With firewire, bandwidth can be reliably reserved so that audio and video can be transmitted real-time without risking choppy video / holes in the sound. It also handles some latency issues, although I don't remember the details...
You could use a bridge to transmit the data over ethenet, but you'd loose the ability to do isochronous transmission.
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Two words: isochronous transmission.
With firewire, bandwidth can be reliably reserved so that audio and video can be transmitted real-time without risking choppy video / holes in the sound. It also handles some latency issues, although I don't remember the details...
You could use a bridge to transmit the data over ethenet, but you'd loose the ability to do isochronous transmission.