Different firewire cable?

i noticed for the supported devices of fcp 5.0.X, it says for my camera that i need a "HDV Firewire." what is that? is it a different cord then standard Firewire NTSC? is this why i can't capture footage from my camera?
also, i'm trying to find on apple's site where to download the fcp 5.1 update but can't find it. i can find the 5.1.1 update, but no 5.1. please help...

Hi,
nope, you can use your old firewire cables. And you won't find the 5.1 FCP because it wasn't an update as such, but a crossgrade. 5.1 is the Universal Binaries version and you need to buy it. Here's the link:
http://www.apple.com/universal/crossgrade/
Cheers,
Colin

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