[MacDV] 4-pin & 7-pin s-video cables

[Gerhard Kuhn]

The difference between 4 and 6 pin is that the six pin will carry 
power.  There are some devices such as small hard-drives that can run 
run from the voltage that this plug provides.  Use the i-link cable 
same thing the different name just dates back to a time were Apple 
charged a licensing fee for using the name firewire.

Gerhard


On Jul 9, 2004, at 2:56 PM, Claire Hart wrote:

> I just received my powerbook, and began to install FCE.  The PDF 
> "Installing Your Software" recommends that, before you install FCE, 
> you connect and turn on your video equipment so Final Cut Express can 
> automatically detect your method of video capture.  I got my Sony 
> miniDV camcorder out and found that its S-video is 4-pin and the 
> powerbook's S-video is 7-pin.  Is my solution as simple as buying an 
> adaptor such as this one I found through google?  
> http://www.svideo.com/7pin.html