mojo help

[bilgami]

i get two answers every time i ask it. im always asking does the cam/play deck go into the mojo and then to the firewire card or do i connect the cam direct to one firewire card and the mojo by itself to a seperate firewire card (with no deck or cam connected)

[DC]

The Mojo will connect to an authorized Firewire port (IEEE-1394a is all that it requires to do what it needs to do). However, I have had good luck configuring my own (unauthorized) PC setup with great results! Once you connect your Mojo to your computer via one Firewire cable, the camera/deck will then connect to your Mojo. So, from that point on, the Mojo box acts as the hub for your camera's/deck's IN's and OUT's.

If possible, I'd recommend connecting the Mojo to the Firewire port that is on the motherboard as oppossed to a card. I'd also recommend getting a screaming Firewire card (IEEE-1394b) strictly for your hard drive storage to ensure maximum data transfer rates. The Mojo has nothing to do really with the hard drive(s) - that is strictly between your computer and OS. And remember, the Mojo MUST EXCLUSIVELY use the Firewire bus that you choose.

Hope that clears some things up. Mojo is actually a slick design that is powerful yet simple to use and connect. Well worth getting one if you have Avid Xpress Pro!

-DC-

[DC]

You wrote:

"i have my xpress pro mojo on order. thanx for your help but what u mean by what u said (Firewire port that is on the motherboard as oppossed to a card.) when i bought the mojo i asked if i needed another firewire card and the sales guy said buy the pyro ads so i did but how is that differ from the statment u made (Firewire port that is on the motherboard as oppossed to a card.) maybe its just me not
understanding something."

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Sure, my recommendation to you is to use the Firwire400 port (IEEE-1394a) that is probably already built into your motherboard rather than buying two Firewire cards. *The reason being is that you can take advantage of the Firewire400 bus that (generally) comes hard mounted to your PC motherboard. *Mojo only requires Firewire400. *

Then go buy a Firewire800 PCI card (IEEE-1394b) with Firewire800 hard drives. *That way you buy only one Firewire card to maximize your system and everything sort of balances out. *Check the specs on your Pyro hardware, you may have everything that you need.

Does that make sense to you? *Let me know if not and I'll try to clarify. *And anybody else reading feel free to jump in.

-DC-

[DC]

You wrote:

"im not sure if my motherboard already had a fire wire port built into it."

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Well, you should find out. I recommend not running Xpress Pro with Mojo on anything less than the latest Pentium 4 (3gHz or better). Not sure about the Mac side of things.

If you don't have a Firewire port on your motherboard, then you would have to buy two Firewire cards. I'm assuming for your PCI slots in a towered PC.

-DC-

[DC]

You wrote:

"i do have a pentium 4 with 2 gigs of memory and 260 of hard drive space."
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Sounds like you're all set then.

-DC-