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"Explanation of SPDIF and RCA"

ok when I bought my Gigabyte 7N400 Pro mobo, it came with an expantion card that has, what looks like an S-Video socket, called RCA, it also has the socket for the fibre optic audio wire thingie. Could someone explain what this S-Video like connection is for? Im hoping its some sort of TV in connector so I can record my replays from my gamecube games.

thanks.

ah o.k. then it is not a yellow din socket but a yellow RCA Socket.

Colin

Look, its a coaxial SPD out. I have the damn audio kit and that is what the yellow RCA does, OK?

Tyla wrote:
> AMD_MAN wrote:
> The Yellow one is deffinatly Svideo and the optical is SPDIF (Sony,
> Phillips Digital Interface) port.
>
> Colin
>
> Actually a SPDIF out/In can also be the yellow port. I have a Leadtek
> KN7 18D Pro nForce2 Mobo with SPDIF which is the yellow socket.
> S-Video is very similar to a midi socket commonly found on most GFX
> Cards.

Yeh that one would be the non optical one and the RCA version of SPDIF, but if you ever have a yellow Small Din type port then it's S-video.

Colin

taka-Q wrote:
>I have even downloaded you motherboard's manual from Gigabyte's website, >which conferms this.
I checked my manual but found nothing on the SPDIF out connector.
and I've been looking at the Leadtek TV 2000 XP Deluxe TV IN card and an apropriate S-Video cable for my gamecube.

AMD_MAN wrote:
> The Yellow one is deffinatly Svideo and the optical is SPDIF (Sony,
> Phillips Digital Interface) port.
>
> Colin

Actually a SPDIF out/In can also be the yellow port. I have a Leadtek KN7 18D Pro nForce2 Mobo with SPDIF which is the yellow socket. S-Video is very similar to a midi socket commonly found on most GFX Cards.

It isn't an S-video connector, I have the same connector attached to my GA-8SIMLH and that is a coaxial SPD out. I have even downloaded you motherboard's manual from Gigabyte's website, which conferms this.

ok good, so could someone explain how I use it to record from my gamecube? I plug the s-video connector from the gamecube into that socket (obviously) but what do I need to do to actually see my gamecube on my monitor (if thats how it works?) do I need software that does this?

The Yellow one is deffinatly Svideo and the optical is SPDIF (Sony, Phillips Digital Interface) port.

Colin

yeah its yellow and the s-video connector on my gamecube fits in it properly, i cant see what else it can be other than that.

I think you mean the the yellow one. If so that is a coaxial SPD out rather than the black square optical SPD out.