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Title: Problem with TV out :-/
Post by: LunarLoveLust on September 07, 2003, 04:06:14 pm

First off, i'm on XP using a Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb...

I'm using a flat panel monitor right now, and I notice a small line that goes horizontally through the screen and slowly travels up while playing games... This also happens when I use the TV-Out option

Any clue on how to fix this? Could it be bad connections or resolution settings?

Thanks for any help :)

Title: Re:Problem with TV out :-/
Post by: TalkingOctopus on September 07, 2003, 04:24:15 pm

If it only happens during MAME then it is probably a MAME setting and not a hardware problem.  Try playing the game at a different resolution or refresh rate.

Title: Re:Problem with TV out :-/
Post by: LunarLoveLust on September 07, 2003, 04:27:00 pm

Nope :( Happens with other emulators as well

Lemme test some more, I know for a fact SNES9x and MAME have this problem...

Title: Re:Problem with TV out :-/
Post by: LunarLoveLust on September 07, 2003, 04:32:25 pm

Tested Gens... same problem...

Title: Re:Problem with TV out :-/
Post by: rampy on September 07, 2003, 05:05:34 pm

for the sake of argument... try using smootmame... and report back.

I'm guessing what you are seeing is often refered to as  "tearing"

(of course I may be, and frequently am wrong)

rampy

Title: Re:Problem with TV out :-/
Post by: tom61 on September 07, 2003, 06:18:26 pm

I've encountered this before, and fixed it by getting better cables for video and audio. (oddly the cheap Radio Shack 1/8" to phono plug adapter was causing interference in the video)

Title: Re:Problem with TV out :-/
Post by: JackTucky on September 07, 2003, 08:30:19 pm

I have this same problem.  I'm using an S-video to Composite adapter from svideocables.com (web address may be wrong :P)

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