Re: Connecting External Hard drive and Video Camera to laptop

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bxf wrote:
> Wilfred wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > This may be a very simple question to many of you so I would like a quick
> > reply, 'cause this is driving me nuts! ;-)
> >
> > I have a laptop with a 4-pin firewire port (ans several USB 2.0 ports). I
> > also have a Seagate 200 GB Hard drive with 2, 6-pin Firewire ports and 1 USB
> > 2.0 port. Lastly I have a Sony Mini DV Camcorder which has a USB and a 4-pin
> > Firewire port. I have all the cables for all the ports. I would like to
> > transfer video from my Camcorder to my External HD. So, the question is HOW
> > DO I CONNECT these three pieces of equipment? 1) Should the Camcorder plug
> > into the computer's Firewire port and then use a USB cable to connect to the
> > Hard drive? Or 2) connect the Camcorder to the Hard drive's firewire port and
> > use the other firewire port on the hard drive to connect to the laptop?
>
> Unless you are determined, for whatever reason to use Firewire for
> everything, do the following:
>
> Attach your drive to the computer using a USB port. Your computer now
> has an additional drive, which, if everything is as it should be, will
> show up in Windows Explorer, for example.
>
> It is not possible to infer from your description whether the ports on
> the camcorder are input or output. Firewire is more frequently (but not
> exclusively)used to connect capture devices to the computer, so you
> should probably try to use that. You can try to use USB (assuming it is
> an output port) if you have problems when using the FW connection.
>
> There is no reason for you to think in terms of connecting the devices
> to each other. Just connect each one to the computer, independently.

I realize that it is almost meaningless to talk in terms of input or
output on a camcorder, as why would there be an input port? I made the
reference just in case the presence of both USB AND firewire had some
unknown significance. If they are both for the same purpose then you
should be able to use either one.

.

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