Sound Card 1394

[LaL]

hi readers.
there's something called > IEEE1394 < in my device manager.
and on the back of my sound card (creative sound blaster audigy) there is a port with > SB1394 < next to it. this is obviously what IEEE1394 is rite?...
anyway, i just wanted to know what it is and how i can use it.
because i was told that i could use this for my DV camcorder. is this true? DVL9200 << Nvidia GeForce Ti 4200(AGP8x) < graphics card (128MB) with ports on it to connect devices like VCR-In, TV-Out, Camcorder-In. does anyone know how i can use any of this to connect my camera to my pc?
thanks for taking time to read all this.

[Coconut Monkey]

That "IEEE1394" is a firewire port, which you can use to connect your DV camcorder to stream off digital video.

The inputs and outputs on your video card allow you to output (TV-out) a signal to your TV (or some other display device), as well as accept (in!) signals from a VCR etc, although I think this would be limited to an analogue format (not as good as digital).

Were you supplied with any cables and appropriate software?

[Rueful Rogue]

There is an article located at: http://www.vxm.com/21R.49.html which will give you some background on the IEEE 1394 firewire technology and you will also find a pictoral of the cable and connector. Firewire technology is high speed data transfer and the technology has advanced since this article was written. IEEE 1394a came first followed by IEEE 1394b, each with a higher data transfer speed (bandwidth). Just do a google search on IEEE 1394b for specifics. (I doubt that the actual IEEE 1394 interface connector is located on your soundblaster card.)

[LaL]

(I doubt that the actual IEEE 1394 interface connector is located on your soundblaster card.)

it is located on the card. in the manual there is a picture of what i can connect to it, and the pictures show, digital cd player, external hard drive, digi cam, DV camcorder, and a hard disk.
i can't seem to find a picture or exact model of the sound card to show u guys, but it was bundled with my 5.1 creative speakers.
there was only picture capturing software included with the camera, and pc cable for comport 1/2 connection. no cables with sound no.

[Rueful Rogue]

LaL, I stand corrected. I should have done my homework. Here's what I found on the Creative Website. You do have a Firewire connector. I just had never heard of one being on a sound card before. (Go figure!!) Enough of the excuses, here's some data on it along with a "typical" photo (actual depends on the model of the card you have). Pin outs are the same for all cards.

Firewire (Found on Sound Blaster Audigy & Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series of soundcards)

External Connector: [img]http://dmzweb3.europe.creative.com/wwenglish/audio_int/images/soundcard13.gif[/img]
Mating Face of 6 pin male SB1394 1 Power
2 GND
3 TPB-
4 TPB+
5 TPA-
6 TPA+

SB 1394 Internal Connector [img]http://dmzweb3.europe.creative.com/wwenglish/audio_int/images/soundcard16.jpg[/img]

Pin Signal 1 TPA+

2 TPA- 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB+ 6 TPB- 7 *Power (+12VDC)8 *Power (+12VDC)9 KEY (Not Used)10 PHY_GND*Depopulated on some models

[img]http://dmzweb3.europe.creative.com/wwimages/audio_int/audigy/audigy_connectors12.gif[/img]

Your manual should tell you how to use this feature, but failing that, you can get instructions from the Creative web site at http://us.creative.com//welcome.asp . Just be sure to have the exact model number of the Audigy card you have.

[LaL]

hey Rueful Rogue,
thanks for the help