Questions that do not deserve a thread

[Einzelherz]

I've got a decent Phillips but I'd take a good condition high TVL JVC if I found one after seeing my JVC monitor.

[bobrocks95]

An HDMI mod is being worked on for Dreamcast. They're available for Gamecube and soon (now, technically) Wii. Has anyone worked on one for the original Xbox? It'll be the only 480p console I have without HDMI eventually.

[Fudoh]

Is there really need for a HDMI mod for the XBox ? This would cost more than any component to HDMI converter and since almost all XBox titles support 480p I really don't see any need. You also don't have the problems with VESA timings (as you have on the DC with its VGA output).

[bobrocks95]

Is there really need for a HDMI mod for the XBox ? This would cost more than any component to HDMI converter and since almost all XBox titles support 480p I really don't see any need. You also don't have the problems with VESA timings (as you have on the DC with its VGA output).

Mostly convenience, not needing another powered adapter hooked up. Also avoiding an extra digital-analog and analog-digital conversion, and possibly a higher quality RGB output instead of the YCbCr output from adapters.

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

Has anyone else noticed jail bars while using a Model 2 PAL Saturn with a CSY-2100?

Anyone? I'm using the stock RGB SCART cable that came with the system. Is it composite sync that is causing this?

[Einzelherz]

Has anyone else noticed jail bars while using a Model 2 PAL Saturn with a CSY-2100?

Anyone? I'm using the stock RGB SCART cable that came with the system. Is it composite sync that is causing this?

I'd wager that the cable uses composite video as sync which could cause it. If you have a multimeter you can test to see which pin is being used for sync and maybe switch it to composite sync.

[zimes]

Not sure if this thread is the best place to ask so please direct me elsewhere if it is not. My apologies if this question is too specific.

I would like to play the English translation of Policenauts on a Playstation 2 (I plan on buying a legit copy of the Playstation version off eBay). I know that one can put in a modchip so that the PS2 can play backups and the like, but I am curious if this is possible with Free McBoot. Has anyone on here loaded a game onto a hard drive and played a game with a fan translation off of the hard drive through Free McBoot?

[ZellSF]

Not sure if this thread is the best place to ask so please direct me elsewhere if it is not. My apologies if this question is too specific.

I would like to play the English translation of Policenauts on a Playstation 2 (I plan on buying a legit copy of the Playstation version off eBay). I know that one can put in a modchip so that the PS2 can play backups and the like, but I am curious if this is possible with Free McBoot. Has anyone on here loaded a game onto a hard drive and played a game with a fan translation off of the hard drive through Free McBoot?

That's not possible.

To play Policenauts on a PS2 you need a modchip or you need some sort of disc swap method, which Free McBoot can help you with, but you still need a way to block all the sensors and eject the drive.

[zimes]

Not sure if this thread is the best place to ask so please direct me elsewhere if it is not. My apologies if this question is too specific.

I would like to play the English translation of Policenauts on a Playstation 2 (I plan on buying a legit copy of the Playstation version off eBay). I know that one can put in a modchip so that the PS2 can play backups and the like, but I am curious if this is possible with Free McBoot. Has anyone on here loaded a game onto a hard drive and played a game with a fan translation off of the hard drive through Free McBoot?

That's not possible.

To play Policenauts on a PS2 you need a modchip or you need some sort of disc swap method, which Free McBoot can help you with, but you still need a way to block all the sensors and eject the drive.

Okay, that's what I thought but wanted to check. Thanks for your response!

[BuckoA51]

That's not possible.

To play Policenauts on a PS2 you need a modchip or you need some sort of disc swap method, which Free McBoot can help you with, but you still need a way to block all the sensors and eject the drive.

Can't you take the hard drive out of the PS2, connect it to a PC, use a tool to install the game then put it back in your PS2 and run it? I thought it was only installation that was blocked on an unmodded system?

Failing that, can't the game be ESR patched?

