HP DVD Movie Writer...

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HP DVD Movie Writer...

As stated in the title, I have a HP DVD Movie Writer dc5000. I also have some old Hi8 tapes and a Hi8 Camcorder that I want to use to convert video with. Will this product work with FCE HD? It only has a USB port so I don't think so...But if you
know of any drivers, please tell me!
Thanks in advance,
Craig

MacMini G4 1.25 GHz 512 RAM, Mac OS X (10.3.9) Dual-Boot, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Virtual PC 7 - Win2k, Externel HD - 120GB, 200GB Maxtor HD; FCE HD 3.5.1; Samsung SC-D363

Posted on Jan 6, 2007 9:09 AM

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MartinR

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Jan 6, 2007 9:52 AM in response to Craig Cabrey

Unfortunately the device will not work with FCE. It's a PC-only device. If all you want to do is convert your Hi8 movies directly to DVD and you have a PC, it would do the job.

However if you want to import yoru Hi8 movies into FCE then you will need a firewire-based analog-digital converter such as a Canopus ADVC-110 or a miniDV camera that supports analog-digital passthrough.

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