On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 09:38, Don Calfa wrote:
> I have a windows system that was used solely for video capture.  It was 
> PCI based and gave me the capability to record to tape.  (That's not 
> really important)  Being that I have to buy a new capture device, I 
> would like it to work with Linux so I can wean off of Windows.
> 
> So far, only firewire seems to work for Linux that I can see and I have 
> no need for that.  All my stuff is analog that I'm converting.  I wish I 
> could find a USB solution so I can move the device around and test it out.
> 
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firewire is very cheap to add to a computer and the reason that firewire
is used and not USB is because UBS 1.1 was too slow and if you put USB
1.1 devices on a bus with 2.0, you aren't gonna be happy.

Firewire has become the standard video interface.

Craig