[TenchiSouzou]

I would like to record my gameplay from retro consoles und use this for videos without having to use an emulator. I'm playing mostly on a PAL SNES, Japanese Super Famicom and would like to add other consoles from the 8 to 64 bit era sooner or later. But I usually have one of two problems: either bad picture quality when recording from a dvd recorder while playing on a CRT TV or noticable input lag when using a Scart to HDMI upscaler that is connected to a recording device (Game Capture HD) and an LCD TV. As for the first method the quality drops dramatically when burning the video on a DVD and reading or copying it afterwards. And since my upscaler is pretty bad it's picture quality isn't too good either. I have made a simple test video to compare the resulting quality from these two methods: https://youtu.be/deH3CCGrF2g

Could you maybe give me some advice on how to improve the recording quality while keeping input lag minimal? It worked more or less with A Link to the Past, but more fast-paced games could be a real problem. I'm really torn apart between investing in a Framemeister or the OSSC while using the Game Capture HD and my LCD TV or maybe finding ways to improve the DVD recordings and maybe buying a better CRT TV to improve my gaming pleasure. After all I could get ahold of a used B&O MX 7000 or a BVM-20F1E.

[LDigital]

Not sure if this thread is the best place to ask so please direct me elsewhere if it is not. My apologies if this question is too specific.

I would like to play the English translation of Policenauts on a Playstation 2 (I plan on buying a legit copy of the Playstation version off eBay). I know that one can put in a modchip so that the PS2 can play backups and the like, but I am curious if this is possible with Free McBoot. Has anyone on here loaded a game onto a hard drive and played a game with a fan translation off of the hard drive through Free McBoot?

That's not possible.

To play Policenauts on a PS2 you need a modchip or you need some sort of disc swap method, which Free McBoot can help you with, but you still need a way to block all the sensors and eject the drive.

Sorry that is wrong

I have a ps2 with freemcboot and I have translated policenauts that plays directly off USB from the front menu using via Popstarter. It's pretty complex to get it all set up but once it's set up its awesome.

Excuse the sideways video

https://youtu.be/tpRWKJSEado

[zimes]

Sorry that is wrong

I have a ps2 with freemcboot and I have translated policenauts that plays directly off USB from the front menu using via Popstarter. It's pretty complex to get it all set up but once it's set up its awesome.

Excuse the sideways video

https://youtu.be/tpRWKJSEado

Nice! Thanks for uploading the video. Booting from a USB and a hard drive connected to the PS2 would probably be similar, right? Again, thanks for sharing.

[tacoguy64]

Question about region modded system and peripherals. Can they mix and match? Lets say I get my US region DC and mod it to play other region games, will non US peripherals work on it?

[Ghegs]

I would like to record my gameplay from retro consoles und use this for videos without having to use an emulator. I'm playing mostly on a PAL SNES, Japanese Super Famicom and would like to add other consoles from the 8 to 64 bit era sooner or later. But I usually have one of two problems: either bad picture quality when recording from a dvd recorder while playing on a CRT TV or noticable input lag when using a Scart to HDMI upscaler that is connected to a recording device (Game Capture HD) and an LCD TV. As for the first method the quality drops dramatically when burning the video on a DVD and reading or copying it afterwards. And since my upscaler is pretty bad it's picture quality isn't too good either. I have made a simple test video to compare the resulting quality from these two methods: https://youtu.be/deH3CCGrF2g

Could you maybe give me some advice on how to improve the recording quality while keeping input lag minimal? It worked more or less with A Link to the Past, but more fast-paced games could be a real problem. I'm really torn apart between investing in a Framemeister or the OSSC while using the Game Capture HD and my LCD TV or maybe finding ways to improve the DVD recordings and maybe buying a better CRT TV to improve my gaming pleasure. After all I could get ahold of a used B&O MX 7000 or a BVM-20F1E.

Sounds like your DVD recorder isn't up to snuff. I use one to record footage from all my SD systems (Famicom, PS1, PS2, GameCube, Wii, even a CMVS and a Supergun) and the quality is excellent. I use a Sony RDR-HXD870 which can record in RGB, which all my systems output, so that's an important factor.

As for my setup, the signal goes from the console to a SCART RGB switcher that has multiple RGB outputs, and goes directly from there to both my gaming CRT and the DVD recorder, eliminating any input lag that would occur were the CRT hooked to the recorder instead.

You can look at examples at my site, all but the really old videos (over 7 years or so) are recorded with this setup.

[Mantis128]

Is there a good PC monitor with a native 1080P resolution that can use full range RGB and accepts HDMI without the need for an adaptor? I need to get a new PC anyway so I thought I might as well look for a monitor that I can use my PS3's full range RGB mode on.

