What Happens If You Cut Wires in HDMI Cable?

I performed an experiment in order to see what will happen if you cut wires in HDMI cable. I've got very weird results.

[@stergiospagiopoulos3241]

In the HDMI cable you have 8 cables (4 twisted pairs) that send image/sound data. The others are basically detecting that you turned on a device and perform a handshake to check that the HDCP encryption is established before sending image, so if you don't interrupt the connection you still have data but you cannot reestablish the connection without them. On the plug you also have 4 pins I think that are ground for the shielding. Although not explained in the video, it answered my question for what I was trying to do, nice video.

[@spackerinternational6131]

Bloody good explanation! Thank you very much!

[@Tay58382]

Awesome video

[@Melvin_K_Sebastian]

@Stergios pls help... I have a doubt

[@n.g.gardenservicesessex1714]

I want to know WHAT wires are fir Audio. I want to try connection some speakers to my PC,Which does Not have any audio inputs. 🤔

[@thantunzaw3059]

I'm planing to cut all 8 wires and rejoined with soldering irons. Can still iy be ok to use? I buy very long HDMI cable about 5 meters, but now I have no longer need that range so I want to make it shorter than 2 meter and exceeded 8 cables can be used for my diy project

[@jessecoonen7805]

HDMI is packed full of many options of data and control. It’s more than just a video cable or a way to hook up a monitor. There’s sometimes power, control for other equipment. You have enough to make the monitor work with all those wires cut, but HDMI does a lot more than the things you are testing for.

[@techisland6446]

make ur own video

[@mohammedhegdah]

@@techisland6446 😂😂😂

[@ROYAL-oq3yg]

@@techisland6446 bro he has givene advice and if you all about that so why you don't make video on that

[@cupOpoodles]

Although this wasn't quite what I was expecting when searching for an answer to a technical issue I'm having it actually answered my question just fine and to boot was a joy to watch. Especially liked the "red looks important" bit. Cheers.

[@jarredgraffiti]

Lol yeah that was funny

[@jonamism]

I Just loved this video...thank you for making this...so innocently you have shot this video....i guess you yourself do not realise what a great thing u have done!! thanks

[@najeebkhan9267]

Sounds good 👍

[@mdvmusicadetodoslostiempos3569]

I liked the way you explain the video, I will apply it with our students. thanks from mexico

[@lukmanmanggo]

nice video. what if using rg45 wire (lan) to extend it. ab 5 - 10 meter'or more. cut the original hdmi, and join with lan wire in between ? thanks

[@sgabyleone]

Hi sorry is it possible to identify the audio wires between the 20 wires that make up the cable? Which colour has It?

[@AdvaitThakur]

Very nice experiment. It also tells how HDMI works.

[@azimalif266]

Some of the wires are probably there to identify the display and It's specs. So after connecting and knowing what type of display it is, it doesn’t need them anymore until reconnected.

[@carlospenauscanga6065]

Hi. Do you know if the AUDIO can disappear by cutting one of the Wires?

[@TheLordsofDogtown]

How do you use the lighter? just heat up and pull the plastic cover?

[@obughan2266]

Gd experiment... now we know wat happens and we can try other experiments based on these

[@BonJoviTrader2024]

Thank you, your video is very helpful, but did you maybe try tu cut 3 HDMI cables and put them together, so that 1 HDMI can go into PC, or laptop, the second in a HDMI Monitor and the 3th in HDMI LCD, if you know what i try to say? So when I play games, I don't have to constantly remove the HDMI cable from my PC to plug the HDMI cable from my LCD, so it means I can watch both the LCD and the Monitor via my PC.

[@hamedhosseinian5209]

I thinks there's something like a digital synchronisation applied to the six or four wires including red blue green and yellow or purple wires whoes duty is to transmit colours as digital data i think is called TMDS or something unlike the rgb or vga cables that if for instance you cut red wire in that connection only the red colour disappears in the screen and in digital colour transmission disconnecting a single wire of any colour would mean a lack of a digital colour synchronisation in the receiver so it results in black screen after cutting one of those wires

[@thecolorenhancmentchannel432]

Is there a way to stick any of the wires into an old school tv and save money by not getting an rf modulator?

