On Apr 20, 2008, at 18:42, John W Kennedy wrote:
Well, there are three USBs and two Firewires. but Firewire is generally faster. However, unless you're transferring video files, you're not likely to notice -- which is the reason that the cheaper USB is the de-facto standard for general-purpose work.
Actually, moving large quantities of files will also show the difference in speed. As more and more files are several megabytes or larger the difference is more noticeable as you move more than just a few small files.
As to video, there are different types of video. Compressed non-real time or non-streaming files are not critical as to speed or continuity of the stream. When you move to real time capture or editing, then the speed difference and Firewire's ability to guarantee the uninterrupted transport of the video/audio stream is critical.
USB does have the capability written into the specifications for USB 2.0. The problem is that it is not a required part of the specification and unless everything on the USB chain implements it, it does not work.
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