Ps3 Quality Looks Awful

DailyGlitcherHD · May 29, 2015

Hi guys.

I've recently bought a PS3 and I've heard that you can't use HDMI to record because of something called HDCP. So I bought the HD component cables for my Roxio Game Capture HD PRO and the quality looks awful.

It used to look absolutely beautiful back when I had my Xbox 360.

Here's a screenshot I took from my PS3 on 1080i:

This is frustrating, please help ASAP, thanks.

Jim_Hardin · May 30, 2015

Done all I can, sorry.

ogdens · May 30, 2015

Is the picture "awful" on both your TV and Computer screen?.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 30, 2015

Is the picture "awful" on both your TV and Computer screen?.

Yep.

ogdens · May 30, 2015

Try connecting the PS3 component cable directly into your TV (assuming it has component inputs).

Just want to see if your PS3 is outputting a good signal.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 30, 2015

I only have one component cables set and my TV doesn't have component inputs.

ogdens · May 30, 2015

Bummer.

Running out of ideas. In the picture below does yours look the same when you have everything hooked up and running (except for the computer screen)

d_deweywright · May 30, 2015

DailyGlitcher, looking at your picture above, showing screen resolutions, I don't see where anything is selected there. Do you know what it is set to? Are you manually setting it to output a particular resolution? That is what you need to do, and NOT let the PS3 auto-detect what it thinks it should be setting.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 30, 2015

Bummer.

Running out of ideas. In the picture below does yours look the same when you have everything hooked up and running (except for the computer screen)

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Yeah, everything is good besides the horrible quality.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 30, 2015

DailyGlitcher, looking at your picture above, showing screen resolutions, I don't see where anything is selected there. Do you know what it is set to? Are you manually setting it to output a particular resolution? That is what you need to do, and NOT let the PS3 auto-detect what it thinks it should be setting.

I went to Display Settings - Video Output Settings - it asked me "select the type of the connector on your TV" and I selected "Component / D-Terminal" - then it asked me "select all resolutions that are supported by your TV" and I selected 480p, 720p and 1080i and then that's it.

d_deweywright · May 30, 2015

So, you gave it choices. We're telling you not to do that. Tell it either 720p OR 1080i. It's apparently choosing 480p, which looks bad. Tell it what you want and don't let it choose.

Let us know if that helps.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 30, 2015

So, you gave it choices. We're telling you not to do that. Tell it either 720p OR 1080i. It's apparently choosing 480p, which looks bad. Tell it what you want and don't let it choose.

Let us know if that helps.

I have tried 720p and 1080i and they both look bad.

By the way: There's a tick on the top which says "Standard (NTSC)" and I can't un-tick it.

d_deweywright · May 30, 2015

Hmmm.... did you also check the PS3 help page for setting Component Video settings? The only thing that stands out to me is to make sure you've selected 16:9 as the aspect ratio for the output settings.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 30, 2015

Hmmm.... did you also check the PS3 help page for setting Component Video settings? The only thing that stands out to me is to make sure you've selected 16:9 as the aspect ratio for the output settings.

After choosing the resolutions I don't get a prompt to select my aspect ration, it might be it?

d_deweywright · May 30, 2015

Possibly, I can't help you with that, I don't have a PS3. Maybe someone else will jump in here with an idea or two.

Jim_Hardin · May 30, 2015

The Aspect Raito is automatic with HD. ALL HD Is 16:9...

What are the actual Captured Files like?

DailyGlitcherHD · May 31, 2015

The Aspect Raito is automatic with HD. ALL HD Is 16:9...

What are the actual Captured Files like?

They look the same as the TV preview.

Jim_Hardin · May 31, 2015

The only 'preview' is in the RGC Software, don't confuse the problem by adding "TV" to it

The ONLY way to test at this point is to use a completely different source! You need to hook up a DVD or BD Player, preferably with Component but HDMI will do in a pinch. Anything that has those outputs will suffice.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 31, 2015

The only 'preview' is in the RGC Software, don't confuse the problem by adding "TV" to it

The ONLY way to test at this point is to use a completely different source! You need to hook up a DVD or BD Player, preferably with Component but HDMI will do in a pinch. Anything that has those outputs will suffice.

Before my component cables arrived I used to use HDMI (of course I couldn't record but I could see the picture on my PS3) and it looked great. The RGC is not the problem.

Jim_Hardin · June 1, 2015

Before my component cables arrived I used to use HDMI (of course I couldn't record but I could see the picture on my PS3) and it looked great. The RGC is not the problem.

Well it is not completely off the hook... That Proves that the RGC with HDMI works! But you cannot extend that to "prove" that the RGC with Component works

It leans toward that conclusion but we still need to check it with another source using Component

DailyGlitcherHD · June 1, 2015

Well it is not completely off the hook... That Proves that the RGC with HDMI works! But you cannot extend that to "prove" that the RGC with Component works

It leans toward that conclusion but we still need to check it with another source using Component

I don't have any source to test it on :/

ogdens · June 1, 2015

Get one....borrow a DVD player from a friend/neighbor.......

ogdens · May 29, 2015

You need to ensure that the PS/3 output is set to a specific output resolution setting, Make sure you don't let the PS/3 auto-detect the output device.

If it worked fine with your Xbox, we know the RGC is ok, so look at your user manual for the PS3.

DailyGlitcherHD · May 29, 2015

You need to ensure that the PS/3 output is set to a specific output resolution setting, Make sure you don't let the PS/3 auto-detect the output device.

If it worked fine with your Xbox, we know the RGC is ok, so look at your user manual for the PS3.

On Xbox I used an HDMI cable and on PS3 I have to use a component cable. Here's my setup:

DailyGlitcherHD · May 30, 2015

Bump.

Jim_Hardin · May 30, 2015

Bump.

Bump my a...

You never bothered to do what Tony laid out in Post #2???

This has nothing to do with cords and cables, it is all about your settings.

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