Will a Wii component cable work on a GC?
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I was looking to get a component cable for my gamecube and it seems they're running really high in price these days. Wii component cables are cheaper. I know Nintendo likes to reuse technology, so, would a Wii component cable work on a gamecube? It looks like the same connector, in the images I can find, but I can't be sure.
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Nintendo removed the Digital port (the one you would use for component video) on the later Gamecube models because they discovered that less than 1% of GC owners were using it. In addition, the cables themselves are also difficult to find and expensive when you do, since they are no longer manufactured.
Nintendo used a proprietary chip named "CMPV-DOL" inside the cable to decode the digital signal... no one has reverse-engineered it yet, so there are no 3rd party GC component cables. Link.
Nintendo used a proprietary chip named "CMPV-DOL" inside the cable to decode the digital signal... no one has reverse-engineered it yet, so there are no 3rd party GC component cables. Link.
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Why not just play the Gamecube games on the Wii, if 480p is that big a deal?
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I think you misunderstand. If I could afford a Wii, I would not be bothering. It's not 480p I want. It's RGB for a portable. I want a better quality picture, and that's the best option, to buy a component cable.bicostp wrote:Why not just play the Gamecube games on the Wii, if 480p is that big a deal?
Anyways, thanks for the info guys.
As far as I know, NTSC Gamecubes do not have analog RGB. They have digital, and you need the official component cable to change it to analog. That's if you (you being some one with an NTSC GC) have one with a digital port at all. Does Australia have PAL? If it does, we're not in the same boat, my friend.
Consequently, do you need a modchip or anything to be able to play imports on a gamecube? I could possibly get a PAL cube for my portable. Ah, but that would cost more money. Hm. Oh well. I guess I either fork over the cash for the component cable, or stick with composite. Unfortunately it will probably be the latter.
Consequently, do you need a modchip or anything to be able to play imports on a gamecube? I could possibly get a PAL cube for my portable. Ah, but that would cost more money. Hm. Oh well. I guess I either fork over the cash for the component cable, or stick with composite. Unfortunately it will probably be the latter.
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A GC component cable will cost you about $60 on eBay, but I'm waiting to hear back from a company in Colorado that has some CMPV-DOL chips in stock. (I don't know how they got them...) There are certain websites, usually ones based out of Hong Kong, that stock rare chips like this... but I don't really want to deal with that. I would much sooner trust a US-based company. You always have to buy in bulk though, is the problem. I told them they probably don't sell many of these particular chips, so I was hoping they could give me a good deal on them. I asked how much it would cost for 20 of them, and if it's a good price, I might order some and make my own component cables to sell. I wanted one for my GC laptop, which is going to use a 480p screen with component input, so I wouldn't have to buy and hack apart a component cable.
Does anyone have a GC component cable they can give me schematics for? There are a few SMD resistors and caps on board, but other than that, I think it's pretty straight-forward.
Does anyone have a GC component cable they can give me schematics for? There are a few SMD resistors and caps on board, but other than that, I think it's pretty straight-forward.
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Oh, okay.Kyosho wrote:t's RGB for a portable.
In that case, S-video should be more than adequate, especially if the screen is less than 10 inches. (If 1024x768 from my video card on our 27" SDTV is perfectly legible, there's plenty of resolution there for a smaller display.)
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