I had 30ft Svideo cable that I fooled around with and I noticed scan lines on TV. As soon as I switched to short cable it fixed it.
Skeeter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard van Paasen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Buying a TV out card > > I never experimented with substitutes for the S-Video cable. I bought > one 18 ft and one 60 ft cable from an electro shop, both reasonable good > quality (gold-plated connectors etc.) and compared them to a low-end > cable. The difference was clearly visible in that the image with the > low-end cable is more fussy and less colorfull. This is probably due to > the impedance of the cables. Moreover, co-axial cables have 75 Ohms > impedance (if I remember correctly) to temper reflections of the signal > so that would render them useless over a longer distance. > > Richard. > > Shaun Jackman wrote: > > >For my own curiosity, what composes an S-Video cable? I understand > >there are two signal conductors (luminosity and colour) each with > >their own ground in a shielded cable. Is each analog signal twisted > >around its ground? If so, could twisted shielded CAT5 work as a > >substitute? For long runs, would putting each signal on its own > >co-axial cable and running two co-axial cables be a better plan? > > > >I have found it rather hard to find any S-Video cables longer than 12 > >feet. I eventually found a 25 foot cable. I am uncertain of the > >quality, but it was literally the only one I found in the city (though > >I probably don't know the best place to look). > > > >Cheers, > >Shaun > > > > > >On Mon July 19, 2004 14h08, Richard van Paasen wrote: > > > > > >>Also remember to buy a *good* quality S-Video cable, it really matters! > >>Keep the cable length as short as possible. > >> > >> > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > >FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > >Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click > >_______________________________________________ > >Freevo-users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
