Do these firewire to usb cables work to plug a firewire camcorder to a usb port(i have link)?

Question

http://cgi.ebay.com/5FT-USB-2-0-to-IEEE-1394-Firewire-4-Pin-Cable-5-Feet_W0QQitemZ260240475340QQihZ016QQcategoryZ88664QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD4VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em124

copy the link^^^^i hear people say those dont exsist but they are on ebay....do they work????

Answer 1

No, they do not work for transferring miniDV tape video. Yes, they exist...

Answer 2

Yep they do exists (I saw them even elsewhere not only on eBay).

You know - I do not have personal experience (all my computers do have firewire port), but reading about them and looking at them, I do not see reason why they should not work.

That assumes that you have USB 2 (which is bit faster than Firewire 400). USB 1.1 would be too slow for miniDV video transfer - that would not work.

I would suggest to try it - for $5 on eBay, even if that doesn't work, than you've lost one McDonald hamburger - not a big deal, or is it?