My camcorder is 4 wire.
1. My desktop is 6 wire.
I use the 4 to 6 wire cable there.
2. My laptop is 4 wire.
I use the 4 to 4 wire cable there.
Be sure to shop around for the cables. It's not funny that geeks.com newegg.com may sell a firewire cable and PCI firewire card for less than what you see in the stores for just the cable.
My cables were 2.99 bucks each.
Bob
I have a Panasonic camcorder and looking to turn my MiniDV's into DVD's. No Firewire cable came with either my camcorder or my computer. I see that there are 2 kinds of Firewire cables (4 pin and 6 pin), which one is compatible? I am at work and my camcorder is at home and I would like to pick one up on the way home. Thanks for any advice.

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