Looking for a Firewire Adapter for PC (1 Viewer)

[Luc D]

Any suggestions??? What's good, what's not so good...

Whatever info you have will be helpful.

Thanks.

 

[Matt DeVillier]

I'm assuming you are looking for a PCI firewire card? I've used several (different brands and chipsets) and the only difference is what video editing software they are bundled with. I've used the ~$22 one www.newegg.com sells several times and it works like a charm.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Well, the bottom line is what do you want it for?

If you buy a cheapie, the MS DV codec is NOT the best in the world, and quality suffers quite a bit

 

[Luc D]

I need one so I can dump footage from a DV camera which I plan to edit with Adobe Premiere. I've never done this type of computer editing before and so that's why I'm asking for your input/opinions.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

What are you going to be editing? Short films? Jimmy's birthday? More details please

 

[Luc D]

Short film, non-sync sound.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Well, then it's up to you what you want to do. You will see superior results out of a card like the DV200 or DV500, or the DV Raptor series, and they come with Premiere. ($200-600)

The cheaper cards will not yield the kind of image quality these cards do, but they do work.