[ZellSF]

Not sure if this thread is the best place to ask so please direct me elsewhere if it is not. My apologies if this question is too specific.

I would like to play the English translation of Policenauts on a Playstation 2 (I plan on buying a legit copy of the Playstation version off eBay). I know that one can put in a modchip so that the PS2 can play backups and the like, but I am curious if this is possible with Free McBoot. Has anyone on here loaded a game onto a hard drive and played a game with a fan translation off of the hard drive through Free McBoot?

That's not possible.

To play Policenauts on a PS2 you need a modchip or you need some sort of disc swap method, which Free McBoot can help you with, but you still need a way to block all the sensors and eject the drive.

Sorry that is wrong

I have a ps2 with freemcboot and I have translated policenauts that plays directly off USB from the front menu using via Popstarter. It's pretty complex to get it all set up but once it's set up its awesome.

Excuse the sideways video

https://youtu.be/tpRWKJSEado

Popstarter is an emulator (with lots of issues), my assumption when he says he wants to play on a PS2 is that he chose that because it's the closest thing he has to native hardware playback. If all he wants is an emulator, then it seems sort of weird that he's not just using the computer he's likely posting from.

[BuckoA51]

Nice! Thanks for uploading the video. Booting from a USB and a hard drive connected to the PS2 would probably be similar, right? Again, thanks for sharing.

I remember this clearly now, if you can get Open PS2 loader on your PS2 via Free MC Boot you're basically good to go. All you need is a tool on the PC (I forget what that's called) to install games to your PS2 hard drive then just pop it back in your PS2 and launch.

I'm absolutely certain that works on an unmodded system.

[BazookaBen]

All you need is a tool on the PC (I forget what that's called) to install games to your PS2 hard drive

WinHiip

[zimes]

All you need is a tool on the PC (I forget what that's called) to install games to your PS2 hard drive

WinHiip

Great. I'll look into doing that.

[TenchiSouzou]

Sounds like your DVD recorder isn't up to snuff. I use one to record footage from all my SD systems (Famicom, PS1, PS2, GameCube, Wii, even a CMVS and a Supergun) and the quality is excellent. I use a Sony RDR-HXD870 which can record in RGB, which all my systems output, so that's an important factor.

As for my setup, the signal goes from the console to a SCART RGB switcher that has multiple RGB outputs, and goes directly from there to both my gaming CRT and the DVD recorder, eliminating any input lag that would occur were the CRT hooked to the recorder instead.

You can look at examples at my site, all but the really old videos (over 7 years or so) are recorded with this setup.

Thank you for your reply. The Quality of your videos is really nice, both video and audio. Did you just copy your videos from the recorder to a DVD and then to a PC?

The recorder I've been using is a Pioneer DVR-560H. Is this one bad? Should I instead get a Sony RDR like yours? Also as for the Scart RGB Switcher I'll need one that has 2 outputs, right? So the supposedly awesome gscartsw 8:1 SCART-RGB switch is oout of the question? The only other models I've found are Hama AV-100S or Philips SWV 2052 W/10. Not sure if they're actually good enough since they're comparatively cheap.

[Ghegs]

Sounds like your DVD recorder isn't up to snuff. I use one to record footage from all my SD systems (Famicom, PS1, PS2, GameCube, Wii, even a CMVS and a Supergun) and the quality is excellent. I use a Sony RDR-HXD870 which can record in RGB, which all my systems output, so that's an important factor.

As for my setup, the signal goes from the console to a SCART RGB switcher that has multiple RGB outputs, and goes directly from there to both my gaming CRT and the DVD recorder, eliminating any input lag that would occur were the CRT hooked to the recorder instead.

You can look at examples at my site, all but the really old videos (over 7 years or so) are recorded with this setup.

Thank you for your reply. The Quality of your videos is really nice, both video and audio. Did you just copy your videos from the recorder to a DVD and then to a PC?

The recorder I've been using is a Pioneer DVR-560H. Is this one bad? Should I instead get a Sony RDR like yours? Also as for the Scart RGB Switcher I'll need one that has 2 outputs, right? So the supposedly awesome gscartsw 8:1 SCART-RGB switch is oout of the question? The only other models I've found are Hama AV-100S or Philips SWV 2052 W/10. Not sure if they're actually good enough since they're comparatively cheap.

