Firewire 4 pin and 6 pin difference

[Sharkman]

I have sony miniDv 46 camcorder, and I want to capture videos from the
camera to my PC. the camera has a 4 pins firwire port, I tried to buy a
firewire card, I found a card with 6 pins? Plz can any body tell what
is the difference? are there any difference in their speed? is this
will affect the quality of the videos?

Regards

 

[Kenneth J. Harris]

All the firewire cards(and computer built in firewire ports) I've seen
do have 6 pins. You buy the cable that has a 6 pin connector at one end
and a 4 pin connector at the camera end. I don't know the tech details
of the 6 pin port vs the 4 pin port.

Ken

 

[decoder]

I have sony miniDv 46 camcorder, and I want to capture videos from the
camera to my PC. the camera has a 4 pins firwire port, I tried to buy a
firewire card, I found a card with 6 pins? Plz can any body tell what
is the difference? are there any difference in their speed? is this
will affect the quality of the videos?

Regards

A six pin will carry power supply via the two additional pins.
Example: External Firewire Hard Drives are six pin, and will
draw their power supply from the PC's firewire.
With a DV camcorder, they all have only 4 pin firewire
connections, thus will have to have their own power supply.
There is no performance issues concerned.
You just purchase a six-to-four pin firewire cable.
And ensure your DV cam is connected to it's power supply
or it's battery is fully charged.

 

[Sharkman]

Thank you very much Guys

A six pin will carry power supply via the two additional pins.
Example: External Firewire Hard Drives are six pin, and will
draw their power supply from the PC's firewire.
With a DV camcorder, they all have only 4 pin firewire
connections, thus will have to have their own power supply.
There is no performance issues concerned.
You just purchase a six-to-four pin firewire cable.
And ensure your DV cam is connected to it's power supply
or it's battery is fully charged.