Sorry to appear clueless, but is their any difference in the cables used for
S-Video & S-VHS?

I want to transfer some video footage onto the PC via an S-Video feed (my
other choice is composite) and have tried three cables that have the
mini-DIN plugs on the end, without success.

Two of the cables are cheap 'no name' ones, one is a better quality home
theatre cable that has 'S-VHS' marked on it. I assume that the two 'no
name' cables are also for S-VHS

Either the cables for S-VHS and S-Video are wired differently, or my
camcorder docking station S-Video socket is kaput.

Any help?

thanks

"Marc Down" wrote in message
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Sorry to appear clueless, but is their any difference in the cables
used for
S-Video & S-VHS?

I want to transfer some video footage onto the PC via an S-Video
feed (my
other choice is composite) and have tried three cables that have
the
mini-DIN plugs on the end, without success.

Two of the cables are cheap 'no name' ones, one is a better quality
home
theatre cable that has 'S-VHS' marked on it. I assume that the two
'no
name' cables are also for S-VHS

Either the cables for S-VHS and S-Video are wired differently, or
my
camcorder docking station S-Video socket is kaput.


As far as I know there is no difference, but then I don't know anyone
who uses the term s-video, I assume you are talking about problems
with video part of the transfer and not audio?

Marc Down wrote:

Sorry to appear clueless, but is their any difference in the cables
used for S-Video & S-VHS?

No, there isn't. "S-VHS" is a misnomer. It has stuck because S-VHS VCRs
were the first devices to feature a mini-DIN Y/C (s-video) connector.

I want to transfer some video footage onto the PC via an S-Video feed
(my other choice is composite) and have tried three cables that have
the mini-DIN plugs on the end, without success. [...] Either the
cables for S-VHS and S-Video are wired differently, or my camcorder
docking station S-Video socket is kaput.

Have you managed to capture anything at all with that configuration -
even composite video?

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"Jukka Aho" wrote in message
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Marc Down wrote:

Sorry to appear clueless, but is their any difference in the cables
used for S-Video & S-VHS?

No, there isn't. "S-VHS" is a misnomer. It has stuck because S-VHS VCRs
were the first devices to feature a mini-DIN Y/C (s-video) connector.

I want to transfer some video footage onto the PC via an S-Video feed
(my other choice is composite) and have tried three cables that have
the mini-DIN plugs on the end, without success. [...] Either the cables
for S-VHS and S-Video are wired differently, or my camcorder
docking station S-Video socket is kaput.

Have you managed to capture anything at all with that configuration - even
composite video?


Hi, thanks for your input

I'm using a simple 'Dazzle' capure unit, everything works with composite
video - but I hoped to get a better quality signal via S-Video.

"Marc Down" wrote in message
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I'm using a simple 'Dazzle' capure unit, everything works with
composite
video - but I hoped to get a better quality signal via S-Video.


Did you not get anything from SVHS YC side of things, not even a B&W
image?

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I'm using a simple 'Dazzle' capure unit, everything works with
composite
video - but I hoped to get a better quality signal via S-Video.


Did you not get anything from SVHS YC side of things, not even a B&W
image?


Nothing at all - just a black screen. plug in a composite lead, and
everything is fine. I can't find any mention in the camera handbook about
selecting type of output, and can't see any such option in the menus There
is no physical switch for that purpose on the camera docking station or the
Dazzle unit.

I just seem to have a vague memory from years ago to the effect that S-VHS
and S-Video were not actually the same thing - so I hoped that I had the
wrong cable.

The sad alternative is a hardware fault.

"Marc Down" wrote in message
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The sad alternative is a hardware fault.


I assume one doesn't need to switch the input from composite to YC?

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The sad alternative is a hardware fault.


I assume one doesn't need to switch the input from composite to YC?


Yes - and that was my mistake, Duh! It was in the Dazzle software.....

Thanks for your help - and, if you can bear it, I have another problem now
that S-Video is working.

Using the Composite feed my computer was able to handle a constant data
stream, but using S-Video (which, presumably, results in bigger transfer
rates?) it freezes up after about 3 minutes of video has been captured. The
only way of rebooting is to pull the plug and allow the disk checker to run
(hardly good for the Disk!)

I don't really know what the minimum standards of RAM, etc, are for video
capture - my machine has a 64bit Athlon 3200 & ! Gig of Ram.

(this project is starting to get troublesome!

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The sad alternative is a hardware fault.


I assume one doesn't need to switch the input from composite to
YC?


Yes - and that was my mistake, Duh! It was in the Dazzle
software.....

It has happen to all of us at sometime or other...


Thanks for your help - and, if you can bear it, I have another
problem now
that S-Video is working.

Using the Composite feed my computer was able to handle a constant
data
stream, but using S-Video (which, presumably, results in bigger
transfer
rates?) it freezes up after about 3 minutes of video has been
captured. The
only way of rebooting is to pull the plug and allow the disk
checker to run
(hardly good for the Disk!)

I don't really know what the minimum standards of RAM, etc, are for
video
capture - my machine has a 64bit Athlon 3200 & ! Gig of Ram.

(this project is starting to get troublesome!


When was the last time you de-fragmented your hard drive(s), I assume
DMA is activated on the capture drive, and in the words of Tony
Morgan - try running EnditAll (Google for this programme) before
capturing.

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"Jerry" wrote in message
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"Marc Down" wrote in message
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The sad alternative is a hardware fault.


I assume one doesn't need to switch the input from composite to
YC?


Yes - and that was my mistake, Duh! It was in the Dazzle
software.....

It has happen to all of us at sometime or other...


Thanks for your help - and, if you can bear it, I have another
problem now
that S-Video is working.

Using the Composite feed my computer was able to handle a constant
data
stream, but using S-Video (which, presumably, results in bigger
transfer
rates?) it freezes up after about 3 minutes of video has been
captured. The
only way of rebooting is to pull the plug and allow the disk
checker to run
(hardly good for the Disk!)

I don't really know what the minimum standards of RAM, etc, are for
video
capture - my machine has a 64bit Athlon 3200 & ! Gig of Ram.

(this project is starting to get troublesome!


When was the last time you de-fragmented your hard drive(s), I assume
DMA is activated on the capture drive, and in the words of Tony
Morgan - try running EnditAll (Google for this programme) before
capturing.



The drive was very recently formatted (FAT 32), DMA is Mode 5 (primary IDE)
& mode 2 (secondary)

I'll try Enditall (first I've heard of that one)

Thanks for your help.