02 January 2018, 21:51 | #1 |
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Multiple video switcher
Hi! Is there a solution out there to switch multiple retro machines like these...
Amiga (RGB 9 pin) C64 (S-Video) Apple //e (Composite) Atari 400 (Composite) ...between two displays such as... 1. Modern HDMI flatscreen 2. Commodore 1084S Do I need 4 switches, 1 on each machine, or is there any all in one solution? (I'll be using the XRGB Mini where necessary to convert the S-Video output.) |
02 January 2018, 22:33 | #2 |
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How DIY do you want to go?
My first thought is a scart switcher, if you look at a scart pinout it sontains most of what you need: Then my other thought which is more complicated is building your own solid state av switcher like in this page: https://www.engadget.com/2007/03/13/...-a-v-switcher/ admittedly the solid state switcher might be more complicated and need a bit more thought to add the appropriate channels, but its a starting block |
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I wish there was a switcher than had one of each: Composite RGB S-Video |
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04 January 2018, 00:39 | #4 | |
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That means you need RGB and composite, both of which are part of scart. I think off the shelf switcher between 4 sources and 1 scart is easy. you might have to buy or make custom leads, so like the Amiga you can get a scart lead. Then you need a second scart switcher to switch between outputs and maybe a custom scart lead for the monitor. One of these for the sources: Then I was looking at this: Which is a 2 input version of the same thing, but I was thinking you might be able to mod it to be 1 in 2 output. I say mod it because you can get a scart like this: Which as you can see has a selector switch for input and output, I dont know what it swaps over, but thats the route I'd take. |
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I'm also considering SCART and S-Video into the XRGB Mini, as well as some pass through HDMIs, then using the XRGB remote as the switcher. It can generate scanlines too which is a big plus. Thanks again. |
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