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[Guspaz]

Is there a reason why specifically? There are adapters for almost any other controller to GameCube, what controller is available only as a wiimote attachment that you want to use on a GameCube?

The closest thing he has is a Wiimote accessory to USB adapter, but he has no corresponding USB to Gamecube adapter: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/wu ... /index.php

In this particular case to attempt to use my Mayflash NES/SNES to wii adapters. I know I can order individual adapters but that's what, $100 for the set? You could also use the Wii Classic controller.

And the only benefit I'm looking for here is the ~16ms delay that the Wiimote wireless seems to have.

I'm a bit confused, the 16ms of latency would be a bad thing, which would be avoided with new wired adapters GameCube adapters, which would have much less latency.

Raphnet's SNES-to-GC adapter costs $22 USD, although there may be cheaper units on the market. You'll likely pay more than that for a wiimote-to-GC adapter, though, if anybody has ever made one.

[FinalBaton]

Ease up on the meth, partner.

legit loled

[copy]

yes, while cinema runs at true 24fps per second, all NTSC home material (SD, HD, broadcast etc) is running at 23.976fps instead. Blu-Rays mastered in Europe - by the way - are running at true 24fps as well. 25/50fps were used for DVD.

Some European BDs are encoded at 24fps. There's even the occasional one in the US. But by far, most of the major studios use 23.976 on all their BDs worldwide.

Were North American TV shows made after NTSC was established also slowed down due to being shot on film, or did they use a special kind of film or something to make it match up with the refresh (with 3:2 pulldown)?

It depends on the production. A lot of US TV shows actually shoot on film at exactly 23.976, so there's no slowdown for NTSC viewers. (You can see the 23.976 frame rate on clapperboards or monitors in behind-the-scenes footage.) Heck, sometimes even feature films are shot at 23.976.

Were TV shows made for PAL regions sped up?

I know Doctor Who in the UK shoots at 25fps to match PAL. The US BDs are actually an interesting case, because they used to convert it to 1080i/59.94 in a way (frame blending or interpolation) that preserved the correct original speed. But unfortunately recent releases are actually slowed down from 25fps to 1080p/23.976 (a 4% speed difference which can be very noticeable).

People say it's impossible (unless looking for it) to notice input lag on an HDTV, while I always felt it before I even knew what it was (thought it was the delay between the controller and console, and was so bad at video games back when my family had a CRT that I didn't remember it not having lag) even in game mode, with overscan off, on an Xbox 360 through HDMI at the TV's native resolution. I can even feel it on most PC monitors. My gaming monitor (BenQ RL2455HM) is the first LCD I can't notice input lag on.

Except with 24 to 23.976, you're talking about literally a 1-millisecond (0.1%) difference. That's an order of magnitude lower than even the lowest video game lag amounts that actually start to bother players.

[Fudoh]

Some European BDs are encoded at 24fps. There's even the occasional one in the US. But by far, most of the major studios use 23.976 on all their BDs worldwide.

usually comes down to the studio which does the transfer. 24fps in the US is weird though since those discs can't be properly output down converted to NTSC.

[atheistgod1999]

24fps in the US is weird though since those discs can't be properly output down converted to NTSC.

Can 24fps Blu-Rays be properly output down-converted to PAL?

[Fudoh]

Can 24fps Blu-Rays be properly output down-converted to PAL?

no, not on the fly.

[atheistgod1999]

Can 24fps Blu-Rays be properly output down-converted to PAL?

no, not on the fly.

There you go.

[copy]

usually comes down to the studio which does the transfer.

Right, smaller non-US-based studios are more likely to put out 24.00 discs but the majors almost never do. Several discs originating from StudioCanal made it to the US at 24.00 (Highlander, Total Recall).

24fps in the US is weird though since those discs can't be properly output down converted to NTSC.

Yeah, I did some quick calculations a while ago, and figured that if a TV is designed to run only at NTSC multiples (23.976/29.97/59.94 etc.) and is fed a 24.00 signal, the display might have to drop one out of every 1000 frames, which would happen approximately every 42 seconds or so.

I would hope most US TVs these days could switch to true a 24.00 mode when appropriate, though, but I don't really know. Certainly TVs intended for use in PAL territories should have no problem there.

[bobrocks95]

Has anyone on here done a battery mod on their Sega Saturn?

Ideally I'd like to just replace it with a chargeable watch battery like the Dreamcast uses- am I right in assuming that it's possible to tap into the system's 3.3V or 5V rail in some way to make that happen?

