I just wanted to follow up on this.  I got the "bright" idea to hook
together the s-video in and s-video out connectors on this card using the
patch cable that came with the board.  This was enough to show that both
connectors, the drivers, and the video capture software were all working
properly.  So, the problem I was having appears to have been due to the
s-video to composite dongle I was trying.  I picked up a s-video signal
convertor from radio shack, and this allowed me to successfully plug a
composite video source into the card's s-video input.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Sproule" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Video-In Problem with MSI 8822 Video Card


> I was
> trying to attach a VCR as my video source.  The VCR only has a video
output
> by way of a composite or RCA type socket.  I was trying to use a dongle
with
> an S-Video connetor on one end and a Composite connector on the other to
> convert this composite signal from the VCR into something that I could
plug
> into the video card's S-Video In connector.
>
> This isn't working at all, so I wanted to see if I was way off base using
> this simple dongle.  It came with a Voodoo3 card for use with it's S-Video
> Out.

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