DarkConfidant
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All I really wanted was something to get a Wii to display on my PVM. If this (the GARO) goes to SCART, then I can do that!
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Upscalers, CRTs, PVMs & RGB: Retro gaming done right!
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All I really wanted was something to get a Wii to display on my PVM. If this (the GARO) goes to SCART, then I can do that!
cyborgnumberblue
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Damn, this Toro shit out on me after a week. Hitting up the Behar Bros. for a replacement/refund, hopefully it works out.
Everybody else who got one, or considering getting one, watch out. I think another person on this board had issues, too.
Everybody else who got one, or considering getting one, watch out. I think another person on this board had issues, too.
Thanks for the feedback on my gen 6 question everyone, using my HDTV is probably for the best, but I think I just have some major scanline envy due to this thread
Ugh, that sucks. Keep us updated, I need to pick something up like this soon and was thinking of going with the toro. Best of luck!
Ugh, that sucks. Keep us updated, I need to pick something up like this soon and was thinking of going with the toro. Best of luck!
What happened to it? Mine's still going strong, for now.
cyborgnumberblue
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Thing won't stay powered on with either SCART or VGA connected. It was hot to the touch so it's probably a short somewhere. Yossi, my favorite Beharbro, is pretty quick to respond to emails so I'll probably hear back later AM EST.
That 3rd strike/Alpha 3 240p looked so good...
T__T
That 3rd strike/Alpha 3 240p looked so good...
T__T
Does USB3HDCAP properly display 240p? I tried composite and s-video for a few systems and Amarec showed only the top half of a weird 480i picture. Nothing in Amarec's settings fixed it.
I was using my quirky CRT Emudriver/GroovyMame PC. Maybe that was the cause? I would use my regular PC but it's in a different room from my retro consoles... could try getting a long USB3 cable.
I was using my quirky CRT Emudriver/GroovyMame PC. Maybe that was the cause? I would use my regular PC but it's in a different room from my retro consoles... could try getting a long USB3 cable.
Flizzzipper
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Do I need to do anything with these scanlines. They seem okay to me.
baphomet
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I feel like mine shit out on me as well. It's been awhile, but it was something to do with the Dreamcast connector. Took forever for the replacement, but once it arrived it worked beautifully.
NormalFish
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Looks good flizz
NOLA_Gaffer
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What's it like being a wealthy bastard? Pretty cool I bet.
The above is a joke post.
The Gscart is such a gorgeous piece of kit, in my opinion it needs to be prominently displayed.
Yes, this explains how to do it.
"720x240 is supported over both Composite and S-Video but the capture frame rate is always 30 fps. You must capture at 720x480 and deinterlace to get the proper 60 fps."
An alternative that will work is to select 720x240, then at Graph2(Preview) set Scan Line Doubler to Enable. Well, this works for RGB and Component at least, but can be given a try.
Lameness... Mine needs to be plugged in very hard into the DC but otherwise it's fine. Hope it stays that way!
Great advice! Thanks buddy! I'll further investigate this tonight.
All I really wanted was something to get a Wii to display on my PVM. If this (the GARO) goes to SCART, then I can do that!
Yeah, GARO has a Scart output.
If all you want is the Wii connected up to your PVM via RGB Scart then you can flash the firmware (so you can change it to PAL) and just use a Scart direct. I'm assuming you have a NTSC Wii. Does your PVM support 480p?
Edit: I think xbox and ps2 in NTSC land also support RGB scart?
cyborgnumberblue
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This seems to be exactly what's wrong with mine. Yossi got back to me so we will see where this goes.
Shin Johnpv
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Do I need to do anything with these scanlines. They seem okay to me.
Damn nice set up, keeping everything clean.
YesManKablam
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Got a better shot of my screen.
No idea when the SCART cable is going to arrive, but it's been shipped.
No idea when the SCART cable is going to arrive, but it's been shipped.
In a binder.
sixteen-bit
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in the jewel case on a shelf
NormalFish
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+ carefully.
My ps1 collection is somewhat cleanly divided between titles I care about and titles I dont. Nice ones get special care cause it's too tedious to keep them all in a nice place without anything on top of them or anything.
Khaz dropping the knowledge. Thanks for that informative post earlier.
I store them in the original cases.some of them are rubber banded closed if they're broken.
You could also order replacement jewel cd cases online.
I store them in the original cases.some of them are rubber banded closed if they're broken.
You could also order replacement jewel cd cases online.
I feel like that scratches them.
RadarScope1
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I used to have a really large CD collection. Whenever I bought a PS1 game over the years I would swap the beat up or broken jewel case for a pristine one from my CDs. As a result, nearly all of my PS games look minty and new on first glance. Just order some replacements if you don't have CDs laying around.
YesManKablam
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I also use a binder
My binder isn't a slide in one. It has panels for discs just like in a jewel case, but slimmer.
