DV Capture Card for use wth XH-A1 at DVinfo.net

John Rappa · April 18th, 2010, 08:22 AM

I have begun capturing Video with a Canon XH-A1. Now, I would like to transfer the footage to a PC for editing. (No,I don’t have an Apple). I bought an HP desktop and found out that it doesn’t have firewire support. I’m trying to locate a PCIe card and the only one that I can find is the “Firewire 2-PORT Pcie Card Dv” by SIIG.
Does anyone have experience with this card?
Does anyone have other suggestions?

Mikel Arturo · April 18th, 2010, 09:33 AM

You can try this one:
API-316

You have to ckeck that it is OHCI-Compliant.
Texas instruments chips are good.
VIA also are good.

And you can check if your motherboard has standard PCI. There are a lot of cheap PCI cards.
Conceptronic.net

And, this web site has a lot of stuff
http://www.pyroav.com/

Bill Engeler · April 18th, 2010, 09:36 AM

It seems a little expensive, maybe because it has some editing software bundled with it. Firewire cards are pretty much a commodity item these days, so I'd go for something cheaper, like this:
Newegg.com - Open Box: SYBA PCI-Express 1394a FireWire 4 ports Controller Card Model SD-PEX-NEC4F

I don't know what OS you are using, but check to make sure it is compatible.

John Rappa · April 18th, 2010, 09:45 AM

Mikel, No PCI slot, I bought the desktop based on the 8GB of Ram and can be expanded to 16GB, never thought that it didn't have Firewire support. I think its the only HP desktop without (Model HP Pavilion 6240f). Thanks.

Bill. Windows 7 64Bit. Thanks for the link. On a related topic, I read somewhere that not all firewire cards are created equal and that some support DV better than others (onboard memory or something). I can't find that post, but I appreciate the alternative.

April 18th, 2010, 08:22 AM	#1
John Rappa New Boot Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 21	DV Capture Card for use wth XH-A1 I have begun capturing Video with a Canon XH-A1. Now, I would like to transfer the footage to a PC for editing. (No,I don’t have an Apple). I bought an HP desktop and found out that it doesn’t have firewire support. I’m trying to locate a PCIe card and the only one that I can find is the “Firewire 2-PORT Pcie Card Dv” by SIIG. Does anyone have experience with this card? Does anyone have other suggestions?

April 18th, 2010, 09:33 AM	#2
Mikel Arturo Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 93	You can try this one: API-316 You have to ckeck that it is OHCI-Compliant. Texas instruments chips are good. VIA also are good. And you can check if your motherboard has standard PCI. There are a lot of cheap PCI cards. Conceptronic.net And, this web site has a lot of stuff http://www.pyroav.com/ Last edited by Mikel Arturo; April 18th, 2010 at 09:35 AM. Reason: adding info

April 18th, 2010, 09:45 AM	#4
John Rappa New Boot Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 21	No PCI Slot Mikel, No PCI slot, I bought the desktop based on the 8GB of Ram and can be expanded to 16GB, never thought that it didn't have Firewire support. I think its the only HP desktop without (Model HP Pavilion 6240f). Thanks. Bill. Windows 7 64Bit. Thanks for the link. On a related topic, I read somewhere that not all firewire cards are created equal and that some support DV better than others (onboard memory or something). I can't find that post, but I appreciate the alternative.

April 18th, 2010, 09:36 AM	#3
Bill Engeler Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 162	It seems a little expensive, maybe because it has some editing software bundled with it. Firewire cards are pretty much a commodity item these days, so I'd go for something cheaper, like this: Newegg.com - Open Box: SYBA PCI-Express 1394a FireWire 4 ports Controller Card Model SD-PEX-NEC4F I don't know what OS you are using, but check to make sure it is compatible.