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SM->TV help needed and beatmania sim needed
 
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AceJay
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0. PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:47 pm    Post subject: SM->TV help needed and beatmania sim needed Reply with quote
1: I have a video card with Svideo out, what do I need to do to hook up my TV for SM, and what does the TV need to have? Also, how do I make audio connections?

2: Anyone know of a beatmania sim that uses .sm files and AutoGens bm patterns?
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1. PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, if you're TV (or VCR) has an S-video input, just need an S-video cable! If not, you'll need to get an S-video to RCA video converter. It's for the yellow cord on the A/V cables. If you want to hook up your TV for audio, you'll need an RCA to 1/8" jack converter. Going back to the A/V cables, those are the red and white ones. If your TV only has a coaxial input, you'd then need an RF modulator. All this equipment isn't too expensive if you know where to look where you live. Obviously if you want audio not through the TV, then hook up some speakers. E10.gif

I don't know of a Beatmania sim, though. Sorry.
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2. PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:17 am    Post subject: Re: SM->TV help needed and beatmania sim needed Reply with quote
AceJay ▶◀ wrote:
1: I have a video card with Svideo out, what do I need to do to hook up my TV for SM, and what does the TV need to have? Also, how do I make audio connections?


I did this over the weekend. I have an ATI graphics card with TV out. I connected an S video cable from my card to the TV. At first it didn't work. The TV picture was unstable, scrolling up. I popped the ATI CD into my CD-ROM drive and installed the drivers. After that, as soon as the computer loaded XP, the display was fine on my TV. The TV display is still unstable while the computer powers up but as soon as the XP login screen appears, the TV out drivers take over and the display is good. Now my dedicated Stepmania computer is only connected to my TV (no computer monitor).

For audio, you'll probably want to use better speakers than your TV speakers. I hooked up some good computer speakers (including a powered subwoofer) to my soundcard.
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3. PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, I'm gonna go get some cables from Best Buy.
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