I’m going to shoot my iMac if i can’t capture.

[Mike Tomei]

What model iMac is it? It might just be that it has a firewire 800 port on it, and you just don’t have the correct cable.

Mike Tomei

[Tom Wolsky]

AFAIK there is no iMac nor has there ever been an iMac that did not have a FireWire port. The current iMacs have FW800 only I believe.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Iain Mackinnon]

Oh.My God. I’m a total spanner.
cheers.

Iain MacKinnon
Video Editor
Splash Productions Music Complex

http://www.splashproductionscomplex.com

I used to spend my time wondering, now it’s used up rendering

[Morris Davis]

Tom,

Actually the IMAC have one 400 & one 800 fire wire port.
I have my ADVC-55 capture device in the 800 and my raid drive in the 400.
(I didn’t have cables to go the other way)

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz

I save all of your posts, because you are the expert.
However, today The planets must be out of alignment for you to make an error.

What do you think about the super USB bus that is coming out?
It suppose to blow fire wire out the water!

[Tom Wolsky]

Current iMac

Connections and expansion
One FireWire 800 port; 7 watts
Four USB 2.0 ports
SD card slot

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Iain Mackinnon]

umm… yes, Tom, you’re absolutely right. got a new cable and working perfectly. cheers! 🙂

Iain MacKinnon
Video Editor
Splash Productions Music Complex

http://www.splashproductionscomplex.com

I used to spend my time wondering, now it’s used up rendering