[mythtv-users] Supervideo and miniplug to RCA

[Fred Squires]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:45 AM, gonzalo diethelm <gdiethelm at dcv.cl> wrote:
>> I hooked my laptop up to my TV the other day using an svideo to
>> composite cable. The cables work fine. You need to make sure that you
>> have things setup correctly in your xorg.conf file. Make sure you have
>> the TV standard set correctly. I always get confused when using the
>> converter cable if I need to set the output to svideo or to composite.
>> Try them both to see what works. If you have that set wrong I think
>> you will just make the image black and white until you get it right.
>
> Great, thanks for the pointers.
>
>> You don't want to use S-PDIF for analog RCA inputs. S-PDIF is for
>> passing digital audio along so it can be decoded/amplified by another
>> device. I find it hard to believe your laptop doesn't just have a
>> standard headphone jack. Use the headphone jack and with a standard
>> converter for the red/white RCA.
>
> I took another look at the laptop today. The female miniplug has a
> little headphone icon, and next to it it says S-PDIF... From what you
> describe it would not make any sense, right? Perhaps the S-PDIF applies
> to whatever connector is NEXT to the headphones plug.

That's possible. Some laptops also include optical spdif in the
headphone port (mini Toslink), macbooks include this.
http://www.amazon.com/6ft-Toslink-Mini-Cable/dp/B000FMXKC8

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