Firewire to USB Cable

[OptimusDinkus]

Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes firewire to usb cables at all? kind of important cause our school comp admins are morons and only have usb installed in the comps. Thanks

 

[metalmania]

afaik there's no such thing.

 

[OptimusDinkus]

There is one kind, but its USB to DV
however, is there a DV to Firewire IEEE cable as well?

 

[gsellis]

There would be no connection without some sort of hub. Firewire and USB are very different. USB to USB in PC to Firewire in PC to Firewire device is the cheapest route.

 

[OptimusDinkus]

erm gsellis, how may ask would that setup be?

 

[corkyg]

Firewire is a derivative of SCSI III - has no relationship at all to USB. That is why I use both. Put in an Adaptec Duo-Connect card - 3 Firewire ports and 2 USB 2. I know of no hub that would link the two except for that type of card where both ports are featured.

 

[OptimusDinkus]

heres the problem though/kicker. The comps on campus are the campus's computers so I cant really go in and install the card, unless you can plug it in from an outside source. unless that hub is external of course

 

[gsellis]

USB requires a host. Firewire does not. So, to go USB to Firewire, you need a host, the PC.

What are you trying to do? Do you have a camera with Firewire? There are cards for under $40 available. Then you need a cable. You just cannot get Firewire into a USB port directly with a cable. Your only other option is S-video or RCA, but you need something to do video in. Here, you would spend as much, and lose quality.

 

[Baked]

So go buy a firewire card.

 

[cy7878]

USB and firewire are NOT interchangeable.