Trouble with s-video

[boofmasterp]

I recently purchased s video cables for my computer. I didnt have any s-video outlets in the back of my tv, but i did in my vcr, which is connected directly to my tv. I have a s-video output in the back of my computer with 7 pins(geforce 4 mx 440 video card), and i connected one end of the plugs into it, and the other end into my 4 pin s video input behind my vcr. When I turn on my computer and my tv with all of the cords connected, and my vcr power on in the right screen mode, nothing appears. When i go to my settings toolbar in the display properties box, there is only one moniter displayed, and not the two boxes i was expecting. Is this the problem? and if it is, how do i get my computer to have the two boxes when i only have one now? Please reply
Ben

[syphus]

Are you sure the S-Video on your VCR is an input? If so, in order to get your graphics card (and Windows) to detect the display, you may need to switch the VCR onto whatever input mode/channel is relative to that S-Video port.

Once done, it should automatically be detected as a TV. You may have for use the re-detect displays or whatever it's called in the NVIDIA control panel.

[boofmasterp]

all it says next to the VCR s-video cable is "S-video", and it doesnt say input or output. How do i figure out if it is an input? if it is, how do i find the corresponding channel to use with my computer?
Ben

[boofmasterp]

also, i have been reading elsewhere to try and solve mt problem, and it seems that i need to have two display adapters installed for the s-video cables. One for the computer moniter, and one for the tv. When i go to my device manager, and i open my display adapters, i see my video card (geforce4 mx 440), but nothing else. From what ive read, it seems i also need to have a driver installed for my tv. If so, what driver do i need to install, and how am i supposed to install it?
Ben

[syphus]

Well, both statements are incorrect. The Graphics card has a TV encoder chip that basically servers as an extra "head", not as a logical unit. Also, you do not need a TV driver, Windows XP has a default INF for TV displays.

I would say your problem is that the VCR has only an S-Video output. You cannot feed video into an output.

[boofmasterp]

what is the simplest and cheapest thing i can buy to get s video input on my tv? Once i get it, should it display on my tv upon plugging it in, or do i need to activate it somehow on my computer?

[boofmasterp]

would this fix the problem?
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.as...=102&sku=13051

[syphus]

Yep, that'll do the trick.