i-link/firewire

[kas187]

hi,

2 questions

1) is an i-link same as a firewire?

2) my p.c has a i-link port but no capture card only video out, does this mean that i can transfer my 8mm tapes to harddrive and edit them using adobe premier, convert and burn em on dvd?

thnx

kas187

[Craig Tucker]

Yes i-link - firewire - IEEE 1394 all the same thing.

If you have a firewire port you can transfer digital content ie dv to your PC. You cannot capture from an analogue source, for this you need an analogue capture card or an analogue to digital converter which you could then connect to your firewire port.

[Baldrick]

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary#i.Link

[kas187]

thanks for the quick reply guys,
i feel stupid now, i shouldve checked the glossary first...

cheers anyway,

kas187

[vitualis]

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I had the impression that I.Link (= Sony's spin on Firewire / IEEE 1394) isn't powered?

Regards.

[Craig Tucker]

As far as I am aware there is no difference, I-link is what sony calls their implimentation of the IEEE1394 standard, apple calls it firewire.


http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci749630,00.html

[Greg12]

powered comes in when talking about pins.


6 pin firewire ports found on desktops have 2 pins to transmit power to devices.

4 pin ports found on laptops and camcorders are unable to power the device, only transmit data.

[shoozleboy]

I concur... I have a sony digital cam with the "i-link" and my PC's front firewire port is the 4 pin type (same on the cam)..... point being, until I power up the camera, the PC doesn't know it's there, thus - no power from the PC's 4 pin connection...

4 pin = pc gives no power
6 pin = pc powers device

[vitualis]

Actually, what I mean is that I had the impression that I.Link (= Sony's IEEE 1394) doesn't come in the powered variety at all... For example, if I got a Sony Vaio PC/notebook with an "I.Link" port, that port will be in all respects a Firewire port EXCEPT that it cannot provide power...

I don't have a Sony PC so I can't confirm or deny this... Can someone else here do so?

Regards.

[Craig Tucker]

Perhaps you are right them Michael, as the PC's firewire ports are of the 6 pin variety, whereas the cameras ports are only 4 pin. Shoozleboy says his PC port is of the 4 pin variety, so is this PC a Sony ?

[kas187]

hi, been keeping an eye on the posts,
wll my p.c is a sony vaio machine, as far as i can my machine has 4 pin i-link port.

[vitualis]

So it seems that I.Link = 4-pin IEEE 1394 then (i.e., unpowered after all)...

As a matter of curiousity, does anyone know of any Firewire/IEEE 1394 peripherals that can use/needs to be bus powered?

Regards.

[kas187]

ok i think i should have posted this in another forum but you guys already know my situation and sorry if i ticked a few people off i have a canon G2000 camcorder (see link below for specs) and used it to capture few 8mm videos which id like to put on dvd, i only have av out on the camcorder, can i used this to transfer my tapes,

as you already know that i have only video out and an i link port but no i-link connection to the camcorder what is the best method of transfering my tapes to the pc and editing them using adobe premier.

http://www.whatcamcorder.net/frame.html?http://www.whatcamcorder.net/reviews/Camcorder...nonG2000.shtml

[The village idiot]

Best solution is to get a canopus ADVC-100 or Datavideo DAC-100 video to DV converter.

Also iLink uses a "special" Sony connecter. That good ole Sony F' you, we will be different and screw you, mentality.

[rallynavvie]

Nah, iLink is just a 4-pin FireWire plug like all the above said. It was a tight fit the first time I plugged into one but it worked just fine

As for powered FireWire peripherals I've seen none but a friend with an iPod said it recharges when you connect it with a desktop with a 6-pin cable. That's pretty handy if it does. I want an iPod