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newbie2005 · 07-08-2005, 06:28 AM

Hi,

I guess this is a 2-part question:

(1) You folks said all I need to do is to connect the other end of the S-video cable into my capture card's S-VHS port. In your opinion, do you think it will work? I thought the S-VHS port on the capture card was for connecting to a VCR.

(2) I found an interesting looking cable on the internet. One end of the cable has the S-video connector; the other end of the cable has the RCA connector (yellow). The photo below is what it look like:

Will this strange looking cable be the solution? Will it work, if I plug the S-video connector into my cable box's S-video Out, and then plug the RCA connector (yellow) into my capture card's AV-In port? Basically this is a S-video male to RCA male connection, am i correct?

How will such connection affect the video quality? We're coverting the S-video signal to Composite. Would it be as good as if I were to use the S-video male to S-video male connection?

07-08-2005, 06:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
newbie2005 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 53	Hi, I guess this is a 2-part question: (1) You folks said all I need to do is to connect the other end of the S-video cable into my capture card's S-VHS port. In your opinion, do you think it will work? I thought the S-VHS port on the capture card was for connecting to a VCR. (2) I found an interesting looking cable on the internet. One end of the cable has the S-video connector; the other end of the cable has the RCA connector (yellow). The photo below is what it look like: Will this strange looking cable be the solution? Will it work, if I plug the S-video connector into my cable box's S-video Out, and then plug the RCA connector (yellow) into my capture card's AV-In port? Basically this is a S-video male to RCA male connection, am i correct? How will such connection affect the video quality? We're coverting the S-video signal to Composite. Would it be as good as if I were to use the S-video male to S-video male connection?