Video camera cable to remote truck

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When I use my remote recording vehicle I like to set up a TV camera inside the venue so we can see what's going on inside from out in the truck. I've been running a piece of video coax along with the mic snakes to service the camera and it works pretty well. I would like to not have to run the extra video cable if necessary.

I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation about sending the camera signal down an unused snake channel with a video-over-twisted-pair adaptor?

If so, what adaptor system worked?

Also, I was thinking that if I must keep running an extra cable I might try using a video over cat-5 system. There are some inexpensive systems that put three composite video signals over a single cat-5 cable, that would let me use more TV cameras inside. Anyone else doing it?

Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

Mark

[Barnabas]

I just run composite video over a mic cable. See the details of how I do this about half way down this web page. http://www.barnabas.com/sound/cables/index.shtml

I've run video through many snakes with no apparent interference. For particularly critical recording gigs, I run a separate mic cable for the video.

Thicker mic cable gives me better picture quality.

[Matti]

I think Mark Ulano uses cat-5 cable(s) for his video needs. -Found this:
http://www.locationsound.com/PDF_200...0NL%202006.pdf
Matti

[macleod]

i also use cat 5 wth a couple of cat 5 to bnc boxes at each end. Why not just tape your video cable down the lengt of your snake ( like you would do for mains ) and then its all one cable, no problems.

K

[Remoteness]

Originally Posted by macleod

i also use cat 5 wth a couple of cat 5 to bnc boxes at each end. Why not just tape your video cable down the lengt of your snake ( like you would do for mains ) and then its all one cable, no problems.

K

That makes a lot of sense to me. Make sure you use friction tape rather than duct or electrical tape. Gaffer's tape is okay. but it drys out. I find that friction tape is the best solution for this kind of thing.