[John Boettner]

iMac DV SE(9.4), Yamaha external8824 firewire CDburner, Maxtor 1394 80gb firewire HD, Canon Elura miniDV camera, two firewire ports. Can I really daisy chain these without plugging and unplugging? If so, what order would someone suggest?
Also read in my iMovie, the missing manual, that my Elura won't be recognized if I have an external firewire HD and it (my camera) mounted at the same time. Anyone had experience with it.
I know I could just plug and umplug things directly to my computer, but both the Yamaha and the Maxtor have these two firewire ports looking so lonely and convenient . . .

I have a similar setup to yours. I'm using a JVC camcorder instead. I also thought that imovie didn't want to see any other firewire devices online. But I can daisy chain with no problems. Doesn't matter if the other devices are on or off. I also have a sony DA-1 hooked up(to get movies out of iMovie straight to a vcr). Imovie 2 works fine with all this hooked up. Can't say it will work for you, but give it a try. If you need more details about my setup, let me know.

[John Boettner]

thanks, it worked!!! Downloaded video, worked in iMovie2 just fine. Only other problem is my new external Firewire HD doesn't like the Restart command. If I restart when it is on, I come up with a blank desktop (no icons). If I shut down and then startup using the little green button, everything is fine. Any suggestions?

Thanks again

Glad it works!!! Don't know about your other problem. For what it's worth, I can't turn my Yamaha burner off once it's on. If I do the imac freezes. Not a big problem though. Congrats again.

cabana