Before I get your hopes up too high...

As Armando pointed out, it seems ATi also produces a component video cable
with the same 9-pin connection, as shown he
http://shopati.ca/product.asp?sku=2766464 and in page 106 of the X1600
series user's guide: http://www2.ati.com/manuals/rv530_radeonx1600.pdf . In
fact, this cable may be included in the box.

Since you already have an MSI VIVO dongle, it doesn't hurt to try it first,
but don't be surprised if VIVO doesn't work...

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"prdtr" wrote in message
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thanks, you been a huge help, I didn't get the dongle you showed on the
link, however I have the MSI dongle from the old card, it should do the
same thing vid in/out for both S and composite.

the proggie i been using to watch the dish is called KMplayer, it is open
sourse aswell. It worked marvellously with the 5900XT, you simply chose
the driver from within the app and your up and running... should there be
any hardware detection happening when you install the dongle like the
nvidia card?


"First of One" root@localhost wrote in message
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The WDM capture driver can be downloaded by itself he
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonxip-xp.html . However, it
should have been included if you downloaded the 35 MB Catalyst driver
package previously.

Note that's just the driver. You will still need a WDM-compliant app to
capture the video. You are free to use whatever app you want (like Adobe
Premiere). A basic open-source app is Virtual VCR:
http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net/ .

The dongle cable is available he
http://shopati.ca/product.asp?sku=2702995 . I'm surprised if it wasn't
included in the box, though.

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"prdtr" wrote in message
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it has 9 pins... sounds like we're getting somewhere... Where do I get
the capture driver, and is there something missing hardware wise,,
dongle perhaps?

"First of One" root@localhost wrote in message
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How many pins does the "S-Video" port have on the back of your X1650
Pro? If it has four pins, then it's output-only. If it has nine pins,
it is a VIVO port with capture capability.

I'm surprised the X1650 actually turned out to be a little faster than
your FX 5900 XT. Should have gone for something like this for a
meaningful speed improvement:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=20526

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"prdtr" wrote in message
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I just picked up an X1650 pro at FutureShop today. My goal was to
breath a little life into my AGP based system. My old card was Nvidia
FX 5900 XT, and found it getting slow at the newer games...I also used
the S video input on the old card to watch the dish via nvida capture
driver. My hangup is that my new card is little faster the the old
card, yeah! but to my dismay it don't look like it supports S video
input?? bummer.... Can anyone shed a little light on this.... I thought
this feature was standard issue on all cards, Nvidia based cards
always have had it...

Prdtr