[MacDV] FW Problems - iM to DV Camera

[Karl Seilo]

Hi,

I've seen this problem addressed in earlier posts, but I'm still having 
problems playing through from iMovie to either my Canon ZR or my 
Panasonic DV953 to a TV while I'm editing.  I've shut down> unplugged 
all FW cables > re-plugged > restarted several times.  Tried (3) 
different FW cables and what I get on play through is a "vibrating" 
picture from side to side with momentary flickers of the video image 
every couple of seconds on the camcorder monitor and the TV.  However, 
the same connection will let me import video into iMovie with no 
problems.

I've upgraded to Panther OSX 3.6.2 with a G4 Sawtooth Mac, double 500 
Mhz processor, 1.2 Gig Ram, using a 100 Gig external HD (Maxtor) with 
90 Gig of room to spare.  The FW cable is plugged in to the G4 FW port 
and the external HD is plugged into a separate FW card.

I've even downloaded Firmware Oxford chip updater from Apple and tried 
upgrading but I can't get the updater .jar app to recognize my FW 
ports.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

KS