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Firewire Card Questions
by Dave Petteruto (dpetto) on Jun 23, 2008 at 2:27:55 pm

Hello Everyone,
I am going to be replacing the firewire card on my computer & I have a few questions (I use Vegas 7). I use the firewire for video capture & for external monitor viewing. What data transfer rate should I get? Would the firewire card make a difference in the performance (choppy/jumpy display) of how my video looks on an external monitor? I go through a Canopus ADVC110 into a HDTV. Any suggestions on what brand/model to get (PC running XP). Is installation pretty much plug & play with XP?
Have a great day/week.

Thanks
Dave P.

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Re: Firewire Card Questions
by John Rofrano on Jun 23, 2008 at 3:05:20 pm

I believe the Canopus ADVC110 only supports FW400 (not FW800) so any old FW400 card should do. Some say to get a card with the Texas Instruments (TI) chipset as they are a bit better than others but I've used expensive FW cards and cheap FW cards and haven't found any difference. The speed of the card will not affect playback. Any choppiness will be from your computer CPU not being able to feed the stream fast enough and not because of bandwidth on the FW interface.

It should be pointed out that the Canopus ADVC110 only outputs DV over firewire so connecting it to an HDTV will not give you HD output (if that is what you were trying to do)

~jr

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