Best Video from SNES/NES/SATURN/N64/GENESIS SCART to COMPONENT?

the audio breakout is so that on a mk1 megadrive/genesis you can get stereo audio from the front headphone jack

on the mk1 megadrive it is possible to either use sync signal for sync or composite video for sync, for some people composite sync works better than composite video for sync, i use c-sync instead of c-video myself but have a switch i put in the cable to toggle between them (if i want to use a different tv or console)

 

I'm still a little confused. I know why I need a sync, but I thought that gets passed through when using the SNES/N64 to SCART cable.
I also thought the Genesis 1,2 and Saturn also provide native RGB support so Sync would be passed through as well.

I'm not sure which cables to buy still.

 

If you have to ask, you're probably using composite video as the sync. That's normal practice in Europe.

 

RGBS - Red, Green, Blue, Sync (either composite-sync(meaning combined horizontal and vertical sync) or composite video used as sync)

Composite video contains everything on one signal including sync and is the Yellow from the Red white and yellow jacks you plug in the tv.

RGBS = seperate signals for everything 1 wire for red, 1 for blue, 1 for green, 1 for composite sync (but most display devices can use composite video as sync) and comes in the form of RGB SCART(which can also include mono/stereo audio all in one connector)

SCART is capable of carrying both Composite and RGBS, so some SCART cables will be simply composite video + audio and will normally lack a lot of the pins.

you dig? best option is RGB SCART or COMPONENT, composite = ass bad compared to them. but most consoles are capable of composite, s-video and rgb, all of which can be carried by a scart cable. basically you want the RGB one. some consoles have differences in RGB output between NTSC US, PAL/SECAM and NTSC JP, NTSC JP uses the same 21pin connector as Pal RGB Scart but is wired differently for the japanese standard.

 

Hi,

Just wanted to say Thank You for all the help you guys gave me.
I have my xrgb-mini and I'm really happy with it!
All my systems seem to work fine....except my N64 that I RGB Modded.
I opened a help request in the modding forum.

Here is some info I learned incase someone down the road needs help:
If you have NTSC consoles (USA/Japan) you just need a SCART cable.
A PAL console (Europe and other places) has a different pinout so you need a PAL SCART cable.

The xrgb-mini uses a JP21 SCART interface that connects to the mini-din.
Buy a pre-made cable that will transpose the pinouts to SCART.

Seems Sega Genesis, Saturn all have RGB enabled. Just need the cable.
SNES as well.

N64 is a lot more work.
It heavily depends on the cpu mother board revision.

You can get a Component to D-Termial Adapter if you want to use component on the XRGB-Mini.
I bought one from solaris japan.
http://www.solarisjapan.com/d-terminal-to-component-adapter-cable-female/

If you have a gamecube with digital out, you can use either the component cable or buy the D-Termial cable made specifically for the gamecube.
Either should work. I did a d-Terminal and it works fine. You still need the Standard Multi-AV out for sound.

I can't seem to get Scanlines on Component for some reason. I don't think that is supported in the xrgb-mini.
I think scan lines only work with 240p content, but honestly, I'm not sure. I'm still learning.

Hope this helps.