S-Video 7 PIN

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Those 7 pin connectors seen on some PC graphics cards are non-standard connectors for carrying S-video.

7 pin SPECIAL MINI-DIN FEMALE connector

Pin Name Description 1 GND Ground (Y) 2 GND Ground (C) 3 Y Intensity (Luminance) 4 C Color (Chrominance) 6 - - 7 V Composite Video 5 VGND Composite Ground Generally the first four pins on those 7-pin connectors on the same places as the standard four pin S-video connector have practically always the same fuctionality as those pins in S-video connector. The other three pins can have then some extra signals which are not part of S-video (usually some pins of those carry composite video and some control signals, but the use of those three extra pins vary quite much).