That's because of USB 2.0, I tried a few USB 2.0 capture cards and they all had lag due to bandwidth issues. USB 3.0 won't have this issue thankfully.
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Retro AV Club Thread 2: Classic Gaming Done Right!
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IrishNinja
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Selling my used-ass XRGB mini for $10k (shipping not included), PM for details
My XRGB Mini is barely used at all. I'll sell for $9,999 with FREE first class shipping.
PumpkinSpice
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OK so 240p is optional according to the older CEA-861-B spec. That solves that mystery. I can't tell for sure but it looks to be optional in CEA-861-D as well.
Now I just need to find if there's an easy way to just check what formats are supported by a display over HDMI connected to a PC from the EDID data.
I seriously considered selling my broken one as junk/for-repair just to see how much someone would be willing to pay right now.
IrishNinja
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^why not? You'll get more for it than you are right now, haha
$9,950 with poorly-packed media mail shipping + ill dust it & call it newish
$9,950 with poorly-packed media mail shipping + ill dust it & call it newish
PumpkinSpice
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I don't usually sell stuff, and I don't really want to deal with ebay people.
Fuck this.. That's practically giving it away.
PumpkinSpice
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Turns out it's actually really easy to see what a display supports via EDID. However, they lie. My LG TV doesn't list 720x240 as a supported resolution. I thought I might be able to use the horizontal scan rate since that's listed, and other monitors/TVs will report a minimum of 30khz or 15khz. Of course this TV says it's minimum is 30khz. Which I guess is true since pixel data is supposed to be doubled in 240p HDMI according to the CEA spec I posted earlier.
I also tried looking at other EDIDs for TVs posted online and I haven't found one that willingly lists 240p as a valid resolution.
So, to recap. A lot of TVs seem to support 240p HDMI, and it's an optional part of the HDMI spec, but there's no way to know for sure if your display handles it other than testing it.
I'm pretty sure this was based on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzIPGpKo3Ag
It's open source and looks like he got it to work on all major consoles. I just want one that works with PS2 and NES that looks like the Dreamcast one. Hopefully since it's open source someone will take care of it.
So I've got two ROB units over the last few months. Both had stuck gears and corrosion in their battery compartments and were repaired by me. Still, both won't react to the signals sent by their games. I'm using an RGB modded AV Fami over a Sony PVM. Now I was wondering if the RGB mod could interfere with the way colors are generated, thus making ROB unable to see them correctly. So my question is, did anyone get it working on an RGB setup?
D.Lo
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ROB works perfectly with RGB, so it sounds like your ROBs are vision impaired.
I mean you can try composite too anyway?
Nah, I gave up on composite to have CSYNC on both my Famicoms. I should probably get out the multimeter and check. Are there common problems with their cameras that are fixable?
ToastyFrog
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Have you tried using the light filter that came with R.O.B.? Could be there's too much ambient light interference.
Anybody got full PS2 pinout of AV port from the motherboard side?
I'm getting ghosting/ringing. Very subtle on TVs (probably it's filtered out) and unbearable on PC monitor (480p with RGsB).
I assume it's because sync on composite is used instead of clean one. So want to try sync on luma first before making sync stripper.
Basically looking for luma, grounds (all three) and +5 Volt line (in case i need to make sync stripper).
I'm getting ghosting/ringing. Very subtle on TVs (probably it's filtered out) and unbearable on PC monitor (480p with RGsB).
I assume it's because sync on composite is used instead of clean one. So want to try sync on luma first before making sync stripper.
Basically looking for luma, grounds (all three) and +5 Volt line (in case i need to make sync stripper).
Im just using RGB for the GB Player, and i think that looks excellent. The component-cables are nowhere near worth it imo.
I don't have em, unfortunately. Thanks for the heads up about the ambient light, though. Will try it in the dark tonight.
PumpkinSpice
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If your monitor does RGsB, why are you using sync on composite?Anybody got full PS2 pinout of AV port from the motherboard side?
I'm getting ghosting/ringing. Very subtle on TVs (probably it's filtered out) and unbearable on PC monitor (480p with RGsB).
I assume it's because sync on composite is used instead of clean one. So want to try sync on luma first before making sync stripper.
Basically looking for luma, grounds (all three) and +5 Volt line (in case i need to make sync stripper).
In any case it's a lot easier to crack open a cable than to do whatever you're trying to do inside the case.
It's connected to rgb matrix. RGB from motherboard, and CVIDEO from normal cable. Audio goes to seperate amp. So it'll be easy to switch between TV and monitor on case by case basis (480i, 480p).
