[Feature request]: Brightness or Gamma options!

[Nashismo]

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First, thank you for this amazing tool for the lovely Gamecube.

My request is this, to have a brightness or gamma option within Swiss for all games. Here is the thing, the Gamecube tends to be a bit of a dark console, in terms of brightness levels. Add to that the new Component cables made by Retrobit or Bitfunx which are amazing, but tend to be darker, games become even more dark.

I personally play on a Sony CRT using these component cables, it looks beautiful, but I have to turn up the brightness on the TV, but this is not a problem of me being lazy to turn up the brightness on my TV. The problem is that it is never the same thing to force the TV to a higher than usual brightness, as it always tends to break the black levels!

Ideally we want the console to be at a more balanced level of brightness, or like the OG Xbox, which is brighter than others, we can then turn down the brightness on the TV (this is ideal for CRT's).

All my consoles look amazing on component, so it is not a problem with my TV, the Xbox as I mentioned, looks exceptionally bright.

If you please could give us an option so that we can turn up/down the internal Gamma/brightness levels of the Gamecube, it would be a dream come true for me! And I think for many others.

All my best,
Nashismo.

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[Extrems]

Add to that the new Component cables made by Retrobit or Bitfunx which are amazing, but tend to be darker

While I was already thinking of such options, this statement alone compels me to close this as wontfix.

[Nashismo]

Add to that the new Component cables made by Retrobit or Bitfunx which are amazing, but tend to be darker

While I was already thinking of such options, this statement alone compels me to close this as wontfix.

Is there something wrong with Retrobit component cables? But independent of this, I have tried the Gamecube with composite and S-Video and is still very dark. In other words, I am asking as an all around feature, independent of cables really. I was using that example of Retrobit cables as just that, an example.

Now if you tell me this is just not possible, I would understand of course. Thank you.

[Extrems]

Very wrong.
https://x.com/Extrems/status/1530241801038311426
https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=1497325#p1497325

[Nashismo]

Very wrong. https://x.com/Extrems/status/1530241801038311426

But what that has to do with me, or with anything really? I am asking for an all around brightness option. To be honest I did the comparisons and my composite and S-video look just as dark, I was mostly reading that some people had darker levels in Retrobit cables, which is NOT my case and could help them. Maybe I was lucky. Still, if you can add such a feature, it would be very nice.

[Extrems]

The issue is you called them amazing. This is patently untrue.

Right after we were finally in a good spot with GCVideo-DVI, after many years of teetering issues, Bitfunx over there decided to pick back up the older GCVideo Lite project, without fixing any of its numerous documented issues, then sold product to Retro-Bit.

They still haven't addressed any of them and aren't interested in doing so.

You don't seem to realize it, but you would be better off using cheaper S-Video.

[Nashismo]

The issue is you called them amazing. This is patently untrue.

Right after we were finally in a good spot with GCVideo-DVI, after many years of teetering issues, Bitfunx over there decided to pick back up the older GCVideo Lite project, without fixing any of its numerous documented issues, then sold product to Retro-Bit.

They still haven't addressed any of them and aren't interested in doing so.

You don't seem to realize it, but you would be better off using cheaper S-Video.

It looks AMAZING on my CRT and incredible on my Plasma TV, better than the OG Xbox with component cables (which I made myself using an original 360 component cable, perfect image). If the truth pisses you off, good, I don't care anymore about people like you or expecting you to change your stance or convincing you of anything, it is a waste of time.

But WE the customers are not the problem here, but again, I am wasting my time.

[Extrems]

And I'm not a customer? I bought these with my own money and got manufactured e-waste in exchange.