what is a good PCI Firewire card brand/type for a new JVC di

[joeAgain------]

I recently purchased a JVC GR-D295US Mini-DV Digital Video Camcorder on-line(and should get delivery in about 10 days, or less)

I understand that I need a Firewire card and cable to download the digital video from my camcorder to my PC in order to edit/author for DVD burning.

Does Anyone know what is a good PCI Firewire card for doing this?
[I know nothing about digital video, but used to be relatively experienced with VHS camcorder video capturing to my PC].

Can anyone help me in this hardware IEEE 1394 card/cable purchase and transfer (PC video capture?) process, PLEASE?? (want to buy it and be ready to go before my camcorder gets here)

I would appreciate Everyones more knowledgable(than mine) help on this.

thanks,
jA-

(PS--the below Dazzle "signature is old, and I've removed it) Now I'm going digital

[EGrier]

Hello Joe,
Your best bet is to get a firewire card that has a Texas Instrument chipset on it. That seems to be the one that will work for JVC camcorders. I also have a JVC camcorder and that is what I bought. No problems thus far. Look at the JVC forums on www.camcorderinfo.com. They have some interesting reading material in regards to JVC and firewire. Reading a sticky on the forums from camcorderinfo, the following cards have TI chipsets:

ADS Tech - PYRO PCI 64 (CircuitCity/USA)
Belkin F5U503 (USA/WalMart, CompUSA)
Dazzle DVClip (USA/CircuitCity)
Pinnacle DVClip (USA)
Pinnacle's DV/AV (USA/Costco)
RetailPlus+ (Canada/WalMart)
Studio 9 AV/DV (USA)
The following card is listed last as it comes with either a TI or Agere chipset, so you have to open the box first to ensure it's a TI chip on the card:
Adaptec FireConnect 4300 (TI chip, some have Agere chip) (USA)


Good luck,
Ethan

[joeAgain------]

Hi EGrier,

Is JVC really THAT picky?
(this is getting way more complicated than I'd thought)

Where on that site do they discuss JVC and firewire card brands, please?

[EGrier]

Here are a couple of stickies that are on the subject:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t111245.html
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t106499.html


This issue is not just restricted to JVC from my understanding though. Some people have no probs at all some do though just to let you know. I bought a card that had a VIA chipset on it and didn't have any problems at all with capturing, at first. I don't know what happened, but when I wanted to capture some video from my camcorder at a later time, it didn't work. I could control the camera with no problems at all, just couldn't capture. So, I searched and looked all over the net for solutions and came across those particular threads. To make a long story short, I purchased a TI card and updated my DirectX and that solved the problem. But, to see other people's testimonies on the issue, I think that it would be a wise decision to get a TI card. I never did reinstall the VIA card to see if it would work. I didn't want to mess with something that was working.