Capturing in Windows 11 Firewire?

[Denicio]

UPDATE:
I just watched a couple of videos on the Aruba and it requires more tweaking than i care to do.
ChatGPT suggested i use one of these. Easy, cheap, no real setup to transfer from computer to computer.

https://plugable.com/products/usb3-t...RbOQaxbg0S8yD7

[ge0dude]

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Originally Posted by Denicio

Okay, i have many questions but first my solution.

I have resurrected an old Win 10 machine from my office. Updated it this weekend. And installed Vegas 12 on it (my preferred capture software) I will be upgrading the ram and most likely upgrading the spinny drive to an SSD (as long as i can get Win 10 installed on it).
I would rather NOT have to be constantly transferring the captured video to the new computer to do edits and renders, so the aruba s2500 has piqued my interest. I know NOTHING about it or how it works.

Can you explain it to me like i am in 6th grade? A step by step outline of how it works? If it allows me to simply hook the Old and New computer together and Xfr information between machines, this would be ace! Never heard of this before so its very new to me.

Unfortunately I haven't set up mine yet either, so I can't guide you on that particular model. You might do well searching for "beginner managed switches for vlan" to find a suitable switch thats easy to manage. You don't have to have 10gigabit, a cheap 1gig switch will also do just fine (just takes a bit longer to transfer.)

If you'd like to pursue the Aruba S2500 route (which is the best price/performance ratio.) Here is a guide, the same one I would follow: https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/of...oe-10gsfp/5038 -If you can follow directions it's probably not too difficult.

*edit*

I just reviewed the guide, I think you can get it set up. I believe in you.

[ge0dude]

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Originally Posted by Denicio

UPDATE:
I just watched a couple of videos on the Aruba and it requires more tweaking than i care to do.
ChatGPT suggested i use one of these. Easy, cheap, no real setup to transfer from computer to computer.

https://plugable.com/products/usb3-t...RbOQaxbg0S8yD7

I missed this reply! Yeah that looks like a great solution! looks simple! go for it!

[Denicio]

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Originally Posted by ge0dude

I missed this reply! Yeah that looks like a great solution! looks simple! go for it!

Considering all i am doing is moving a large file from one PC to the next, this thing makes TOTAL sense. its cheap and i dont have to be an IT wizard to figure it out.

Luckily the Firewire Card i have that has been working all this time came with a low profile adapter as the "Transfer PC" is a smaller case. I will be swapping out the HD to an SSD drive and giving it 16 gig of ram as well.

If this works like i hope it does, i will be in great shape. Thanks for all the advice on this. Its helped me get to a solution that will hopefully work for my needs.

[ge0dude]

Absolutely, I'm glad I can help. Report back and let us know how the solution works out. I haven't looked for a device like that in over 15 years and at the time they did not exist (at least that I could find.) So that's really cool. USB 3.0 speeds are up to 5 Gigabit, so about 640MBps.

Let us know how it works out!


*edit*

Oh one thing to note! If the motherboarf does not take an NVME drive on the motherboard, you can get an nvme to pci-e adapter (maybe under $10 for a simple one.) -That way you're not stuck with SATA SSD Speeds, and you can saturate your connection speed properly.

[ge0dude]

Also, when searching for hardware, I highly suggest https://pcpartpicker.com/ -I trust most of the brands they aggregate, and you can use it to find the best price for an NVME drive or ram (for example $15 for a 128gb NVME drive) -they also have in-house test results for many of the drives so you can check real-life speeds, not manufacturer claims.

They have so many useful filters, you can surely find what you want for a good price if you can figure out how to work it well.

It's good for every piece in a build, it's very useful if you try the build feature as well. As it can check compatibility with your hardware.

[Denicio]

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Originally Posted by ge0dude

Also, when searching for hardware, I highly suggest https://pcpartpicker.com/ -I trust most of the brands they aggregate, and you can use it to find the best price for an NVME drive or ram (for example $15 for a 128gb NVME drive) -they also have in-house test results for many of the drives so you can check real-life speeds, not manufacturer claims.

They have so many useful filters, you can surely find what you want for a good price if you can figure out how to work it well.

It's good for every piece in a build, it's very useful if you try the build feature as well. As it can check compatibility with your hardware.

I appreciate the advice! I have captured many a video this way using old school spinny drives. So SSD drives will be fine for capture. My new machine will be loaded down with m.2 drives! So editing and rendering will be super fast.