Will DuronClocker successfully turn his Radeon 8500LE into an 8500 VIVO? :-)
I was recently able to supply DuronClocker with a partial pinout for the Rage Theater chip found on Radeon 8500s.
Technically, the RT1 ("Ripper") can capture CVBS/SVHS video - the feature just isn't used on 8500s apart from the AIW/VIVO versions.
Theoretically, all you need to do is connect the right pins up for signalling, flash the BIOS to a VIVO-enabled one, install the necessary drivers and cross your fingers. 
No pressure, dude. 
MuFu.
P.S. Hehehehehee...
Opteron 144@2.8GHz (stock HS/fan), Asus A8N-SLI SE (passive NB), 1.5GB RAM (2:3:2:5, 2T), WD Raptor 740GD 74GB, Maxtor DM10 300GB, Asus EN7600GT SILENT@???, M-Audio Revo 7.1, Nebula DigiTV, Dell 2005FPW, Enermax 431W Active.
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