Firewire cable.

[Teddy truman]

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

[_sleigh_]

"IT Support, how can we help"

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 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_inf...oducts_id=1002

would this work?

[_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