Retroconsoles to component TV via SCART switcher

[FMK]

Consider a connection like this:

Mega Drive or Snes, with a RGB SCART cable connected to a SCART video switcher, and from the switcher SCART-OUT to the YPbPr-IN on the TV using a SCART to Component interconnect like this one: http://www.atlona.com/product.php?produ ... 260&page=1

Would this works with any problem?

[elvis]

RGB and YUV (ie: YPrPb) are two different formats. They are not compatible. To convert from one to the other, you need a transcoder.

The cable you link to is not a transcoder. It is merely a physical connector. It assumes the devices you are connecting to are either a RGB-SCART output with RGB-component intput at the other end (which will require sync on green); or a YUV-over-SCART output with a YUV/Component input at the other end.

Don't confuse SCART with RGB. SCART is a plug. RGB is a signal type. SCART can carry any signal, and RGB can be carried over any plug. The two are not the same thing.

Short answer: no, that cable won't do what you want it to do.

[FMK]

Thanks.

But what about the XRGB-2 unit? You can connect both RGB, with a japanese 21 pin cable, and YUV with RCA component cables passing thru the bundled plug adapter, which also is just a physical adapter.

The unit itself does the transcoding?

[Specineff]

Yes. It does the transcoding, but not automatically. You have to tell it if you are using RGB or Component.

[antron]

http://nfggames.com/forum/index.php?s=1 ... topic=2026