PCIe Firewire Card for Windows 10, IEEE 1394A PCI Express Controller 4 Ports(3 x 6 Pin and 1 x 4 Pin), 1394a Firewire 400 Adapter for Windows 7/8/Mac OS with Low Profile Bracket and Cable

This card worked well in adding firewire to my Windows 11 PC. I use this in combination with 2023 version of Adobe Premiere to capture my legacy Video8 and Digital Video tapes: piping the Video8 camera through the DV camera's firewire connection. The window is closing on the operability of these older technologies, both hardware and software, so it was great getting this rather inexpensive device and getting hundreds of old family memories capture to modern technology. Recommended for those with the need.

I needed to add a Firewire card to my Windows 10 PC so that I could download video from my ancient MiniDV camera. Research online pointed out that you have to find the right card that has the right chipset (made by Texas Instruments aka TI) to make sure the card will transfer the video. This one does the job. You'll need to download drivers.

Using this to convert several Hi8 and Digital8 videotapes. The camcorder I'm using is the Sony DVR-TRV350 along with the WinDV utility that can be downloaded. Saving the files at the highest quality type-2 AVI it produces a total of about 25GB files for a 120 minute Hi8 and 12.5GB for a 60 minute Digital8 tape. Computer is i7 from 2014 runs window10 handles it fine. Reboot the computer a couple of times if WinDV does not recognize the camcorder and try a different cable. I had this issue the first time I tried it.

I'm so glad I was able to get this. I found an old camcorder and was desperate to find a way to connect it to my PC to digitize the memories contained on the tapes. This was a lifesaver, and now I have video of my mom who is no longer with us on YouTube where I can watch it any time I want.

Installation under Windows 11 is somewhat tricky. Card didn't negotiate PCIe speed with my Lenovo P330 and after installation kept the PC from starting up. Had to remove the card and manually in BIOS set PCIe speed to GEN 1 after which the PC started up again. After i connected my old miniDV Canon camcorder to transfer DV tapes to my PC but the card did seem to be able to keep a stable connection to the camera. Especially sound was choppy. Bought a newer 1394b card that was backward compatible and allowed for a 1394a support and everything worked as expected.

If you press the power button or select the Windows shut down option, it shuts down and restarts and it will no longer go into sleep mode or hibernate. Removing the card and the computer will work correctly. Tried making changes in BIOS power options with no improvement. Using it on a AMD Ryzen 9 processor with a Gigabyte Aorus Ultra motherboard on Window 11 operating system.

I bought this capture card after reading most positive reviews, to save some old memories from my DV camcorder tapes, it installed very easy on my windows 11 fast machine, it was recognized with no problems no need to download driver, windows automatically took care of it, i plugged in the camcorder via the cable that came with it, and opened my favorite program Vegas 18, to capture videos, I can see the video in the program and start capturing, but every 10 seconds or so sometimes 2 seconds, it gets disconnected for no apparent reason, I had to unplug and plug the cable to start recording again, but again it kept losing connection every couple seconds, I did hours of agonizing research online, I unnstalled, and reinstall the part, tried different programs, with no avail, I almost gave up, then I thought to change the cable as a last thing, luckily a new cable solved the problem, the cable that came with it was defective but not totally I wish it was totally defective, I would've changed it right away, now with the new good cable it works perfect, without the defective cable I would've gave it 5 stars, so always check the cable first.

Works great! Automatically detected by Windows 11 and the driver automatically loaded. Many apps that use Firewire are quite outdated, so what you are doing (capturing video from old camcorders) can some effort - but this card is the least of your problems.