Supporter Q&A #404

Duration: 33:43

Here's this week's Supporter-only Q&A! Post your questions for next week right here on this page.

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TIMESTAMPS (please assume all links are affiliate / paid links that pay RetroRGB a commission on each sale. Even if links are currently not affiliate, I may update them with one, should a partner list that item for sale in the future):

00:00 Welcome!

00:12 YPbPr DAC for B&W only image? Voidscaler?: https://retrorgb.com/cheap-retro-compatible-hdmi-to-ypbpr-dac.html / https://retrorgb.com/voidscaler-firmware-v0-91-ossc-downscaler.html

03:18 HD CRT, eRecycle, EDID: https://amzn.to/4cMPGa5 / https://amzn.to/4cc3rz2

09:15 Media Ripping PC: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224&sid=3b108dc365db117e0f4e30c198b6813d

12:50 CRT Shortcomings

16:57 MiSTer .ini Files As “Profile” - See below

18:57 Split 5.1 audio source to 5.1 & 2.0???

21:40 Reflex Prism: https://retrorgb.com/reflex-prism-tested-great-full-featured-dac.html

23:08 Average Event Cost?

24:25 “Backwards” SCART Cable?

28:07 Lumix Tether Linux Alternative??? This one’s “meh”: https://github.com/gphoto/gtkam

MiSTer .ini Profile Tweaks

- Three different mister.ini files (mister.ini, mister_alt_1.ini, mister_alt_2.ini)

- Common for all are: vscale_mode=5 (1 had too small image on many arcade cores), video_mode=8 (1080p@60 output), vsync_adjust=2

- main ini then has the normal look/sharp pixels look

- alt_1 ini has "vfilter_default=Upscaling - Recommended/GS_Sharpness_085.txt" to soften up the image a bit (interpolation only preset) that works across all cores.

- alt_2 instead "preset_default=Display Specific/Sony PVM" for a more aggressive CRT look (and lower brighness) across all cores