Firewire cable.

[Teddy truman]

Whats the longest you can get a firewire cable?? without effecting performance?

:confused:

[_sleigh_]

"IT Support, how can we help" :lol::p

4.5m is the maximum length from what I remember. That's assuming you're using the standard(ish) firewire400..

[Teddy truman]

thats abit rubbish! um how else can you connect a dv cam to a pc?

[Southwell]

Svideo? Usb? Where do you want the cat cable run teddy? Im going down tommorow to cut some to length but not sure if i can make the weekend.

[Teddy truman]

Well lappy going to be in the bus...... so....

You got PM

[MiCk B.]

"Cable length is limited to 4.5 metres (14.8 ft), although up to 16 cables can be daisy chained (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_chain) using active repeaters, external hubs, or internal hubs often present in FireWire equipment. The S400 standard limits any configuration's maximum cable length to 72 meters. The 6-pin connector is commonly found on desktop computers, and can supply the connected device with power."

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire

MiCk B. :-)

[Teddy truman]

http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_info.php?referer=froogle&products_id=1002

would this work?:confused:

[_sleigh_]

Should do... as the cable has an active repeater is will get over the 4.5m restriction on normal cables.

On Firewire, you can daisy-chain cables and active repeaters together upto a theoretical maximum length of 72 meters.

[Teddy truman]

cool thanks buddy just got to find somewhere where i can go and buy one because i could do with it for weekend. lol

[JCJC]

What powers the thing, bet on your laptop the firewire out is 4pin and may not ??? I am not sure on this :cry: