Re: [LAU] howto get pcmcia firewire card working

On ven, 2014-06-27 at 19:22 -1000, david wrote:

> On 06/27/2014 10:28 AM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote:
> > On ven, 2014-06-27 at 07:11 -1000, david wrote:
> >> On 06/27/2014 05:12 AM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote:
> >> > On gio, 2014-06-26 at 09:11 +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> >> >> On 06/26/2014 01:37 AM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote:
> >> >> >http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/2-Port-ExpressCard-1394a-FireWire-Laptop-Adapter-Card~EC13942A2 <http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/2-Port-ExpressCard-1394a-FireWire-Laptop-Adapter-Card%7EEC13942A2> <http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/FireWire/2-Port-ExpressCard-1394a-FireWire-Laptop-Adapter-Card%7EEC13942A2>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > only problem is the previously mentioned problem with hot-plugging (i.e.
> >> >> > where the card must be in the laptop at boot up). otherwise works
> >> >> > great.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > peace, w
> >> >>
> >> >>http://subversion.ffado.org/wiki/HostControllers#VIA
> >> >>
> >> >> So does it also work at 88.2kHz and higher for you?
> >> >>
> >> >> Jeremy
> >> >>
> >> > though i mainly work at 48 kHz/24 bit, it works fine at 96/24 as
> >> > well with my Editorl FA-66. however, it appears my controller is not
> >> > VIA but TI:
> >> >
> >> > 04:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200A PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
> >> > 05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments XIO2200A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (rev 01)
> >>
> >> Hmmm, my understanding is that the TI firewire chips were THE best chips
> >> to use with Linux?
> >
> > i am not sure about it being the best FW chipset, but i can vouch
> > that it works well with no problems (aside from the hotplug issue
> > already mentioned).
>
> I meant "best" in the sense of they worked reliably and were well
> supported by Linux.
>
> My old Toshiba laptop had a Firewire (FW400) port on it, with a TI
> chipset, but I was never able to get to work with the FW800 device I had
> to test with. I think problem may have been the adaptor I had to use.
> But that laptop finally died and vanished into recycling heaven.
>
> Sometimes I think a compact case with a microATX mobo and a PCIe FW card
> wouldn't be much bigger than some laptops. Bring a small LCD display and
> keyboard along with it, I suppose.
>

    agreed, and probably cooler thus quieter than a laptop. i have an
older 2009 12" Darter from System76 and while the thing is still running
great, the fans woosh up for every little thing, which makes recording
more challenging. that being said, simply carrying a small
laptop/netbook and FW interface is much nicer. or i guess for lots of
recording only situations a portable recorder like the Zoom H4n/H6 would
be the simplest.

    thanks for all the info.

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Received on Sat Jun 28 16:15:01 2014