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kakomu
10th August 2006, 21:23
I've noticed that a lot of lesser expensive cameras do not have IEEE1394 ports, but have USB ports. Do these USB ports function in a similar way as the IEEE1394 ports for video capture?

That is to say, if someone wants to capture video through a program, like DVIO, will they be able to do so through their USB port, or will they have to make an analog conversion through their S-video or composite port?

I ask because I've had at least one person who had a camcorder without a IEEE1394 port ask how to capture their video and I'm not sure what the process is for cameras without IEEE1394.

henryho_hk
11th August 2006, 03:14
I am also interested to see if there is any freeware DV data dump software for USB DV cameras. Or do these USB DV cameras act like an external drive when connected to a PC through USB?