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Graphics > streaming video

#91611 - killerofangels - Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:05 am

Is it possible to stream video inbound through the GBA link port? I am trying to use the GBA as a display and was wondering if somebody has ever tried making a utility to do this. Is the GBA link port data speed fast enough for full frame video?

#91615 - Ultima2876 - Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:52 am

I doubt the link port is fast enough... If it was you could quite easily stream video from the master GBA to the slave GBA in a game, and make the master do all the processing, simply having the slave GBA sending keypresses. But I'm going on..

#91650 - tepples - Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:50 pm

If you're developing a custom device that attaches directly to the GBA, not a link cable, you can fit 2000 kbps through the GBA link port. Majesco's GBA Video cartridges, for comparison, are encoded at 100 kbps.
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