Black & White capture with AIW

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I can capture from PAL VHS recorder to the PC in colour with a cheap
S-video cable. I tried the ATI S-Video cable (came in the box) and an
expensive one as well and I get B & W captures.

Tried the ATI S-Video cable with an analogue Hi8 camcorder and the
video capture is in colour showing that the cable is not damaged.

Why should this be please?
 
wizzard said:
I can capture from PAL VHS recorder to the PC in colour with a cheap
S-video cable. I tried the ATI S-Video cable (came in the box) and an
expensive one as well and I get B & W captures.

Tried the ATI S-Video cable with an analogue Hi8 camcorder and the
video capture is in colour showing that the cable is not damaged.

Why should this be please?
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Sounds like a bad connector on the VHS.

Try a composite cable and see if that works.

Pagan
 
Pagan said:
Sounds like a bad connector on the VHS.
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My guess is that the el cheapo cable passes both s-vhs and composite signal.
The original ATi s-vhs cable only passes the s-vhs signal, not the composite
one. Now your TV doesn't understand the s-vhs signal but instead tries to
intepret it as composite one. What do we get? A B&W picture... But if you
throw in the el cheapo cable, your TV happily chows the composite signal it
gets and spits out a colour image.

Check out the TV setup, there might be a setting that allows you to select
the signal type used. It should match the signal type used in the AIW side.
 
wizzard said:
I can capture from PAL VHS recorder to the PC in colour with a cheap
S-video cable. I tried the ATI S-Video cable (came in the box) and an
expensive one as well and I get B & W captures.

Tried the ATI S-Video cable with an analogue Hi8 camcorder and the
video capture is in colour showing that the cable is not damaged.

Why should this be please?
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Good going if you can get any S-Video input to the card to display in
colour! I have several AIWs of different versions and none of them display
other than b&w using numerous different s-video cables. They all work fine
with composite though. Are you able to compare the internal wiring of the
cheap (working) s-video cable with that on the ATI original (perhaps using a
multimeter)? What brand is the cheap cable?

Paul
 
Good going if you can get any S-Video input to the card to display in
colour! I have several AIWs of different versions and none of them display
other than b&w using numerous different s-video cables. They all work fine
with composite though. Are you able to compare the internal wiring of the
cheap (working) s-video cable with that on the ATI original (perhaps using a
multimeter)? What brand is the cheap cable?

Paul
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I picked up the cheapo S-Video from a Computer fair. These are the
type being sold on ebay as well.

If I buy a good quality scart to 2 audio and video cable (red, white
and yellow), will it give the correct results?
 
wizzard said:
I picked up the cheapo S-Video from a Computer fair. These are the
type being sold on ebay as well.

If I buy a good quality scart to 2 audio and video cable (red, white
and yellow), will it give the correct results?
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Probably (or, for sure) you'll get colour and stereo as well, but the
picture quality is composite only.
 
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