This USB Firewire cable is of very good quality, but are using leaves to be desired, regardless of the PC, notebook, or desktop, knowing that windows, 8, 8.1, 7, vista, xp, do not recognize after many try the evidence before me communicate by service service of my equipment (If Dune posteriori evolution of Windows environment, independent of our will, it is not possible for technical or economic reasons, to ensure that compatibility, USB streaming drivers are not compatible with Windows VISTA / Windows 7/8 and nexiste no updates for this compatibility) the following error message, unrecognized USB device, I find out from various shops computer, and am even moved me with the material at various stores to see with them a possible way to solve the problem, apparently by adding a Firewire card to receive the DV cable is not at all on reliability, or a case of external acquisitions equipped with a video RCA inputs side whose reliability remains to be determined, possibly a USB FIREWIRE, nothing really reliable, if anyone has a idea thank you to let me know. Sincerely.