Is iLink the same as Firewire?

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Is iLink the same as Firewire?

Once again, please excuse the novice question...

One of my Sony camcorders has an iLink connector and cable. I've found mixed message whilst trawling the web and some suggest that iLink is merely Sony's name for Firewire. If this is the case (seeing that the Firewire and iLink connectors are different) can I connect my Sony MICRO MV camcorder to my iMac with the iLink cable and some sort of adaptor? Secondly, will iMovie recognise the camcorder and read the video files accordingly?

Thanks again,
Dom.

imac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Jan 17, 2006 1:54 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 17, 2006 4:45 AM in response to domx

some suggest that iLink is merely Sony's name for Firewire.

That is correct. Another name is IEEE1394.

Secondly, will iMovie recognise the camcorder and read the video files accordingly?

Unfortunately, no. MicroMV is NOT using the DV standard the rest of the world uses. I would take the camera back and buy a miniDV instead.

DV standard requires Firewire. But Firewire does not guarantee DV.

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Jan 18, 2006 2:51 AM in response to Lennart Thelander

Thanks Lennart... much appreciated 🙂

I'm hoping to take some video in Sweden soon when I visit my new head office in Gothenburg... a large Swedish telecoms company beginning with Eric 😉

Dom.

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