Connecting Computer to a CRT

I own two trinitrons. Would be nice to hear back from you!

Probably gonna be a few weeks before I get everything. I’ll definitely keep you guys updated.

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Ok I got the retrotek encoder. Switchres works without crashing now. And I believe things look good. It’s kind of hard to tell because my tv doesn’t have component inputs. So I put the green cable in the composite input and all I can get is black and white lol.

edit: I also switched the graphics card to an r7 250 so it won’t have trouble with dolphin.

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Ok it looks good. I have my r7 250 with the vga port. The retrotek transcoder into the vga port, then composite to this toshiba 32a33 I just picked up. I’ll try the linuxbot transcoders when they arrive later this month. The Trinitron will be shipped in October when I have more space for a second tv.

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So I ran into an issue where I couldn’t use vulkan anymore.

There’s multiple crt emu drivers for gpus so it can get a little confusing. To fix it I had to download and install amd official drivers FIRST for 18.5.1 https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-18-5-1

Then install the crt emu driver for the r7 250 that works with 18.5.1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w5Z2-Ihb07HMWGz0lIJPkZU2YFJB8sap/view

With that vulkan works again. Also here’s a link to get rid of the test watermark which is a pain to deal with on an oled screen. https://winaero.com/download-universal-watermark-disabler/

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