Editing S-Video (section)

===4-pin mini-DIN===
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The four-pin [[mini-DIN connector]] is the most common of several S-Video connector types. The same mini-DIN connector is used in the [[Apple Desktop Bus]] for Macintosh computers. Apple Desktop Bus cables can be used for S-Video in a pinch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.apple.com/kb/TA35008?locale=en_US|title=Macintosh: S-Video Port Confused with the ADB Port|access-date=2015-04-27|archive-date=2016-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512155657/https://support.apple.com/kb/TA35008?locale=en_US|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yXVZYMd-q4C&q=adb%20s-video&pg=PA86|title=Compression for Great Digital Video: Power Tips, Techniques, and Common Sense|isbn=9781578201112|last1=Waggoner|first1=Ben|year=2002|publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KH0rBgAAQBAJ&q=adb%20s-video&pg=PA451|title=A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks|isbn=9781136036101|last1=Wootton|first1=Cliff|date=28 April 2005|publisher=CRC Press }}</ref> Other connector variants include seven-pin locking ''dub'' connectors used on many professional S-VHS machines, and dual Y and C [[BNC connector]]s, often used for S-Video [[patch panel]]s. Early Y/C video monitors often used phono ([[RCA connector]])  that were switchable between Y/C and composite video input. Though the connectors are different, the Y/C signals for all types are compatible.

The mini-DIN pins, being weak, sometimes bend. This can result in the loss of color or other corruption (or loss) in the signal. A bent pin can be forced back into shape, but this carries the risk of the pin breaking off.

These plugs are usually made to be plug-compatible with S-video, and include optional features, such as [[component video]] using an adapter. They are not necessarily S-video, although they can be operated in that mode.