S-video is black and white....yet Ext. is in colour and its the same source!

[otispunkmeyer]

i have an avermedia DVB-T digital TV tuner card

and at the min im trying to run my ps2 through it, obviously it looks naff, 480i image on a 12x10 screen, then theres the interlacing.

but the svideo input gets put in black n white, and looks abit sharper, the ext. source plays the same video feed but its in colour and less sharp...how come svideo is in black n white? is it a cable or something? the svideo cable only has 4-5 pins

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Are the regions set up right? I think if you try to run PAL or something, it will give you black and white output.

So the only s-video cable is going from a regular s-video output on the PS/2 to an input on your TV tuner card? (I don't have either of these)

 

[otispunkmeyer]

yep its set to pal (which is right for the UK)

basically the yellow cable from the ps2 plugs into a leade that has a female jack on one end and the s-video thing on the other end (the round one with lots of pins in the middle)

 

[xtknight]

Plug the S-Video connector all the way in on both ends of the connection. This happens on my HD tuner when the plug is half-way in and I was a lil' puzzled at first.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
yep its set to pal (which is right for the UK)

basically the yellow cable from the ps2 plugs into a leade that has a female jack on one end and the s-video thing on the other end (the round one with lots of pins in the middle)

Ok... yeah, the adapter could very well be your problem.

If you e-mail the guys at svideo.com, they might be able to tell you if you need a different kind of adapter. I e-mailed them before on a different s-video problem someone was having and they told me what adapter they needed.

So you're trying to take a composite video signal and change it to s-video?

 

[otispunkmeyer]

yeah i guess so

its a plug like red n white stereo plugs only its yellow for video...then it plugs into a shorter lead with the female bit at one end and a s video connector. it came with the card so i presume its meant to be used like this