Firewire device to computer with no Firewire

[dbuser2]

I have recieved a Zotac Ion PC (complete with 750G HD, 4g memory and wireless card) from a friend for next to nothing. Loaded Windows 7. I have a Canopus 110 I use on a Linux box for converting my VHS Tapes. I wanted to see if the Zotac can be used to record video from my TV via Canopus 110. Problem. Canopus 110 has firewire and no firewire on the PC. It does have an esata connection. So I shouldn't lose speed if that is an option. About the only thing I see on the internet for esata/firewire relates to external hard drives. What is the best way to accomplish recording/playing TV with the two devices?

[netmask56]

Any reason why you can't install a firewire card in the computer -you can pick them up for about au$20 for a 3 port

[MJA]

eSATA or USB to Firewire cable if u can find any

netmask56

The Zotac doesn't have any space for any cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173005

[dbuser2]

To my understanding the USB/Firewire cables are for firewire on computer side to usb devices but not the other way around. I was wondering about some kind of esata computer side to firewire. I'm having trouble trying to find some kind of external controller from the esata to the firewire. Any search I do seems to come up an external HD with a firewire input for external devices. I'm surprised there isn't a converter of some sort. But then again there may not be much of a market for a device seeing most firewire is for video apps.

[edDV]

No the Firewire to USB converters did not work. I've never heard of a eSATA to firewire converter. eSATA is a disk controller.

You can capture DV to a separate machine then transfer the file.

[edDV]

I'm surprised there isn't a converter of some sort. But then again there may not be much of a market for a device seeing most firewire is for video apps.

Such a box would be complex. Firewire is a communications port (also has disk controller and networking modes). eSATA is a disk controller with no communications support. You would have to build a box that made a Canopus ADVC box emulate a disk drive. How would that work?

Windows DirectShow DV support actually includes support for DV over USB2 but only a few companies implemented it. Panasonic made a consumer line of camcorders that allowed a DV transfer over USB2 when a proprietary Panasonic driver was used. The capture would go to a DV-AVI file that could then be imported to DV editors. I'm not sure if any of these Panasonic camcorders had analog pass through capability.

[Verify]

You might be able to use two adapters in series (1. Firewire to IDE followed by 2. IDE to USB):

1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812240008&cm_re=firewire_adapter...-008-_-Product $20
2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156015&cm_re=ide_drive_to_usb...-015-_-Product $15

(Total: $35 + tax and shipping.) Have never tried this - has anyone else?

[MJA]

case is too small. can't add anything

[edDV]

This is the first I've ever heard of an EIDE to Firewire converter.

[Verify]

MJA: case is too small. can't add anything

They don't have to go in the case

[Noahtuck]

Verify's post just made me think of something.

Has anyone ever tried hooking up an external HDD to 2 PC's at the same time ?

I have a couple that have both firewire and USB connections on them.
Run the USB into one PC and the firewire into the other PC.

And if they have an adapter like that,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812240008&cm_re=firewire_adapter...-008-_-Product

I don't see why it would be that complicated to make a small box that you could go from firewire to USB2.0 or 3.0.....
Now i am kind of suprised they don't make such a thing.

[edDV]

I went through all the user reviews at Newegg and all were using this as a disk controller. None are using it to feed DV video or in networking mode.