Startech.com 4 Port IEEE-1394 FireWire PCI Card with Digital Video Editing Kit ( PCI1394_4 ) | 
 enlarge | Brand: StarTech
Category: CE
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $17.36
You Save: $22.63 (57%)
New (49) Used (3) from $14.54
Rating:  45 reviews
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Network Interface: PCI
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 1.5
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
MPN: PCI1394_4
Model: PCI1394_4
UPC: 065030785341
EAN: 5051749377309
ASIN: B00006B8C3
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Easily add 4 FireWire ports to your desktop computer | | • | A fun and easy way to make and edit your own home movies | | • | Comes complete with a 5 foot FireWire cable (4-6 Pin M/M) and ULEAD VideoStudio SE Basic video editing softwar | | • | Includes 5 foot FireWire cable (4-6 Pin M/M) | | • | Lifetime warranty |
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Product Description
Harness the power of FireWire with StarTech.com's PCI1394 4 digital video editing kit. This complete kit allows you to connect iPods, MP3 players, portable drives, digital camcorders and more to your desktop computer. As well, the card supports hot-swapping, so you'll be able to plug, unplug, and swap your FireWire peripherals with ease. The kit includes a 5 foot FireWire cable and a copy of ULEAD's VideoStudio SE Basic video editing software, making it easy to capture and edit video from your digital video camcorder. Guaranteed to work with both PCs and Macs, the PCI1394 4 is backed by StarTech.com's lifetime warranty and free lifetime tech support.This card is WHQL Certified - designed to work with Microsoft Windows XP.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
 Great Value, Minor Software Issues October 17, 2008
I recently installed this card on a system running Windows Vista Home Premium. Installing the card and included ulead version 10 software package takes less than 15 minutes.
In General
First, this is a great value for the price. The card, firewire cable and software is a great starter bundle if you need to transfer video to your computer.
Second, the video editing software is very simple to use. Just connect the firewire cable to your camcorder and your ready to rock and roll. The on-screen controls let you view, fast forward, reverse, pause, play and pause your camcorder. Users simply scan through the video to find what they want to capture, then click on Capture Video. From there you move through your miniDV tape to the next section of video, click on Capture and subsequent clips are recorded and stored in a media library on your computer.
Once you have a few clips captured, users can easily drag and drop the video clips onto a timeline, insert a handful of transitions, add titles, include background music and perform other basic editing tasks.
After the user has finished adding the effects and other touches you can export the video to formats such as mp1, mp2, vcd and so forth. The program also has a Share Online feature that will export your project to a nicely compressed .wmv file that you can upload to youtube or insert into a web page or blog.
Considerations
Hey, for the price of a complete package, there is nothing much to complain about. However, I want to point out a few things. First, I recommend that if you are using a miniDV camera that you use the cameras video controls to locate what you want to capture then pause the camera. Next, click on the Capture Video button in the program and it will start from the paused location and record until you press Stop Capture. Using the software to control a miniDV camera can be done, but, it is easy to go forward or reverse too much while waiting on the tape.
The only other issue that I have, again with the software, is that it doesn't let the user export to .FLV (Flash) or Quicktime formats. As a web developer I prefer the .FLV format since 99% of every personal computer has flash already installed.
However, if your only concern is uploading video to youtube, remember, you can upload .wmv files to youtube and it will convert them to flash files when it places them online.
The last three issues that I have are with the software and windows Vista. The software that came with the order included Ulead 10 SE. 1. When you run the program, Vista will "downgrade" your display settings (a software update should fix this). 2. I could never get the Auto Update to work. I suggest that after you install the software that you go to uleads support web site and download the updates. If your a novice computer user you may need help downloading and installing the updates from ulead's web site. If your comfortable with downloading updates and installing them, then, this should not be a problem. 3. The Ulead SE program will pop up advertisements from Ulead from time to time. From what I could tell it only did this whenever you finish exporting your final project.
In conclusion, this is a great package for the price. If you can operate a camcorder and get around in Windows you shouldn't have a problem getting started capturing, editing and exporting your projects to a DVD, the web, or for other uses.
I rated this product at 4 stars. I deducted one star for the minor inconveniences when using it with Windows Vista and for the nagging pop up ads.
 Good to go September 23, 2008
I use a Mac G4 Power Mac for video editing and was looking for a quick fix when my firewire400 died. I ordered and received this card within a week. Installation was a breeze and I was up and running in under 15 minutes. No drivers, no fuss. Just plug and play. I've done a few short subjects with this card and so far so good. I didn't bother with the Ulead software, as I already have video editing software.
Very good product September 22, 2008
I bought this card for use with my mini-DV camcorder. The card worked flawlessly and was true plug and play right out of the box (atleast on Windows XP Professional). The only issue I had was with the supplied ULead software which required a license key that was not included in the package. I emailed StarTech customer service and they sent a key promptly. However the ULead software was buggy and had issues with playing audio during preview. So I use Windows movie maker to transfer video from the camcorder. I am extremely happy with StarTech but not satisfied with ULead software.
Great deal. September 6, 2008
This is a great deal for a firewire port and cable. Came quickly, no problems. The Ulead software is almost useless if you have Windows Moviemaker, but it's nice that they throw that in there anyway. I haven't fully explored it, but it didn't seem as good to me. Overall, great deal!
Great product June 27, 2008
The card was super easy to install and works great. Can't be much simpler than that!
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