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What is this thing?

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What is this 3-connector cable with RCA, 4-pin mini-DIN, and 7-pin mini-DIN? (imgur.com)
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I'm going through old cables and get the impression that this is for a specific product, but I can't tell what product it's for.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both din connectors have a two-way symbol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well that's mighty interesting. That implies two way signal, so this can either play back or record.

I think that narrows it down to some manner of analog video capture card or device -- one that's not expecting audio, at least from this cable. Something like one of the Hauppauge WinTV cards, several of which had a separate 1/8" audio input jack, leap to mind. Those were input only, though.