DVI to Component Video?

[sharinglife]

I am trying to come out of my video card (GeForce 9400GT) from the DVI port and go into our video switcher (Component Video).
I bought a DVI to Component Cable...but it doesn't seem to work. Is there a setting I need to change for the video card or something?
Or do you know of a good to convert it? I need to run announcements from our computer to these tv's...there are 5 of them throughout our building...and the component cables are already there from the video switcher.

Thanks!
Danny

[iamgap]

You would need a down converter. A lot of what I am seeing just shows a cable, and no converter, but you should need something to convert from digital to analog.

I used to get component and composite confused, so I am asking this in case you have done the same here. Do you mean component, or composite?

composite video = single RCA (usually yellow)

component video (YUV) = three RCA (Green, Blue, & Red)

gap

[NdEd]

There are versions of HD Fury that will convert DVI/HDMI to Component.

[sharinglife]

Component. For sure.

[timdgibson]

If you're coming out of your card in digital DVI (DVI-D), I have a TV One converter that will work perfectly. Only been used once.

E-mail me for price.


tim

[adessmith]

I have one of these adapters at home. I remember that it worked with an older card I had, but not after I upgraded cards. I think there also has to be software support in the driver for this. There are a few different versions of these adapters and you have to have the correct type for your card (if it supports it at all)

If I remember correctly, that particular card has a little round multi-pin conector on the back where you plug in a special "TV out" dongle. It looks like an S-Video connector, but it has more pins. I think it had the component output (Red, Green, Blue) and an S-Video output on the dongle. It should have came with the card. I could be wrong though.

[sharinglife]

No dongle. But there is an s-video looking jack on the card.

TV One converter?

I hate it when these places don't tell us we need additional equipment to make something work...especially when you've explained it and they know what you're doing!

[prochlea]

count the pins on the "s-video" looking jack... alot of times those have more pins than Svideo, and they use the extra pins for component. check with the manufacturer

[sien]

Did you buy the GeForce 9400GT from an online retailer?
If your s-video output looks like this

You might just need the s video to component cable.

One example of a GeForce 9400GT that ships with that cable is this
http://www.outletpc.com/c6971.html
But not all the GeForce 9400GT cards online seem to have that.

If you bought it online, eg. Tigerdirect, some of the stores post photos of
the s video port.

[sharinglife]

it has 3 rows of pins...
4
3
2

i'll see if i can find an s-video to component cable.

[adessmith]

I have a geforce 8500GT, and it has the jack with the 3 rows of pins you describe.
Mine did come with a dongle which had this connector on one end, and the component red-green-blue connectors on the other.
I have used this to connect my PC to a HDTV in the past without issue.