Firewire-USB cable??

Just buy a PCI card with a firewire port. They are not that expensive. You can't go from a firewire output to a USB input.

If such an animal existed, (it does not), you would not want one. Get the Firewire card.

A firewire card is the best option. But there are other options: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=269248

I just found a cable that will convert a firewire DV stream into an USB2 DV stream

Take a look: http://www.pixela-1.com/captycable/

*** EDIT: 4-AUG-2007 - Updated link ***

A $130US price tag is a little steep, though. I could buy a quite a few PCI Firewire cards for that or even some PCMCIA Firewire cards.

Originally Posted by edDV

Totally untested and not to be trusted.

Why spend $130 for this when a PCI card and cable can be had for $20 if you shop carefully.

I dont think it would be that cheap for use on a "Laptop". But very good point.

I wouldnt trust that it would work. "That Great".

I got mine Firewire card from Walmart for only about $25.00.

Yes, they do make a combination USB/Firewire card. They have them at CompUSA.

I do prefer a PCI or cardbus card instead of this cable, but there are some systems out there with no expansion capabilities (like a Dell Optiplex SX270). For those systems a cable like the one in the link above is the only (and expensive) option.

I suppose it would have purposes like ofbarea mentions. It would be nice to be able to download a DV file to just any computer with a USB 2.0 port. Maybe if they sell a few and the price comes down to about $50US, it might find a niche.