Can a DV camera and a external hard drive use a firewire card at the
same time?

Regards Brian

Brian <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can a DV camera and a external hard
> drive use a firewire card at the same time?

Yes

The short answer is yes, but some have reported that capturing DV to a
HD *on the same 1394 cable/port* resulted in dropped frames ... and
some have also reported that simply moving either the HD or DV cam to
a different 1394 port (some cards have more than one 1394 port) cured
the problem.

FireWire = 1394 = iLINK

"Brian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can a DV camera and a external hard drive use a firewire card at the
> same time?
>
> Regards Brian

"Markeau" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The short answer is yes, but some have reported that capturing DV to a
> HD *on the same 1394 cable/port* resulted in dropped frames ... and

This is apparently a chipset/driver related problem, which manifests in
certain 1394 chipsets.

JL

Believe iLink is a subset protocol standard of IEEE 1394, SBP-2. And, was
developed by Sony. So saying one equals the other is a bit inaccurate.
Hardware-wise are identical.
Dave
"Markeau" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The short answer is yes, but some have reported that capturing DV to a
> HD *on the same 1394 cable/port* resulted in dropped frames ... and
> some have also reported that simply moving either the HD or DV cam to
> a different 1394 port (some cards have more than one 1394 port) cured
> the problem.
>
> FireWire = 1394 = iLINK
>
> "Brian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)
> > Can a DV camera and a external hard drive use a firewire card at the
> > same time?
> >
> > Regards Brian
>