IEC 61883-1:2003

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