Analogue capture possible through Firewire?

[devdeep]

Is it possible to capture analogue via a Firewire card please?

[LOWTECH]

I do it through my camcorder anologue in & out and then into my firewire card....

There may a anologue converter which has a firewire cable output...

[redwudz]

No, it's a digital input.

You can, of course, convert analog to digital with a exterior box or a camcorder with passthrough and feed that into a Firewire DV input.

[devdeep]

I do it through my camcorder anologue in & out and then into my firewire card....

There may a anologue converter which has a firewire cable output...

I have a Sony 95E Hi8 recorder which only has analogue out - so I guess in & out will not work. Will look for an analogue to Firewire converter if there is one.

[paicolman]

You can also capture via USB (2.0), there are some analog capture cables, which are not expensive. I don't know how it is with quality, though...

[SatStorm]

I don't like the USB solution overall. But that has nothing to do with USB itself, it has to do with the offering solutions that use the USB connection.


@devdeep: There are 2 ways to do this: Through a digital videocamera than has a video in and DV out or (a far better way) using special - for this task - devices, like Canopus 100/50/55 or Datavideo

Overall DV is great for NTSC and excellent for PAL

[ebenton]

Pinnacle makes a device called a Moviebox that can be purchased with either a USB or firewire output. You can input analog to it.
Tiger Direct sells refurbished ones for $99. Otherwise, I think they're around $150-$200, depending upon who sells them.