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Offline BillHarrison

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Another alternative (for someone who already has a PC) is to use one of these inexpensive USB video grabbing devices with Virtualdub. The one I have is a kworld and it was given to me in a box of junk. I can't imagine it costing more than $40 or so new...

With Virtualdub you can set up filters and different deinterlacing options to make the screen look better. I have only played with a few of the possibilities...

I started messing it as a way to simply capture the amiga's video for youtube or something, but running full-screen I was pretty impressed with the results, enough so that I could totally see someone using that as a ScanDoubler/FlickerFixer solution.

Also, laptop can make a nice portable amiga display...

Like in your examples, Amigamaniacs SVIDEO adapter totally cleans up the picture, but the the difference between that and the built-in composite is not as dramatic. I think this device virtualdub does a really good job filtering out the noise in the composite.

I could provide some screen shots later this evening if you are interested in seeing how it looks.

_nate


I would love to see this if you don't mind would be a great alternative for me as I could just run it through my htpc in my room which is always on and have one monitor and the Amiga under the desk -  would just need a way to use my of mouse and keyboard then!
« Last Edit: November 05, 2011, 10:29:34 PM by BillHarrison »