Fwd: Re: Hauppage with camera

[Robert Olson]

FYI.

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>From: Erik Walthinsen <omega at cse.ogi.edu>
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>On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Bruno Lopes F. Cabral wrote:
>
> > but, again, NO colors :( is this a NTSC or PAL device? I tried both, 
> anyway,
> > PAL gets mungled, NTSC brings me B&W images
>
>What I've heard is that the S-Video cable is kinda funky.  S-Video cable
>are supposed to have separate luma and chroma lines, but this cable either
>merges the two when connecting to the camera, or sends the composite
>(luma+chroma) signal only to the luma line on the connector. Since luma
>and chroma are always at different frequencies, they don't collide.
>
>However, the various drivers have to do something to the bt8x8 (GPIO?)
>configuration to make it understand that the S-Video port is really
>getting a composite signal.  Once this is done (I think some of the
>drivers have this correct), you'll properly get a color signal.
>
>In the mean-time get a RCA cable and connect the camera to the card via
>that, using the S-Video cable that came with it for nothing but power.
>That's what I've been doing, and though it's ugly, it works.
>
>TTYL,
>     Omega
>
>          Erik Walthinsen <omega at cse.ogi.edu> - Staff Programmer @ OGI
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