Thank you very much! two very useful links, this is the adapter I need and now I have to find one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ca...rd_Adapter.jpg
I have been using heavy tape as a strain relief for now but it's kinda annoying that the card wants to come out that easy.
I just don't want to use the small 4 pin jack on the laptop as I'm sure I will wear it out with all the fast connecting and disconnecting, when we go live via the net it's always a rapid deployment. I am trying to build a complete kit in a Pelican 1610 case with everything inside including power connections and everything.
My laptop (newer)for using wirecast for live streaming news video on the road is my Asus G50v and with 2.53G processor it's the video is still not always smooth and maxes out at 100% sometimes, works perfectly everytime when we are testing it with engineering just not when we are playing for real at an event.
my Older Asus F3 series is my desktop right now as I don't think it can run this Wirecast program, it's high end near broadcast quality video streaming but wow does it use resources.
mark
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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon
As noted in the Wikipedia article on ExpressCard, there are several different form factors included in the specification. Most laptops I've run across have ExpressCard/54-capable slots, and so if your adapter card is of the smaller, ExpressCard/34, size, the slot will indeed appear to be too large. This wasn't too much of a problem for me when I had to use an add-on wireless card on my old laptop, but for your application where you have external cables attached it might be.
I'd suggest trying to implement some cable strain relief system to take the strain off the adapter itself, but overall it sounds like you're dealing with much heavier usage than either the card or the slot is designed for. You may want to investigate something more like a docking station that might have a greater focus on durability instead of trying to get everything squeezed into the small form factor of a mobile add-on card.
A couple options: - If your laptop manufacturer makes a proprietary docking station that includes Firewire, that would probably be the best.
- If that is not available, maybe try using a Firewire hub with the laptop's built-in port, that may be enough to alleviate some of the stress.
- This product claims to allow DV capture over USB, if that fits your needs
- Don't be so rough on your equipment!
Good luck,
--Ryan |