R13...
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I have a notebook with a 7.1 s-video output and a tv with 5.1 s-video. will a 5.1 s-video cable fit the 7.1 on the laptop?
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You are a little bit confused as to the terminology. Let me help.
S-Video comes in three flavours:
1) 4-pin (the standard)
2) 7-pin (non-standard and mostly used on notebooks and graphics cards)
3) 9-pin (non-standard)
Standard 4-pin S-Video carries the video signal as two separate signals: luminance and chrominance (or intensity and colour). 7-pin S-Video generally (because it is non-standard, there are various flavours of this) carries the signal in the same way as the 4-pin, but includes pins for a composite signal (where all information is carried in a single signal).
You may be able to find a cable that will create all the correct connections (a simple short may be necessary) to make your notebook's output signal feed into your TV's input.
S-Video comes in three flavours:
1) 4-pin (the standard)
2) 7-pin (non-standard and mostly used on notebooks and graphics cards)
3) 9-pin (non-standard)
Standard 4-pin S-Video carries the video signal as two separate signals: luminance and chrominance (or intensity and colour). 7-pin S-Video generally (because it is non-standard, there are various flavours of this) carries the signal in the same way as the 4-pin, but includes pins for a composite signal (where all information is carried in a single signal).
You may be able to find a cable that will create all the correct connections (a simple short may be necessary) to make your notebook's output signal feed into your TV's input.
R13...
Honorary Master
thanks there sn3rd.
so if head over to the shop and get the lowest pin cable i may be able to use it?
so if head over to the shop and get the lowest pin cable i may be able to use it?
R13...
Honorary Master
looks like my safest bet is finding s-video to rca.
You could try and get a regular S-Video to Composite cable (it's a cable with an S-Video connector on one side and a co-ax-like connector on the other side). Composite may be called "RCA" in shops like Game. You could try it and it might just work.
Where are you? This kind of cable is usually quite reasonably priced, but if in the Gauteng area, I may be able to suggest a place where you can get it for R20-00 or less.
Unfortunately in this situation, the connection is one-way only: from notebook to TV.
In order to achieve what you describe, you need a capture device of sorts. These come in many flavours, from PCI to PCMCIA to USB. They allow you to capture video and audio from external sources. They generally have an input that is either Composite or some proprietary connection (which can often be jippo'd to be what you want).
That's the analog version.
You also get ones that capture DVB, and obviously they have a host of possible inputs.
hmm ok sounds like a mission but maybe i should look at it sometime to copy tv shows straight to a disc.
thanks man.
R13...
Honorary Master
i'm in secunda unfortunately & there is a dearth of pc shops where u can get anything useful around here. if i don't find what i need around here i will be in GP over the weekend if u can recommend a shop sn3rd.
what i want to do is watch videos that i have on usb drives/laptop on the tv without the hassle of converting to dvix & using the dvd player. i have a regular tv set (that can't connect to a pc/usb/cable, etc).
/note to self: get hdtv for xmas
what i want to do is watch videos that i have on usb drives/laptop on the tv without the hassle of converting to dvix & using the dvd player. i have a regular tv set (that can't connect to a pc/usb/cable, etc).
/note to self: get hdtv for xmas
Well you'll sit with the same issue for HDTV, unless you have HDMI on your notebook? Then again, you could also use a VGA cable (the regular old monitor cable).
Well you might try Hi-Fi Corporation. Should be quite cheap there. In Pretoria, try New World (at Menlyn Park Shopping center).
The easiest (and unfortunately most expensive) route to do what you want would be to get a set-top box that does the conversion for you. For that, you'd also be able to use the VGA-out on your notebook, and the set-top box will output the signal in a variety of formats (depending on the specific model). Expect to pay about R500-00
/me strokes DVD player lovingly...
Would probably work out cheaper to rent the DVDs and rip them... Better quality too... Not that I'd condone such behaviour
Would probably work out cheaper to rent the DVDs and rip them... Better quality too... Not that I'd condone such behaviour
ha ha like i would never think of doing such a thing
i would neva eva do that!
R13...
Honorary Master
if we got tv shows same time as the rest of the world on the dstv we pay so much for, there'd be no need for all this.
as it is now i can't wait for the shows to arrive on local tv, and the studios complain about piracy.
studios must realise there's no drm on spoilers. we want to see the darn things ourselves b4 reading recaps.
as it is now i can't wait for the shows to arrive on local tv, and the studios complain about piracy.
studios must realise there's no drm on spoilers. we want to see the darn things ourselves b4 reading recaps.
