Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 27, 2005, 07:54:00 pm
My first attempt gave me a screen which was in two pieces (like some of Wouters vids, presumedly his NTSC ones). And despite what was suggested by Ilari, it is STILL black and white in playback, grrr. It wasnt very attractive, but would have served as validation.
But now, it doesnt work at all. It just says "TV system incomptible, recording paused". I'm screwed, because i was playing Streets 00A at the time
Any ideas? I changed the video output setting from PAL to NTSC and it did nothing....
I fear that i will have to try for these records untaped. And it's a shame, because i won't be allowed them untaped - and i dont expect any leniancy. Even so, a harsh situation
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Post by: Djie on October 28, 2005, 12:55:00 am
Well... not really, because I can't tape PAL personnaly if I send my signal through the vcr nothing shows on the monitor. There's simply nothing I can do to tape PAL. So its probably soemthing similar with your case but with NTSC.
Post by: bcks on October 28, 2005, 01:33:00 am
Post by: Djie on October 28, 2005, 12:52:00 pm
Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 28, 2005, 07:20:00 pm
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Post by: Your Eliteness on October 28, 2005, 11:29:00 pm
Is your VCR NTSC-compatible?
When you're actually playing the game, do you see colour (and full screen)?
Post by: Wouter Jansen on October 29, 2005, 06:46:00 am
Post by: wishiwasfamous on October 29, 2005, 01:50:00 pm
Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 29, 2005, 07:52:00 pm
If NOT, it looks like i'm screwed, as i don't want to spend any more money. Its hard to properly justify my returning the DVDR to Argos, as theres actually nothing wrong with it, "it just doesnt tape American games console footage"....*assistant looks puzzled*....
The NTSC picture for game play is perfect, just grayscale thats all. But as i said....i DID manage a botched, validation-worthy NTSC effort in tbe beginning. Goodness knows why it allowed it at first....
Wouter.....can you please explain the bar across the screen in your Dam 53 vid for example - thats NTSC, so is that why the bar appears? I had the same bar, except it was RIGHT across the middle
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Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 29, 2005, 08:44:00 pm
does that guarantee recording success? I dont even have any tapes, lol. I'll nip out tomorrow and seize some
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Post by: Your Eliteness on October 29, 2005, 11:02:00 pm
As for the DVD player, check the manual that came with it. Look through settings for a System mode or something. Mine has options like PAL, NTSC 3.34, NTSC 4.78, Auto. Auto is fine for me.
Other than that, talk to Illu. I know he's made some runs using DVD players with perfect quality.
Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 29, 2005, 11:47:00 pm
Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 30, 2005, 09:41:00 am
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Post by: Wouter Jansen on October 30, 2005, 09:52:00 am
Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 30, 2005, 10:06:00 am
Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 30, 2005, 11:04:00 am
I got it working, just by @#%$ around, i managed to get a signal barely stable enough to be taped. The DVDR accepted it
The bar is 60% of the way down the screen (tropic of capricorn of my screen
), and the bottom eighth is fuzzy. The mission time is visible....this IS validation worthy, definitely. I will tape with it Post by: Wouter Jansen on October 30, 2005, 12:57:00 pm
Post by: johnnyintheechocafe on October 30, 2005, 08:03:00 pm
So, i will have to transfer hours of footage onto my hard drive and extract the run that way. But when i put the disc into my laptop, the vids arent playable.
WTF?????????????
how do you get computer vids from these CDs???
H