usb to firewire

[theposse]

I have a sony hi8 camcorder and i want to put the video onto a DVD.
The problem is that i have an imac G4 and i can't seem to connect it as it doesn't have usb 2.0 and i can't find a usb 1.0 to firewire cable.
Do they exist.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Scott

 

[Cromulent]

I have a sony hi8 camcorder and i want to put the video onto a DVD.
The problem is that i have an imac G4 and i can't seem to connect it as it doesn't have usb 2.0 and i can't find a usb 1.0 to firewire cable.
Do they exist.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Scott

Nope. USB 1 is only 12 megabits a second which is about 1.1 megabytes a second. Far far far too slow for video transfer. Firewire is 400 megabits a second which is what you need. I'm not really sure of a method around your problem though unfortunately.

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

The iMac G4s have FireWire?

Just go FireWire to FireWire?

 

[theposse]

the camcorder doesn't have a firewire connection it has to be a usb to a firewire cable.
i got a bit muddled up earlier with the usb 2.0 1.0 thing as the connection to my camcorder is small usb and the firewire is my computer.
Thanks again scottie

 

[heisiam1513]

Scott,

You have to digitize the footage from hi-8 tapes before importing them. I ran hi-8 tapes through an older mini dv camcorder with an analog-to-digital converter function, then into the mac via firewire. Apparently the newer camcorders generally do not have this function. Additionally, you can buy a converter from canopus such as this

To import, firewire is the easiest although imovie 08 (I think) allows you to import using usb 2.0.

Hope this helps!

Dan

 

[jsw]

Do they exist.

No, they are completely different protocols. There is no such thing as a USB <-> Firewire cable. There are likely devices that can input via USB and output via firewire, but no one cable can do that.