What would be the best way to capture.

[ingeborgdot]

I have an older ADVC50 from Canopus. I am capturing from a Sony HDR-FX7 with mini DV. I use firewire to capture. Do you think the Canopus would still be fine or would it be better to just capture directly from the motherboard firewire port?

[usually_quiet]

The ADVC50's firewire port is just a pass-through provided for the sake of convenience. Since there is no processing, capture using the ADVC50's firewire port offers no advantages or disadvantages over using a direct connection to the motherboard's firewire port. Either will give you a bit-for-bit digital copy of the recording.

[ingeborgdot]

That's what I thought but someone was trying to tell me otherwise. Thanks.