There are known, well documented issues with firewire and the Sony DSR1500, do a search, Im actually pretty savy with settings, so…..I have a Keyspan USB to serial converter, I was going to try and use RS-422 to control the deck, and use firewire to send the video/audio….I didnt have a huge amount of time to set it up correctly today, but I was still having issues, will tackle it again tomorrow. I just read tonight here, doing a search on DSR 1500 issues, that someone else switched the firewire option card(which we have, it is an older model I believe), to another slot in the deck I think, and then someone else said they went out and bought a firewire PCI card and installed that and the problem was solved…..so maybe Im not so nuts…
Paul