Gameboy Advance RGB NTSC

[Einzelherz]

Ugh, man. I wish the GCN Component cable wasn't like 300$ on Ebay right now.

We all do, Bonkers. We all do.

[bobrocks95]

Oh lol, I totally misread your answer. Yeah, I'd hope this works with PAL-land people and their fancy RGBs!

Consumer TV will be an interesting test - I'm hopeful it will work; cheap PVMs aren't really that complicated inside.

I've tested the ultra low lag on my consumer Trinitron as I said earlier in the thread and it works, but not using S-Video.

[BONKERS]

Ugh, man. I wish the GCN Component cable wasn't like 300$ on Ebay right now.

We all do, Bonkers. We all do.

It'd be awesome if some people could put together some cables of Unseen's clone for sale. I'd pay decent for that

[BazookaBen]

Apparently these programs aren't detected by the games as being a "Game Boy Player". I played Drill Dozer yesterday (which has rumbling cart) and it is supposed to use the GCN controller's rumble when you have it in the Game Boy Player. Instead, I could hear the cart rumbling in the player. I wonder if it's possible to fix that.

[darcagn]

Ugh, man. I wish the GCN Component cable wasn't like 300$ on Ebay right now.

We all do, Bonkers. We all do.

Depresses me that I parted with mine on eBay for a mere $60 eight years ago.

Now I really want another. I wish someone were producing these boards, I'd install it in my 'Cube, I don't need any all-in-one cable solution.

[opt2not]

Dammit, looks like the SD Media Launcher is out of stock at codejunkies. Anyone know of another source?

[BazookaBen]

Dammit, looks like the SD Media Launcher is out of stock at codejunkies. Anyone know of another source?

Wow, I got there just in time. Wonder if this thread has something to do with that?

They pop up on ebay, usually with the card and disc separately, and you'll pay a little more. Like $50 opposed to $30

[segasonicfan]

If you can stand 480i, get a GBA Innovation adapter and mod if for RGB. I LOVE it, works wonderfully and nothing beats playing on the real hardware:

http://retrorgb.com/gbargb.html

[bobrocks95]

If you want to get technical, the GBP is real hardware, but I know what you mean.

Has anyone contacted Code Junkies about the SD Media Launcher being out of stock? A re-stock seems really unlikely, but it's worth a shot.

[blizzz]

[s]The SD Media Launcher is out of production, at least that's what I get on the EU page.[/s]
Edit: Nevermind, they just changed the url. Using the old url gives an error that it "may have been discontinued or renamed".

nothing beats playing on the real hardware

You can use a GBA to control the Game Boy Player.

[12345]

Why do you guy necessarily need the SDML? There are other/better options to choose from than the expensive Codejunkies hardware.

[BazookaBen]

Why do you guy necessarily need the SDML? There are other/better options to choose from than the expensive Codejunkies hardware.

Like what?

[12345]

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.ph ... g_Homebrew
You can even build your own SD gecko:
http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

[BazookaBen]

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.ph ... g_Homebrew
You can even build your own SD gecko:
http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Thanks, a bunch of good solutions in there. Didn't know the SD Card adapter is passive, that's pretty neat.

It does suck about the region locked Action Replay. Makes life difficult for anybody buying a PAL cube to use their GB Player in RGB.

[opt2not]

I was finally able to find a SD Media Launcher, but it's a PAL version.

I currently own an region modded NTSC Gamecube, with the high-priced component cables, so I'm wondering would this still work for me? Or do I definitely need to have a PAL GC?

[BazookaBen]

My guess is that the Action Replay may launch at 50hz, but the homebrew GBA player will probably run correctly.

[Strider77]

So let me get this straight....

I've got a Japanese Gamecube with a region switch for USA stuff. I also have a official component cable.

So is the only other thing I need is that SD media launcher and a GBA player?

[BazookaBen]

Yeah, the Action Replay, SD Card Adapter, and GB Player, to be precise. You may have to buy them separately on ebay (or make your own card adapter) now that they're sold out on the site.

[Strider77]

So the action replay and card adapter are separate items then? The action replay is just a disc correct?

Are the Wii and GC card adapters the same thing?

[BazookaBen]

So the action replay and card adapter are separate items then? The action replay is just a disc correct?

Are the Wii and GC card adapters the same thing?

Action replay is a disc, yeah. They're sold together as "SD Media Launcher" on the codejunkies website, but they're out of stock now (hopefully not for good). Don't know what Wii adapter you're talking about, but if it goes in the GC memory card slot, then yeah, it's the same thing. All it does is route the SD Card pins to GC Memory Card pins, no conversion or anything taking place. That's why you can make your own fairly easily.

[lev11]

Here are some samples of the audio pop, using the same intro sequence, grabbed via spdif, running the different versions of gameboy interface and a gameboy player. The pops are more noticeable on the intros than on the playthru as there's no background music.

Link is a zip with mp3s within, file names indicate which version game was loaded with: https://app.box.com/gbi-v-gbp-spdif

[12345]

So if I'm hearing it correctly the pops are more frequent the lower the latency is right?

[lev11]

I think there's less in the ultra low latency version (GBI_ULL.mp3) and about the same in the other two, 'latest' and 'low latency'.
But in the play through using the low latency version they're pretty hard to pick out.

[Strider77]

What are the negatives of using the gameboy player in 480p (NTSC) with component cables vs using the media launcher and this new software? Excluding not having scanlines or it being 240p.

[BazookaBen]

What are the negatives of using the gameboy player in 480p (NTSC) with component cables vs using the media launcher and this new software? Excluding not having scanlines or it being 240p.

It's been discussed a lot in this thread and others.

Basically:

1. GBA's have a slightly lower refresh rate than the Gamecube does, so the Gameboy Player ends up duplicating a frame every couple of seconds to stay in sync with the Gameboy hardware/software, which causes a noticeable stutter.

2. The Gameboy Player has a few frames of input lag, I forget exactly how many.

The Ultra-low latency homebrew fixes both these problems by forcing the proper refresh rate from the gamecube.

[bobrocks95]

Also Extrems (developer for Swiss video mode forcing) said that the GBP adds blurring in 480p. If you force 480p through Swiss that doesn't happen.

[Unseen]

Also Unseen (developer for Swiss video mode forcing) said that the GBP adds blurring in 480p. If you force 480p through Swiss that doesn't happen.

Nope, not me. Swiss is emu_kidid's project.

[bobrocks95]

Nope, not me. Swiss is emu_kidid's project.

Whoops, meant Extrems, not sure how I goofed that one. emu_kidid does the bulk of the work, Extrems developed the video patching.

[Strider77]

Well I've had a GC component cable for years now and picked up a GB Player via trade at a local shop this weekend. Now I'll have to track down the rest.

[lev11]

Well I've had a GC component cable for years now and picked up a GB Player via trade at a local shop this weekend. Now I'll have to track down the rest.

Another potential option would be to get a XenoGC (cheap on ebay), you should then be able to boot Swiss from your own mini DVD.