[@rajinderchauhan8761]

How can we made HDMI2 audio video cable?

[@letsgetto1millwithoutvids]

Those "useless" wires are for the connection protocol and tell the tv and computer what device was connected, the resolution etc

[@webnetred1114]

Un video de como hacer un adaptador SlimPort HDMI para el movil y tv ?

[@supremasqueen7004]

hello is it impossible to convert my small vga into my big vga using the vga to hdmi ?

[@GBenCalleRD]

Greetings, I like your videos and I want to know if I can make an adapter cable from normal HDD to sata to HDMI, to use it as an external HDD 350 GB

[@totiv.7584]

Maybe you could show me how to make an HDMI to USB type A cable, thanks

[@faisalsaeed1643]

Can you increase the length of the HD cable two meters or more using a internet router cable ?

[@Themac5050]

my question exactly

[@VictorinoJake]

It may not work. For long distances, you can use a BNC cable but you need an HDMI to BNC converter then BNC to HDMI converter

[@jonathantalbot-rice4673]

Very nice thanks. Very dedicated.

[@senthilkumarvms]

Bro, Thanks for preparing this video :-)

[@rahulkalra2126]

Fantastic video .. thanks !!!!!

[@ragabeid8269]

هل يمكن ادخال صوت الى الكابل hdmi من مصدر اخر بمعنى ان يكون الفيديو من مصدر والصوت من مصدر ثان ؟؟؟

[@damianacaguioa3500]

Thanks it's very educational

[@miftahfarid6112]

What color for audio ?

[@TheLordsofDogtown]

good afternoon bro... hey if I want to cut an HDMI cable to pass it through a hole in the wall and when I connect it again, will it works? Thanks

[@VictorinoJake]

It should work. But make sure you restore all those shields for the four pairs.

[@lost_valley]

Wow I can't believe you can simply cut and rejoin them by hand and it will work!!

[@neilam8596]

Which wire is for the sound in hdmi

[@CyclingSteve]

You have a great channel, I found it today. HDMI is really just a data cable, it contains three serial data channels and a clock signal channel. Each of these is made up of a positive version of the signal and a negative version, these are compared when received and any common spikes of voltage are discarded. There is also an earth for each of these. If only a single channel is in use cutting a single wire will go unnoticed. I think the distortion is caused by some data loss on the clock signal or perhaps even a data channel.

[@demonkinggaming1756]

Can you connect HDMI INTO OTG

[@Arunshawc5]

Man I just want to know which wire does hdmi produce sound? I have tv which have hdmi Arc suppot but my 5.1 speakers supports analogue cable just wana make home made Hdmi arc to Analogue converter

[@hdsolutions3054]

You can’t make it. HDMI is full digital signal. It encode with mixed sound and video. You must have decoder only to make sound such as TV, AVR, sound bar, etc. No select one cable to use with analog sound. 😉

[@Arunshawc5]

@@hdsolutions3054 thanx man for the info. Now I get the 5.1 surround sound from my PC with 3 different 3.5mm audio port with dvd input in my home theatre 😎

[@henrydagante1630]

@@hdsolutions3054 how can i remove the micro usb on hdmi cable,coz there is a deffectice

[@martinlewis2143]

Fantastic! 🎸😃

[@salahsalman5863]

Thank you brother

[@rajgroupheadoffice9531]

WHICH COLOR WIRE HDMI CABLE VIDEO OR AUDIO ?? ..

[@GRBhatt-ph7wx]

How can joint wair of hdmi with usb cable wair

[@YouZeroTube]

Can i know, about audio pinout?

[@HarrisonBorbarrison]

That is very strange!

