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Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« on: February 02, 2019, 04:45:33 am »
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Sock Master, Tanner and I are pleased to announce the Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC converter. This card is designed to be the easiest solution for getting direct capture up and running on your cab: just plug it in to your PCB and run a cable to a NTSC USB dongle. Image quality is better than the 2bit card and it's easier to use than the JROK card. Mr. Video has great color fidelity and low fringing.

Features
  • Designed for DK, DK Jr, DK3, Mario Bros, Radarscope. Probably compatible with Popeye and Sky Skipper.
  • S-video and composite video (NTSC 240P video @60.60fps)
  • A high quality inverter
  • Sync pulse correction
  • Audio out
  • Pass-through design. Plugs into the edge connector and provides its own edge connector.
  • No soldering required.
  • Compact design: ~3.5in x 2.5 in
  • All analog design for lag free operation

Production board
Prototype image
Remix example
DK Remix Video
Spooky Remix Video
DK Jr Video

They're priced at $82 plus $5 shipping to anywhere in the US (ex. one for $87, two for $169). Shipping to other countries will use the actual shipping cost. Due to Chinese New Year our stock of parts is limited and the cards will be available on a first-come basis. I expect the first batch to ship in 2-3 weeks. Let us know if you need cards urgently or have a large order. There are some alternative suppliers we can use with an up charge. Please PM me if you're interested in buying.
« Last Edit: July 02, 2019, 01:26:19 pm by bh »

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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2019, 10:56:14 pm »
I'd be interested in buying one! (AUS)
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2019, 05:58:41 pm »
Absolutely interested. Some for KO7 (Believe im going) and myself please. KO7 is Mar 15th. Sent you a PM as well.

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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2019, 11:16:24 am »
I'll order 1 right now so I can use it at home. Sent the PM just let me know who to pay/etc and I will as I know your busy :D

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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2019, 02:53:45 pm »
I'm interested.  Sent a PM yesterday, no response yet.
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2019, 04:26:19 pm »
bh is in the process of assembling and soldering the first set of the production boards.  I have an earlier prototype and it works fine but we have to make sure the production boards are fine too.  bh doesn't have a way to test them yet but he will soon.

Once we're sure everything is good, they can start going out to people who'd like one.

Thanks!

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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2019, 06:16:32 pm »
Cool beans sir.
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2019, 12:05:45 pm »
This is really great work here fellas.
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2019, 04:46:19 pm »
As Sock said, I'm putting these together as fast as possible. So far I've got five completed. Test equipment is due to arrive on Saturday and then I can start mailing them out. I appreciate everyone's interest and patience. 2019 will finally be the year of Linux on the desktop direct capture.

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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2019, 09:41:20 am »
I assume I can plug this in between my vector labs switcher and edge connector to get the video from all the boards?
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2019, 10:21:44 am »
I assume I can plug this in between my vector labs switcher and edge connector to get the video from all the boards?
I believe that's what is implied here:

Pass-through design. Plugs into the edge connector and provides its own edge connector.
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2019, 02:28:00 pm »
I'll take one!
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2019, 06:51:31 pm »
I hooked up my prototype to Mario Bros and that works.  Here's a snapshot of the capture.

I also tried Popeye but the jury is still out about that one.  I got Popeye to display on my TV but my GV-USB2 video capture device did not recognize the video signal.  I suspect maybe Popeye's video frequencies might be a little too far from NTSC specifications so your mileage may vary depending on what you connect it to.
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2019, 07:16:57 pm »
Looks great there!  So, vertical games are working with no problem, but 1 out of 2 horizontal games are a challenge?

This is the DK Forum after all, so are all DK's confirmed working?
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Re: Mr. Video RGB-to-NTSC Converter
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2019, 09:28:17 am »
Looks great there!  So, vertical games are working with no problem, but 1 out of 2 horizontal games are a challenge?

This is the DK Forum after all, so are all DK's confirmed working?

I don't have a DK3 PCB to test this, but given that DK/DKJr/Mario Bros/DK3 are all iterations of the same hardware design it's safe to assume that DK3 will work just fine.   Popeye on the other hand is not a variant of DK hardware and outputs higher resolution interlaced video so perhaps there is something about it that gives different results - maybe the horizontal scan frequency is further from NTSC specification, something like that..  The output worked when I connected it to a TV but maybe it was just different enough for my GV-USB2 capture device not to accept it.  I'll try doing more tests when I can, and maybe it does work fine with other video capture devices, but for now it seems maybe it won't work with Popeye.
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