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Old 28-12-2021, 05:13 PM
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Hi Ken,

You could try an active type USB 3 cable. There are some reasonably priced ones at Jaycar at 5m, 10m and 20m. Here....
https://www.jaycar.com.au/active-usb...le-5m/p/XC4126

If you want to be certain about whether it will support the high frame rate, then take your laptop and cam to Jaycar and give it a try, in a back to back test against your other problematic cable/s.

Even if you don't try it in store, they tend to have a very reasonable returns policy within 7 or 14 days as I recall (ask/check first to be sure)

Even though the USB 3 Specification doesn't specify maximum cable lengths, 3m is considered to be something of a maximum length for a passive cable based on typically available cable conductor electrical characteristics/geometry at the maximum bit rate of 5 Gb/s. That's not to say that longer lengths will not work, but they may in the case of passive cables limit the bandwidth / bit rate leading to slower transfer. Active cables overcome this by boosting the signal (and sometimes processing it) for better signal to noise ratio.

Best
JA

Last edited by JA; 28-12-2021 at 06:08 PM.
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