[@shadowvapor16]

All cables, USB, HDMI, ANALOG VIDEO AND AUDIO, Ethernet use copper wire. what makes them different is how they constructed as a whole, shielding application and wire gauge and amount of wires in that cable. Thats it.

[@dhilip23691]

How to identify audio wires in hdmi cable

[@freedom365improvement]

What color is the audio?

[@aivernlamco]

pink

[@LisnicVitalie]

Can I disconnect 5v and ground fron HDMI?

[@totiv.7584]

Excellent excellent 👍

[@kattenris2902]

This is something that i learned from

[@manISnoGOD]

Can u connect HDMI to mini USB to connect indroid to tv

[@devhotkar5989]

Can we make vga to hdmi with this

[@jaganvanne]

If we cut and connect the hdmi to c type micro usb. What will happens?

[@aivernlamco]

then u will get a hdmi-usbC cable, walah

[@sungod337]

Good job

[@JohnPaulBuce]

the bomb has been defused

[@familyandparentingchannel]

I think the RGB cables are enough for video transmission

[@Mike-ss1ju]

Please do a display port cable.

[@BaeLes]

What happened if I change it into micro USB

[@sprinklersystem3102]

nice to see

[@casper1995able]

You created "noise" when removing the shield, next time try that with the power cord......jk

[@1127idontknow]

If we cut it and connect directly to our eyes, can we see the video without distortion?

[@nikolocalhost1]

For full experience we have to do the same thing but for ears too 🤣🤣🤣

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

This is probably a joke, but just in case it's not... don't try it. Most bio networks aren't equipped to handle HDMI, and inputting signals your system doesn't recognize can be departmental. If you really want to do HDMI for some reason, I highly suggest speaking with your bionics professional and letting them do it.

[@random2059]

defusing c4 ......cs go bomb has been defused 😂😂 but this video needs millions of like 👌

[@Nemasha23]

S'aka cast! Detchxko pomoga si 'nogo ti fala! Ljubim pisu.

[@gajendrasinghrawat313]

HDMI Can join with RCA Which wire can give video only with RCA

[@user-wp1hk7lg5n]

My end burned on my hdmi cable can you give me the colour code I wanna fix it back

[@Zevik_17]

I don’t why so many negative comments on his video, he told before hand he didn’t know what he was doing why watch though??

[@steves4212]

Some of the wires are com link. Which is why had to reconnect them after cutting the red. Unplug cut then plugin. You will notice the impact.

[@adipbabu9204]

Hdim cable ka Jo 20 tar hai o kon sa audio hai or kon sa video jaldi photo ya video bhejiye ji please bahot paresan hai

[@kennethbarton6201]

Can you make one on displayport please ❤

[@hydranugget7865]

I learned a lot you only need 8 cables cat5e time!

[@Super8Rescue]

or you could just google the pin wiring and save slicing up a perfectly good cable

[@johnfulco7827]

Hola cuantos cables llevá el hdmi?

[@shanelipe2552]

19 separate pins

[@moisesescobar3747]

Pues lo que no entiendo es ¿Qué quieres probar. Que cortardo y reconectando los conductores siguenfuncionando, para eso no necesitabas hacer ningun corte logica,ente van a volver a funcionar.

[@xelemorf]

Why the ferrite rod increased the noise? I have expected the opposite

[@worldofrap1419]

Show us how to make hdmi woth av cable at home

[@alanjagroop1282]

Here's an experiment for hdmi cable. Connect the hdmi cable wire to a USB A WIRE. AND SEE IF THAT CAN MAKE A USB PORT TO BE USED AS A HDMI PORT. IF THIS WORKS. WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH MY PS4. SINCE IT ONLY HAVE ONE HDMI PORT. MAKE THE USB TO HDMI.

