Recent content by billyocean84

I've been reading on various threads that you can blow your firewire(DV) port if you hot swap the firewire cable or plug it in while the computer and/or camera is on. My situation: When I try to capture my firewire is being recognized by the computer and it will even play for a while in the...

I am capturing footage from my DVX100B to Final Cut Pro on my Mac Book Pro, since I don't own a deck. I purchased a bilingual cable that goes from DV to Firewire 800. When I open Final Cut Pro, it tells me my firewire input is missing. So when I go to Refresh A/V Devices under the View tab, it...