Video Server

[jkinz at kinz.org (Jeff Kinz)]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:57:00PM -0500, Brendan wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 December 2005 10:05, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> > Cole Tuininga wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 09:48 -0500, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> > >>Just having a video-out (usually an S-Video connector) from your video
> > >>card is enough.  Most NVidia and ATI cards have an S-video out, and
> > >>most TV's have an S-video in.
> > >
> > > Does the S-video signal carry audio as well?  Or do I need to run that
> > > separately?
> >
> > I *think* it includes audio, but you're better off not trusting me on
> > that one.
> 
> Let the first clue be the name: S-VIDEO...;-)



http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/S_Video.html

 S-Video
Last modified: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 

Short for Super-Video, a technology for transmitting video signals over
a cable by dividing the video information into two separate signals: one
for color (chrominance), and the other for brightness (luminance). When
sent to a television, this produces sharper images than composite video
, where the video information is transmitted as a single signal over one
wire. This is because televisions are designed to display separate
Luminance (Y) and Chrominance (C) signals. (The terms Y/C video and
S-Video are the same.)

Computer monitors, on the other hand, are designed for RGB signals. Most
digital video devices, such as digital cameras and game machines,
produce video in RGB format. The images look best, therefore, when
output on a computer monitor. When output on a television, however, they
look better in S-Video format than in composite format.

To use S-Video, the device sending the signals must support S-Video
output and the device receiving the signals must have an S-Video input
jack. Then you need a special S-Video cable to connect the two devices. 



Of course this id from one of them-thar gol-durn Intar-web "pedia"
thingeys and may not be technically reliable.......... YMMV




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