Seth
Mon Sep 27 21:05:02 CDT 2004
True, while USB2 is slightly faster overall it shares its speed so you might
not be getting enough bandwidth all the time. But unless you have alot of
USB devices it shouldn't make too much of a difference should it? I don't
think so but I might be wrong.
"quietguy" wrote:
> From what I hear/have read while USB2 IS slightly faster than firewire,
> it does not sustain its speed if there are other calls on the USB line.
> Essentially this would mean that it could slow down in the middle of a
> capture, thus losing frames, if there was another demand that it had to
> respond to.
>
> David
>
> Geoff wrote:
> >
> > Does this apply to both USB1 & USB2? I had heard that USB2 was faster
> > than firwire.
> >
> > Geoff.
> >
> > "Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
> > news:uYG00H9oEHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > There is no such a cable that has FireWire at
> > > one end and USB at the other end.
> > >
> > > The advantage of using FireWire over USB is
> > > that you can capture DV-AVI video in full
> > > resolution using FireWire. Using USB, you
> > > will get a lower-resolution, more highly-
> > > compressed version of the video.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Bob
> > > ____________________________
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> > >
> > >
> > > "TvNewsShooter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2e0d01c4a392$efeebdd0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > > > My HandyCam came with a cable that has a Firewire
> > > > connection for the camera end and a USB connection for
> > > > the computer end. What would be the advantage to putting
> > > > in a Firewire PCI card a getting a Firewire cable for
> > > > capturing my video.
>
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