Firewire problem

[Gordon B. Alley]

I have never been able to successfully capture DV to my external 7200 
RPM FireWire drive, nor export from an iMovie project stored on that 
drive.

Part of the problem is that some Canon DV  camcorders (like my ZR 40) 
will not import or export properly if the drive being used is on the 
same FireWire bus. This is documented in iMovie help. I haven't 
actually tried it with OS X 10.2.5 yet, but it was still a problem 
with 10.2.4. I believe it is actually a problem with the Canon 
FireWire implementation. Hopefully this is fixed in recent Canon 
models.

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:28:27 -0500, "Mark M. Florida" <markflo at mac.com> wrote:
>I mentioned this "problem" a while back and it was dismissed by many people
>who didn't have any problems working with video from a FireWire drive
>playing back through the camera...  Guess there are issues after all...
>
>One of the fixes I had suggested was to get a separate FireWire PCI card,
>which I guess will not work in your case on an iMac...
>
>Hmmm...
>
>Have you tried doing an "Export to tape" from iMovie?  That usually helps
>iMovie concentrate on getting the video out to FireWire.  Is there a setting
>to lower the quality of the preview in iMovie (for on-screen viewing on your
>computer).
>
>Need more details:
>
>Which version of iMovie?
>
>Mac OS 9 or X?
>
>Which iMac model?  (G3/G4 and speed?)
>
>How much RAM is installed?
>
>Do you need to view on a TV to edit?  If not, export the final edit to your
>internal HD as a DV stream, then re-import to iMovie for playback to your
>TV.
>
>- Mark
>
>>  Hi Gerhard,
>>
>>  The drive is 7200 RPM and is about half full. The project plays fine on the
>>  iMac screen. It is the output to TV (camera) that is clunky.
>>
>  > Bob

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