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Firewire problems
Today, I had this strange experience. I’m teaching 24 journalist-students in the use of FCP. They all have a MacBook Pro 15″, 2gb ram, OS10.4.7 and FCP 5.1.1 and a LaCie 250gb HD with triple interface.
And today they schould log and capture with the Sony HVR-A1, connected with a firewire800-firewire400 (4pin) to the harddisk and then connected to the MacBook with a firewire400. But then a student had problems to get a communication with the camera and it seemed that when the camera was connected it slowed everything down, spinning ball and so on. I then tried to use other cables, a second camera, but same shit. The same on another computer with the same HD and cameras, no luck. Then upgrade to 10.4.8 and FCP 5.1.2, still no luck. And the sad thing, now both the cameras are dead on the firewire-connection….
I have a thought, is it the firewire800-firewire400 (4pin) cable doing all the trouble ?? Any suggestions ???Svenne Friis
DenmarkSvenne Friis
Postproducer, Editor, Teacher
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1 Reply
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Hi Svenne,
I recommend you repost this to the Final Cut Pro forum as it does not relate in any way to products from Blackmagic Design and you’re more likely to obtain the answers you need from the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
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