FireWire CardBus PC Card Competitive List
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| Rev. 1.0 23/Jan./2000
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 FireWire CardBus PC Card List
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CBFW2
CardBus PC Card |
VST
FireWire CardBus Card |
OrangeLink
CardBus Card |
FireWire 2 Go |
| Manufacturer |
RATOC Systems, Inc. |
VST Technologies, Inc. |
OrangeMicro, Inc. |
Newer Technology, Inc. |
| Link chip |
OHCI 1.0 NEC FW5 |
OHCI 1.0 TI |
OHCI 1.0 NEC |
TI Lynx |
| PHY chip |
1394.a NEC/ FFMD |
1394.a TI |
1394.a NEC |
1394-1955 TI |
PC Card standard
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Physical |
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Electrical |
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Metaformat |
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7.0 fully complinat
Type 2
7.0 Compliant
7.0 Compliant
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Type 2
7.0 Compliant
Not Compliant
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Type2
Extention
7.0
Compliant
6.0 Compliant
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Type 2
Not Compliant
Not Compliant |
| Number of FireWire port |
6P FireWirex2 |
6P FireWire x1
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6P FireWire x2
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6P FireWire x1 |
| FireWire Cable Power |
Available
* External Power adapter required |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Bundled software except driver and enabler |
QuickTime 4.0 |
N/A |
QuickTime 4.0 |
QuickTime 4.0 Pro |
| EditDV 1.6.1 45days trial. |
N/A |
Premiere LE |
N/A |
| FireWire Support 2.1 |
FireWire Support 2.2.2 |
FireWire Support 2.1 |
FireWire Support 2.1 |
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Bench Mark Test Results
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 Environments
| Hardware : |
PowerBook G3/400 192MB, VST FireWire 8GB portable HD, Canon Optura and SONY DCR-PC1. |
| Software : |
MacOS8.6, FireWire Support 2.2.2, QuickTime FireWire DV Enabler 2.0, QuickTime FireWire DV Support 2.0. |
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CBFW2
CardBus PC Card |
VST
FireWire CardBus Card |
OrangeLink
CardBus Card |
FireWire 2 Go |
| Enabler |
REX-CBFW Enabler 1.0 |
FireWire VST OHCI Enabler 1.0 |
FireWire OrangeLink PCCard 1.1 |
FireWire CardBus Enabler 1.0 |
| Driver |
REX-CBFW Driver 1.6 |
FireWire Enabler 2.2.2 |
FireWire OrangeLink Enabler 1.1 |
FireWire Enabler 2.2.2 |
Bench Mark with VST format utility 2.0.1
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CBFW2
CardBus PC Card |
VST
FireWire CardBus Card |
OrangeLink
CardBus Card |
FireWire 2 Go |
| Large File |
Read
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9.83 |
9.83 |
9.83 |
9.83 |
| Write |
12.77 |
12.80 |
4.24 |
9.07 |
| Small File |
Read
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3.70 |
3.85 |
3.75 |
3.75 |
| Write |
6.43 |
6.63 |
3.20 |
5.07 |
| Avarage Access Time |
19.83mS |
20.31mS |
20.19mS |
20.96mS |
DV to FireWire HD direct caprure by Final Cut Pro 1.0.1
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CBFW2
CardBus PC Card |
VST
FireWire CardBus Card |
OrangeLink
CardBus Card |
FireWire 2 Go |
| Canon DVCAM to VST FireWire HD *1 |
29.93fps
(connect directly) |
9.29fps |
N/A.
System freezed. |
8.8fps |
24.97fps
(through VST HD) |
*2 |
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*2 |
| SONY DVCAM to VST FireWire HD *1 |
29.97fps
(connect directly) |
29.97fps |
22.00fps
(connect directly) |
29.97fps |
29.97fps
(through VST HD) |
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21.92fps
(through VST HD) |
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| Canon DVCAM to internal IDE HD *1 |
29.96fps |
29.96fps |
29.96fps |
29.96fps |
| DV Export |
Smooth |
Smooth |
Sometimes
interrupted |
Smooth |
*1 Checked by QuickTime4.0 Player Pro
*2 DV data packet is lost through VST and Nerwer card.
DV to FireWire HD direct capture by Adobe Premiere 5.1C
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CBFW2
CardBus PC Card |
VST
FireWire CardBus Card |
OrangeLink
CardBus Card |
FireWire 2 Go |
| Canon DVCAM to VST FireWire HD *1 |
24.78fps
(connect directly) |
9.30fps |
21.77fps
(connect directly) |
8.04fps |
24.78fps
(through VST HD) |
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18.11fps
(through VST HD) |
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| Droped frames/ total frame |
0/2166 |
0/1133 *2
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229/2363 |
2/935 *3
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| SONY DVCAM to VST FireWire HD *1 |
29.97fps
(connect directly) |
29.97fps
(connect directly) |
21.74fps
(connect directly) |
29.97fps |
29.97fps
(through VST HD) |
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20.75fps
(through VST HD) |
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| Droped frames/ total frame |
0/2299 |
0/1708 |
250/2095 |
0/2765 |
*1 Checked by QuickTime4.0 Player Pro
*2 3655 frames required
*3 3480 frames required
Conclusion
- CBFW2 is a best CardBus card for DV data capturing directly to FireWire HD with PowerBook G3/400,333. With Wallstreet(G3/300,G3/266,G3/233), capture frame rate will be down same as OrangeLink card.
- VST card and Newer card will missing isochronous DV data packet from Canon DVCAM through VST HD.
- If customer has Canon DVCAM, he can not capture DV data to FireWire HD directly with Newer or VST card.
- OrangeLink card is too slow to capture DV data directly from DVCAM to FireWire HD.
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