Fire Wire Component or Composite signal

Just curious, I've never really been informed or found the answer to this:
Is Fire Wire a component or composite video signal. I've heard agruements that it's both.
Thanks,
ed

all the formats in the D7 format (DV, DVCPRO, DVCAM, D8) are all Digital component
D1 (8-bit), D5 (10-bit), D9 (digital S) and DVCPRO 50 are also all Digitial Composite signals<<
The formats yes ... but Firewire isn't a format. It's just a data transfer protocol.

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Rick, welcome to the forum.
There is no software necessary for Firewire (IEEE 1394a). The driver is installed with the OS.
Here is the Motherboard Specifictions page for the computer. It only shows that there is a Firewire (IEEE 1394a) port (# 11) in the Back I/O ports.
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