I currently have no firewire port to capture video, will this allow me to do so? Does this connect to a standard usb port on your computer?
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If you have no firewire port you will not be able to use this feature unless you purchase an adapter. Yes, this drive will connect to a standard USB port on your computer. The drive comes with one USB connector. The other,such as the firewire800 and 500, are sold separately.
1986706
The drive will work with a USB3.0 to USB2.0 cable. I didn't have a Firewire800 to USB2.0 cable, so I can't test that for you. These drives have all-metal casing and a very solid feel. I own two which are in my briefcase to store files (especially photo and video shoots) for which I don't have room on my laptop hard drive. I recommend.
1986707
Yes, it will work with both USB 2.0 and 3.0; only the latter can take advantage of higher transfer speeds which you might need to capture video.
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I bought this a long time ago and I believe I returned it because I had problems with it. It kept stopping when I tried to transfer video from a mini DV tape camcorder to my computer using adobe premier. I bought a Belkin firewire card instead and had no problems. I have no experience using a firewire card to capture video from cable.
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You'd have to check with Apple - I suppose there is a transcoding device or a different type of firewire cable you might not be familiar with. I'd check with the "genius" bar.
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Yes, it has FireWire. I use the camera with iMovie6 to convert videos to mpeg4 and other formats, or do it from the camera through iDVD
1892124
I transfer the video from tape to computer using a special cable which has a camera plug in on one and a 1394 p;ug on the computer end. ( Firewire cable )
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Working on my mac mini perfectly. USB3.0 and OSX Mavericks. I have not used the firewire port but I assume it will work well.
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Yes, if you wish to output analogue video from the camera to the device, have that convert to digital video, then have the computer capture that. Here's the thing... It's highly likely that your camera already has an i.LINK port. This device requires a firewire port on your computer. Firewire, by another name, is known as... i.LINK. If your camera has i.LINK, you can plug it straight into the firewire port on your computer without needing to convert your digital source to analogue (on the camera) then convert analogue to digital on the device. http://www.sony-asia.com/support/resources/en_AP/html/Usefulinfo/Transfer_video/MiniDV.html#bILINK Yes, if you wish to output analogue video from the camera to the device, have that convert to digital video, then have the computer capture that. Here's the thing... It's highly likely that your camera already has an i.LINK port. This device requires a firewire port on your computer. Firewire, by another name, is known as... i.LINK. If your camera has i.LINK, you can plug it straight into the firewire port on your computer without needing to convert your digital source to analogue (on the camera) then convert analogue to digital on the device.... » Read More Yes, if you wish to output analogue video from the camera to the device, have that convert to digital video, then have the computer capture that. Here's the thing... It's highly likely that your camera already has an i.LINK port. This device requires a firewire port on your computer. Firewire, by another name, is known as... i.LINK. If your camera has i.LINK, you can plug it straight into the firewire port on your computer without needing to convert your digital source to analogue (on the camera) then convert analogue to digital on the device. http://www.sony-asia.com/support/resources/en_AP/html/Usefulinfo/Transfer_video/MiniDV.html#bILINK « Show Less
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Unfortunately, This camera doesn't have a firewire port. I've never used it for this purpose but I'm sure it could be done through usb. Have you checked the manual?
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Hi, You transfer the footage over to your computer using a firewire cable. If you have any other questions please let us know.
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Yes it is, with iMovie 11. The camera allows you to record in two modes, iFrame and 1080/60 AVCHD. iMovie will only accept recordings in iFrame. You don't need a firewire cable but just the USB cable that comes with the video camera. To get around recording in AVCHD, I have Adobe Premier Elements for Mac, which I prefer over iMovie. Transfers 1080/60 AVCHD recordings without any problems.
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You will need a firewire to USB connection cable and a video editing software like Premiere, Windows Movie Maker, etc to use to capture your video. Then you will need a DVD burning software like Windows media player, Nero or other to physically take the finished video file and burn it into a DVD format for playback.
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i hooked up a standard usb pc webcam into the usb port and could not get it to work with skype or see the video input from the camera anywhere else in any of the menus.there may be a solution but, that is as far as i went with it...the skype menu reported that no webcam was found, you can purchase a skype compatible webcam blah blah blah
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You need a firewire to go from the camera to the computer and the computer needs to have the correct plugin to use the firewire. Most computers do not have this capability (plugin port). Our son had added it to our computer and provided me with the necessary program (Nero 8) to copy videos. No software for this video camera have to do it the long way. You can consult like Best Buy's GEEK Squad or someone with that knowledge, we just happen to have a computer guy in the family. Be very careful the PINS on the plug-in on the camera BEND VERY easy and then you cannot do anything!! Hope this helps.:) You need a firewire to go from the camera to the computer and the computer needs to have the correct plugin to use the firewire. Most computers do not have this capability (plugin port). Our son had added it to our computer and provided me with the necessary program (Nero 8) to copy videos. No software for this video camera have to do it the long way. You can consult like Best Buy's GEEK Squad or someone with that knowledge, we just happen to have a computer guy in the family. Be very careful the PINS on the plug-in on the camera BEND VERY easy and then you cannot do anything!! Hope this... » Read More You need a firewire to go from the camera to the computer and the computer needs to have the correct plugin to use the firewire. Most computers do not have this capability (plugin port). Our son had added it to our computer and provided me with the necessary program (Nero 8) to copy videos. No software for this video camera have to do it the long way. You can consult like Best Buy's GEEK Squad or someone with that knowledge, we just happen to have a computer guy in the family. Be very careful the PINS on the plug-in on the camera BEND VERY easy and then you cannot do anything!! Hope this helps.:) « Show Less
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Interesting idea. Unfortunately, I have no firewire accessories other than hard drives to use, so I really can't help.Sorry
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I know it works great on Win7 also. FireWire was part of many XP systems back in the day. so the drivers do exist. Most likely once installed, XP will find the driver. If not, do a windows update and see if one is found then. A few Google searches might find a generic driver out there somewhere too. But yes, it works great with video cameras that have the FireWire interface. Though a single core 32bit XP system will hardly handle the live streaming digital video from the camera. I wasn't too impressed with mine at the time.
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No it doesn't. It connects to a PC through firewire. The PC also has to have software that can connect to the camera to download the videos.
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Whatever the older port is (which I think is firewire - the newer is USB, right) well, I gave up trying to adapt it to my new laptop and don't use it for my youtube postings anymore.