Manually converting s-video to rca

[plastick]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good website that explins how to do this.. or better yet, some one here who has done it.

I have a video card with svideo out. I want to run s-video from my video card to my tv's rca video in, but I don't have an s-video to rca converter. The one at Radio shack was $21.55!!! (that makes my fires of hatred for radioshack burn wildly). Also the one at radioshack was small and simple looking which suggested to me that there is a good posibility that I might just ba able to take an s-video cable and an rca cable, cut them in half, and then sodder them together in the proper way.

Thanks in advance

 

[woowoo]

Solder the three shields together
Then solder the two (svid) inner conductors to the single (Composite) conductor.
Not pretty but it will work
Or look for a real one at www.partsexpress.com

 

[Heisenberg]

Jameco has those adapters for ~$5.

 

[Need4Speed]

http://cyberfrogs.net/files/svideotorca.gif

 

[plastick]

Originally posted by: woowoo
Solder the three shields together
Then solder the two (svid) inner conductors to the single (Composite) conductor.
Not pretty but it will work
Or look for a real one at www.partsexpress.com

Thanks a lot man. youre awesome. I will try that.

ALSO: I just bought that $22.55 converter for $ 0.99 on ebay! wOOt!

 

[plastick]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
http://cyberfrogs.net/files/svideotorca.gif

even better! how did you find that??

 

[OMG1Penguin]

I am pretty sure ATi includes those adaptors with their vid cards (at least the x800s, that is).
It's a very simple (small) plug, all that's involved is the schematic linked above.