I tried using that adaptor to make the svideo output -> rca (I know there's an RCA out already there) and the colors where funky. I don't know what that adaptor is for if it's not for the svideo input on the card itself.
-Kenneth On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 01:54:18 -0800 (PST), John Kondis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know about others' experiences, but I tried to > use the composite-to-s-video adapter that came with my > Hauppauge 350 and the result was ugly. The colors > were all messed up big time. Interestingly, the > degree to which the colors were fubar'ed depended on > which channel I was tuned to! > > For reference, I was using the adapter because my > Motorola digital cable box does not have S-video out, > only composite or coax (channel 3 modulated). I found > out that the video quality of the Hauppauge was better > if it took video straight from the S-video input as > opposed to using the tuner at channel 3. (I was > getting small but noticeable echoes using the tuner.) > > So, I coughed up $21.99+tax at the local Radio Shack > and got their little s-video to composite adapter > (which works both ways supposedly), added an extra > s-video cable (because the adapter has only female > connectors) and it worked great! The video quality is > now improved as was hoped. So it seems the Radio > Shack adapter is of better quality than the adapter > that shipped with the Hauppauge 350. > > Just thought others might want to know. > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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