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Capturing Digital Video
I am completely ignorant of technical stuff - so can anyone help me by telling me simply what I have to do to be able to caputre my digital video footage? I have spent hours today downloading software and trying and failing - now I relaise that I probably need a 'firewire card'. I am assuming there isn't one already in my machine (Dimension 2400)? Any recommendations and advice would be appreciated!
Thanks
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Posted August 22nd, 2005 16:00
You can get a firewire card at compUSA, www.newegg.com, best buy etc. Look at the websites or their ads for the best price. The card goes into an empty pci slot on your computer's motherboard so you will need to open your computer(your owner's maual should be helpful here) to check that there is an empty slot. After intalling the card you will have a firewire port on the back of your computer. Your camera probably came with the cable to connect it to the firewire port.
Ken352
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 03:00
I got a 3 port firewire card atWalmart for my Sony Digital 8 format camcorder....for 15 bux I can't complain.
Dimension 4400
2.8 Intel Pentium 4 400 mhz FSB Northwood (Up from 1.7 original Prescott)
1 Ghz PC2100 266mhz RAM
Hitachi Deskstar 160 GB Master HDD
Western Digital Caviar 80 GB Slave HDD
Seagate Barracuda 20GB in Bytecc Firewire External Enclosure
Chaintech Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
Creative Soundblaster LIVE 24Bit Audio
Creative I-Trigue 3400 2.1 Speakers
3 Port IEEE 1394 Fire Wire Card
HP 640i DVD/CD/RW Lightscribe
Sony DRU720 DVD/CD/RW
PC Power & Cooling Dell Deluxe 425 watt PSU
...NOPE Nothing wrong here...352
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Posted August 23rd, 2005 12:00
It would only be there if you ordered the optional sound blaster audigy card when you purchased your computer(I'm not sure if that was even an option on your model).
Ken
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Posted August 22nd, 2005 16:00