S-Video Connector Pinout

4 PIN S-Video MINI-DIN Female
4 PIN S-Video MINI-DIN Female
4 PIN S-Video MINI-DIN Male
4 PIN S-Video MINI-DIN Male



S-Video is commonly used in many consumer TVs, DVD players, video tape recorders, game consoles and almost all TV-out connectors of graphics cards.


Pin Name Description
1 GND Ground (Y)
2 GND Ground (C)
3 Y Intensity (Luminance)
4 C Color (Chrominance)


Notes

  • The luminance (Y; greyscale) signal and modulated chrominance (C; colour) information are carried on separate synchronized signal/ground pairs. This increases bandwidth for the luminance information, subdues the color crosstalk problem and leaves more video information intact, thus having a improved image reproduction compared to composite video.