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What is the difference between a USB port and Firewire to capture you video to you computer?

2007-01-21 08:44:46 · 4 answers · asked by Thrawn101 2 in Consumer Electronics Camcorders

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USB is Universal Serial Bus and Firewire is Apple's name for IEEE 1394. They are completely different protocols for transferring data from one electronic device to another.

Most camcorders transfer video over IEEE 1394 with no loss of information. They usually use USB to transfer data from their memory card.

2007-01-21 09:47:41 · answer #1 · answered by John W 3 · 0 0

Depends whether you are talking about USB or USB2
It all lies in transfer speed
USB 12 Megabits/seconds
USB2 480 Mbps
Firewire (or IEEE1394) 400mbits /seconds
and soon to be release firewire2 800mbits /second
as a rule of thum the higher the rate the better the video. USB you will find is preferred on PC and firewire on MACs Although you can use one on the other. I would suggest using firewire as it does seem to give a better result overall. if you are trying to capture from a digital camcorder, you will see a dv out or iLink port, this is firewire as well.

2007-01-22 00:09:38 · answer #2 · answered by a_m1t 2 · 1 0

Well okay to put it into plain english, USB is usually used to transfer pictures (on MiniDV cameras) and footage (on hard drive and flash memory cameras), while firewire is used to transfer MiniDV footage. Most miniDV cameras use only firewire as the option for transferring video, although some newer ones are using USB. However, Firewire will still provide better transfer rates (overall) and quality, so stick with it whenever possible. And yes, its also known as iLink or IEEE 1394. Hope this helps!

2007-01-21 20:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by evilgenius4930 5 · 0 0

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2007-01-21 21:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by iikozen 3 · 0 0

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