Unknown (video/audio?) cable, curious what it's for

[Biovirulent]

I don't remember where I got this cable, but what it is can be described as this:

One end: A mini usb connector.

Other end: 2 cables, one seemingly for audio (white) and video (yellow), and a usb connector.

What's this thing for?

 

[migles]

a standard mini usb connector? or a special connector?
could you provide a picture?
what you describe looks like one of the sony camera's cables, i used to have a sony camera with such cable..
if its a sony one, extremly likely it has a ferrite thing

but i bet my ass it's from some camera you used to own, or still have somehwere

 

[Biovirulent]

Seems to be a special mini usb, considering it has those 3 cables going to it.
That's all I know, though.

 

[migles]

View attachment 80152 Seems to be a special mini usb, considering it has those 3 cables going to it.
That's all I know, though.

really unusual it is using a mini usb plug and in the other end the 2 types of connectors...
the device most likely has a mode which you can select from usb into video out...
i still think it is from a video camera... maybe a dash cam?
i can't think of any other other device that outputs via composite, the cheap ass tablets sometimes use mini usb, but they do not output via composite.. (they have a shitty hdmi port)

 

[mechagouki]

I'm pretty sure it's from a HDD video camera, one cable allows syncing with PC and playback over composite video.

I'm almost sure my Sony HDD camcorder from about 7 or 8 years ago came with the same cable.

 

[migles]

I'm almost sure my Sony HDD camcorder from about 7 or 8 years ago came with the same cable.

i had a sony picture camera, they used a proprietary cable in the end that connects to the camera tough....
but it indeed had a usb type A and the composite audio video in the other end

 

[Biovirulent]

Strange. I don't have any cameras or anything, and if I remember correctly it may have been bundled with a wacom tablet I have. It doesn't use composite though, and it only has a usb and avi input. No RCA or usb/mini usb port.
Still don't know what it's used for. Huh.

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Maybe, just maybe I might have found what it was for.
I found an old camcorder that has a mini usb port and a mini hdmi port.
The cable was unused though. I assumed it was from something newer.

 

[migles]

Strange. I don't have any cameras or anything, and if I remember correctly it may have been bundled with a wacom tablet I have. It doesn't use composite though, and it only has a usb and avi input. No RCA or usb/mini usb port.
Still don't know what it's used for. Huh.

well the device couldn't use the composite and usb at the same time (unless if used usb to only get power)
because i don't think it's possible to transmit composite at same time while establishing a usb connection... in the same 4 pins... it's 2 different signals...

 

[Deleted User]

That should be a camera to TV cable. I had one and it was neat.

 

[orangy57]

seems like a cable to plug a camcorder into a crt tv or something