Best output for PS2?

[Kevassa]

Hi people!
I have been trying last few days to get the best output from my PS2 to my video capture card, to avoid that horrible noise I get in some edges.
I know I need to upgrade my Capture Card, and finally buy an HD one, or just a brand new one that avoids noise as much as possible.

My question is the following, what are the best ND AV cables for PS2? Mine are pretty rusty...
Is the best one the common Sony brand one?
Or is there another that I am not aware of existing better?
I dont want to buy twice an article, so I want to be doubtless about this.
(This is all to get a freaking good quality video, see how mad I am )

[Kuwert]

Ew, no. If you want the best possible capture from PS2 (aside from rigging it to send the video output digitally to some custom device you've set up) you'll want a COMPONENT video cable (that's the one with the red, green, and blue video outputs) and similarly a capture card that accepts this input. Even better if the card allows 480p for those rare PS2 games that do progressive scan (would make VP2 and other tri-Ace games look great)

The other option is PS2 emulation which is getting quite good these days. I've almost completed Tales of Destiny 2 this way, looking forward to capturing some good hi-ougi videos and such.

[Kevassa]

Component cables?
Do those work on any TV?
And what kind of Capture Card do I need? An HD one?
EDIT: My TV does NOT have component entries, if I buy a capture card with component entries it will be the same, right? Plus if its HD it will show pretty damn sweet

[bungiefan]

S-Video is an acceptable alternative, and common on TV input cards. Component is not common on such cards. Component just has a little better color quality, and allows for progressive scan. An SDTV TV card won't allow for progressive scan, so you'd have to buy a more expensive HDTV capture card, and make sure it has component inputs.

COmposite and RF are absolutely not what you should be using if you want picture quality, as they lead to color bleeding and have low sharpness.

[Kevassa]

So Component Cables wont be really any good?
Since PS2 isnt an HD console, will it be any good buying an HD card?

[FSLink]

So Component Cables wont be really any good?
Since PS2 isnt an HD console, will it be any good buying an HD card?

Component ones would be good.
And yeah, it's not an HD console, but I believe if you get a PS3 sometime in the future (or already have one), the component cables for that work with the PS2 as well. So you'd be able to reuse it.

[Kevassa]

I see, so I do not need anything HD-related to get the component cables to work, do I?
Just the component jacks so it receives the signal, right?

[Leiw]

I see, so I do not need anything HD-related to get the component cables to work, do I?
Just the component jacks so it receives the signal, right?

No you don't really need anything hd-ish as component also works with 480i and 576i which all NTSC / PAL games use as standard. As long as you have component input on your capture card you are good.

[jajaswipo]

Ew, no. If you want the best possible capture from PS2 (aside from rigging it to send the video output digitally to some custom device you've set up) you'll want a COMPONENT video cable (that's the one with the red, green, and blue video outputs) and similarly a capture card that accepts this input. Even better if the card allows 480p for those rare PS2 games that do progressive scan (would make VP2 and other tri-Ace games look great)

The other option is PS2 emulation which is getting quite good these days. I've almost completed Tales of Destiny 2 this way, looking forward to capturing some good hi-ougi videos and such.

really how good is it? im sick of my overheating ps2 as i havent played in months and am yet to finish leons side in destiny. what are your cpu specs and what fps do you get in destiny 2?

[Kevassa]

No you don't really need anything hd-ish as component also works with 480i and 576i which all NTSC / PAL games use as standard. As long as you have component input on your capture card you are good.

I know what to ask for my 18th birthday now

[Kajitani-Eizan]

i'm guessing you need a pretty fast core 2 duo, probably around 2.6-3.0 ghz or so.

[Kevassa]

i'm guessing you need a pretty fast core 2 duo, probably around 2.6-3.0 ghz or so.

No need to, already have a core 2 duo of 2.5
Its quite in the limit, but its ok

[Infoseeker]

Not to mention that to make sure to use an internal pci-interface capture card, not a usb/firewire external one, unless you are good at synching yourself with the video lag. (then I nominate you to challenge Yu Gi for the ultimate gamer title!)
Though such a lag is not a concern in turn-based game, though the sounds will still be very annoying.

Be sides having a dual-core. Run the capture program off a hard drive other than the one carrying your OS (windows/linux). It helps ease things for the computer; increasing performance. Especially if you decide to record gameplay. (separate functioning harddrives; not two harddrives working together in some RAID format)

Another output option is S-video, which is better than composite. If your TV/monitor has an input for it.

[Kevassa]

I never had synching problems so far...
So I guess Im ok

[Kuwert]

Also, to make things even more of a headache, you're recording interlaced, so you have about 500 options on how to deinterlace the video. Best option = VirtualDub + Avisynth with a good (slow) script

[Kevassa]

Also, to make things even more of a headache, you're recording interlaced, so you have about 500 options on how to deinterlace the video. Best option = VirtualDub + Avisynth with a good (slow) script

Can you elaborate exactly what that means?