The problem is (i assume) that the only ground comes from CVIDEO cable heh. Which is to noisy hence the ghosting.
Didn't want to wait for RGB cable, and the cosnole costed 8 bucks so i'm not to worried about it.
PumpkinSpice
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Depending on the model, taking apart and especially putting back together a PS2 can be really annoying. Most of the larger size ones have an insane way of handling the cabling into and around the DVD unit.
I'm not really sure I follow your setup. If it's a PC monitor, what kind of connectors are you using? A dsub15 has a metric ton of ground pins. And the type of noise you tend to see from composite video interference isn't consistent with ghosting and ringing... I used to get that with just plain VGA from a PC to a monitor. Maybe your cables aren't very well shielded?
Wow, that's much more complex than what I thought. Awesome use of technology!
Hey all!
Apologies if this has been covered to death already, I am trying to suss out the best way to emulate all of my old SNES/Genesis/etc games.
I have an Nvidia Shield TV and have been able to emulate games fine on individual emulators etc but I find having to open lots of apps quite confusing and tricky. I have tried to use Retroarch but find that it isn't very user friendly at all and I quickly get frustrated with configuring it.
I have seen things like Retropie on the Raspberry Pi 3 that look simple and have all of the emulators etc in one program with artwork etc. There are bundles on eBay with the Pi 3 already configured with Retropie and I have thought of selling my Shield and using the cash to get one of these. Perhaps I am mad to do this when the Shield is already more than capable? Is there a similar way of doing this with the Shield and if so what is the best option?
I very much want it to be user friendly and easy to set up etc so any guides or advice would be much appreciated!
Also, I have noticed that there is some input lag when using the bundled Shield controller, is this normal? Is it due to it being wireless? I tried to put my TV into game mode and the issue persisted, I noticed it also happed with my NES Classic so maybe its an issue with the TV.
Thanks in advance!
Apologies if this has been covered to death already, I am trying to suss out the best way to emulate all of my old SNES/Genesis/etc games.
I have an Nvidia Shield TV and have been able to emulate games fine on individual emulators etc but I find having to open lots of apps quite confusing and tricky. I have tried to use Retroarch but find that it isn't very user friendly at all and I quickly get frustrated with configuring it.
I have seen things like Retropie on the Raspberry Pi 3 that look simple and have all of the emulators etc in one program with artwork etc. There are bundles on eBay with the Pi 3 already configured with Retropie and I have thought of selling my Shield and using the cash to get one of these. Perhaps I am mad to do this when the Shield is already more than capable? Is there a similar way of doing this with the Shield and if so what is the best option?
I very much want it to be user friendly and easy to set up etc so any guides or advice would be much appreciated!
Also, I have noticed that there is some input lag when using the bundled Shield controller, is this normal? Is it due to it being wireless? I tried to put my TV into game mode and the issue persisted, I noticed it also happed with my NES Classic so maybe its an issue with the TV.
Thanks in advance!
Laevateinn
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Emulators in general have some input lag. That combined with a modern TV is typically a recipe for a bad experience with any game that requires a lot of precision. I used to think I was terrible at SHMUPs but now I'm just bad at them.
PumpkinSpice
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TVs usually introduce quite a bit of lag but so do emulators. The ones you would use on Android are notoriously bad for that, but ones for Raspberry Pi aren't much better.
My preferred way to do emulators (which I don't use often any more) is on a Wii outputting at 240p. The official VC emulators and I think Retroarch on Wii are pretty minimal, around 1 frame of lag. Then the rest is scaler or TV, and if it's direct to a CRT you get zero lag and a retro image. Even a Wii at 480p is pretty good as well and would be more compatible with HDTVs.
All goes through RGB matrix switcher. Which outputs to 4 screens.
Outputs:
1. PC monitor. BNC to VGA cable (RGB and CSYNC connected)
2. TV 28" BNC to SCART (RGB + CSYNC + external power source 12V and 5V with resistor)
3. TV 20" in tate mode. BNC to SCART (RGB + CSYNC + 5V with resistor)
4. Widescreen TV. BNC to SCART (RGB + CSYNC + 5V with resistor + 12V)
Inputs:
1. PC. VGA to BNC cable (RGB + HV sync --> sync combiner --> CSYNC --> switcher)
2. Wii U. (RGB + CVIDEO) + HDMI to PC monitor (but that's not important).
3. PS2 (RGB + CVIDEO)
The ghosting only appears when CVIDEO is used for sync (there's none on PC input wchich has clean sync). On TVs it's barely noticeable. Wouldn't notice it until i've checked 480p on PS2. Now i can't unsee it. Tried terminating unused outputs on the switcher but this didn't solve the problem. My guess is that this switcher does not cope with CVIDEO very well, and it needs clean sync.
