This 6ft ieee 1394 firewire cable provides two 4 pin firewire male connectors and is expertly designed and constructed of high quality materials to ensure optimum performance and reliabilitycapable of data transfer rates of up to 400mbps firewire technology provides a high speed link that saves time during large file transfers eg transferring digital video files from a dv camcorder to a computer etc this high quality cable is manufactured using ieee 1394 rated wire for full firewire 400