Sony - Firewire -> USB2

[thermite 0]

Hi guys,

I have a new PC at home which doesn't have firewire but has USB2 ports. I've tried using an expansion PCI firewire card but this tends to screw with my broadband however I try to configure it. Does anybody know if there is a solution to attach a PC-120 with USB2?

[dragon2 2]

Nope. You really need to use a PCI Firewire card. Which shouldn't mess up anything, usually they're real easy to install.

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[piisfish 140]

[SMARTASS ANSWER] get a Mac [/SMARTASS ANSWER]

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[mccordia 74]

A typical firewire card is around 15 euros here (+-20 dollar)

Plug it in, hook up the camera, start your editing software...no installation needed...

JC
FlyLikeBrick
I'm an Athlete?

[piisfish 140]

a typical Mac has minimum 2 Firewire and 2 USB plugs as a standard minimum

OK OK, the typical Mac is more than 15 euro over the typical PC price

Still cheaper than an An-2 though

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[DSE 5]

As Dragon said, there is no way to capture via USB; as a *general* rule the USB2 bus isn't fast enough on many computers.
The Firewire card shouldn't mess with your broadband card if it's at least one slot away. Plus, you can go into Control Panel and reset your resources. Is this a single proc or dual proc system? If it's single proc, you might set it to a resource share for the video card or the USB port, i you haev no other resources available. Firewire has it's own bus, so is usually quite easy to configure. Not always, however...
How is it that the Firewire card is messing with your broadband card?

[thermite 0]

Thanks for the tips, I'll have a play around with it.
For some reason, when I put this card in, my broadband modem just wont establish a connection. As soon as I take the F/W card out, it works fine.

[champu 1]

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The Firewire card shouldn't mess with your broadband card if it's at least one slot away... ...How is it that the Firewire card is messing with your broadband card?

Windows, a lot of times and for whatever reason, likes to treat 1394 controllers as network devices. My WAG is that in his particular configuration, when he installs the card, Windows is assigning it as his default connection to the internet. The solution probably lies somewhere in the network control panel, and might require some tinkering. I can't investigate any more specifically, however, as I don't have a Windows machine anymore.

[DSE 5]

That's a great point. I'd forgotten this.
If you go into the Control Panel/Network connections, you should see the 1394 card there. right click, and choose "Disable" it will disable it as a networking device.

[phoenixlpr 0]

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The Firewire card shouldn't mess with your broadband card if it's at least one slot away... ...How is it that the Firewire card is messing with your broadband card?

Windows, a lot of times and for whatever reason, likes to treat 1394 controllers as network devices. My WAG is that in his particular configuration, when he installs the card, Windows is assigning it as his default connection to the internet. The solution probably lies somewhere in the network control panel, and might require some tinkering. I can't investigate any more specifically, however, as I don't have a Windows machine anymore.

Because you can have networking protocols over IEEE1394, but only for XP. It should not be a problem for DV connection.