Posted by Rick Merrill on 05/22/07 11:08
Roberto Divia wrote:
> Rick Merrill wrote:
>> David McCall wrote:
>> ...
>>> Firewire (IEEE 1394) is much more robust. All of the DV cameras
>>> use IEEE 1394 for transfer to and from the computer. Most computers
>>> come with built-in IEEE 1394 ports these days.
>>
>> Actually, USB2 achieves higher actual throughput than Firewire
>> implementations.
>
> Peak: yes.
> Average/sustained (e.g. with HDD + medium-big files): no.
>
Thank you - I stand corrected.
> There are several benchmarking around. The majority gives FireWire a small
> lead over USB at a lower CPU occupancy.
>
> In any case, for DV cameras the "throughput" issue does not exist (but the
> "CPU occupancy" does...).
Could you expand on that terminology?
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