[Kwintv] kdetv on SUSE9.2 no color on svideo

[David E. West]

Steve,

I had the same problem a while back when using the "s-video out" of my graphics
card.  At first all I could see was a black and white image. The problem for
me turned out to be that the s-video connector I was using didn't fit well into
the back of my computer.  I ended up having to shave away part of the plastic
in order to allow it to make contact on all the pins.  S-video is split into
two signals, the liminance (black and white) and sync signals travel on one 
pin, and the color (chrominance) travels on the other pin.  Both pins have 
their own ground for a total of 4 pins.  In my case the chrominance pin wasn't
making contact.  This may be totally unrealated to your situation, but the end
result sounds similar.

Just an idea.

David E. West

> I have worked out the problems of "no device" and "no channels" by reading 
> this list, Thanks,made those easy fixes.
> My problem is a little different,TV works fine on my Diamond DTV2000 card 
> but I'm wanting to use the s-video input as my camera source.
> I can switch to s-video and get pictures but they are black and white 
> only,no color...
> Is this the normal? I'm using a full size VHS camcorder as the camera 
> feeding the s-video port on the DTV2000 card.
> Any Ideas?
> 
> Steve