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Old October 7th, 2013, 01:44 PM   #1
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Ingest via HDMI if firewire not available?

Was looking into new computer and of course have trouble finding one with Firewire. I shoot on Sony HDV tape and wondered if HDMI is another option for capturing from camera to computer. I see just about all computers now have HDMI so that would certainly open the door to many options. I shoot with a pair of FX1000's but then capture/ingest with a small Canon HD camcorder. All been working fine, just would like to upgrade computer to more ram and bigger hard drive.

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Old October 7th, 2013, 02:19 PM   #2
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Re: Ingest via HDMI if firewire not available?

On my laptop, anyway, the HDMI is output only and my software (Premiere Pro) doesn't support HDMI input even if it did. YMMV.
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Old October 7th, 2013, 02:40 PM   #3
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Re: Ingest via HDMI if firewire not available?

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Was looking into new computer and of course have trouble finding one with Firewire. I shoot on Sony HDV tape and wondered if HDMI is another option for capturing from camera to computer. I see just about all computers now have HDMI so that would certainly open the door to many options. I shoot with a pair of FX1000's but then capture/ingest with a small Canon HD camcorder. All been working fine, just would like to upgrade computer to more ram and bigger hard drive.

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You'll need to get a HDMI capture device. BlackMagic makes one that will capture HDMI via USB3.
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Old October 7th, 2013, 05:09 PM   #4
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Re: Ingest via HDMI if firewire not available?

As long as your system isn't Windows 8, you can still get PCI-E Firewire cards.

If it's a Laptop, if you still have Expresscard and you're not on Windows 8, you can still buy Expresscard Firewire cards as well.

The reason why you need to avoid Windows 8 is because Firewire support ends in Windows 8.
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