usb vs dv cable

[markpsych]

Mini dv to pc. Is there any quality difference between usb and dv cables?

Thanks

[EvilBoris]

as in firewire or iee1394?

Because that has alot higher data rate than USB

[markpsych]

iee1394. Higher data rate than USB....so that's the one to use then?

[CMcK]

On paper USB2 has a slightly higher data rate than Firewire / ieee1394 but in the real world firewire is a bit faster.

I assume you intend to hook up a camcorder to your computer? Stick with firewire. USB output was added to camcorders because a lot of people didn't have firewire inputs on their PC's. But the DV standard was designed to use firewire. Some camcorders USB outputs cannot deliver the full DV stream to a computer.

[Crisp_Rapper]

usb 2.0 is theoretically faster than firewire but usb 2 works over a master-slave architecture whereas firewire is peer to peer and thusly has no speed overheads. so firewire is faster.

[markpsych]

Sorted!

Thanks people

[briareos_kerensky]

And...USB 2.0 is rated as 480 mb/s. Firewire 400 as 400 mb/s, firewire 800 (a rare thing, unfortunately) at 800 m/s.
All firewire connections have a better sustained data transfer and can get much closer to their theorical maximum, while USB has a lot of ups and downs during transfer, making the average slightly less slower than FW400.

[markpsych]

I love it when you guys talk tech

Don't understand a fkin word of it though