From the Adaptec Firewire site, it looks like Universal Serial Bus (USB) will handle DVD compressed video........
Firewire is needed for non-PC-based applications.
<<The 12 Mbps signaling rate of the of the USB is capable of handling MPEG-1, DVD's nominal
3.5 Mbps data rate, and MP@ML MPEG-2 compressed video and audio at 6+ Mbps. Like
1394, USB provides for isochronous signaling, but at a much lower bandwidth. Thus initial
multimedia applications for USB peripherals are more likely to be in the audio-only realm. As
an example, Altec-Lansing announced in early 1997 a set of powered speakers that accept
digital audio signals from a USB port and Northern Telecom promises a USB-connected
telephone. The requirement for a PC host controller, however, limits USB to PC-only
peripherals. The primary advantage of 1394, aside from its much higher bandwidth, is that
consumers can use 1394 devices in simple setups, such as dubbing DV tapes from a
camcorder to a DVCR, without the need to connect a PC or another microprocessor-based
controller as an intermediary.>> |
