Firewire card and cable

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I want to get a firewire card to edit movies from my Sony DCR HC30. The
camera manual says I should get a 4-pin to 4-pin cable. None of the firewire
cards say whether they take 4 pin cables or 6 pin cables. Does that mean
either one will work or do I need to find a card that takes the 4-pin cable?
Thanks in advance for any help.
--
John

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they also sell pci cards with 4 pin and 6 pin combos

"jcrobso" wrote:

> "jc1969" wrote:
> > I want to get a firewire card to edit movies from my Sony DCR
> > HC30. The
> > camera manual says I should get a 4-pin to 4-pin cable. None
> > of the firewire
> > cards say whether they take 4 pin cables or 6 pin cables.
> > Does that mean
> > either one will work or do I need to find a card that takes
> > the 4-pin cable?
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > --
> > John
>
> The conncetor on most firewire cards are the larger 6 pin connector,
> you can get cable that is 6 pin one one end and 4 pin one the other
> end. this should do the job. John
>
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