Wii S-video cable flickering and black and white • Gaming • Wii • Eurogamer.net

hedgehogged 7 Feb 2018 16:06:44 18 posts
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Okay so I just got an S-video cable but it doesn't work properly. I have tried a lot of things, can someone please help?

Edited by hedgehogged at 16:12:22 07-02-2018

Edited by hedgehogged at 16:12:58 07-02-2018

pyper777 7 Feb 2018 16:32:44 272 posts
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Your TV might not support s-video, or you need to find the AV option on the TV menu that selects s-video.

mrpon 7 Feb 2018 16:34:39 37,366 posts
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@phage is your man here.

ChiefGB 7 Feb 2018 17:21:07 13,815 posts
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pyper777 wrote:
Your TV might not support s-video, or you need to find the AV option on the TV menu that selects s-video.

In fairness if his tv didn't support s-video then surely he couldn't even plug it in.

Psiloc 7 Feb 2018 17:35:36 6,366 posts
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Yes he could, he could be connecting it with a SCART block. But the TV still needs to explicitly support S-Video, and he probably has to use a specific SCART port and probably a specific input on the TV.

hedgehogged 7 Feb 2018 18:39:53 18 posts
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My TV does support s video (there is a specific s video port) and when I am at AV3 I can select AV and S-video. Even if I use a scary block the same thing happens.

THFourteen 7 Feb 2018 19:22:02 54,987 posts
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mrpon wrote:
@phage is your man here.

Snigger

Deleted user 7 February 2018 19:25:19

What region is the Wii from? I just had a look round and it looks like only NTSC (USA and Jap) support S-Video. Using it on a PAL Wii outputs composite. If the Wii is NTSC you should check that your TV definitely supports it. A lot of old TV's not from the USA or Japan don't.

Edited by Spectral at 19:30:00 07-02-2018

Fake_Blood 7 Feb 2018 20:58:36 11,093 posts
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I think he's just playing Madworld.

Psiloc 7 Feb 2018 21:04:19 6,366 posts
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@hedgehogged If your TV has SCART just get an RGB cable?

neilka 7 Feb 2018 21:06:32 24,021 posts
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hedgehogged wrote:
Even if I use a scary block the same thing happens.

mal 7 Feb 2018 21:16:30 29,326 posts
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S-video with out the colour channel (pR and pB combined) means you end up with just the green channel rendered as black and white. If it comes and goes it suggests a problem with the cable itself or one or the other ends of it.

phAge 7 Feb 2018 22:01:19 25,487 posts
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Apparently everything should be plugged in. At least that's what I hear.

About every two months.

And around Christmas.

For the past ten years.

Cunts.

Deleted user 7 February 2018 22:16:38

who was that guy who didn�t plug all his component cable plugs in?

jonsaan 7 Feb 2018 22:28:48 27,052 posts
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Nice thread for bringing out some usernames I actually know

jonsaan 7 Feb 2018 22:28:49 27,052 posts
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Nice thread for bringing out some usernames I actually know

hedgehogged 8 Feb 2018 07:30:45 18 posts
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@Psiloc Yeah but i want to get a good recording quality.

hedgehogged 8 Feb 2018 07:32:19 18 posts
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Yeah I have a PAL wii so i cant use it i guess but is there any way i (region changer) that i will be able to use s video and still play my pal wii games?

hedgehogged 8 Feb 2018 07:46:28 18 posts
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http://www.eurogamer.net/forum/thread/330425#post-12135138
I just made a new thread or it is still possible.

Cappy 8 Feb 2018 08:15:28 14,393 posts
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Nintendo often took out features for different regional versions of consoles in the interest of shaving Pennies, especially when it comes to video output.

Either switch to another cable, such as RGB SCART or Component or alternately get an NTSC Wii if getting an inferior S-Video connection is so important.

Psiloc 8 Feb 2018 09:09:44 6,366 posts
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hedgehogged wrote:
@Psiloc Yeah but i want to get a good recording quality.

What? RGB is much better than S-Video.

hedgehogged 8 Feb 2018 10:15:25 18 posts
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@Psiloc But I want to record it with my capture card

Edited by hedgehogged at 10:15:33 08-02-2018