I have nowhere really to store any DVD/game cases in my place where they would be easily accessible.
Thanks! That was a helpful read. I'll give this a try next time. The FPS doesn't bug me. I'm doing this to capture still shots in order to draw comparisons.
NOLA_Gaffer
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I have my Dreamcast collection in a binder and the jewel cases in storage, but sooner or later I'm gonna try to cut my collection by at least half (75+ to maybe 30/40) so I can put them out on display.
Maybe even swap out some of the more mediocre titles for stuff I wanted but never got around to picking up.
Maybe even swap out some of the more mediocre titles for stuff I wanted but never got around to picking up.
In that case go to the screenshot tab and set filter processing on.
Cases go in protective sleeves and cds go in binders from AmazonBasics.
My end goal is to have all my games ripped to a hard drive so that they can be played on each console via sd card (PS1, Saturn), or hard disk (Xbox).
sixteen-bit
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That's the fuckin' dream. I've been slowly backing up my Saturn disc library in anticipation of the recent Dr. Abrasive developments. Not to mention RHEA.
Do you have a disc ripper that you recommend?
I was lucky enough to get on the Phoebe list this past weekend, so I'll see how that works out. I would also love to see how the one you mentioned turns out as it seems like it will be superior. The next PS-IO pre-orders are in October, so keep an eye out for that.
I'm in the process of upgrading to a larger hard drive for my original Xbox (somehow, the molex cable I bought is doa). All this time I thought the fan was causing the noise. I never realized the 8gb hard drives were so noisy. The thing is silent once you remove the old drive.
Beer Monkey
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Man, we really need a legit commercial operation like Krikzz to get on the SD drive emul scene.
What does that do? I want the closest to original screenshot capture. To me that reads like it will add a blur filter!
It makes a 720x240 image to a 720x480 image, has nothing to do with blurring thankfully. Heck it's a requirement for recording or else the image would look wrong.
Has Krikzz ever mentioned anything of the sort? Given his history, I would think that he could easily make the best product available.
Beer Monkey
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I want to try, relatively soon, to make "perfect" recordings by doing what I did here for a single screen:
I captured at 720x240 RGB, then cropped down to 644x224, then resampled down to 256x224 in Paint.NET using 'Best Quality' which removed sampling errors from the original capture. Then I scaled out 3X with nearest neighbor for legibility (size).
Is there a program where I could script to do this for every single frame in a video? I have an i7, don't really care if it takes a while.
Not that I know of, sadly.
Could use some help. Just picked up a component cable for my PS2, and while it looks a lot better, I'm getting some weirdness. Does this look normal? These were taken with my phone so that probably doesn't help, but the open world stuff in Yakuza looks almost abstract at times. The smaller scenes and close ups on faces look good though. Not sure if this is the cable or just weird old PS2 game.
PumpkinSpice
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I want to try, relatively soon, to make "perfect" recordings by doing what I did here for a single screen:
I captured at 720x240 RGB, then cropped down to 644x224, then resampled down to 256x224 in Paint.NET using 'Best Quality' which removed sampling errors from the original capture. Then I scaled out 3X with nearest neighbor for legibility (size).
Is there a program where I could script to do this for every single frame in a video? I have an i7, don't really care if it takes a while.
You could do that with an ImageMagick pretty easily if you have every frame as an image file... you'd just need to figure out the right command for each step and send it off on every frame in a folder.
Converting from a video to frames and back to a video would probably be the most annoying part of that process. That could be scripted as well though.
Do I need to do anything with these scanlines. They seem okay to me.
Love the cable management. And I wish I had those scanlines
Well I took a few minutes to move my Framemeister and SNES to my LG set in the living room and lo and behold the scanlines looks perfect at 720p. I've come to the sad conclusion that my Sony Bravia that's part of my retro set-up does not properly scale 720p content, and unfortunately none of the display options solve the issue. Total bummer. Looks like I'll be sticking to FBX's 1080p profiles on that set.
Not that I know of, but man that takes a lot of work.I want to try, relatively soon, to make "perfect" recordings by doing what I did here for a single screen:
I captured at 720x240 RGB, then cropped down to 644x224, then resampled down to 256x224 in Paint.NET using 'Best Quality' which removed sampling errors from the original capture. Then I scaled out 3X with nearest neighbor for legibility (size).
Is there a program where I could script to do this for every single frame in a video? I have an i7, don't really care if it takes a while.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Pricey? That's less than the price one of those went for on uk ebay recently.
YesManKablam
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Thats a good price for what you're getting.
sixteen-bit
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I used imgburn based off a youtube recommendation
HDgaming42
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Photoshop supports scripting. It can also open video streams and work frame by frame.
Yep, that is one of the best. I use it and it's great, works with anything!
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