nmalinoski wrote:
On the topic of multichannel input, I don't remember seeing specifics about the TOSLINK jack--is it an input or an output?
It's an input as shown in the OP block diagram.
Lelautre wrote:
Hi,
Is it confirmed that the Pro will have a built-in Dejitter please? The release date will be announced soon?
The release date will be announced once HW is final and we've found a manufacturer that meets our quality/cost requirements. Assuming you're referring to snes_dejitter, it's not something you can build into downstream processor, but the video frontend in OSSC Pro is much more resilient to irregular sync such as SNES is producing in 240p mode. There are some details and test results in
this thread.
fernan1234 wrote:
Thank you marqs for all the great info and replies here. I have a couple of questions regarding 1080i input and output on the OSSC Pro.
I believe you have mentioned that 1080i will be supported as a scaled output, and I assume it will also be supported as an input. I am wondering if the OSSC Pro can support a similar presentation of HD interlaced video as some professional monitors like Sony's, which essentially perform the same trick that the OSSC does already for SD interlace sources with bob combined with scanlines, which is both faster than other deinterlacing and more CRT-like in appearance. This is how Sony describes it in advertising material:
There is a pretty large amount of video content from broadcast and blurays of film, TV, music, animation, and various other content that is native 1080i and, albeit subjectively, is best represented in its original interlaced appearance, which is why Sony continues to advertise it even on its latest broadcast monitor. Enabling this feature on the OSSC Pro would bring its advantages to commercial TV sets and monitors that do not have it built in like Sony's pro monitors (and are significantly less expensive).
Both 1080i input and output will be supported. I've actually run some tests with Intel VIP IP suite recently, using its Deinterlacer II block in motion adaptive mode for 480i/576i and 1080i. The quality is pretty good and latency is just a few scanlines (operates using data from past frames), but it consumes quite a lot of FPGA resources. The IP is not open or free either, so in a long run I'd prefer something custom but nevertheless VIP could be a quick way to implement most scaler mode functions. The bob+scanlines method would be naturally supported as the classic model already implements it (for 1080i too).