Recording NAOMI games via Camcorder

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:06 am

Hi everyone, I work at an arcade and I'm trying to record Naomi games to a camcorder. However, I'm having some problems with the output.

I'm using a VGA to TV converter and the output signal ends up looking like it's out of synch on the camcorder. I'm going to try switching the output from 31k to 15k (it's running on a Namco Cyber-Lead cabinet) but in the meantime, has anyone had any success with a NAOMI-Camcorder recording?

I had it working once before with an alternate solution, a JAMMA-S-Video converter which then outputted to the camcorder, but for a game installed in a Japanese cabinet that uses VGA inputs, that isn't practical.

Thanks in advance for your help!

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:34 am

You might have better luck recording to a VCR. Camcorders have a strange way of dealing with certain signals and it's a little different with each model. Camcorders are best used recording from the lens because it doesn't have to 'sync' with any other signal. VCR's are much better at this.

I hope this helps!

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:09 am

Ugh. Looks like to take advantage of the quality of S-Video, a S-VHS VCR is around $80-$140, and the tapes are $6-$10 EACH. That's prohibitively expensive for our purposes.

We tried using a DVD-recorder but the signal gave us hell from NAOMI boards as well. Hmm.

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:51 pm

TV Tuner capture thru a PC/Laptop, edit and out to any format you like?

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:19 pm

Hey, that's not a bad idea. How much should I expect to spend on a capture card and what's a good brand? I'll keep you guys updated on the settings I needed to adjust to get a good picture if anyone else decides to do this in the future.

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:38 pm

I think most newer GFX cards have video in/video out now :smt004

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:56 am

id suggest HAUPPAUGE both NTSC and PAL depending on your region or a non PCI USB 2.0

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-TV-Tuner-Di ... dZViewItem

or similar

OldFoo · Post by **OldFoo** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:02 am

he also has a straight USB 2.0 capture device you may be better off trying.

Universal Video Ssystem Support

Supports worldwide NTSC / PAL/ SECAM multi video systems.

I hope this helps you out

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Recording NAOMI games via Camcorder

Recording NAOMI games via Camcorder

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