[wags1_9_99]

I have a Powerbook Wallstreet 233, and I was wondering if anyone has added a Firewire card to their Wallstreet and had success in using iMovie to capture digital video. The Readme for iMovie 1.0 says a 300 Mhz G3 is required, but that there is limited functionality with less than that. I know this may be stretching my 2-year-old Powerbook's capabilities a bit, but I though I'd at least ask.

Thanks,
Andrew

[jcarr]

Any of the OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) compliant cards should work fine with your PowerBook. Make sure you have plenty of RAM (128-1256MB), and plenty of space available on your internal disk. I've used iMovie on a 292MHz WallStreet and it is very useable for smaller projects.

I'm not sure if CardBus offers enough bandwidth to control the camera, preview on the camera, and read/write data from an external firewire disk, but it may be your only option if you still have the original 2GB disk in your 'Book.

Good luck!

BTW - Don't expect stuff to render all that fast, and I doubt you will get the full screen prieview to work well.

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I'm cookoo for Cocoa Apps!

I have a PB2400 with a 240mhz upgrade card and an Orange Micro FW card it works fine, albeit a little slow. The greatest miracle of all is that I shouldn't even be able to use the CardBus! Encoding 30 minutes of video takes about 8 hours (eek)! Trust me it works.

[wags1_9_99]

Originally posted by Richard Lawrence:
I have a PB2400 with a 240mhz upgrade card and an Orange Micro FW card it works fine, albeit a little slow. The greatest miracle of all is that I shouldn't even be able to use the CardBus! Encoding 30 minutes of video takes about 8 hours (eek)! Trust me it works.

Thanks for your assistance! I guess I'll go ahead and give it a try when I get the cash. If this thread is still open when I get it, I'll post the results of how it works.