Need info . on a cheap video card/USB

Hello! I just purchase a HD1 system and is running on a Mac G5 Dual 2 gig with 1 gig of ram. I would like to know if there is any compatible video card ( prefered USB ) for me to play the quicktimes and watch them on a big Tv monitor. I just started a new post house and I would like to split the video signal to a TV monitor and to the talent booth. Budget very low!!!! Thanks; jb

It's not USB, but I've had great success with the Canopus ADVC 100 firewire break-out box. I'm using it on a G4, so I'd check with other G5-ers, but bang for buck, it's been great. No drivers to deal with, it's seen (apparently) by the computer like a camera or something. I generally place the movies on my system drive and run my session audio off of a different drive, which yields the best performance. Since firewire bandwith seems to get cranky the more devices that are sharing it, your mileage may vary if you have other FW gear in play. Hope that helps, - Proxy

if you are not running a duel desktop system apple has a NTSC converter for the DVI port of the G5s. it's like $35. this will let you play the picture on any TV

Hi Proxy, I run Pro tools TDM using A G4 867 v-10.2.6, I have a Tv in another room that I want to output a quicktime movie to for scoring etc. what do you recomend as far as the most efficient way to do this. I noticed you said its best to run your quicktime movie off your internal drive and record your audio to a external firewire drive. Is that canopus device you mentioned pretty reliable? I really appreciate any advice you can give. Im trying to put this together.. thanx, Nic Nak (818)378-1330

We're using the canopus advc 100 as well. Very reliable. Remember you can't use mpegs or movs or any similar. Only DV or DVCPRO! And you'll have a delay (which you can easily adjust inside Pro Tools - ours is 16 qf) Hope it helps.