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If any of you have been reading my blog here and/or on blogger.com then you know that I have been limited in the games I am able to stream due to the fact that I (purposely at the time) got a composite only capture device. I am actually really happy with it as far as what it does and is supposed to do, however, it has gotten to the point where it is quite a limiting factor.
As a collector (and I'm sure at least some of you can relate) not all of my consoles work perfectly all of the time. I am working on getting them all refurbished and in some cases modded. My main roadblock comes in when I want to stream a PS1 game. I have two PS2's, but neither of them will read a PS1 disk (at least one of them did within a year of this blog, but didn't work the last two times I tried) and so I have to use my PS3 to play PS1 games.
If you know anything about connectors you probably already see my issue. The PS3 uses an HDMI connector (I'm sure I could get a composite connector, but that is just silly) and my capture device only has composite. I have a long weekend with Labor Day (woohoo!) so I am planning on doing some streaming. It was getting on my nerves that I may be limited in my selection of game, so I ordered a new capture device off of Amazon and had it overnighted. This capture device is more than twice the cost of my other device, but has composite as well as HDMI inputs for capture.
I am excited at this possibility since it will unlock streaming for any and all of my systems including Wii U and PS4. This allows me to stream absolutely anything from my collection (unless my xbox keeps acting up which only limits me from less than half of my xbox games since half of them run on xbox 360). Needless to say Xbox and PS2's are next to be refurbished and PS2 is getting modded for region unlock, maybe some other fancy stuff.
Anyone else having fun keeping up with refurbishment of their disk based systems?
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You can use the composite cables from PS1/2 on a PS3. Not that it matters now.
If you have a network adapter for the PS2, you could try installing FreeMcBoot on a memory card and use OPL to load game ISOs from your PC over the network. 
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I upgraded my streaming the other day by drinking two Big Gulps of Mountain Dew instead of the usual one. Good thing I had a working capture device nearby for all my downloads...
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@mumboking:That is true, however, I wasn't about to stream PS3 in SD, that would just not be correct.
I do have the network adapter/hard drive for one of my PS2's, however, I'm not sure I want to load the drive up with games, would probably be full pretty quickly. If there is an emulator for PS2, I may load the hard drive up with oldschool games. Now I'll have to look into that, lol.
@Zagnorch P. Welinskivich II, Esq.:That is a major streaming upgrade Zag! Keep up the good work!
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@Gamer4Lyfe: You don't even need a hard drive in the PS2 to use OPL, it can play the game ISOs stored on your PC through the network. It can also play games from ISOs on a USB stick, although compatibility isn't as good that way.
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@Gamer4Lyfe: 
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@mumboking:That is a fantastic idea, one that I may employ in the future.
@Zagnorch P. Welinskivich II, Esq.:Let me know when you are up to 4 big gulps, I bet your stream will have serious output, lol
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