Video Server

[dhml at comcast.net (David Hummel)]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 11:45:30AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> Matthew Gillen <me at mattgillen.net> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> no, s-video is just video.  You need a separate cable for audio.  You
> can usually just jump from your computer sound card output to the tv
> audio input next to the s-video input.

Actually some laptops, such as the Dell Inspiron 8000 series, have a
special "S-video" port.  A dongle breaks this out into separate S-video,
composite video, and coaxial digital audio connections.  But it's
possible to plug an S-video cable from this port directly to a monitor
or TV (still just video).

-David