Tom Mays

Hi. Has anyone tried one of those really long USB 3 Active Optical Cables that came out last year, with say a usb webcam in Jitter? I need to set up an installation and I'm looking into getting a 50 meter active optical cable to use with a logitech Brio Stream webcam or something similar. Any helpful experiences would be greatly appreciated...

Hi. Has anyone tried one of those really long USB 3 Active Optical Cables that came out last year, with say a usb webcam in Jitter? I need to set up an installation and I'm looking into getting a 50 meter active optical cable to use with a logitech Brio Stream webcam or something similar. Any helpful experiences would be greatly appreciated...
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-Tom 

Hi. Has anyone tried one of those really long USB 3 Active Optical Cables that came out last year, with say a usb webcam in Jitter? I need t

usb-3-active-optical-cable-up-to-100m

What I can tell you is that a few years ago for an installation I used 2 x 20m (40m total) active USB extension cables (Lindy) to receive the video signal from a Logitech C930e webcam without problems.

 from StarTech, using an ethernet cable (but not an ethernet 

!). There are other versions, with more USB ports and longer distances.

I had good results with this extender from StarTech, using an ethernet cable (but not  an ethernet network!). There are other versions, with more USB ports and longer distances.

Thanks for the helpful responses. I'll look into both of these solutions. I do like the idea of the Active Optical Cables the way they're announced, because they seem simple and fast, although possibly more expensive than the extender or active USB solutions...

USB 3 Active Optical Cable up to 100m