Reddit mentions of StarTech.com 1 ft. (0.3 m) VGA to BNC Cable - HD15 VGA to 5 BNC - Male/Female - BNC Cable - (VGABNCMF1),Black

For capturing footage from my BVM, I use the XCAPTURE-1, a capturing device made by Micomsoft, the same people who made the XRGB-Mini. It takes in input from any form of video imaginable (except for RF and DisplayPort) and can handle any resolution you can throw at it (it can record from 240p to 1080 at 60fps). However, for RGB, it only takes RGBHV and RGsB (not RGBS), so you might need a sync splitter if you plan to record the RGB output from consoles. For component, you also need two of these, as it only takes in component via D-Terminal. It's expensive ($335), but it's arguably the best recording device in the market.

The way I set it up, I have my BVM, my Sync Strike for splitting up RGBS to RGBHV, my Extron RGB for combining the sync into RGsB (which both the BVM and the XCAPTURE-1 supports), this connector which converts BNC inputs into VGA, and the output of the Extron going into the BVM via BNC cables, with the loop-through going into the XCAPTURE-1 via the VGA connector I just mentioned.

It's very complex and has a lot of abbreviations, I know, but this setup gets me recording from native resolutions at 60 fps with very few frame drops (think around 50 dropped frames an hour). This setup also introduces no input lag on the BVM whatsoever.

Crtemudriver already outputs 1 sync(csync) over the hsync pin of vga when you set it to in vmmaker(the program used to configure your allowed modelines). To get it into a pvm all you need is a vga to 5 bnc breakout cable and to plug hsync(first plug after rgb plugs) into the external sync bnc jack. Ex. here:https://www.amazon.com/10Ft-Coaxial-RGBHV-Cable-Ferrites/dp/B01FNAO9O4/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=vga+to+bnc&qid=1570031901&sr=8-6


and here: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Coax-RGBHV-Monitor-Cable/dp/B0033AF5Y0/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=vga+to+bnc&qid=1570031901&sr=8-4

The first one can go right from your video card's vga port into your pvm, the second can go from your vga port to a bnc cable to your pvm or using a vga female to female adapter can connect to a vga cable(which is connected to the video card), then to bnc male to male couplers on your pvm's bnc jacks. You can buy different/cheaper cables those are just examples of what they should look like.


If you have a JVC TM-H or DT-V monitor(or many presentation monitors and some ikegamis) you can just stick with h+v sync and plug all 5 lines in, which is what I do. I have to keep crtemudriver on h+vsync to use a few of my converters/sync processors anyway and my main monitor is a 1950cg. Cheers!

Do you mean something like this?

All of the units you mentioned are "Computer-Video Interfaces", you can see the full list of them here.


Initially I used them for that purpose. Helping to connect a PC to my PVM. (using CRT_emudriver) However they can be used for other things as well.


The most useful feature being the ability to center the image easily with H and V adjustments. Both H and V controls are only available in some models like 201, 202, 203, 302. Basically the Rxi line, and also the 302.


The Extron RGB 203 Rxi has been mentioned in a lot in forums so people seem to want that one (inflating the price) but the only difference between the 203 and the 201 is it has 3 inputs instead of 1. Get the 201 if you don't need them.


I like to take the output from my Crosspoint switch and run it through the interface, then in to monitor.

Crosspoint-> Extron RGB -> Monitor

This way all of the signals from the Crosspoint go through the interface, and can adjusted.

Regarding ADSP vs Enhance ADSP:

> ADSP™ - Advanced Digital Sync Processing — An Extron exclusive technology that > provides all-digital processing of sync signals, eliminating compatibility issues
> encountered when using analog sync processing with digital display devices.


> Enhanced ADSP™ — An Extron exclusive technology that provides all-digital
> processing of sync signals, eliminating compatibility issues encountered when using > analog sync processing with digital display devices.

I can't tell the difference other than Enhanced ADSP being in the later models.

More importantly you will find yourself using the DDSP switch to fix sync issues.

> DDSP™ - Digital Display Sync Processing — Allows the sync signal to pass through > without altering sync pulse or width. Disables other sync processing features such > as horizontal and vertical centering.

If you get BNC female to female adapters along with a VGA to BNC breakout cable you can plug anything in to it.

Actually, this cable: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Coax-RGBHV-Monitor-Cable/dp/B0033AF5Y0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1347165594&sr=8-6&keywords=bnc+to+vga

looks like it does have H and V sync.

I only ask because I didn't know if going from RGB to VGA was the same as going from RGB to component as in simply connecting the to via adapter won't work since they aren't electrically the same.

Head here: http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=295
and get an AMD card that's in the supported cards list. Obviously the newer ones will have more power, but I've read roughly HD 5000 series and up is generally good. Also use this link to grab crt emudriver.

Make sure you have a DVI-I to VGA adapter, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-DVI-Cable-Adapter-DVIVGAMF/dp/B000067SOH

Next, get a VGA to 5BNC connector. Something like this, although https://www.amazon.com/Coax-HD15-RGBHV-Monitor-Cable/dp/B0033AF5Y0, although shop around if you want one with higher user reviews, that one has about 3 stars for some reason.

You can roughly follow this guide: http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1052#p1052

Although note that you won't have to disconnect your LCD display/main display while you install CRT emudriver. That's how I did it. I still have my main monitor connected and the crt emudriver monitor is a second monitor.