specifies a digital interface for consumer electronic audio/videoequipment using IEEE 1394, High Performance Serial Bus. It describes the general packetformat, data flow management and connection management for audio-visual data, and also thegeneral transmission rules for control commands.The object of this standard is to define a transmission protocol for audio-visual data and controlcommands which provides for the interconnection of digital audio and video equipment, usingIEEE 1394.