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Has anyone got a link or made their own S-video cable?
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DrewKaree:
It's not hard, in fact I found out you can use a PS/2 extender cord for the same purpose.  It's just one of those things, I guess.  For some reason, I feel the need to look at "THAT" page again.
Barkuti:
Forgot to add. The wires inside these network cables come in coloured twisted pairs (hence the name). This is part of the secret, as running a ground very close in paralell with a signal line improves by a hefty amount the signal integrity at high frequencies, allowing much higher bandwidth transmission.

The classic color scheme is orange, green, blue and brown wires twisted to white/stripe coloured counterparts. For example, the wiring could be done like this:

Solid orange: Composite video
Striped orange: Ground
Solid green: S-video chroma
Striped green: Ground
Solid blue: Ground/unused
Striped blue: Ground/unused
Solid brown: S-video luma
Striped brown: Ground
SHIELD: Ground

If not carrying the composite signal, you can also ground both those wires too. Or just leave unused pairs unconnected, available for future use(s). A twisted wire ground per signal wire plus shield.

Hope this helps.


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