How to Find the IEEE 1394 Port on Your Camcorder

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Tip 1 - No Firewire Port on Computer

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Krysta Hermosillo | permalink

I have a Sony TRV27 camcorder that usesa IEEE1394 Firewire connection to transfer my video tapes to the computer. Unfortunately my new computerdoes not have a Firewire port to connect to. It also does not have a spare PCI slot to add a Firewire card. I'm using Windows 7 and using Pinnacle video software. Is there any way to download my videos to this new computer? Is there a Firewire to USB adapter available? If available, will it work? If I'm forced to use an anolog connection, will I loose video quality?

For further reading: http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer ^[1]

Tip 2 - What is IEEE 1394? - Definition from WhatIs.com

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dennis Badagliacco | permalink

IEEE 1394, High Performance Serial Bus, is an electronics standard for connecting devices to a personal computer. IEEE 1394 provides a single plug-and-socket connection on which up to 63 devices can be attached with data transfer speeds up to 400 Mbps.

For further reading: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/IEEE-1394 ^[2]