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Firewire? mommio2 06-22-2008
| `--> Re: Firewire? Bill Forintos06-23-2008
|--> Re: Firewire? Dave Martindale06-23-2008
---> Re: Firewire? Barry Watzman06-24-2008
Posted by mommio2 on June 22, 2008, 11:29 pm
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 I am getting ready to buy a laptop to be used in an animation class I will
be taking. I found one that seems to have everything I want, but it has no
firewire port. I will definitely be using it for video editing. Do I
really need a firewire port? Can't most camcorders be connected via USB
now? Thanks!



Posted by M.I.5¾ on June 23, 2008, 3:40 am
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>I am getting ready to buy a laptop to be used in an animation class I will
>be taking. I found one that seems to have everything I want, but it has no
>firewire port. I will definitely be using it for video editing. Do I
>really need a firewire port? Can't most camcorders be connected via USB
>now? Thanks!

Depends on the camcorder. If you are using a hard disc, DVD or flash card
camcorder, then: yes they have USB ports. However, if you decide to use a
tape based camcorder (Mini-DV) then they have a firewire port.

If you need a firewire port, you can always add one. Firewire cards are
readily available in both Cardbus and Express card flavours.

Research your options carefully, because the different formats have varying
flexibility when editing (especially if you go down the high definition
route where enormous computing resources can be required).



Posted by Bill Forintos on June 23, 2008, 6:01 pm
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> Depends on the camcorder. If you are using a hard disc, DVD or flash
> card camcorder, then: yes they have USB ports. However, if you decide
> to use a tape based camcorder (Mini-DV) then they have a firewire
> port.
>
> If you need a firewire port, you can always add one. Firewire cards
> are readily available in both Cardbus and Express card flavours.
>
> Research your options carefully, because the different formats have
> varying flexibility when editing (especially if you go down the high
> definition route where enormous computing resources can be required).

That kinda' ties in with the USB2 / Firewire question because the latter
requires far less CPU resources from the laptop than USB. That fact tips
the vote even more for Firewire, especially the newer Firewire 800
standard, if the video equipment supports it.

BF


Posted by Dave Martindale on June 23, 2008, 4:05 pm
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>I am getting ready to buy a laptop to be used in an animation class I will
>be taking. I found one that seems to have everything I want, but it has no
>firewire port. I will definitely be using it for video editing. Do I
>really need a firewire port? Can't most camcorders be connected via USB
>now? Thanks!

Camcorders that can be connected via USB may only provide access to the
flash card, not streaming video data from the tape. Or there may be a
special driver that lets you receive video via USB2 - but your favourite
editor may not support it. A Firewire connection is the standard for
connecting to DV cameras, and is likely to work with essentially all
cameras and editing software.

If the laptop has either a PC Card or Express Card slot, you can buy a
plugin Firewire interface.

        Dave

Posted by Barry Watzman on June 24, 2008, 1:59 am
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You ***Probably*** need Firewire. If the laptop has a PC Card slot, a
PC Card Firewire port can be easily added. However most new laptops no
longer have PC Card slots (they have Express Card slots instead).


mommio2 wrote:
> I am getting ready to buy a laptop to be used in an animation class I will
> be taking. I found one that seems to have everything I want, but it has no
> firewire port. I will definitely be using it for video editing. Do I
> really need a firewire port? Can't most camcorders be connected via USB
> now? Thanks!
>
>
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