On Jun 16, 2010, at 2:52 PM, James Chapel wrote:
I recently noticed that the s-video input connector on my Beige's wings card has a few extra pin holes on it, such that you could connect an s-video cable in there or something else... Does anyone know what that something else is?
AFAIK there are two types of s-video, a rarer 7-pin version, and a more common 4-pin version that's the same physical configuration as Apple ADB. I believe the Wings card has the 7-pin s-video rather than the 4-pin. I've never used the s-video of a Wings card, although the 7- pin port is backwards compatible with a 4-pin cable. This means you must have TWO 7-pin devices to use a 7-pin cable, but you can use a 4- pin cable with any combination of 4-pin & 7-pin devices. The 7-pin is slightly higher quality I believe, but not really necessary, which is why it's more rare than the common 4-pin.
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