Firewire card in PC (DV Master) - how capture directly...

[Speed Demon]

... from PC to Laptop?

Hi,

ok, I have the following problem:
My PC has a (wonderful ) DV card that converts analog video to DV. Now, unfortunately this card only runs with Windows 98, so the video files can't be larger than about 8 mins..
I had the idea to just connect the firewire output of the card with the firewire input of my laptop (which has XP) so I could capture it with e.g. Pinnacle Studio and the size of the video could be as big as I like it.

Unfortunately, recording the stream of the firewire output of my PC works with a DV camcorder (which has DV in), but it doesn't work with the laptop. It seems to be a incompatible signal.

Is there any way (maybe putting some converter between PC card and laptop) so that this would work?

I would be very glad if anybody could help... - thanks...

[bugster]

... from PC to Laptop?

Hi,

ok, I have the following problem:
My PC has a (wonderful ) DV card that converts analog video to DV. Now, unfortunately this card only runs with Windows 98, so the video files can't be larger than about 8 mins..

So why not capture with something that will spli your video into multiple files, each less than the 4G Fat32 limit. I bel9ieve you can do this with WinDV, which is free!

Once you have oyur files, you can copy them to whatever machine you like using ethernet, or even using firewire as a network transport. I know XP supports this, tho not sure about '98.

[Speed Demon]

Thanks, but problem is: The DV master card is very specific. The analog video is converted into digital video by a hardware Sony DV encoder chip that is on the card, so I don't think it would work with that software.

Do you have any other idea how to solve the problem above? Thx...

[guns1inger]

It's a small download, and will cost you all of about 10 minutes to find out.

[Speed Demon]

Yeah thanks, I'll try that tonight, but as I said I doubt it works... but I will try!

[Snakebyte1]

Firewire should be Firewire regardless, however, I suspect that the capture card and the laptop are not using the same Firewire chispet. I think it was mentioned the capture card uses a Sony chip and that might be the problem.

If you still want to use your capture card, you may be stuck with 2GB files, otherwise, you'll need to get a new card that runs under Win2000 or XP. That's the problem with unsupported legacy hardware.

I had a Matrox Rainbow RunnerG card that worked flawlessly me for me, but it would only run on Win98. Time comes when you just have to move on...

[Speed Demon]

Problem is, that Fast DV card is just wonderful.

I got it for 150 Euro. But original price when it was released was over 2800 Euros (!) (the included Sony encoder chip was worth 500 Euros alone), meaning the quality is perfect, including the sound quality, which is very important to me and I doubt a normal capture card has this quality nowadays, you know...

[Snakebyte1]

Well I do understand your desire to keep the card. I loath having to buy something new to replace something that works but is just no longer supported by the OS, and usually the new suff isn't as good as the old stuff.

You will likely have to make a decision: either replace the card or capture in 2GB chunks. I take it you have checked with the manufacturer regarding Win200/XP drivers. It sounds like its a fairly proprietary card.

[Speed Demon]

OK, I checked it, WinDV doesn't work with the card.

Yeah, that card might not be that popular in the USA. Here in Germany, it was the first and best card on the market (very popular).

I heard it works with XP, but unfortunately there is no original manufacturer software for XP available, so it might be difficult, too.

Hm, or does anybody know if I can maybe create a network connection between PC and laptop and then capture to the Harddisk of the laptop?

Or is there anything else I could do? Thanks...