Reddit reviews AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Micro B Cable - 6 Feet
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USB 2.0 cable with A Male to Micro B connectors; supports up to 480 Mbps data transmission speedIdeal for charging Android phones and tablets or connecting PC peripherals such as hard drives, printers, and moreGold-plated connectors resist corrosion for signal purity; smaller connector designed to fit smaller spacesCompact connector head works with nearly all cases; Improved charging capability up to 2100 mAThinner and more flexible cable; cable length: 6 feet (1.82 meters); 1-year limited warranty
micro usb
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-Male-Micro-Cable/dp/B01EK87T9M/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487287018&sr=1-3&keywords=micro+usb
raspberry pi power source
https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Micro-Supply-Charger/dp/B00DZLSEVI
or
usb > micro usb
and power from you PC/laptop/TV's usb
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-Male-Micro-Cable/dp/B01EK87T9M
id get a micro usb phone charger from a local store. prolly cheaper and faster
On the USB side?
Little confused...
The whole thing is USB:
(Dodgy illustration from Wikipedia.)
USB 3.0 is backward compatible with 2.0. Meaning that, if it's only the smaller side of your S5's connector that's mangled, you can still both charge and transfer data (albeit only at USB 2.0 speeds) using a micro-B USB 2.0 cable that fits only the larger side of the connector.
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-Male-Micro-Cable/dp/B01EK87T9M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1482419961&sr=8-4&keywords=usb+micro+b
Without knowing more about your ingest workflow it's had to say, but you might be well served with a Pegasus R6/R8 or similar. That'll give the bandwidth to be ingesting a few cards at once and be duplicating to a portable drive that can go back to editoral. The fewer volumes I have to manage the easier I find staying organized. One 30TB volume seems a lot more manageable than 6 4TB drives floating everywhere. If you go the RAID/NAS route make sure you don't go too small.
A RAID could also be easier on the AEs if the DIT cart can be connected to the SAN and ingested that way. Instead of a couple hundred Mbps you could get in the Gbps range. Remember that standard gigabit ethernet won't be the answer for high speed transfers.
I know you have three laptops for ingest, but I'd try to build the cart around one laptop copying footage. Again, fewer moving parts is easier to manage. Having a utility laptop that can tackle other tasks is often useful. If you need to make proxy files in the field look into a NAS solution instead of a RAID so you can get two, three, or more computers hitting the storage concurrently.
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On top topic of a DIT cart, put some thought into a cart. What it should have. I'd be looking for a big heavy UPS on the bottom to give the thing some stability. Maybe an APC2200? Not sure how worried you are about weight...don't use that if you're flying with it. Get your own network going on there if you have multiple computers. Also add a Thunderbolt dock and power strip on the top to give you more USB ports and power for all the travel drives that will show up. I'd connect drives to a laptop in the middle and look for a way to put a laptop on an arm on the side of the cart too. Needs to collapse down so the whole things is self-contained for transport. I'd use the middle laptop for copying and the side laptop for proxy creation.
Make sure you have all the cables on hand. Thunderbolt 2, USB2 B, USB2 Mini-B (old GoPro charging), USB2 Micro-B (old Android charging), USB3 B, USB3 Micro-B, and finally USB C. I'd have 1 each on the USB2 variants, 2 each on the USB3 variants, and 3 of the Type C variants. Gauge your own need for Firewire 400, Firewire 800, HDMI, Ethernet, and the requisite dongles. Might be wise to have a USB-A dongle and maybe an Ethernet dongle on hand for the Touchbar laptops. Even if you don't have a Touchbar they're coming. It isn't that much money (comparatively) to keep these kinds of things in a drawer, but it can make a huge difference if you have it on hand.
I'd probably trick my cart out with a mass charger and some Lightning and Type-C cables. Hit all the cables with some orange gaff or some sort of mark so that people don't carry them away. Might even tape the phone cables to the cart. Might seem excessive, but if you set that up people won't be filling up your power strip with their chargers or plugging their phones into your ingest station. 10 ports might be more than you need, especially since people shouldn't be using their phones too heavily on set, but the goal is to make sure your power strip isn't used on phones.
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As for software, you'll have to consider your needs and what fits them best. I'm not a lot of help on that front. Haven't messed around with the options too much.