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  • January 24, 2019 at 5:32 PM #24941
    BlueStinger
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      Hello, it’s not a big issue, I can fix this by pressing 2 buttons on the remote controls so it’s more out of curiosity.

      When the PS1 starts, there is a warning screen with “Piracy harms consumers as well…” that is shimmering. It’s not a slight shimmering either, the picture shivers left and right and it’s REALLY noticeable. If I select another profile on the remote control (let’s say #3, the DC profile) and come back to #1 (my PS1 profile) everything is fine.

      So, as you can see, not a big issue, I can live with that. I’m just curious as to why it does that. Any idea ?

      January 24, 2019 at 6:41 PM #24949
      nmalinoski
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        Which region is your PS1, and which cable are you using (Manufacturer, SCART/DE-15/component, sync type, NTSC/PAL)?

        January 24, 2019 at 7:30 PM #24952
        BlueStinger
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          PSone PAL (modded) with a CSYNC PACKAPUNCH cable from RetroGamingCable or Sync-on-luma cable from RGC, does it with any game
          PS1 PAL (modded) only tried with the Sync-on-luma cable, does it with any game

          So, I don’t think it comes from the consoles, cables or the game, I think it comes from the OSSC. But again, I turn it on, press 3 and then 1 on my remote control and it’s fixed. I’m just curious, this doesn’t bother me as it’s only 2 buttons press and I’m waiting for the game to load anyway.

          January 24, 2019 at 11:01 PM #24963
          Nalatroz
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            Out of curiosity is that screen 240p/288p or is it 480i/576i because on my NTSC PS1 the logo screen is 480i; if it is does your PS1 profile have 480i/576i set to 2x? Because that shimmering might be the deinterlacing.

            January 24, 2019 at 11:50 PM #24966
            BlueStinger
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              The picture wobbles left to right and NOT up and down. Also, when a row shifts left, the next row shifts right, it looks like waves.
              Okay, that’s actually pretty weird. I tried FF7 :
              screen 1 and 2 : 525i – normal behavior
              screen 3 “piracy harms consumers…” : 314p – shimmering
              screen 4 “endemic to the game” : 625i – shimmering as well
              screen 5 “endemic to the game” : 314p – shimmering too

              Then, I tried MGS, bear in mind that I didn’t touch the remote control :
              screen 1 and 2 : 525i – normal behavior
              screen 3 “piracy harms…” : 314p – NORMAL BEHAVIOR !!!
              screen 4 “endemic to the game” : 314p – SHIMMERING !!!

              I have no idea why the “piracy harms consumers” screen wasn’t shimmering when I tried MGS. I’ve just beat MGS today, played it for two days in a row and this screen use to shimmer…

              January 24, 2019 at 11:58 PM #24967
              Nalatroz
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                If you could record it in action if possible would be awesome as well, though since you mention it looks like waves I doubt it’s the deinterlacing. Sounds somewhat like a poor connection somewhere because I haven’t seen a wavey image since my old CRT computer monitor died in the early 2000’s. What kind of TV/Monitor are you using?

                January 25, 2019 at 12:14 AM #24968
                BlueStinger
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                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHl4h9CxTwE&feature=youtu.be

                  My TV is a LG 4K, poor connection ? I don’t think so, if I switch to another profile and then go back to profile 1 (the one I use for PS1) everything goes back to normal.

                  January 25, 2019 at 12:31 AM #24969
                  nmalinoski
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                    This has been a pretty common problem with the PS1. I’m not entirely sure if the cause has been identified yet, but the workaround, as mentioned, has been to switch inputs on the OSSC.

                    January 25, 2019 at 12:35 AM #24970
                    BlueStinger
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                      Oh okay. Thanks.

                      January 25, 2019 at 3:13 AM #24971
                      NewYears1978
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                        Weird, my PS1 doesn’t display that screen…I also use a PSIO though so it may be bypassing that screen (or maybe it’s only on the PAL console)

                        January 25, 2019 at 2:09 PM #24977
                        BlueStinger
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                          I actually don’t know if it’s limited to PAL regions. But you didn’t miss anything, it’s just a screen that preach to people who bought the game about the ones who didn’t…

                          January 27, 2019 at 7:03 PM #24997
                          Steo
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                            Does the shimmering effect happen to NTSC users also? My PAL PS1 does the exact same thing sometimes and switching inputs fixes it. It never happens when I play PS1 games using my PS2 though.

                            January 27, 2019 at 7:55 PM #25000
                            Nalatroz
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                              I’ve never had had the shimmering happen with my NTSC PS1 (SCPH 5501), I did have slight issue with the OSSC rapidly switching the HZ while playing Star Ocean Second Story(and only this game for whatever reason) but that was fixed by restarting the OSSC and I haven’t had it happen since I switched to a SCART cable for input from a HD Retrovision(Sega with the PS1 Adapter) component cable.

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