[@C4Harris]

Type A hdmi can tell you what the cable does in the manual, I'll do you a favor and type some things. pins numbered 1-19: (try not to get confused by the incoming wall of text which is listed in order the pins and what they do: TMDS Date 2+, Data 2 Shield, Data 2-, Data 1+, TMDS Data 1 Shield, blah blah blah, first 9 pins are Data Transfer and shielding components (1-9), (10-19 continued): clock connectors: clock+, clock-, clock shield... once you get to 17,18,19 it's very important just to not sever... cause well you need them, it's the ground, the voltage supply: 5V(50mA), then 19 lastly is the HotPlugDetection 1.3 and 1.4+, meaning you need 19 to connect things into a hotplug AKA always on (not entirely sure about that though), 18 = most important for power, 1-9 = important for data transfer. Also neat that you opened a cord and cut with something literally running, but next time you might not want to and just check a manual. No need to reply, take care.

[@C4Harris]

Also, you discuss the dangers of doing this while you're doing it, so I assume you know you shouldn't actually do what you did, but still, learning is half the battle, try to avoid becoming fully integrated with your system AKA (electrocuted)

[@dougle2011]

C Harris brilliant.

[@maswarofficial7941]

So what for any cable more ?

[@franksulu5274]

If you cut the wires it no longer works.🤣

[@aymanrabia8603]

thankx

[@TheSpike786]

dffrnt wire for other type of cnnction... like dts,dolby,ethernet....etc..etc...

[@anisalial-maghrabi3215]

Thanks 👍🏻💯💯

[@curits8260]

hello sir. can you try on laptop screen.

[@benfaircloth5453]

Can u splice a vga to hdmi

[@freshstat1csnow]

Pretty sure HDMI and VGA use different signals so a converter is required. They're pretty common and not very expensive though.

[@benfaircloth5453]

@@freshstat1csnow well the 50$ I spent wasnt exactly cheap, lmao

[@madhukeshnp]

Lighter as a wire stripper.... Impressive 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NCS-Gaming]

👍

[@mb2243]

Look for the HDMI doku on Wikipedia

[@curits8260]

can you try laptop?

[@kenyeltaylor9993]

❤

[@paulogouveia5683]

Lol, the hdmi is not only used for video and sound, same as a home phone cable 4 pairs so 8 wires but only one pair is required 2 wires to recive and make calls and also supply broadband, all the other wires are spares to be used for other stuff.

[@SetimoLima]

Nem sempre é assim , pois existem a muito tempo aparelhos que utilizam quatro vias pois desta forma 1 par para fonia e 1 par para dados um exemplo deste é um ks onde é ligado a uma mesa operadora de uma central telefonica

[@arx.8802]

Experiment with a running video

[@DojuMelody]

👌 👍

[@chrismooneyham5279]

H.D.M.I. HEAVY DUTY MAGIC INSIDE

[@TIMALFA56]

Other wires is for data end other device

[@user-eg4yy6yf5y]

Отличный видос, всё круто объяснили. Но есть одно но, иногда попадаются кабеля у корых попадаются одинаковые цвета и в таком случае нужно прозванивать их поочерёдно

[@RISKYTAP]

It means only 2 wires important, Others looks useless Let me cut of them..hmmmm (Just a joke everything important)

[@NedimMerdan]

do it with vga

[@donnacaranz2974]

thx my imac G4 on againt in monitor samsung....thx..

[@M12Howitzer]

но акцент у тебя, конечно, атомный... рейп ушей... "зажигой зачищать провода" - это нашенское, совка видно за 100 км ))

[@rangasamymurugan6530]

3

[@Leonelty]

tu hablas español

[@charleswilliams9206]

I knew immediately that you probably didn't know what your were doing when you used a pair of scissors better suited for trimming nose hair than cutting wire. A craftsman is no better than his tools.

[@TVIDEOSSTS]

Eu ia fazer uma emenda no meu para 2 monitores da bem que eu nem fiz kkkk

[@chrismooneyham5279]

No, NEVER, AND I MEAN NEVER CUT THE RED WIRE!!!!!

[@iamkian]

1st post. 2st view. 2nd like.

[@4evernoobys856]

It does need those wires to transfer the informations of the monitor/TV.