[mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

[Nick]

On 10/09/05, Blake <blake at kingdomrpg.com> wrote:
> Cecil--I'm not really panicking, as I hoped the <S> would communicate.
> 
> On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 19:08:51 -0700, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >> Does this bode ill? Should I panic?<s>
> >
> > Your video card should have come with an adaptor cable.
> 
> Yep. Found it. Fully justified my hanging to every cable I've ever had in
> my whole life.
> 
> > That 8 pin jack has more than just s-video on it.  It probably can
> > drive a component video connection as well.
> 
> Yeah, so I found the cable, it's got eight-pins on the one side and ends
> in a eight-pin female and another female end--looks like a--mm, standard
> 1/4".

The 8 pin female plug is probably so that you can plug a 4-pin S-Video
cable (with male connectors each end) into it, and the other is a
female plug for a composite video cable (normally has yellow plugs to
differentiate from audio connectors).

Nick