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11 Connecting Your Equipment
Setting up Final Cut Express HD to capture DV video is as
simple as connecting your camcorder to your computer with
a FireWire cable.
This chapter covers the following:
 Connecting Your Camcorder (p. 145)
 Connecting an External Video Monitor and Audio Speakers (p. 146)
 Opening Final Cut Express HD and Choosing Your Initial Settings (p. 146)
 What Is FireWire? (p. 150)
 What Is Device Control? (p. 151)
Connecting Your Camcorder
The following illustration demonstrates how to connect your DV camcorder to the
FireWire port on your computer, so that you can capture video (transfer the video from
your camcorder to your computer) and output your program back to DV tape. For more
information on FireWire, see “What Is FireWire?” on page 150.
FireWire
DV camcorder
in VTR mode
Computer
6-pin connector
to computer
4-pin connector
to camcorder
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