Composite to S-Video?

[skip2mylou]

hi everybody,
i have been searching the web looking for a cable that converts composite red, yellow and white pins to S-video, u know what i mean. i know that its out there i just dont know where ot start. so if anybody can please help me by telling me if there is such thing, and if i can purchase it at a local retail store like best buy. if u have any questions about what i am refering to, please ask. thanks everyone.

[thayne]

They have them at Radio shack. I got one with one of my video cards. It's not a cable, but a little adapter that the composit (Yellow) cable connects to. S-video is only video so your sound connects via RCA (Red and WHite) without any adapter

Here you go, here's one that is a cable
http://www.bonuscable.com/product_info.php?products_id=1546

[pbhalerao]

Hi skip...

As far as my very limited knowledge on video goes, there is no such cable that converts the composite RCA Yellow-White-Red to S-Video.

Also S-Video is pure video only. It does not contain any sound signal.
It is much better in quality as compared to composite video (Yellow RCA cable). If you connect just the S-Video cable to the TV/Video Equipment, then you will get video only - no sound.

At best if you do get a Yellow RCA to S-Video cable, then the manufacturer is trying to cheat you into thinking that the cable is 'truly' converting the signal.

Regards,

[thayne]

They have them in various lengths too
http://www.bonuscable.com/default.php?cPath=457_458

[pbhalerao]

They have them in various lengths too
http://www.bonuscable.com/default.php?cPath=457_458

With these cables, you will get composite/RCA quality only; not true S-Video quality.

[thayne]

Well, yeah. He asked for an adapter and that's what it is.... I use mine cause my capture card only has s-video in and if my source is composit I need an adapter, I assume he's in the same boat....

[hoyboy]

A lot of people buy them to send the signal from their laptops to a television- you do lose some quality but is a lot cheaper than buying a new TV

[skip2mylou]

hey thanks so much everybody. so i have gone a step further thanks to u guys and now i am able to connect my video through the adapter, but does anybody know how i can connect the red and white cables to my comp?

[pbhalerao]

hey thanks so much everybody. so i have gone a step further thanks to u guys and now i am able to connect my video through the adapter, but does anybody know how i can connect the red and white cables to my comp?

So you are trying to connect your video source to the computer. Does your computer capture card have an "Audio In"? This is not the standard feature. It is available in capture cards such ATI All-in-Wonder card, for example.

On the other hand your Sound card may have the audio-in feature. The sound card audio-in jack looks like a cell-phone headset jack. Again Radio Shack may have a converter - RCA to Comp Audio-in jack.

[Dragonsf]

The advertised cables work only in one way:S-Video to RCA(composite).This is quite is easy to achieve:a mere passive mixing of the 2 S-Video signals.
The other way around is not possible without sophisticated electronics.There are passive and active signal generators.
Commerial devices start from 50 Euro and more, like this one:
http://www.hometheatre.net.au/composite_to_svideo_converter.htm

[dcsos]

Radio Shack would prefer to sell you a $50.00 active converter (not necessary)
because my local store had to special order the $20.00 adaptor for me!
It works great,

And remember If you need to run your S-VIDEO cable a long distance..be careful, as this component signal is much more susceptible to RF interference than the composite cable

That is, if you run the s-video cable near power lines or coil it up, you may get interference (not so likely with the composite cable)

[Dragonsf]

Radio Shack would prefer to sell you a $50.00 active converter (not necessary)
because my local store had to special order the $20.00 adaptor for me!
It works great,

And remember If you need to run your S-VIDEO cable a long distance..be careful, as this component signal is much more susceptible to RF interference than the composite cable

That is, if you run the s-video cable near power lines or coil it up, you may get interference (not so likely with the composite cable)

Do you have a part# (or better a link) for this cheaper cable?I couldn't locate it at the radio shack site.

[Gazorgan]

It's not true S-Video. In Fact, the quality shouldn't be any better than composite video, some information isn't really there. You can go form S-Video to composite with ease, but not the other way. The only time you need one of these adapters is if your video equipment is S-Video only and you have a composite source.

