MostOfAll Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I usually use HDMI when using my PlayStation 3, but I recently started to use the PS3 composite cable for recording gameplay. The PS3 composite cable is my only choice for recording, so there's really nothing I can do about it. The problem is it's so blurry on the screen that I can't see very well. There are times when I can't even see what's happening in the game. Everything looks fine in the recording itself, but what shows up on the TV screen isn't in decent quality. I use a LED flat-screen TV, so composite cable is very inferior to what the TV is capable of. The TV I use is a Samsung HDTV, but I don't know what the model is. What can I do to solve this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Composite signals are limited to '480i' - that's why the image is blurry. The only solution is to find an alternate means of recording. However, I may be misunderstanding your setup/situation. I'm not sure what you mean when you say the recording looks fine. Care to give a little more detail about your setup? How are you recording? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MostOfAll Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 (edited) Composite signals are limited to '480i' - that's why the image is blurry. The only solution is to find an alternate means of recording. However, I may be misunderstanding your setup/situation. I'm not sure what you mean when you say the recording looks fine. Care to give a little more detail about your setup? How are you recording? The quality of the recorded gameplay looks good. In other words, the video that's created as a result of the recording looks normal. It's just that it's hard to see what I'm doing when I'm playing the game. Because I record directly from the PS3, that leaves me with the conclusion that something needs to be changed with the TV's settings or I just have to use another TV. I really don't have any other option to record gameplay, so I'll probably just have to get myself a small television around the size of a computer monitor. Because those usually don't cost that much, that shouldn't be much of a problem. If the lack of decent quality continues, that would be a bummer. Either way, I guess it's worth a try. I record by using an iGrabber, PS3, PS3 composite cable, three splitters, two A/V cables, Samsung HDTV, and a MacBook Pro. The splitters are used to connect the composite cable to both the screen and the iGrabber. Here's a video that elaborates on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWCIWglbClw For gameplay, I've only recorded some of Grand Theft Auto IV, and it's EXTREMELY hard to see at nighttime or when there's no sunshine in certain areas. I can't even get to certain places because of that. I guess that's okay for now, but this would be more of a problem when I start my "Let's Play" series with commentary for Heavy Rain. Edited December 5, 2010 by Allen14n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodoro Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Composite is very low quality. It would look ok on a SD CRT television but on an LCD, the quality is poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MostOfAll Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 How do you think it would be on a fifteen-inch TV? This: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Coby+-+15%22+C...tract_desc=null Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I apologize but still find myself a little bit at a loss here. When you watch your recordings, are you watching them back on the TV? Via some sort of Macbook connection? If that's the case, then yeah, I think your TV is having some problems with its composite input. Does your TV have post processing that could be f*cking with things? Motion-flo or similar options can be very counterproductive. Some TVs will also let you scale down the image... give that a shot, if you can. Buying another smaller LCD doesn't seem, to me, to be worth it. Annnnd finally... can you watch the video live as you record... directly on the macbook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MostOfAll Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 I apologize but still find myself a little bit at a loss here. When you watch your recordings, are you watching them back on the TV? Via some sort of Macbook connection? If that's the case, then yeah, I think your TV is having some problems with its composite input. Does your TV have post processing that could be f*cking with things? Motion-flo or similar options can be very counterproductive. Some TVs will also let you scale down the image... give that a shot, if you can. Buying another smaller LCD doesn't seem, to me, to be worth it. Annnnd finally... can you watch the video live as you record... directly on the macbook? Whatever is recorded gets stored as a video file on my MacBook Pro. I watch the recordings on my laptop. I can't watch the video on my MacBook as I record because it's laggy on there. The processed video, however, is fine. I'll try looking more at the TV's settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyphonPayne Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Any chance you can take a picture of your TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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