Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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See my main video on the Firehat for DV Cameras: youtube.com/watch?v=BuKeW45OL-g

And check out the Firehat / equip-1 here: https://equip-1.c-e.group

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More details from all my FireWire device testing are in this issue on my Pi PCIe GitHub project: github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/805

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Contents:

00:00 - FireWire devices - HDD on G5
02:02 - My first iSight
04:03 - iSight via iChat
04:44 - iSight on Pi, attempt one
05:40 - FireWire hard drive on Pi, attempt one
07:27 - iSight on Pi, ft Linux recompile
08:49 - FireWire hard drive on Pi, success
10:35 - We're 1 for 2