Post #4288514
2026-05-02 23:03 UTC
@maxfenton@mas.to I got one of those and when I finally tracked down the FireWire dongle Apple announced they dropped support for it in Tahoe… Didn’t have reliable results with DV capture so when or if I upgrade it’s not a big loss. My old PC now running Linux does tackle this problem rather well with dvgrab.
So I wonder if I should just sell those dongles… On the other hand I like a bit of somewhat obscure tech.
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@maxfenton@mas.to 2026-05-03 02:18
@Htbaa@fosstodon.org I have dongles going back as far as PowerMac video adapters and mini Firewire and all kinds of weird ones but I know I spent the $49 to connect my laptop to my RAID at some point and sure don’t want to buy a second one of those. On the other hand I realized the inexpensive 2TB SSD I got for backups is now three times the price and will turn that into external /Users storage on the M4 Mini. Hopefully nothing more to buy for this new setup.