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17 years ago

Clocked Video Input overflows

It is time to tie my Clocked_Video_Input with my Clocked_Video_Output and just pass an image in and out but, lo and behold, I get an overflow on the CVInput. I have a conceptual block here. I a...
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16 years ago

Thanks for the input. I am going from an clocked (NTSC) system to another clocked (NTSC) system, so will almost certainly need a frame buffer.

My understanding is that such a system as I am building will need (1) perfectly synchronized clocks on the input and output, something unlikely to happen with this flow-controlled VIP system, or (2) I will need a frame buffer to assist with frame-rate conversion. Correct me if I am wrong.

Question: Must I enable frame dropping and/or frame repeating in the Frame Buffer Megafunction in order to get this benefit? My common sense says, "yes."