[abrakadabra]

Hi
I have just gotten me one of these adapters.
Here in Norway they cost NOK 30, or less then 4 Euro/$
They can be male/female or female/male

And they work both ways, Comp/SVHS and SVHS/Comp

Quality is good and a lot better than feeding comp signal directly into my ATI AIW Radeon

http://www.biltema.no/products/product.asp?iSecId=535&iItemId=39263
http://www.biltema.no/products/product.asp?iSecId=535&iItemId=43114
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[xsbs52x]

the cables thayne linked to were not s video to composite or composite to s video. they were s video to coaxial. and there is no point in converting composite to s video....u cant make the quality any better by sending a picture through a low quality cable into a higher quality cable.

[Dragonsf]

Hi
I have just gotten me one of these adapters.
Here in Norway they cost NOK 30, or less then 4 Euro/$
They can be male/female or female/male

And they work both ways, Comp/SVHS and SVHS/Comp

Quality is good and a lot better than feeding comp signal directly into my ATI AIW Radeon

http://www.biltema.no/products/product.asp?iSecId=535&iItemId=39263
http://www.biltema.no/products/product.asp?iSecId=535&iItemId=43114
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If I understand correctly (I'm not Norsk) this is S-Video->RCA only, that's why they are so cheap.Please correct me, if I'm wrong.

[dcsos]

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F003%5...5Fid=15%2D1598

this is all I could find!

Maybe the 20.00 adapter I purchased in store is discontinued!

But for twice the price this includes a cable that look well shielded-
but makes the active device at $50.00 attractive by comparison!

[skip2mylou]

hey guys thanks so much for posting. to tell u the truth, it doesnt really matter if the quality is improved or not. but i dont know whether i have an audio in. i have a DELL Dimension Desktop 8300 so if anybody knows if it has a audio in, please LMK. thanks.

[abrakadabra]

I am here again to correct Dragonsf


As I wrote it works both ways and I am using it to convert from rca to svhs because my ATI AIW Radeon gives much better quality when fed a svhs signal

[abrakadabra]

Hi Skip
I am pretty sure you have audio in (99.99% sure)
I have never heard of a PC made the last 10 years without it and if you have speakers connected to your comp the probability is very much higher.

Its what is called a mini-jack and is similar to what is used for portable head phones and computer speakers. If the contacts are color coded, its probably green.

Good luck

[skip2mylou]

thanks so much abrakadabra, i have these colors on my comp: yellow, blue, red, green, and black. my speakers take up the green and my mic takes up the red. thanks again u said that the green one was the audio in right?

[dcsos]

the BLUE is for you

HERES HOW THEY DEVELOPED THE COLOR CODE

Red for HIGH LEVEL..its red cause it'll make a loud unpleasent sound if you plug anything stronger than a mic in here

Green is safe..to attcah speakers

and Blue is fine for UNTERMINATED HIGH LEVEL output of CONSUMER AUDIO GEAR (or the audio out of a VCR)

youl'll need a cable attached to the connector pictured below that goes into the jack

[skip2mylou]

@ dcsos

so are u saying that i cannot straight hook up my audio from VCR to comp? if so can u tell me where i can purchse this adapter and for how much? thanks.

[dcsos]

SORRY TO MISLEAD YOU

you most certainly can go right from VCR to COMPUTER

what I meant to say is that plug should be aready on the end of the correct cable

ONE END RCA PLUG -- the other end looking like that picture

[skip2mylou]

so can i do this:


(VCR to PC)

Red and White cables to Video In (via Y-adapter)
Yellow cable to S-Video (via adapter)

[funkguy4]

so can i do this:


(VCR to PC)

Red and White cables to Video In (via Y-adapter)
Yellow cable to S-Video (via adapter)

Red and White are audio. You need a stereo composite to mini-jack converter.

[skip2mylou]

@ funkguy4

that is wat i meant by "Y-adapter". it is a three sided cord: 2 female, 1 male.

[funkguy4]

@ funkguy4

that is wat i meant by "Y-adapter". it is a three sided cord: 2 female, 1 male.

u sed red and white were video.

[skip2mylou]

o sorry dude my bad, realy i m sorry, i meant audio.

[vance43211]

radio shack sell the dual rca to 1/8 inch stereo jack for 4.99