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ok, ive got a new canon zr70 dv camera and i want to play/edit the video on my pc.

my pc is windows 'me'
i am aware i will need a firewire cable (IEEE1394 DV)
what sort of program will i need in order to get the video onto my pc?
i only really want to edit the video, but, could i burn any of this edited video to a cdr?
& yes i know Macs are the way to go in this dept.
thankyou.

― hamilton gault, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't help but your thread looked lonely.

― Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

You have a firewire card in your PC right? I'm not too familiar with PC video stuff but I assume Adobe Premiere will have what you need.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

thankyou slutsky.

― hamilton gault, Wednesday, 6 August 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, you'll need a FireWire card (try to get something with a reliable brand - the cheapo generics aren't worth the fuss). Oftentimes they come with some small-time capture software, but Premiere 6 is basically the PC equivalent of the Mac's Final Cut Pro. They have some slight differences, but more or less they are equal.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 7 August 2003 06:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and you probably will already have one either with the card or the camera, but you want a 4-pin (camera plug, smaller and slightly bent in on one side) to 6-pin (larger, looks similar to USB, but with a clipped corner) FireWire cable.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 7 August 2003 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Is Premiere 6 really that good?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 7 August 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

I have been given an old iPod, and it needs a firewire card. Rather than trying to shoehorn one into my overstuffed and ageing PC, is there such a thing as a firewire to USB adaptor?

― S-, Thursday, 3 January 2008 07:00 (eighteen years ago)

no. how old is pc?

― electricsound, Thursday, 3 January 2008 07:14 (eighteen years ago)

Damn.

six to eight years old.

― S-, Thursday, 3 January 2008 07:30 (eighteen years ago)

i am pretty sure those adaptors exist.

― stevienixed, Thursday, 3 January 2008 08:46 (eighteen years ago)

nah, not really -- not in a form that doesn't involve sticking another card in the back of the PC.

― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 3 January 2008 10:21 (eighteen years ago)

just buy a usb-to-ipod cable instead. it'll fit into the ipod. i have an old one and had to switch over recently and it worked fine.

― jergïns, Thursday, 3 January 2008 17:29 (eighteen years ago)

Depending on the age of the iPod, that may not work.

― libcrypt, Thursday, 3 January 2008 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61688

which

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 3 January 2008 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

if his PC's that old it may not even have a USB port..

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 3 January 2008 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

2000?

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 3 January 2008 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

rong

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 3 January 2008 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.woot.com/Images/Sale/Compaq_7_Port_USB-2fFirewire_Hub_w-2f_AC_AdapterVWD-detail.jpg

― jhøshea, Thursday, 3 January 2008 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

That doesn't convert between USB and FW.

― libcrypt, Thursday, 3 January 2008 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, the iPod is (I'm pretty sure...) third generation, circa 2003. It's the one with the four buttons above the touch-sensitive wheel. It has a long 'dock' connection at the bottom.

PC is from 2000/2001 IIRC, and it has several USB ports.

― S-, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:04 (eighteen years ago)

So I have to get this bitch?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PCI-Controller-Card-with-4-Port-Firewire-IEEE-1394-PC_W0QQitemZ260198520046QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3666QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― S-, Friday, 4 January 2008 00:58 (eighteen years ago)

No, you just need a usb to ipod cable like was mentioned before.

― svend, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:08 (eighteen years ago)

seriously i have second gen with the red lightup buttons and using a usb to ipod cable worked fine for me when my firewire died a few weeks ago. buy the cable and return it if it doesn't work?

haha yes exactly xpost

― jergïns, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-Charge-Cable-For-iPod-Touch-Classic-Nano-iPhone_W0QQitemZ350010306505QQihZ022QQcategoryZ56172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― svend, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:10 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, I'll give one of those a go. I believe the dude who gave it to me said he tried with a USB cable once and it would only charge, not sync.

― S-, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

It is one of these:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Ipod_backlight_transparent.png/357px-Ipod_backlight_transparent.png
However mine wil not contain RHCP ever.

― S-, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

mine's the same one and the new cable worked but i'm repeating myself and ymmv

― jergïns, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, I will get this:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/USB-DATA-CABLE-for-Apple-iPod-Video-Nano-classic-touch_W0QQitemZ140191657859QQihZ004QQcategoryZ79877QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

One more question, the model is not listed there specifically, are all iPod 'dock' connections the same?

― S-, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

It worked but when connected to USB the battery runs down in about 10 minutes wtf?

― S-, Monday, 14 January 2008 05:18 (eighteen years ago)

it's a bizarro cable

― electricsound, Monday, 14 January 2008 05:25 (eighteen years ago)

Don't you know anyone with a cable you could borrow?

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 14 January 2008 05:58 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I tried with a couple of different cables...

― S-, Monday, 14 January 2008 06:02 (eighteen years ago)

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