> > From: "Michael T. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/12/30 Thu AM 11:20:42 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] 350 composite out problem > > On 12/30/2004 10:45 AM, Blues Guy wrote: > > > Blues Guy wrote: > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> I plugged the S-Video to Composite adapter and I get a > >>> picture....only its black and white. I read that the composite and > >>> s-video were hooked up to the same place in the card so if the > >>> s-video works (even in black and white) then I assume the composite > >>> should work. If I'm right about composite and s-video being wired > >>> into the same place then my card dongle is bad (in which case how do > >>> I fix the B&W problem). If I'm wrong then I'm still hoping you all > >>> might have some clue. > >>> > Have you tried new cables? It's more likely that there's a problem with > your cables than with the "bundle-o'-cables" on a new PVR-350.
Actually I had been using Composite out for some time and when I moved the computer into the livingroom it stoped working. On a whim I tried the S-Video with the Composite converter that came with the 350. It only shows B&W so I'm figuring tht it is probably intended to be used on the S-Video INPUT only. > > >> Using the 250's S-Video out, with a S-Video to composite adapter (I > >> tried two different one's thinking the adapter might be bad) always > >> produced a B&W picture no matter what I did. I gave up on it, and I > >> use the composite out. > > > > Of course that should read "Using the 350's S-Video out...." Not > > enough coffee this morning... :-) > > Almost all S-Video to Composite adapters suffer from this problem. > Generally, you should always go S-Video to S-Video or Composite to > Composite. If you must go from one to the other (i.e. to hook something > to the same bus as all your other video components on an A/V receiver), > you'll have to keep trying adapters until you find one that works. Note > that the problem isn't always just a brand thing (although cheap > adapters will almost never work)--some adapters of a specific brand may > work while others don't--it's a luck-of-the-draw thing. > > Also, note that there is absolutely no quality benefit to converting > from S-Video to Composite or vice versa. As a matter of fact, you'll > generally get better quality using the original (unconverted) output > from a device. > > HTH. > > Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
