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  2. Posted

    9 hours ago, Doomy Doomer said:

    Those would be the settings I would have suggested too. I really wish I had a Framemeister, so I could do a like for like here but I went the OSSC route. Ok, here's my point of view on your issue. The Jag2SNES is just a passthrough for Red, Green, Blue, Chroma and Luma to the SNES socket. It's as if you took a genuine Jag AV cable and connected it directly to your TV from the Jag. The Jag2SNES isn't doing any filtering to the those signals, which means you're getting all those signals exactly as your Jag is outputting it via traces on a PCB. For me that's the biggest telltale sign it's most likely not the adapter. It's also worth mentioning that S-Video doesn't use Sync, so it's not a sync related issue otherwise you'd see some kind of difference between RGB and S-Video.

     

    I think it's the combination of your Jag, cables, and Framemeister that's causing the smearing. It's a bummer and I know that's probably not what you want to hear but ultimately that's what it sounds like. At the end of the day though you shouldn't be unhappy with something you've purchased. I'm sure Helder will happily take the adapter back and refund you even though I highly doubt it's the actual Jag2SNES that's causing the issue. In fact, if you do send it back, I'm going to have him mail it to me so I can put it through my gauntlet of testing.

    Don't sweat it, I didn't post to complain - just trying to figure out what might be causing the smearing. There's a million different variables in these setups and I don't expect hobbyist products to work perfectly with all of them. The Jag2SNES wasn't very expensive and I like to support creators - I'm sure I can use it on a different setup down the line. I suppose I could open it up and take pictures to see if anything looks amiss.

     

    I ordered one of those cheap SNES SCART cables to see if that makes any difference. If not, I'll try to find an official Jaguar SCART cable. I haven't tried to test it on a CRT yet as I don't really want to crawl behind the media center again and unhook everything. Worst case scenario I just live with the smearing, which isn't really that big of a deal, for the time being. It's only really noticeable on bright white text and the rest of the graphics look fine.

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    1 hour ago, Doomy Doomer said:

    Now we're getting somewhere. How about your Framemeisters profile, is it setup properly for the Jaguar? 

    I've tried profiles with settings suggested for 240p consoles from My Life in Gaming videos as well as the FirebrandX Jag profile (https://www.firebrandx.com/framemeisterprofiles.html) and it seems to have the blurring no matter what. Other than that, I don't know what specific settings I'd need to tweak for Jaguar. I'm using 720p for my Framemeister profiles as I have a 4K TV and that seems to work best for upscaling.

  5. Posted · Edited by kynikos

    1 hour ago, Doomy Doomer said:

    No problem at all. Questions are good because if others have an issue they can search and find this post for help.

     

    No problem. I'd like to try and narrow down the issue for you.  Can you list what cable types / brands you've been using as well as what scaler you're using to take these cables to your TV? Also, what power supply are you using for your Jag?

     

    FWIW, The Chrome and Luma signals are completely untouched in the Jag2SNES adapter. It's a straight run from the AV edge to the SNES socket in the adapter, so it's very unlikely the Jag2SNES is the single point of failure in my opinion.

    I've tried the Jag2SNES adapter with an official Nintendo s-video cable (SHVC-009) and Insurrection Industries SCART cable (https://insurrectionindustries.com/product/super-nintendo-entertainment-system-rgb-scart-cable/). Both cables work fine with the RGB-modded AV Famicom that lives next to the Jag as I got the adapter so they could share cables.

     

    I also tried an s-video cable from B&C (https://www.ebay.com/itm/133262880843) plugged in directly to the Jag to see if it was the adapter. They all seemed to have similar blurring.

     

    All of this is going into a gscartsw (http://www.gretrostuff.com/store/gscartsw-v3-4/) SCART switch (aside from s-video cables) and then Framemeister scaler. The Jag is powered by an official Atari power pack (https://www.ebay.com/itm/133391094429).

  6. Posted · Edited by kynikos

    Appreciate all the info. I'll probably give it a go with the cheap cable and maybe try to track down an official Jaguar SCART cable as well. Sometimes I feel like the more pricey SCART cables are more trouble than they're worth for some consoles.

     

    It's just weird that I'd have similar smearing using the adapter but with Nintendo OEM s-video cables as well as the s-video cable I picked up for the Jaguar.

  7. Posted

    4 minutes ago, feoh said:

    Hi all.

     

    Pardon the ever so slight thread hijack but it's only EVER so slight :)

     

    I was lucky enough to get an LTO Flash cart and I have to say it's *awesome*!

     

    I'm 52, and I then proceeded to damage my right wrist with the Intellivision's controller. I still love the system and bear it no grudges or ill will, but I need to find a loving home for my original Intellivision system, a raft of about 20-30 carts (Many work, quite a few don't. Probably just need cleaning).

     

    I'd love to gift my console and all associated accessories including the LTO Flash to someone who will actually USE it :)

     

    Is that you? :) If you're Boston area I could just hand it to you, and if not I'd be willing to ship somewhere.

    I'd love to be considered - sent you a message!

  8. Posted

    20 hours ago, DragonFire said:

    I just got my Jag2SNES adapter and I'm having the same issue. It reminds me of the problem pre-1Chip SNES consoles have with smearing colors, where the voltage rises and falls too slowly during brightness changes, so maybe it has a similar cause?

    I've posted several pics here that show the horizontal smearing/streaking/color bleed/whatever you want to call it. It's visible in all colors, but most dramatic in bright-to-dark transitions.

    I'm using the Jag2SNES from @Doomy Doomer and Helder, plugged into an Insurrection Industries SNES/N64 RGB SCART cable, plugged into an OSSC. For these pics it was set to generic 4:3 and 5X, although the issue looks basically the same on any scaling or sampling mode.

    Is this normal for the Jaguar? Or for specific revisions of the Jaguar? If not, is it likely to be a problem with the adapter?

    I've had the OSSC and the SCART cable for ages, and they work as expected with other consoles.

    Glad to know I'm not alone but sorry you're also having the same issues. I'm using the same Insurrection cable plugged into a Framemeister (also tried various profiles to no avail) but don't have the same issues color bleeding with my AV Famicom, N64, or various SNES revisions. Never had this issue with any of my other consoles, cables, and/or Framemeister. I have a K series Jaguar that has never been recapped to my knowledge.

  9. Posted

    Hi all, I'm getting a weird drop shadow effect on white colors, mostly text, with my Jaguar that I can't figure out  (see attached photo). I get the same effect using three different s-video and RGB cables (s-video cable from B&C and Jag2SNES adapter w/ SNES RGB/s-video) that don't do the same thing with other consoles. I first thought it was part of the JagGD UI but then noticed it more when trying out different games. Any idea what's going on and how to fix it?

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