Analog input into CVS

[tomasga2000]

Does anyone know of a converter box that would convert analog video into firewire that works with the CVS?  I bought a video-to-firewire converter box from The ImagingSource, but it does not seem to work with the CVS.  I think the box does not work, because it is not DCAM complaint.  Any suggestions would be helpful.  Thanks.

[Nate.H]

Dear tomasga2000,

I cannot make any recommendations for you, or garuntee that any of the converters that are listed on the pages below will work, but here are a couple of pages I've found that may get you started. Once you find a couple that you like, I would call up the manufacturer and specifically ask if the converter is IIDC (also called DCAM) compliant, and if they've ever seen it used with National Instruments hardware.

Imaging Source Converters
http://www.surevision.com.tw/IMAGIMGSOURCE2007.pdf

List of converters on Synthetic Aperture
http://www.synthetic-ap.com/tips/firewireconverters.html

IIDC Spec
http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/libdc1394/iidc/IIDC_1.31.pdf

Best Regards,

~Nate