The Video Input Processor (VIP) is a combination of a two-channel analog preprocessing circuit including source selection, anti-aliasing filter and ADC, an automatic clamp and gain control, a Clock Generation Circuit (CGC), a digital multi-standard decoder (PAL BGHI, PAL M, PAL N, NTSC M and NTSC N), a brightness/contrast/saturation control circuit and a colour space matrix (see Fig.1). The CMOS circuit SAA7111, analog front-end and digital video decoder, is a highly integrated circuit for desktop video applications. The decoder is based on the principle of line-locked clock decoding and is able to decode the colour of PAL and NTSC signals into CCIR-601 compatible colour component values. The SAA7111 accepts as analog inputs CVBS or S-video (Y/C) from TV or VTR sources. The circuit is I2C-bus controlled.