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Newbie TV walkthrough, please!
adder:
--- Quote ---Some of the presets installed with Soft15kHz happen to work with TV's, and some others need to be tweaked to get working. It's in there.
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i'd grateful if you can give me some pointers on how i should be editing the modelines which dont work. should i be loading powerstrip, and then editing the bad modelines from within there? obviously im guessing this cant actually be done 'on-the-fly' as the tv would go out of sync right away due to the 'bad' modeline. and what's usually the problem, eg. the pixel clock? the scan rate? or 'could be anything'
--- Quote ---390 is a lot lower than the standard 480i, but MAYBE it's possible. You might be able to get close and work with geometry from there. I'll look into this.
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thanks for looking into it, even something around eg. 410 vertical lines wouldnt be too bad. but 480 is too much (game ends up looking tiny) ... btw would prefer if this modeline was 60hz if poss...
thaddeussmith:
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My PC is a 1U server that I happened to get for free last summer, and never had any idea what I was going to use it for until my recent arcade obsession started. I was pleased to find out it has 4gb of ram and 2 dual core (i think) Xeon 2.0ghz processors. I'm pretty sure they're 64-bit, I didn't realize that XP32 didn't take advantage of dual processors... I'll see what I can do.
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I have a 1U dell that I've wanted to find a use for - 8GB ram, dual AMD CPU's, etc. But it sounds like a f*)&#$*& jet engine when running. How did you minimize noise in your cab without frying the server in the process?
robneal81:
I'm sorry to took SO long to get back to you...been a busy few months.
So, in regards to your comment about needing a circuit to combine H&V sync:
--- Quote from: rCadeGaming on December 08, 2012, 06:11:05 pm ---It would have to be something with a sync combiner circuit in it, or else it would just connect H and V straight together like you've already done. You could certainly make a cable with a circuit in it, but I don't think it's available commercially.
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That's actually not true. I found an old ATI viedo card that was on the list as being comaptible with Soft15Hz for $18 on eBay. I installed it, set the resolution to 640x480, ran Soft1Hz and rebooted. That was it, everything works perfect now.
--- Quote from: rCadeGaming on December 08, 2012, 06:11:05 pm ---Sounds like that would use a lot of resources. Just make sure it's only on when you need it.
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It barely uses any resources at all. I mean, if you connect to it while you're playing a game, yes, it will be a CPU hog. That being said, if it's just loaded and waiting in the background, you'll never notice it's there. I launch Mame through XBMC (via Rom Collection Browser), so there's a lot always running on my PC and VNC doesn't hurt it at all: No lag!
I just thought I'd share my experience with everyone, just in case someone else wants to to the same thing.
rCadeGaming:
You're very lucky that your monitor happens to work with the sync you made, but that's not clean c sync with with proper levels and such, so don't gaurantee it to work for anyone else. Some monitors are a lot pickier than others about sync, and damage to the monitor may be a possibility.
I did find a much simpler way to combine H and V to C sync safely here:
"you will need to create Composite Sync. This is done by running the Horizontal Sync through a 1N4148 diode and running the Vertical Sync through an 820 ohm resistor then connecting the two lines together (sync mix by viletim!)."
http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:gamecube_rgb
rCadeGaming:
Speaking of getting back to people, I haven't forgotten about what we talked about above Jadder. My transcoder is kind of built into my home theater setup for RGB from old consoles right now, but I'm hoping to get a second one soon so I can get working on this stuff again.