My apologies if this question has been previously asked on the forum, but has anyone solved the "shimmering" effect when using composite output with Antonio Villena's VGA->Composite/S-video adapter?
I've tried it on at least three different consumer CRTs and while all the cores I've tried sync and scale just fine, everything seems to have a rather distracting color "roll" to the pixels themselves.
Has anyone successfully fixed this, or alternatively is there a different composite setup or adapter which alleviates this?
"Shimmering" effect over composite video
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Re: "Shimmering" effect over composite video
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Re: "Shimmering" effect over composite video
Thanks. It appears this is a complicated issue with no simple solution.akeley wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 1:05 pm It has: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4302
The short answer is no, perhaps in the future.
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Re: "Shimmering" effect over composite video
Luckily, the S-Video output on Antonio's adapter doesn't have nearly as bad shimmering / crawl dot, so if your monitor supports that input option, I recommend you check it out. The results might be sufficient for your needs.
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Re: "Shimmering" effect over composite video
I do have S-Video on one CRT of mine, and the image is clear and stable on Antonio's adapter. Problem is that set weighs a ton and is setup in an awkward location, so I was still kind of curious about setting up the MiSTer on some of the smaller, purely composite-only sets I have.
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Re: "Shimmering" effect over composite video
You can hunt a Commodore 1702 monitor (easier said than done, but they are easy to find online) and grab a split chroma/luma adapter. That's what I use.green_onion wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:19 pm so I was still kind of curious about setting up the MiSTer on some of the smaller, purely composite-only sets I have.
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