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I had this problem for a while, but I think you need a switch/extractor that supports 18Gbps 4K, as they’re apparently more supportive of off-spec signals like Line 5x. I tried a few extractors but didn’t have any success with L5X until I got a Portta-branded switch that advertised 18Gbps support. I didn’t test it for very long (because it came in the mail like ten minutes ago) but it seems to output audio over optical just fine in L5X.

As for being easier to split analogue audio out, it depends on your setup. I play on computer monitors and most desktop amps will only have one or two inputs. If your OSSC is sharing with your HDMI consoles, it’s easiest to extract audio the same way for all of them.

[airco]

I mean… yeah, I know about the pinout differences, but pinout conversion just requires a simple adapter.

EDIT: I got an HDMI switch with 18Gbps 4K support, and that seems to extract audio correctly. I don’t know about the rest of my problems here – they’re probably non-issues – but that’s probably the solution to my audio issues, if anyone else comes upon this thread later.

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I took the audio extractor out of the chain and ran Death Crimson for three hours with no issues, but it’s not something I’ve been able to reproduce too often (not that I want to, since i’m dum and don’t know if i’m somehow damaging anything). I was able to get the handshake issue consistently on this one particular screen of Mushihimesama Futari’s menu (X360 component 480p) a while ago:

The green line seen here can sometimes show up alongside handshake issues for a frame or two at a time. I first saw it on my LGP’s output and not on my monitor, but in this case, it actually showed up on the monitor too – and continued showing up even after removing everything after my monitor’s HDMI out, at which point I didn’t know what to blame (unless lasting damage is possible over a simple HDMI port?). I can’t quite rule out something dumb like a loose DVI cable on the OSSC side, but again, kinda scared to test.

The PSX cable was from the UK seller, not Retro-Access, so I’m pretty sure it uses the 220 μF resistors. Either way, I got it in March 2017 according to receipts. As for the switcher, yeah, that was how I assumed the Bandridge worked, but I wanted some confirmation if anyone had it. I know about the gscartsw supporting component, but I’m asking more for using a PC-98 over AV3. If all else fails, there is an Analog RGB -> JP21 cable for it that’s advertised for Framemeister usage, but it’s a computer, so I’d rather use VGA and save a SCART slot for something else.

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