You'd think they would eventually get around to modifying their documentation to be accurate. When I was shopping for an svideo card I looked at the 440. Internal pins is a bit confusing to begin with. And then they don't exist...
- Video Connectors 4 External BNC - 8 Internal Pins (4 composite & 4 S-Video) -fd On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 09:23AM, Almuth Barta said: > Hi, > > my vendor for the Osprey 440 card asked Viewcast for the s-Video pins > and got the information, that the documentation was written before the > design of the card was finished and finally, there are no pins for S-Video. > I use the composite Video signal of the camera and the BNC connectors of > the card. > > Almuth > > John I Quebedeaux Jr wrote: > >Derek, > > > >Well...hmm... the Osprey 440 has "pins" for SVideo (documented in > >the... documentation) on the card but i haven't seen a physical > >adaptor/ports to S-Video to that block of pins to the back of the card > >(and hadn't tried physically wiring to them myself). I use the BNC > >outputs on the card.... > > > >-JQ > > > >-- > > > >John I. Quebedeaux, Jr.; Louisiana State University > > > >Computer Manager LBRN; 131 Life Sciences Bldg. > > > >e-mail: jo...@lsu.edu <mailto:jo...@lsu.edu>; web: http://lbrn.lsu.edu > > > >phone: 225-578-0062 / fax: 225-578-2597 > > > > > > > >On Mar 27, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Derek Piper wrote: > > > >> > >>Exactly, I was wanting to find out if it's possible to have more than > >>just composite video to capture from. > >> > >>Derel > >> > >>Quoting Paul Bonnett <p.bonn...@ukerna.ac.uk > >><mailto:p.bonn...@ukerna.ac.uk>>: > >> > >>>Jason & others, > >>> > >>>Beware of 'simple' adaptors, most don't carry both the lines across for > >>>true S-Video. > >>>However if you started off with a BNC output you only have a composite > >>>signal to start with, so it won't give you any improvement. > >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video > >>> > >>>Paul B > >>> > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On > >>>Behalf Of Jason Bell > >>>Sent: 26 March 2007 23:17 > >>>To: Derek Piper > >>>Cc: ag-tech > >>>Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] 4 x S-video capture? > >>> > >>>Derek > >>> > >>>One thing I use is a simple converter from BNC to S-video (RCA). > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Jason. > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Derek Piper [mailto:dcpi...@indiana.edu] > >>>Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2007 1:47 AM > >>>To: ag-tech > >>>Subject: [AG-TECH] 4 x S-video capture? > >>> > >>> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I was wondering if anyone here knows of any card that can has 4 > >>>S-video > >>>ports for capturing from 4 S-video sources at once with one card? The > >>>ones I've used (and liked) have been composite via BNC connections. The > >>>S-video is something I'm wondering about. > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>> > >>>Derek > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Derek Piper - dcpi...@indiana.edu <mailto:dcpi...@indiana.edu> - > >>>(812) 856 0111 > >>>IRI 323, School of Informatics > >>>Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Derek Piper - dcpi...@indiana.edu <mailto:dcpi...@indiana.edu> - > >>(812) 856 0111 > >>IRI 323, School of Informatics > >>Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana > >> > >> > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Almuth Barta > Systemadministratorin > Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik / Albert-Einstein-Institut > Post: 14424 Potsdam, Germany > Hausanschrift: Wissenschaftpark Golm, Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm > Tel.: +49 (0)331 567 7304 Fax: +49 (0)331 567 7298 > e-mail: almuth.ba...@aei.mpg.de > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