From the DVD recorder I burn the footage to a DVD (so it's just a normal video DVD that could be played in any DVD player) and rip it on my PC for further processing.

I could only find a manual for Pioneer DVR-560H that was in a language I'm unfamiliar with, but it did have the words RGB in there many times. Check if it can record in RGB, maybe it just needs to be enabled? And of course your systems need to output it. I can testify that the Sony RDR does a good job, but it's the only DVD recorder I've had and I don't really know about other good models.

For my scart switcher I use a Trilogy 1. It's a powered scart switcherd, you can read a bit more about it here and here. Sadly, they're tough to come by nowadays. I see there were units on sale at ebay.co.uk recently, so not impossible to acquire. I'd keep an eye out for those, they're great. I actually do have a HAMA 4/1 scart switchbox that's connected to the Trilogy 1, since I have so many systems to plug in. I haven't noticed any drop in visual quality there. This one appears pretty good as well, six inputs, two outputs, all are RGB.

I'm not sure if you absolutely necessarily need a switcher with two outputs. My Trilogy 1 outputs to two destinations, to the DVD recorder and another splitter that then outputs the video to both my normal gaming CRT and my smaller tate-CRT, and only one of those is on at a time. That splitter is just a very simple thing, something like this, but it does the job perfectly. Those things are normally used to connect two scart devices into one TV, but luckily they can work both ways. So it might be enough for you get one of those and connect your DVD recorder and TV into it. But that might affect video quality since the signal in split into two in an unpowered device.

I should really make a map how my setup is done...

[TenchiSouzou]

The recorder does support RGB and it seems that it was the default option for recording. I also chose "SP" for recording, which is ordinary DVD quality, meaning 2 hours of film on a regular DVD. I've even tried recording with my parents DVD recorder, but the end result was similarly disappointing with small and poor quality plus annoying flickering on the screen. I don't know what I'm doing wrong...

I haven't used a scart switcher, but rather an AV distribution amplifier with a separate power supply. Maybe I should try it with a proper scart switcher, but afaik the picture quality was atrocious even if I didn't use any switcher, i.e. connecting my SNES directly to the DVD recorder and the DVD recorder to my TV. Is it maybe possible to get better quality by copying the recording with a DV camera like the AVGN from Cinemassacre does?

PS: I can still imagine what your setup must look like. I've seen much more complicated ones on Youtube. But they usually never use a DVD recorder or something like that.

[Guspaz]

Either your DVD recorder is trying to deinterlace the 240p content, or the software you're using to convert the recordings is. That would seem to be what your flickering is.

[Dvnrm1]

Does anyone have any idea what the resolution of Wii Virtual Console games are?
Specifically games that were originally 240p, e.g. Chrono Trigger, FF VI, Secret of Mana, etc.

I read somewhere that they are 480i but it was the only (likely layman) post I've found on the matter and I don't trust it at face value. I can't imagine they're still released in 240p, but I also don't get why Nintendo wouldn't release them in 480p rather than 480i, the former of which I'm hoping to be the case.

[TenchiSouzou]

How can I tell exactly which one causes the problems? And how would I be able to fix it?
I think it might be the conversion, since whenever I replay my recording directly from the recorder it looks pretty decent, i.e. as if I were playing it directly on my console.

[Dvnrm1]

RetroRGB indicates that Wii VC games aren't presented in 240p, although some (very few if we're judging by the Google Doc referenced) can be forced to run at 240p, short of hacking and altering each game's files.

http://retrorgb.com/wiivsclassic.html

[Ikaruga11]

When you switch from 480i to 240p on a VC Wii game, is the switch saved or do you need to re-enter the button combination every time you want to play that game in 240p?

[BazookaBen]

Whoa guys, you are really misinformed on Wii/240p.

When playing on an actual Wii (not Wii U) a vast majority of the 16 and 8-bit games are 240p. I'm pretty sure only a few early TG16 releases are presented in forced 480i.

You can switch it to play everything in 480i, but it can be switched to back to play (almost) everything in 240p. You only need to enter the code once

[Einzelherz]

Also, if your Wii is set to output 480p they'll be 480p.