EDIT: Is something like this possible within a Saturn, but with a cell battery of the same original size instead of a weird cell phone battery shoved somewhere inside it?

[Unseen]

if a TV is designed to run only at NTSC multiples (23.976/29.97/59.94 etc.) and is fed a 24.00 signal, the display might have to drop one out of every 1000 frames

I hope that no manufacturer is that stupid - the CEA specs mention somewhere that the difference between 60.0Hz and 59.97Hz for NTSC (and thus all the other 1000/1001-variations of integer frame rates) is smaller than the pixel clock frequency tolerance that common video standards require (e.g. +/-0.5% for VESA DMT) and thus they just declare that both variants are considered to be the same video mode.

On the other hand I wouldn't be that surprised if a display with such a problem actually had made it to market - the "easiest" way would be a display that only outputs at a fixed frame rate determined by its own clock, without syncing that clock to the input signal at all.

[peterwright1234]

what kind of cable do I need to chain my pvms together to display the same rgb input? where should I buy the cable?

[Guspaz]

For most PVMs, any 4 BNC cables will do, or to keep things tidier, a 4-BNC cable. So you could use four of these:

https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id= ... 1&format=2

Or one of these:

https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id= ... 1&format=2

[nissling]

a 4% speed difference which can be very noticeable

In practice you don't notice the difference unless compared directly to a reference. Most film to PAL conversions use pitch correction and vice versa. Film to NTSC is a much more tragic story.

[NormalFish]

Anyone have experience with AmaRecTV? I've got a weird issue.

I've got an Avermedia Game Broadcaster HD (720p60, 1080p30) which I've been using to capture from my framemeister. The Avermedia RECentral software gives me a perfectly smooth image without any stuttering or anything, but AmaRecTV is being horribly picky.

Essentially, when I have the AmaRecTV window selected, I get a really torn up, buggy image that's essentially a slide show of screen tearing and the title bar seems to constantly switch between [SerialDigital] and [RGB] regardless of what input I'm using.

However, when I don't have the window selected, or I'm 'grabbing' the top bar such that I can drag the position of the window around, the picture is stellar. the same as the avermedia software or better. I don't get it.
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Huh, okay I restarted and now it's stable, however the whole picture is super jittery. I'm so confused.
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okay think I fixed it this software is now my bitch

[beatsgo]

Anyone recommend a good JAMMA fingerboard that has header pins for video and audio? Looking into recording some gameplay off my candy cab/supergun.

Anyone have experience with AmaRecTV? I've got a weird issue.

I've got an Avermedia Game Broadcaster HD (720p60, 1080p30) which I've been using to capture from my framemeister. The Avermedia RECentral software gives me a perfectly smooth image without any stuttering or anything, but AmaRecTV is being horribly picky.

Essentially, when I have the AmaRecTV window selected, I get a really torn up, buggy image that's essentially a slide show of screen tearing and the title bar seems to constantly switch between [SerialDigital] and [RGB] regardless of what input I'm using.

However, when I don't have the window selected, or I'm 'grabbing' the top bar such that I can drag the position of the window around, the picture is stellar. the same as the avermedia software or better. I don't get it.
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Huh, okay I restarted and now it's stable, however the whole picture is super jittery. I'm so confused.
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okay think I fixed it this software is now my bitch

Which version of AmaRecTV do you have and what's the resolution the Framemeister is being outputted?

[Axelay]

Can anyone recommend a good site to buy tamashi Nation . Robot spirits / robot damashi figures ,

I live in the uk and it's starting to get really tough . I really want to pick up some more aura battler figures !

[NormalFish]

Which version of AmaRecTV do you have and what's the resolution the Framemeister is being outputted?

3.10, framemeister outputting at 1080p. I'm getting a pretty solid signal now, but signal drops are still causing some screwiness. Getting the hang of it though, like I said.

[amaradona]

When I got my titler rgb modded, I think the modder gave me a csync rgb 21 cable.
Is there a way for me to revert to "normal sync" by modifying the cable?

[juji82]

Axelay I pmed you, I work for a company in Japan selling those stuff

[atheistgod1999]

I accidentally upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 almost a month ago. I declined all of the "features" and "helpful"/"convenient" programs it was asking to install, and read through everything and unchecked all of the spying things. I then read online and unchecked all of the spying things in the privacy settings once it was done installing. I then changed all the default programs for audio and video files back to Windows Media Player.

Anyway, there's only 3 days left for me to go back to 7; should I do it?

