29-10-2007, 23:53
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DV or USB
Hi
Just a quick question what are the advantages of using a DV cable to transfer video footage from a DV Camcorder to my PC over USB. As i am thinking of getting a Firewire pci card to transfer videos and just wanted to make sure that it was worth it.. Thanks in advance
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30-10-2007, 00:23
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Re: DV or USB
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Originally Posted by bobtail747
Hi
Just a quick question what are the advantages of using a DV cable to transfer video footage from a DV Camcorder to my PC over USB. As i am thinking of getting a Firewire pci card to transfer videos and just wanted to make sure that it was worth it.. Thanks in advance
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Although USB2 peaks higher than firewire (but not firewire 800) the sustained throughput on fire wire is usually better
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Firewire-IEEE1...QQcmdZViewItem
the cards are cheap enough 
P.s I just hit the first one i saw on buy it now look around before committing to a purchase.
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30-10-2007, 00:40
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Re: DV or USB
The cheapest 1394b [800] card I could find is this 1 at Maplin.
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30-10-2007, 08:28
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Re: DV or USB
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Originally Posted by bobtail747
...what are the advantages of using a DV cable to transfer video footage from a DV Camcorder to my PC ...
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I do this quite frequently over firewire and have never had a problem.
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30-10-2007, 10:42
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Re: DV or USB
Not sure about your camcorder & software, but I know my JVC miniDV cam only allows stills to be transfered by USB - video must be copied by firewire. Have you actually tried downloading via USB yet?
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30-10-2007, 11:06
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Re: DV or USB
I would recommend firewire everytime. It was designed for video transfer, and, as stated before can sustain a higher speed. We have Sony camcorders at work that do output video via USB, but they lower the resolution of the video to do so.
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30-10-2007, 14:11
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Re: DV or USB
Thanks for all the info, its really helpful,
Hi aragorn my JVC Mini DV does transfer video over usb just not that great.
I will have a hunt round ebay and see what i can find.
Thanks again
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