gingerbeardman wrote:
Often I have PC on VGA while gaming on Component and switch between the two.
Can I choose which input to display? Component or VGA?
Not easily, but there's slightly hack-y things you could do to make it switch inputs so you don't have to keep unplugging cables (or wire up your own switcher.)
Input is automatically selected based on where sync is detected when there's no other signal. So if you had a script that turned off your VGA output from your PC (let's say temporarily even, like for 5 seconds) you could turn on a component console, run the script and the GBS would go to No Signal mode, then detect the sync from the Component signal and switch to Component input.
gingerbeardman wrote:
Ideally I'd also like a preset for each that is auto-selected.
I believe RGBHV/VGA will be detected differently (categorized under a VGA preset) rather than the Component signal which is categorized under the "EDTV" preset if it's 480p, if not NTSC or PAL. The system considers these signal types to be separate presets that can live together on one slot with separate settings. So you can dial in your settings for Component while that input is active, hit save on the same slot as you were using for your VGA preset and it will only load those settings for those specific signal types. In your use case, you can probably just save everything to one preset slot and leave it active and all should be well. (Hopefully!)
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I could send 1280x960 and 1600x1200 from my PC to Extron and downscale to 640x480.
These input resolutions don't work on GBS for me. Is this expected behaviour?
GBS Control is actually listed as supporting VGA resolutions up to 1600x1200 so it should work. What are you seeing in the log window of the web interface when you send your board a 1600x1200 signal?
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Finally, is it possible to unify the output settings?
Output from Component and VGA require different sync settings on my monitor.
My display is 640x480 so that is the only resolution I output at.
I'm coming from an Extron which has front buttons to switch inputs, per-input settings, and one unified output setting so I never have to change my monitor settings. I'd like to replace the Extron because it uses more power, has a little more lag, and can't do 240p, though it does seem to support higher input resolutions.
This bit is honestly a mystery to me. The board outputs standard VGA by default so in theory there shouldn't be any issues with sync on a standard VGA monitor. What changes to your monitor's sync settings do you normally have to make to make the sources work?