[geeks] digicam envy

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:46:46AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:00:34AM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > Firewire, it seems, isn't see good if you have more than 1 device on
> > it.  Even though firewire seems like it should be more than fast
> > enough, you can't copy video from a firewire camera to a firewire
> > harddrive via a computer reliably.  
> 
> You cant?  Then what the fuck have I been doing for the past six months?
> 
> I've got about two hours of clips so far (about 10 CDs worth of Quicktime;
> at one point about 40G worth of DV-quality captures on HD)... 
> 
> Maybe not reliably with a *PC*.  My Mac handles it JUST FINE.

It was on a mac that I was using it.  And it's not just me.  Apple
officially recommends not using firewire harddrives when capturing
firewire video.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd