Update: if you have a brand new computer with an Intel 10th gen processor or newer or have Thunderbolt 4, please see my updated video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5l_fMaombesYas.html and in case you missed the video description, here are the links to what you'll need: Apple Thunderbolt 3 and 4 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 1 and 2 Adapter: amzn.to/3SqHGPb Apple Thunderbolt 1 and 2 to FireWire 800 adapter: amzn.to/3UyFYwY FireWire 800 to 400 mini plug cable: amzn.to/3xMclOZ FireWire 400 to 800 cable: amzn.to/3xKbazE FireWire 400 to 800 adapter: amzn.to/3xLlw2i FireWire 400 mini to 400 mini cable: amzn.to/3LCxAIF FireWire 400 mini to 400 full size adapter: amzn.to/3LxJgg1 Have a desktop with a PCI/PCIe card slot, or a laptop with a ExpressCard/PCMCIA card slot: amzn.to/3BAf5A5 Laptops with Thunderbolt/FireWire: amzn.to/3dBGXfo Other items I recommend: www.amazon.com/shop/scottschramm Software Mentioned: WinDV: www.videohelp.com/software/WinDV HDV Split: www.videohelp.com/software/HDVSplit K-Lite Codec Pack Basic: codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_basic.htm Handbreak: handbrake.fr/ Other videos that may help you: How to connect a FireWire Audio Interface to a Mac or PC with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZquYrc-irZ_KfaM.html How to connect FireWire devices into new Mac's with Thunderbolt 3/USB-C: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i71idcWfxLXOfnU.html How to connect FireWire devices to a new M1 Mac with Apple Silicon: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpt5htx6mLzHh6M.html How to use legacy FireWire and Thunderbolt devices on new PC's with Thunderbolt 4: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5l_fMaombesYas.html Troubleshooting If you are having issues with your PC connecting to the device, there are a few things you can try: 1. Ensure your PC has a Thunderbolt port (not just a USB-C/charging port). Visit the support page of your computer (support.dell.com, support.lenovo.com, etc) and verify that your drivers are up to date. Sometimes the Thunderbolt driver is separate and needs to be installed manually. Also check that your BIOS is up to date. If you're getting blue screens when you plug in, this is the solution. 2. Check the settings in your BIOS as there may be a setting in there to allow data over the Thunderbolt port. Here is an example link that shows the settings: www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln305418/restructuring-of-usb-and-thunderbolt-settings-on-new-bios-version?lang=en There is also usually an app within Windows called the "Thunderbolt(TM) Software " and make sure it is set to "Always Allow" like this: www.caldigit.com/thunderbolt-3-devices-in-windows-10-platform/ 3. If your camcorder still does not communicate, then you may need to install a driver, although this is extremely rare. Here is a good webpage that may help you troubleshoot FireWire specific drivers: www.studio1productions.com/Articles/Firewire-1.htm Additionally if you installed a special FireWire driver you may want to uninstall it and try the built in Windows driver as that may be all you need. You can also try installing a legacy FireWire driver by following these directions: www.startech.com/en-us/faq/firewire-cards-windows-legacy-driver-swap 4. Here is a good guide from Sony which has a few other troubleshooting steps: www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/camcorders-tape-camcorders/dcr-hc44e/articles/00235677

I have 100 old tapes I needed to capture, some of which are DV and some HDV. I thought I was out of luck until I found your video, which pulled it all together for me. Thanks so much!

Thank you for taking the time to make this video, it's really helped out a lot!

Thank you for making this, I can now restore my family videos. I had a faulty 1394 firewire cable, but knowing what programs to run and how to connect to the computer helped alot.

I love that fact that the mass consumer once has access to an Indexed video format cameras which was then pulled off the market and never allowed back into the mass consumer market. Everything since then has to be either Proxied or re encoded to something else. DV and later DVCPRO literally capture and transfer to your computer, edit and export that was it. Since the footage was INDEXED every software editor was able to play, edit and encode without any proxy files. The mass consumer is still waiting for a video Camera, DSLR that was as fast and proxyless as DV.

Amazing video!!! Finally got my firewire card installed to capture video from my old Vixia HV40 Camcorder, intending to capture using Adobe Premiere 2024, only to discover they have deleted all capturing from the program! Adobe help was no help. Searched youtube and google a lot before finding this video. Having the firewire card I was able to skip through all of those wire connections. HV Split 0.77 Beta worked great. The video was still too large at that point for Premiere Pro to do anything with. Ran it through Handbrake 1.7.3 and it compressed it way down. Now it imported and worked in Premiere Pro just fine, but there was no longer any point to that, lol. Awesome stuff!

You are VERY thorough! You're easy to understand; you annunciate your words; you are an excellent teacher, and watching your video did not feel like a chore. Thanks for such a well thought-out tutorial. Also, thank you for going the extra mile by providing all of the info that may be needed if things don't go as planned with installation of software. That was very thoughtful of you.

Wow, such a perfectly executed video tutorial. Now I'll be able to get those videos off my Sony DV tapes. Subbed and liked...

This process worked perfectly, thanks for the great documentation.

What a brilliant and helpful man and video. 10/10 for thoroughness! A joy to watch. First class assistance, thank you.

Hi Scott! Good news and an update on getting WinDV to work on a Dell Laptop (G7700) running Windows 11, i7 CPU. It would not work using the Gen 3 Thunderbolt port on the laptop, so I purchased the DELL Thunderbolt Docking Station model WD22TB4. I connected the Apple Dongles directly into the new Docking Station TB port, connected the TB Docking station to the TB port on the laptop and gave it a try. IT WORKED! I am now transferring mini tapes as I author this update. I hope this helps others. The laptop is running Intel generation 10 CPU. Next, I am going to see if I can get it to work on my new ASUS Z690 Motherboard desktop running Intel i7 generation 12 CPU.

Very clear and concise. Good job.

Everything worked exactly as described. I only needed to add an IEEE 1394 Controller driver to my LG laptop. Excellent!!!

I have been having trouble getting hdvsplit.exe working on my win10 laptop via firewire to my Sony HDV camcorder, and thanks to your video, I realized that I didn't have k-lite on it. I usually have that installed on my other machines, but until now, i never realized that hdvsplit.exe requires it to "See" the camera! thank you!

Just to add, the process works the same for Hi8 tapes. Despite the name, WinDV has no issues with Hi8.

Great video Scott, well covered, thank you.

Update Scott! I decided to try an old DELL XPS i5 desktop that I upgraded the OS from Win 7 to 10. I added a firewire port expansion card and everything worked using Firewire cable from Sony 4 pin to Firewire expansion card. I successfully used the Sony DV camera and WinDv program with zero issues. Slow, very slow for a 1 hour tape, but that was to be expected using this method. I am going to try my newer win 11 Dell Laptop as soon as the TB DS arrives this Thursday, I will let you know how it works.

Thank you very much for this!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but your mini dv camera is the Canon Vivia HV40 correct? For those who have this camera it has an HDMI port. You could save yourself the time and captured video through there and save time and money with all the extra steps you outlined. But for those who don't have this camera, the steps you outlined are good.

Hi Scott, thank you for the information and the helpful videos. I browsed through the previous comments and didn't find the question I had. Is it possible to go from Thunderbolt to HDMI? I have a Dell laptop that only has USB or HDMI. I tried to use a 2019 Mac Book Pro running Ventura 13.6.3 with the Intel chip and it didn't recognize the Sony DCR TRV525. It recognized the Thunderbolt 2-3 and the Thunderbolt to Firewire but not the Sony camcorder or the mini DV to Firewire. Are you aware of any problems with this Mac trying to transfer videos? Thank you very much.

THANK YOU A LOT

What rabbit hole have I found myself getting into.

Thanks!

Thank you, the cable stuff I found really helpful. Any recommendations for paid-for software for those of us that are security paranoid? I was looking at Pinnacle Studio and I have an old 10.5 version, but it's unclear if this is supported in newer versions. I heard Adobe Premiere supports importing as well, but that's an arm and a leg. It's the K-Lite codecs making me nervous. Thanks again for a great video. KZfaq content creators always amaze me!

Hi ! Wonderful video!!! I have a Sony Handycam DCR-TRV camera, it fortunately has a direct USB output I believe, but I was wondering if the process would be any different with this cable? I will try to replicate everything in the video anyway, but it would be of great help if you had any idea on how to transfer the footage from a Sony Handycam DCR-TRV miniDV tape into my computer. Cheers!

Hi Scott. I've tried both WinDV and HDV Split and both say "Camera is not detected/connected". Before I go out and buy more cables in case these ones are bunk, are there any software issues I can troubleshoot? I'm running Windows 11 Home. Thanks!

Thank you so much. I have a Dell PC with Thunderbolt 3 and Windows 10. In my case i needed to install a legacy FireWire driver in order to work. Maybe it will help somebody.

Scott, I think my problem may be with something that is not showing up in the WinDV program. I have deleted the original WinDV program from downloads and did a NEW download of Peter's WinDV 1,2,3 Zip. I unzipped the program, hit OPEN, and the program screen opens. I have nothing showing in Capt.file: box, so I typed in C:\users\User\Desktop\DVCapture. BUT, I never get the second screen to pop up which says SAVE AS, so the program may not be starting without that input???? Thoughts?

This video is my call to give up on getting any of my camcorder recordings onto a laptop. I've got a list of reasons as well. 1. I have a Panasonic NV-GS27, which can only have stuff transfered via thunderbolt, and despite having 3 laptops (2 older ones and one new one.) None of them have thunderbolt plug-ins. Any decently working laptop, used or not with the plug-ins I need, already costs over 100€. 2. All the cables and adapters needed are extremely expensive combined. Even if I would buy cheaper ones. Which ads another few hundred bucks. Heck, I'm a student with no time for an after-school job or anything. And even if I were to save my money, it would take forever. All I wanted to do was to just transfer those few minutes of old recordings onto my laptop, but no. I can't do that. I just don't wanna lose them or anything, sure; they're on a tape, but I just wanna look at them from a bigger screen, and have them saved on another device. There's recordings on there from when I was only 1 year old, recordings from family gatherings, and recordings with me and my mom. They're sacred memories, that'll be stuck on a tape forever, until one day, many years down the line I might eventually get what I need. At least I can still view those videos from the camcorder itself.

Hello! Love your video, but my computer does not have a thunderbolt port. :( is there another way I can do this without the videocapture device? Or do you have another video you could recommend to me that could help me? I'm afraid I'm a little lost

Good..what is the model of Lenovo thinkpad that you use in this video?..Many thanks

Codecs should only be needed for playback or editing/converting, For ingest HDVSplit and Sclive or WinDV don't need any codecs to transfer DV/HDV to hard drive.

The Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter has been discontinued. They are currently selling for $70+ on eBay. I guess I'll have to go the AV route.

for the thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 2 adapter all I can find online is ones that say monitor only? would that be ok to use?

My laptop has a port with a thunderbolt symbol, but the manual calls it 'SuperSpeed' - is this the same?

You have put together a set of incredible and thoroughly thought out videos on this topic that I subscribed to your channel. Unfortunately so far it hasn't worked with my very new laptop running Windows 11 and using 13th generation Intel chip which you mentioned in a previous video I need 11th generation or less. I have two older laptops running Windows 7 Professional (but these don't need the special cables. They both accept firewire connections). So my question if you can help me answer it is. How can I capture uncompressed AVI using firewire? I have searched high and low to no avail. I'm in the business of media conversion and I have one client that will give me her business (and it's a very good paying job) if I can capture her videos to uncompressed AVI for preservation purposes. She originally wanted me to capture using the FFV1 codec with a Matroska (MKV) container but could not find any help on that topic but she would settle for uncompressed AVI. Please help!!! I hate to lose this job. Thanks in advance.

Hey! Is there any similar method without Thunderbolt 3, so with just a USB-C on my mainboard?

Hi, I followed all the instructions, however, once I start capturing a video it freezes after 1-5 minutes and stops capturing. I noticed when installing the K-Lite Codec, I don't have an option to tick MPEG-2 on the Hardware Acceleration page, could it be because of this? (I'm using an RTX 3070 Ti). Many thanks!

Hi my friend, your video was very helpful, I have a focusrite pro 14, but I have not been able to connect my interface doing everything you show in the video, I have added an adapter from usb 3.0 to type c port since my laptop does not come with type c port, but nothing works. when I connect everything I get a message that says the following. "the functionality of the thunderbolt device may be limited". can you help me?

hi scott, im wanting to connect a jvc hdv to a computer through firewire , can i do this and get a live signal through to my computer ?

Scott-thanks for the video. My Windows laptop has a USB C but I do not think its a thunderbolt. It has a lightning symbol but looks more like the charging symbol. Is there a way to go from my mini dv camera to USB-C? I know you can do it analog (component or composite) but I want to try and keep the higher quality video. Thanks!

I have a hp z440 and I installed a 1343b card. I use windows 10 and it sees my vixia hv40 but there are no drivers. My laptop has usb3 and usb/c and I upgraded to win11. Its a 8th gen i7 hp envy . Should I install Virtual Machine and add win7 to see my camera or do you know of other options?

been looking at cap cards in all flavors, but roundabout reviews and abit lost. noticed camera has a digital output thingy, any way to do it direct to usb 3? surely thats enough bandwith?

Do you know if this will also work to export Digital-8 viideo via the DV link? I bought one of the last Sony Digital8 cameras that has a DV 1394 mini output. Model number DCR-TRV480E. Thank you for the video, this is just what I was looking for, thank you for taking the time to do such a simple to follow breakdown.

Hi Scott If your laptop (PC) don't have Thunderbolt, and only USB-C, is it still possible to transfer data from the camera to the laptop? Can a regular USB-C transfer data in both directions? I was reading the manual on HP elitebook 735g6 and I couldn't find any information if the USB-C connector also works in both direction, as an input device of data? Thanks for a great video.

Recently purchased new windows laptop as recommended that needed intel core i7, 1TB etc. It does not have thunderbolt. Is there a better way of capturing video from my Panasonic NV-GS15 camcorder rather than clear click video2digital converter 2.0. It will then be edited either capcut or cliphamp or if you know better?

Canon MVX3i mini DV camcorder not recognised by windows 11 laptop . Connections per your video DV camera end, thunderbolt 4 laptop end Ie using FireWire. Any ideAs?

Scott, will this work? Have your tried it and have info? 1. Use a Pinnacle 510-USB or 710-USB box (or similar-shaped device) to transfer DV or HDV. These boxes ingest DV through Firewire and convert it to a USB "signal" that WinDV/Scenalyzer or HDVSplit (as applicable) will read as DV. Don't ask me how they do it!

Hi Scott - Great tutorial video. I just bought the cables in your links that I need to download HDV from a Canon HV30 camcorder that looks almost identical to yours in the video. I am waiting on the cables to arrive but thought that I would install the required software to be ready to go when the cables arrive. When I tried to run Handbrake, a pop up told me that I need ".NET Desktop Runtime" to run the application. Is that expected? I am running Windows 11 Pro. Would appreciate your opinion on that pop-up. Thanks.

Could you please help me? I have a MSI GT72 6QD with everything updated and installed as per your guides but I can´t still see it in either WinDV or HDVSplit. 1394_OHCI_LegacyDriver installed... I don´t know what else to do... I followed all your troubleshooting but still nothing. This laptop has Thunderbol 3.

Ive got Panasonic NV-DV2000 DV PLAYER and Id like to transfer tapes to Imac. But my Imac cant see dv player...why? can you help me please. Thanks

if the system does not have an LSI 1394 controller, then it will not be in the Device Menager. I have a Gigabyte Aorus 15P laptop, with a Thunderbolt™ 4 controller, in the USB Type-C form factor on board. But, so far I have not been able to tame the Panasonic NV-MX500 miniDV camera to Thunderbolt™ 4. Although I have exactly the same set of cables from Apple as yours, which I bought on Amazon (not on Aliexpress). But, I haven't checked the Bios yet. But Thunderbolt Center doesn’t see anything.

Hi Scott, thanks a lot for this video, it did the trick for me but I have weird recurring issue: on several of the miniDV tapes I'm transferring, the first captured video clip has no audio, even though I can clearly heard sound when it's playing on the camcorder as it is being read. If I have several different clips on the tape, all the next ones have audio and no issue, but the first one does not. I'm not sure if it happens for all the tapes, as I did not check the first few tapes I worked on. Any ideas ? By the way, I found that in WinDV, if you check the box left to the Capture button, the camcorder will automatically start when you click the button. Noe need to lauch the tape playback manually. Thanks again,

Hello! I have an unrelated question, I am looking for alternative ear tips for the new Air Pods Pro 2nd generation and attachable ear canal hooks to keep them in place while at the gym. I've searched on Amazon but since Air Pods Pro 2nd gen are relatively new, there hasn't been updated information on ear tips or ear canal hook attachments. I stumbled upon your older video on alternative ears tips for the AirPods Pro 1st generation and was wondering if they will fit the 2nd generation Air Pods Pro?

Hi Scott, thanks for the very clear Video. I have a Lenovo Laptop V15 G2 ALC (Windows 11) which has a USB C port. I am trying to download Video from a SonyTRV DC355E which has a DV out port, I am using the exact Dongle and Cable as shown in the video. No matter what I do I cannot get WinDV to see the Camera. Have youi any suggestions? I would be most grateful Best Regards, Peter Webb

I am having trouble copying from my Panasonic NV-GS15 camcorder to my laptop. The recordings were recorded in HD in 2007 when copying using clear click video2dgital to USB. recordings are so poor - wanted to edit and view them on bit screen tv for elderly parents 😢. Any suggestions

@ScottSchramm Using an 8th Gen Win 11 laptop with Thunderbolt 3, the Thundebolt app detects the Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter but WinDV says "No Device Found". Looking at Device Manager I do not see an IEEE Device. The camera is a Canon ZR200. Do I need to install Firewire drivers separately?

Many thank for the video, my problem is that I don't have a Thunder Bolt Port on my computer, is there another way to do this operation.

Can you go mini firewater straight to usb ?

Handbrake is good, but seems it will only convert your digital .avi to .mp4 after you've already captured. Do you know a way to capture firewire 1394 directly into .mp4 instead of .avi?

Sorry but Can I use the mini usb to thunderbolt cable ?

For me it says usb device not recognized 😢

Thank you for giving me hope, but I haven’t been able to get this to work. I have an LG gram with Windows 11, Thunderbolt 4 and a Panasonic NV-GS300 mini DV recorder. I bought the cables. I followed your process. I did wonder if I just need an IEEE 1394 controller driver?

Does this work with connecting the camera via an hdmi cable? It says Camcorder is not recognized or connected

Ahhh so annoyed my computer (lenevo yoga 9i) registers and finds the device but the WinDV application doesn’t. I’m using a JCV camera and am stuck on what to do to get rid of the error device not found

Is it possible to convert from the Thunderbolt to USB and then plug it into the computer if I don't have a Thunderbolt port? Would it work?

what if i do not have a thunder bolt?

You should do a video for those who do not have Thunderbolt on their laptops. I haven´t one on my laptop. It is quite rare to have Thunderbolt on your Win laptop.

my laptop has usb c port but it doesn’t have the thunderbolt sign, will it still work ? if not what can i use to get it in the right plug in ?

I’m still confused as to how I get it from FireWire out the camcorder to just a normal usb 3 port?

Is it true that HDV Split only plays tapes? I want to record live from the old camera. What will do that?

Hi! Thanks for sharing this info! I decided to buy a new windows thunderbolt powered laptop after watching your videos, since I have a lot of firewire800 devices I still use and didn't want to buy a mac computer. I've been trying to follow your instructions in a 2022 dell xps laptop to connect some firewire 800 audio devices, but simply connecting the thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 2 adapter shows a problem in device manager (tried every combination of thunderbolt settings in the BIOS already). Thunderbolt control center doesn't seem to be included in the software shipped with the laptop, and trying to install a copy from Intel''s website fails with a cryptic "Error 0x80070643: Failed to install MSI package" in the install logs. I've read some windows updates have broken thunderbolt for some people, so I'm curious if this setup is still working for you (are your ports thunderbolt4/USB4?). Thanks!

This is very helpful, thank you but I am struggling to find Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 adapter. They are out of stock everywhere? What's the alternative? Is there any way to get this working? I have thunderbolt 3 on my laptop.

This information has been great! I also have a HP Spectre x360 and VX2000 (along with a Hi8 device), but when I connect the Thunderbolt adapters...as soon as the Thunderbolt to Firewire one connects to the Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, a BSOD occurs with a "tbtbusdrv.sys" system thread not handled error. All my drivers are up-to-date but now I'm stuck. Any suggestions? Thunderbolt software doesn't show first adapter is connected either. Thanks!

Does it work on the new iPad Pro? Since it has Thuderbolt port and maybe I can capture the video with iMovie?

Hi I am having problems in WinDV. I'm getting Error: device not found. any ideas?

I have purchased all cables but my pc does not recognise the input ?

You are correct Scott regarding my Sony Camera, it is a Handicam, digital not HD as the manual shows because the manual covers 3 models and my model is NOT an HD. So, I do have the WinDV software loaded on the Laptop because as you stated the 12th gen Intel on my new Desktop will not work. On the Laptop the Camera is seen in Device manager and says it is working OK, the software program opens OK, in the lower box it says it is capturing, but it is not. The screen in WinDV is black and the counter is not moving. I am so close to this working but cannot find the problem. Any ideas Scott?

As soon as I plug the thunderbolt into my computer with the camera connected and turned on my laptop goes into a reboot loop until I unplug the camera. I checked all of the troubleshooting options you showed with no success. Any tips on what to try next are greatly appreciated!

Hi, how capture in sony vegas ?

Does this work with FireWire 800

I need help! I don't have a thunderbolt, thee is something I can do, for don't waist mi video

Are you able to help me out? i have a dell xps 15 9500 operating with i7 10th gen. im unsure if this method will work for me if i dont have a firewire drive? When i go into device manager I dont see it

Does this work with an m1 pro macbook?

Hi Do I have to have thunderbolt connection? or will this work with usb3?

the amazon link for the firewire to thunderbold are unavailable. maybe you want to sell yours to me?

What if it's not digital video or hd? Like Hi8 cassettes, analog, does this video still apply?

Is there a way to do this on mac?

hello scott when i plug my adapter into my pc it says my device is not recognized, I have a dell g5 Pc and a dvx100 A mini dv

If Adobe Premiere is installed, does it need codes?

is there any adapter from usb-c to thunderbolt😢

Hi, thanks for sharing this video. Unfrotunately on my pc does not work. I have bought Lenovo Legion 5 with thunderbolt 4, run on windows 11. I would like to connect my interface Audio with firewire plug. I have both adapters, and plugged - Thnuderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 -> Thunderbolt 2 -> Firewire, but windows nothing found. Once connect that only with one adapter Thunderbolt 2 -> Firewire on My Mac it does work. Any idea? shall I install firewire driver for widnows 11 ( there are nothing on the internet).

Ok. How can I do this at a modern Windows 11 laptop?

Hey bud out of curiosity, i have a Sony DCR-HC51, will this be compatible on windows, because it is not compatible with Mac IOS.

I use to be able to do this before my Laptop updated to Windows 11. I used the other video. Anyway, I found this video for Windows 11. However, HDVSplit is not recognizing my device. I'm not sure what else to do. I've updated the sfotware, installed the codec,etc.

Great info, thank you! I purchased the cables, but so far no luck. I have an HP EliteBook x360 1040 G8 Notebook (windows 10 21H2). It has two usb-c type ports which show the thunderbolt symbol next to them on side of laptop. The manual describes these as "USB-C 3.1 Gen 1 (Thunderbolt). Device manager shows a Thunderbolt driver 1.41.1325.0 HP Support Software/Drivers site shows (after detecting my PC) available driver: Intel Thunderbolt 3 DCH driver 86 Rev.A. Is it possible to make this work on my PC? Thanks again for the excellent and detailed video!

so a USB-c (SS) socket wont work? thats faster than firewire 400??

The apple FireWire convertor seems to no longer be made and prices have gone up.

I can't get this working! I have tried everything that I know and what was shown. I checked in BIOS on my Dell 7700 Laptop for Thunderbolt settings, all is ON and correct. Yet, my WinDV screen is black, no video even though Device manager sees the camcorder, says it is working, the WinDV screen says "capturing" but where is it?

I wonder whether there is anybody in the UK who doesn't need Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 adapter anymore and are willing to sell it to me?