All the cables are shielded properly.
PumpkinSpice
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Does you still get this without the matrix switcher? Like PS2->RGBSCART->BNC->VGA alone? If so you might just have a problem with the length of your setup. Even well shielded VGA cables can only go so far.
And no sorry I don't know of any pinout of the PS2 board side.
So I did try it in the dark (with Robot Block), still no dice with both units. Is the LED supposed to go on after I switch them on? Because both LEDs stay off. Batteries are OK
I'd assume those are equal or better in quality for 240p gaming anyway. I don't think NA GCNs are compatible with SCART output though.
A PAL cube with a Xeno chip and RGB cable is still a fraction of the cost of a component cable though, hehe.
Beer Monkey
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Game Boy Interface (ULL) works great with my NTSC Gamecube and S-video FWIW. On my PVM I don't really notice the difference between svid and component for GBA games (yeah, I compared using a friend's component cable). Heresy, I know.
D.Lo
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PAL GC, hail to the king, baby.
Cross posting this from the Retro thread:
I really wish people were making these sort of devices back when I was younger and still had access to VGA monitors.
I really wish people were making these sort of devices back when I was younger and still had access to VGA monitors.
My turn to ask like a noob: PS2/3 outputs 480p RGB via SCART as RGsB, where the sync is on Green. If I get a SCART cable for PS2 wired to output Csync will that be a problem for 480p?
NormalFish
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shouldn't be, since you'll still have the typical green line for the sync to hitchhike on to. Don't see any reason why it would be different from using, say, luma sync for RGsB. the luma line just isn't ever looked at.
I though so, but was hoping someone would concur. Thanks for your input!
drhankmccoyphd
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Hoping someone can help me with my Framemeister. Basically, I can't get audio to play through the low input lag hdmi port on my Vizio. Plugging the FM into the other hdmi ports work fine. The only thing that I can think of is I had my PC hooked up on that low-lag input over DVI with Audio piped through SPDIF so I'm wondering if the TV is expecting audio over some other channel that the FM is doesn't have. I went through all the audio settings on the tv and FM and nothing works. The FM worked for a while on that input flawlessly. I even messed with the EDID settings on the FM. Is there some sort of setting to get the FM and TV to re-handshake for the HDMI stuff? It's bizarre because my other consoles and PC work fine on the low-input port, The FM works fine on any other input, its just the FM that won't send out audio on the port that I want since all the other inputs introduce noticeable lag. I ordered an HDMI switch since I needed one anyway to have everything on the good input, but if the switcher is just gonna pass through I'm worried it won't correct the issue.
We were actually talking about this a few posts up:
Someone is currently making one for the Dreamcast. Same guy makes wireless Dreamcast controllers.
NormalFish
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So i'm debating moving almost entirely to OPL via an HDD for my PS2 collection. Figure I should downsize a bit more. Got a kindle for christmas and despite my great love of physical books, the convenience is really wonderful. Thinking I'll do the same with my PS2 collection.
However, I haven't really explored the various options that homebrew like GSM offers. Anyone have a good resource for those things, or feel competent enough to explain the various perks of that homebrew and how I should use it with OPL? Additionally, any quirks to OPL that you think I should know before going hard and ripping all my discs?
However, I haven't really explored the various options that homebrew like GSM offers. Anyone have a good resource for those things, or feel competent enough to explain the various perks of that homebrew and how I should use it with OPL? Additionally, any quirks to OPL that you think I should know before going hard and ripping all my discs?
PM me if you're not sure the resource you have is gaf-safe. I realize a bunch of homebrew stuff sometimes treads the line. Hope that's alright.
NormalFish
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Shin Johnpv
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Maybe they've gotten more popular. When I ordered mine I got like 4 or 5 cables at once.
Sorry I meant the UK one - not eBay seller.
I wonder if it's because of the recent tweets (last page) that they are sold out? I'm new to RGB, so not sure if this is normal or not - but it IS frustrating :/
That's retro_console_accessories actually, he's talking about the UK seller.
NormalFish
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Yeah, my bad. Misread. I've never seen them out of stock so maybe they really are getting way more business than usual.
Shin Johnpv
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What are their recent tweets?
They're a small company I think like 2 maybe 3 people tops doing everything. So they're not going to have huge inventories of cables and such at any given time. Unfortunately none of this stuff is really super mass produced, there just isn't the market for it.
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