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Apple Releases Free, OS-Independent, FireWire SDK
mcwop writes "Apple announced the release of a free FireWire SDK for embedded devices. The kit is not OS-dependent. Is this a response to the release of USB 2.0 or is Apple simply trying to keep a steady stream of FireWire devices coming? What effect will this have on FireWire b? What are the effects on the Open Source community developing FireWire interfaces? Time will tell. Nonetheless this is an interesting development."
Does this mean firewire support will finally be coming to Virtual Dub? I think vdub is a kick ass program but now that the guy I do capture for has a Sony PCR-DC1 I gotta use premier,
which is sort of fat and bloated (sorry adobe)
This is looking good... Also, the platform-agnostic approach is a good one. What's next, Aqua on Intel? ;)
Read carefully :)
OS-Independent == NOT OS-dependent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/0 7/1328207&mode=nested&tid=129
Also mentioned is a proposal being considered by the FCC that would allow cable companies to 'turn off' the firewire port, which DVR's will use to connect to digital televisions, so that some broadcasts can't be recorded.
Wow, maybe now will somebody come up with a solution to use digicams as a external storage.
I everytime thought this shouldn't be to difficult.
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Not sure how much you truly know about that rant, but I know one thing. I have booted from a firewire device - my iPod. The first thing I did after loading it up with songs was install OS X.1 on the thing. Then set the startup disk for my Pismo to the iPod (external firewire drive), rebooted, and there it was booting off the iPod.
Many major hollywood places are using linux in shop anyway... Just not for the editing.
And I have yet to seen any video editing program that is as refined as final cut pro is. i think it would take a while for VIMP or whatever, to get up to speed to where apple is. And I doubt it would be good for any video that is meant outside of the computer (color correction and accuracy don't seem to be big in the linux field yet).
I don't know about other instruments, but lab video cameras are using 1394. Note this is not the same as a firewire-enabled DV camcorder, the lab cameras send uncompressed video at higher data rates. (Video compression loses data, and compression artifacts screw up any computer analysis of the image.)
-- Alastair
You can have my FireWire hard drive and webcams after you pry them from my cold, dead fingers. (They only get used with x86 boxen under Win2K and Linux...the only Apple machines I have are three Apple IIs (IIGS, IIe, and II+) and a Quadra 610. It goes without saying that FireWire devices don't work too well with those machines. :-) )
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Some higher end TVs are quite "malleable." The Sony Wega series, for instance, has a service mode that allows for manipulating the image like a computer monitor. They also have a set of ID codes which control what features are activated or deactivated. I'd recommend not changing the ID codes unless you know exactly what does what, because you might turn your 36 inch Triniton display with component input into a 27 inch with RCA inputs. Of course, if you actually know what you're doing, you could activate hidden features, such as re-enabling the firewire port even after its been deactivated due to regulations and restrictions.