then transfer the media to my external LaCie drive. Is there another way? I was told to buy a PCI express card. Is this the answer and if so, what kind? Or is there another connection I can find? 2) If I buy a newer MacBook Pro (15") can I capture video from a deck (firewire) to my external drive or do I need to buy a PCI card? Thank you! Grid

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    • Synthetik > Synthetik January 21, 2008 at 2:51pm
      Just so i (and others) understand, the reason why you don't want to use the existing internal FW 800 port on the powerbook pro is because the system drive is on that same bus internally? Is this really an HD issue or is it true even for older DV firewire camcorders?
  • grid January 21, 2008 at 2:36pm
    Hi Ben,
    Thanks for the very thorough reply! So I guess I'll buy a PCI Express card which has two firewire ports. Does each port have 400 or 800? I don't mean to be a luddite, but I suppose you would think that since I use Avid I am (hee hee) - and well you're right --- I just assume buy a flatbed and a splicer!
    Anyway - Does this card just externally plug into my firewire port on the computer? Does it then allow me to plug in both the LaCie drive and my playback device? And will this work on my PowerBook G4? I'll try webbietech as per your suggestion, or can you recommend a store here in San Francisco. Thank you!
    Grid.
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