Using HDMI cable and AV cable for video at the same time

Yes, You can split the signal. Give your method a try (what do you have to loose?) but id just get a video splitter. Let me know if your method works!

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Hi! I am trying to capture some video from my Xbox 360 games. The Xbox is connected to my TV with an HDMI cable and so I thought I could use an AV cable with S-Video as the second output of the video signal. (I know that you have to remove the plastic from the AV cable first, so that both cables fit into the console together). I want to use a dazzle video capture card to get the S-Video signal from the AV cable and send it to my PC using USB. The only question is: Is it possible to split the video signal, so that I can watch the game on my (HD)-TV and capture it with the dazzle card at the same time? I don't want to buy an expensive splitter and thought this could work, but I didn't find any information about it. It would be great if anyone could tell me if this (probably) works... Greetings from Germany! :) ph4ntom_xph4ntom_x

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Ich schreib mal lieber auf Englisch damit die anderen es auch verstehen, kay?

You can use the component cables as a splitter, you just have to set it to SD and it will still send signals through the component cables which you connect to your TV and connect the S-Video and audio cables to your capture card. This way you don't have to buy a splitter.

I used this method before i got a HD capture card with HDMI in and outputs.

Besten Dank! Schoen, hier gleich mal jemand aus D. zu treffen. :) Back to English: So at the moment I just have an HDMI (to HDMI) cable and the original Microsoft component cable that comes with the Xbox 360. When I buy an S-Video cable for the Xbox 360, what comes next? There are 4 connecters on the S-Video cable (video, audio left, audio right, s-video). When I connect the two audio cables with my dazzle video card, then my TV won't have an audio signal because it goes straight into the computer using dazzle's usb cable. However, I think that I could connect the S-Video cable to the dazzle and the video (both from the S-Video cable) to the TV. Might work but I don't think that's what you recommended. Maybe you could explain it in detail, because right now I am not getting the picture. Thanks again (also in advance)! :)ph4ntom_x

I'm talking about these cables:

You can use them as a splitter, just set the switch on the site to TV, then plug the component cables (Red, Green & Blue) into your TV and the Yellow, white and red cables into your Dazzle USB device.

This only works if your PC and TV are closely together though, these cables don't split that far.