Using MiniDV camcorder with FC3

[James Wilkinson]

Gustavo Seabra wrote:
> Thanks William. hwbrowser gives only the following:
> 
> Selected Device:
>      Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
> Manufacturer:  Unknown
> Driver:            uhci-hcd
> 
> With no mention to the USB version. If I try connecting the camera 
> anyway, could I break anything?

The version information *is* there, it's just not obvious.

USB 2.0 adapters use EHCI...

Besides, PIIX4 dates back to the Intel 440BX/LX/ZX/DX days, well before
USB2.

But I very much doubt you'd break anything if you tried connecting it.
It should just connect at merely 12 Mbit/s. Whether the camcorder would
send anything over that speed I don't know.

http://www.linux-usb.org/usb2.html says:

> You can connect USB 2.0 peripherals to USB 1.1 hosts and hubs, and
> they should work just fine ... but at 12 Mbit/sec, not at 480
> Mbit/sec.

Hope this helps,

James.

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