Audio and video interfaces and connectors: Difference between revisions

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| rowspan=5| '''Audio only'''

| rowspan=2 |'''Analog'''

| Often unmarked on consumer audio equipment since it is so common, or labelled with [[headphones]] symbol or as "line out". Computers and other equipment sometimes use [[PC_System_Design_Guide#Color-coding_scheme_for_connectors_and_ports|Microsoft-Intel color coding scheme]], especially when there are multiple input/output plugs.

| [[Phone connector (audio)|3.5 mm TRS minijack]]minij

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| [[Balanced audio]]

| 6.35&nbsp;mm [[Phone connector (audio)|TRS audio jack]] (shielded twisted pair),<br>[[XLR connector|XLR]] (shielded twisted pair)

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| rowspan=3 |'''Digital'''

| [[S/PDIF]] (Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format). Via coaxial or optical cables.

| [[RCA Jack]] (coaxial),<br>[[TOSLINK]] (optical),<br>[[BNC connector|BNC]] (rare)

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| [[AES3]] (also known as AES/EBU)

| [[RCA Jack]] (coaxial),<br>[[XLR connector|XLR]] (shielded twisted pair),<br>[[TOSLINK]] (optical),<br>[[BNC connector|BNC]]

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| [[MADI]]

| [[BNC connector|BNC]] (coaxial),<br/>[[ST connector|ST]] (optical)

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| rowspan=6 |'''Video only'''

| rowspan=5 |'''AnalogAnlog'''

| [[Video Graphics Array]] (VGA)

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| [[D-subminiature]] 15-pin

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| [[Composite Video|Composite]]. Often designated by the CVBS acronym, meaning "Color, Video, Blank and Sync".

| [[RCA jack]], normally yellow (often accompanied with red and white for right and left audio channels respectively)

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| [[S-Video]] (Separate Video). Carries standard definition video and does not carry audio on the same cable.

| (Separate V

| [[Mini-DIN connector|Mini-DIN]] 4-pin

| [[S-Video]] (Separate Video). Carries standard definition video and does not carry audio on the same cable.

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| [[Component Video|Component]]. In popular use, it refers to a type of analog video information that is transmitted or stored as three separate signals. Either [[Component video#RGB analog component video|RGB interfaces]] or [[YPbPr]]

| 3 [[RCA Jack]]s

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| [[Composite Video|Composite]], [[S-Video]], and [[Component Video|Component]]

| [[Video In Video Out|VIVO]] = [[Mini-DIN connector|Mini-DIN]] 9-pin with breakout cable.

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| '''Digital and analog'''

| [[Digital Visual Interface]] (DVI)

| DVI connector

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| rowspan=5 |'''Video and audio'''

| rowspan=1 |'''Analog'''

| [[SCART]] (Peritel)

| SCART

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| rowspan=4 |'''Digital'''

| [[High-Definition Multimedia Interface]] (HDMI),BNC

| HDMI connector

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| [[DisplayPort]]

| DisplayPort connector

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| [[HDBaseT]]

| [[8P8C]] connector

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| [[IEEE 1394 interface|IEEE 1394 "FireWire"]]

| FireWire or i.LINK connectors

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