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Soft-15KHz - slim new tool for 15KHz on normal vga cards
Paradroid:
--- Quote from: SailorSat on October 19, 2011, 02:21:34 pm ---Hm... That's actually strange.
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Strange, yes, but not surprising to me. Loewes are the easiest SCART TVs to come by in my part of the world (Australia). I've tested out a whole bunch now and they all behave differently (according to the model of the chassis). Some of them auto deinterlace, some have dot crawl, some don't have dot crawl, some interlace on low res modes ( ??? ), some seem to completely resample the image, etc. Seems the older chassis numbers are better for MAME/SCART. Less processing.
So, yes, the low res modes do work on the 16:9 model I tried but it's mixed success across the board with the Loewes. I'll try the modes you gave me on the 4:3 models and see how they behave.
Thanks again for your help! :)
Paradroid:
Yep, confirmed: the Loewe Cantus does some weird stuff to those two 16:9 modes. Both resolutions looked glorious (albeit stretched) when tested on my Grundig 70-703 NIC/TOP that I have here. Guess I need to find a 16:9 television that doesn't mess with the picture so much. :( :badmood:
Markade:
By the way, SailorSat, just one thing. I've been trying to set up 2 screen, 1 to the arcade monitor at 15khz using your tool, and the other one to a TFT at 31khz. When I start the computer with both screens, I can't see anything. Do you know if it's possible to do it?
SailorSat:
Hm... It is possible, but you need to fool around in the registry.
Currently S15K forces detection of all VGA ports.
If you connect a standard monitor via VGA cable, it could work because usually screens communicate with the vga card via DDC and tell them what brand, type of screen and resolution they are. Those DDC-modes have a higher priority.
If you connect a monitor via DVI cable, there will be 3 possible routes (vga1, vga2, dvi1) and most likely you need to select the correct order via forceware/catalyst tools.
Another side note: currently s15k adds the mode definitions for analog AND digital outputs.
Markade:
I see. I will try, and post any news.
Thanks again!