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I recently bought a Canon DV Camcorder and a firewire PCI card so I can move the video to my PC.

Anyways, I have a few questions I was hoping someone could answer since i'm a complete newbie to firewire.

1) I read that Firewire has its own power supply (or something like that) and it can actually charge the battery on my DV Recorder. Is this true? It'd be cool if I didn't have to plug in the AC adapter while my DV Recorder is connected to the PC.

2) Does a USB to Firewire converter exist? My 4 available USB (1.1) ports are used and I have 5 USB devices. Now that I have this Firewire card, I have 3 available ports, and was hoping I could utilize one of them for my extra USB device.

Thanks!

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Originally posted by Spyder

1) I read that Firewire has its own power supply (or something like that) and it can actually charge the battery on my DV Recorder. Is this true?

Sure.

2) Does a USB to Firewire converter exist?

They're two completely different technologies, so the answer is no.

Thanks!

You're welcome mate! :)

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Originally posted by Fedr0

they're two completely different technologies, so the answer is no.

i realize that they're different, but so is serial ports and USB ports..but a serial to USB converter exists...

but thanks for your answers!

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why not get a usb hub? it allows u to run more devices off the one port, and it would be cheeper than any adapter.

as for powering ur camcorder that depends u should probally see ur manual for ur camcorder, the fire wire ports do power devices, but it might not charge ur battery as well, mabey just run ur camcorder

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Originally posted by spike232

, but it might not charge ur battery as well, mabey just run ur camcorder

i'd be ok with that as well..because if its powering it while i'm using it, then i dont need to plug it in at the same time. at the same time i wont need to worry about the battery running out! :)

thanks for the answers guys

btw... in the post above I meant parallel->USB adapter.. :D

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Originally posted by Spyder

1) I read that Firewire has its own power supply (or something like that) and it can actually charge the battery on my DV Recorder. Is this true?

Originally posted by Fedr0

Sure.

Are u sure about this? I have a Panasonic and the manual says to make sure to use the power supply that comes with the Panasonic to prevent from battery drainage.

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