Yes, it does matter--what you put in is what you'll get out. If you connect a composite source to the yellow composite input on the switcher, it will get forwarded to the yellow composite output jacks--it will not get decoded to YPbPr and put on the component outputs.Valandil wrote:Awesome, thanks for the quick respone superg! So it doesn't matter if both outputs in the gcompsw are going out as component, I will still get the composite signals out even though I don't have any cable connected in the yellow port in any of the gcompsw outputs? It's not like in order for the composite signals to go out I need to have one output set as composite?
With just the 8x2 gcompsw, wiring is not going to be simple. Regarding your PVM, you'll need to run both YPbPr and composite (so 4 RCA cables), and either the PVM is going to have to support both composite and YPbPr component and be able to switch between them, or you'll need a composite/S-Video to YPbPr converter and some way to switch between those sources (a converter between each composite source and the switcher is feasible but added expense and annoying to power and wire).
Audio for the PVM should be as simple as wiring to whichever speakers you want.
Regarding the Framemeister, my understanding is that you can run composite directly to the front input, and YPbPr component to the rear via a female RCA to male D-Terminal adapter, and you just need to switch between the the two inputs.
Audio will be a problem, because the composite and component inputs each have their own RCA audio inputs, so you would need some way of duplicating the stereo audio from the gcompsw output you're running to the Framemeister.
If your PVM and Framemeister are ultimately using the same AVR/speakers, one option might be to wire just one audio output directly to your speakers/AVR. There should be no lag when playing on your PVM, and the audio might be 1 frame ahead of what's displayed through the Framemeister.
Another option would be to run both audio outputs from the gcompsw into the Framemeister, one to the composite input, the other to the D-terminal input; you would need the Framemeister on while playing on your PVM, and the audio would be behind by about 1 frame.
Third audio option would be to run the one audio output directly to your speakers/AVR to be used when playing on your PVM, and then the other into a 1x2 stereo RCA distribution amp, and then wire outputs from the DA into both inputs on the Framemeister.