gingerbeardman wrote:MikeIronFist wrote: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.
I'll see if I can set that up, but it seems as if it would only be a one way solution? I would have to turn off the console to get back to PC? This is a problem when streaming
Or you'd have to unplug the green cable from your component input. and leave it unplugged for a lil bit so the board could switch to VGA. If you have a simple component video switcher, you could also just run your consoles into that, and switch away from the input that's currently sending a signal to the board.
I think the absolute best solution for this situation would probably be to just build another GBS Control board if you can manage to get the supplies, configure it with different network settings and then just use a passive VGA switcher for your monitor. Hopefully wouldn't be too expensive. Or for your PC, maybe use a different adapter to VGA and run native 640x480 on that output instead of trying to squish down these higher resolutions. Maybe even keep using the Extron just for your PC and use the GBS for your consoles.
What's the reason for running 1600x1200 if you're crunching it down to 640x480, btw? No judgments, just curious.
gingerbeardman wrote:
Depending on the input resolution, I have to do auto adjust to get the correct phase/clock/horiz/vertical on my monitor (actually TV PC/VGA input).
My expectations were that if I am always uing the same downscaled output resolution (480p) then I should not have to adjust the monitor for each input resolution. This is how the Extron works.
It sounds to me like the Extron is designed specifically to be versatile at downscaling and outputting a standardized signal; GBS Control has to adjust the output timings slightly to (somewhat) match the input timings and reduce tearing; if you have Active Frame Time Lock enabled, it's going to adjust the output timings very aggressively, which can have messy results on displays that are stubborn about switching display modes. If you have Active Frame Time Lock enabled, try switching methods or disabling it. If it's not enabled, try the "Lock to 50/60 Hz" option in the Development options to see if that has any effect. You could also try adjusting Htotal and see if THAT does anything; as far as I can tell, Htotal adjustments are usually saved with a preset, but I could be wrong.
As for your issues with those higher resolutions misbehaving, maybe you could try adjusting Htotal and see if that tames things there? Increasing or decreasing it might stabilize the picture. GBS Control in general is best at upscaling RGBs and Component, I've found incompatibilities more with high resolution VGA signals.