Posted by Gene on 02/24/07 18:08

Thanks, Rick.

There is no specific point in the tape where it hangs up,
it's random for sure. Could be anywhere in the tape.

I have no idea if it's 110VAC problems or not, it's just my
LAST hope:-) I have tried about everything else, including
cooling down all equipment, turning off all other appliances,
etc., etc. ...

Having personally sent products through RF testing for certification, I'm
well aware that RF and other is just one notch above witchcraft.

It seems to me to be worth buying a box that has AVR , etc. & giving
it a try. I just need to find a good deal on something small, as I only
need a constant ~69W - so the tiny stuff will work.

I really find it hard to believe that a 3' shielded firewire cable could
be an antenna - but I've been surprised before:-)

Something is surely happening at random times, and I have pretty
much ruled out temperature & humidity - so I guess it's noise
and voltage that I need to experiment with now.

The Sony MiniDV camcorders work fine when connected to a
PCI firewire card, but fail with three set-top DVD recorders -
one being a new Sony brand.

Thanks,
Gene





"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gene wrote:
>> I have been having a LOT of freezes when trying to go from
>> a Sony MiniDV camcorder directly to a DVD set-top box recorder via
>> firewire. I "know" the Sony camcorders & firewire cables are
>> OK, they work without a freeze when connected to the PC - so
>> the camcorders and firewire cables do work OK. The set-top boxes
>> work flawlessly as well. Others seem to not have a problem with
>> dubbing their Sony camcorders to a set-top DVD recorder with firewire.
> ...
> How much time elapses from the start to the typical first freeze?
>
> I have heard of problems with firewire with ground loop problems, but
> never with 110vac problems, unless you are having brownouts (<85vac).

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