A1200+PPC+G-REX+TV card for native video

keropi · 28 February 2005, 14:22

Well, since I will have to ditch my zorroII busboard and piccoloSD64 for a g-rex + voodoo3 , I was looking for some solutions to switch video without an external switch... a friend suggested using a TV card on the g-rex and display through there the native video... but wouldn't motion be jerky? I mean PAL tv cards only display 25fps which looks jerky on a VGA monitor...

I used to connect my DC/PS2/Saturn on my pc via a TV card, and motion was jerky... It was until FLY2000TV was released, an excellent software that did framedoubling and displayed 50FPS for PAL and 60FPS for NTSC signals, now connecting a console to the PC is as smooth as a real TV...
Can the amiga software do a similar frame doubling?
How come an automatic switch was not released? except the nowhere-to-find BVision AutoMon ???

Amiga1992 · 28 February 2005, 15:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by keropi

but wouldn't motion be jerky?

It would look like shit. Even if you can use Overlay and full framerate, these cards display 25FPS so anything going to 50 will look like some stupid scanlined overlayed effect in your screen, or not appear at all.

There's no software for the Amiga that circumvents this. Also, the Amiga through a TV card will look like arse, and probably not fullscreen.

keropi · 28 February 2005, 15:20

not really, the pseudo-50fps works miracles, at least on PC...

Amiga1992 · 28 February 2005, 18:15

Yes it WORKS but I don't like how it looks. I hve used mine for a while until my drivers went funny and they are quite unsuported in XP...

keropi · 28 February 2005, 19:25

hmmm it works I think excellend, but my tv card is not BT878/879 based, it is a Phillips SA7135 based card and the quality is excellent.... (BT are 8bit converters, whereas SAXXXX are 9bits... it makes difference!)

Amiga1992 · 28 February 2005, 23:17

Surely does, mine is BT848 based, a piece of shite.

keropi · 28 February 2005, 23:29

it's very old Akira.... replace it with a Phillips SAA713X based card and be amazed

Amiga1992 · 01 March 2005, 05:16

I dont have any need for it, really,. I hd it as part of the webcam shit my uncel bought to me, I woldnt purchase this. If I want to cpture, I use DV in my Mac

28 February 2005, 14:22	#1
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	A1200+PPC+G-REX+TV card for native video Well, since I will have to ditch my zorroII busboard and piccoloSD64 for a g-rex + voodoo3 , I was looking for some solutions to switch video without an external switch... a friend suggested using a TV card on the g-rex and display through there the native video... but wouldn't motion be jerky? I mean PAL tv cards only display 25fps which looks jerky on a VGA monitor... I used to connect my DC/PS2/Saturn on my pc via a TV card, and motion was jerky... It was until FLY2000TV was released, an excellent software that did framedoubling and displayed 50FPS for PAL and 60FPS for NTSC signals, now connecting a console to the PC is as smooth as a real TV... Can the amiga software do a similar frame doubling? How come an automatic switch was not released? except the nowhere-to-find BVision AutoMon ???

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28 February 2005, 15:20	#3
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	not really, the pseudo-50fps works miracles, at least on PC...

28 February 2005, 18:15	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	Yes it WORKS but I don't like how it looks. I hve used mine for a while until my drivers went funny and they are quite unsuported in XP...

28 February 2005, 19:25	#5
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	hmmm it works I think excellend, but my tv card is not BT878/879 based, it is a Phillips SA7135 based card and the quality is excellent.... (BT are 8bit converters, whereas SAXXXX are 9bits... it makes difference!)

28 February 2005, 23:17	#6
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	Surely does, mine is BT848 based, a piece of shite.

28 February 2005, 23:29	#7
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	it's very old Akira.... replace it with a Phillips SAA713X based card and be amazed

01 March 2005, 05:16	#8
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	I dont have any need for it, really,. I hd it as part of the webcam shit my uncel bought to me, I woldnt purchase this. If I want to cpture, I use DV in my Mac

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