Synched Audio and Video Capture in JMF?

I am in the planning stages of developing a speaker's corner for our university television station. Essentially, a button pressed by the user and a JSamp will send serial data to the computer(PC) that will execute the capture program. Before I proceed further, will I be able to capture both audio and video so that they will be in synch so that I can later bring both into a commercial video editing platform? Also, does the JMF support capture by firwire or USB only? Most of the forums seem to indicate that it is USB. Thanks, and any other advice would be appreciated.
-Steve

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import java.util.logging.Logger;
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import javax.media.format.*;
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