[NormalFish]

I accidentally upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 almost a month ago. I declined all of the "features" and "helpful"/"convenient" programs it was asking to install, and read through everything and unchecked all of the spying things. I then read online and unchecked all of the spying things in the privacy settings once it was done installing. I then changed all the default programs for audio and video files back to Windows Media Player.

Anyway, there's only 3 days left for me to go back to 7; should I do it?

I swapped over to 10 about a week ago. Absolutely no major complaints now that I've got it set up. My files are spread out all over the place, so that complicates things a bit, but the biggest inconvenience has been some quirks in getting start menu shortcuts to point to the right place by default. Generally I just disable them and make my own, though.

The speed of it and the general UI is a definite improvement, and warrants the upgrade imo.

[ApolloBoy]

I then changed all the default programs for audio and video files back to Windows Media Player.

You still use Windows Media Player? VLC is far better than WMP for pretty much everything, I don't understand why anyone would want to use it in this day and age.

Anyway, I have a Dell Inspiron 7559 that came with Windows 10 and as someone who's used to Windows XP and 7, I haven't had any real issues with it. I'd recommend you download Classic Shell which can make 10 look and act more like 7. I still think OS X is better but that's just me

[Guspaz]

You still use VLC? Media Player Classic HC is better than VLC for pretty much everything, I don't understand why anyone would want to use it in this day and age.

[CkRtech]

RealPlayer has and always will be the best media player available. Pair it with Quicktime, and you are unstoppable when it comes to media playback.

[telemetry]

Is there a reason why specifically? There are adapters for almost any other controller to GameCube, what controller is available only as a wiimote attachment that you want to use on a GameCube?

The closest thing he has is a Wiimote accessory to USB adapter, but he has no corresponding USB to Gamecube adapter: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/wu ... /index.php

In this particular case to attempt to use my Mayflash NES/SNES to wii adapters. I know I can order individual adapters but that's what, $100 for the set? You could also use the Wii Classic controller.

And the only benefit I'm looking for here is the ~16ms delay that the Wiimote wireless seems to have.

A while back there were a few products that did this...needle-picking shows the EMS Classic Linker (ca. 2009), maybe from play-asia or ebay.

I think I recall reading about this (smashboards maybe)? If I recall, people tried to use them with the Hori GameCube-style Battle Pads (with special turbo features) so they could play other GameCube games with it. However I believe there was additional lag (for the Wii controller signal > GameCube translation).

In the end this still may not do what you want. Seems the better way would be to get official GameCube adapters, rather than using a Wii adapter > Gamecube adapter chain for your Mayflash stuff.

EDIT: Here's the Smashboards reference for the Classic Linker:

I did find a product called the Classic Linker Plus that lets you use Classic Controllers with GameCube ports. This could be used to use the Hori Battle Pad with the GameCube Adapter, in theory. All of the reviews for the product said that it had a huge delay while in use and that it dropped inputs. Oh well.

[Ikaruga11]

Nintendo made a Super Famicom controller for the Wii that you hook into the back of the Wii Remote, much like the Nunchuk or the Classic Comtroller Pro. Unfortunately, it was only ever available for Club Nintendo of Japan. Luckily, you buy them new or used on eBay. I have one and it feels like you're playing SNES games on a real SNES.

[tomwhite2004]

Does anyone here have any experience of the Intel Nuc as an emulation device? I dont have the space for a full desktop so was wondering what kind of performace you would get out of the i5-6260u. Do you think it would be capable enough to run demul and dolphin at native resolutions?

[BazookaBen]

Nintendo made a Super Famicom controller for the Wii that you hook into the back of the Wii Remote, much like the Nunchuk or the Classic Comtroller Pro. Unfortunately, it was only ever available for Club Nintendo of Japan. Luckily, you buy them new or used on eBay. I have one and it feels like you're playing SNES games on a real SNES.

Only in Japan? Why is it labeled "Super NES" and not "Super Famicom"?

[Ed Oscuro]

Not to mention the total lack of Japanese writing on that view. I don't know anything about these but I thought there was something similar in the US, and that looks like a European (+ English) release.

[Ikaruga11]

Only in Japan? Why is it labeled "Super NES" and not "Super Famicom"?

Not to mention the total lack of Japanese writing on that view. I don't know anything about these but I thought there was something similar in the US, and that looks like a European (+ English) release.

My bad. It was also available on the European and Australian Club Nintendo. It never made it to North America though. Here is the Japanese box art: