So anyone of you that know me probably have guessed that I spend a good bit of time trying to spruce up my overlay and improve audio and camera and all that. I'm trying to research what it takes to capture your inputs (playing on console) and display them in obs. Anyone know who makes the hardware to do this? Google isnt helping me so far. Thanks in advance!
Shouts out to the facebook speedrunning group. A dude in there sent me what seems to be the answer. I'm betting retrospy is the solution most sega console guys use. Any way I'll order all the stuff soon and maybe film putting it together for dorks like me that dont know this stuff. It looks like aside from the stuff you buy from them and the materials they tell you to get you need soldering iron, shrink tube, multimeter, wire strippers, junk like that. I have all the tools and a meager amount of confidence with working on electronics. They send you all the instructions so I think I'm set. It looks like I'm going to have to spend less money than I would have anticipated too. If theres a similar post let me know but im going to try to document this since I struggled to find info, at least initially.
Retrospy is the software that I use to capture my inputs. You don't need to learn to solder in order to capture a Genesis controller.
Look up Arduino, male DB9 Breakout Board and a DB9 connector. You take your controller, plug it into a DB9 with a Y-splitter. One DB9 split goes into console the other goes into the male DB9 Breakout Board, that goes into the Arduino and the Arduino plugs into your pc via usb.
You'll probably need one or two Genesis controller extension cables. Sorry if this was cryptic, long time since I've done it and I should be sleeping already. Let me know if you get stuck and I'll show you pics of my setup :)
Man I've got to start checking these forums more. So I've got it working and figured out how to make my own custom skin. I'm coding now, lol. I'm basically the dude from... well that 90's hacker movie with Halle Berry and wolverine guy. Swordfish or something like that.
Anyway after a lot of research and messing around with it I've made one like Antho described and mounted it in an enclosure. It is working and I'm using it in my videos but I didn't really finish it because I looked at it and realized I didn't care for using the splitter cable and all the adapters. To be clear I don't want to deter anyone from using the retrospy method, it will be totally reliable. I'm just obsessive so I've got a bunch of stuff on order to make a better one in a smaller enclosure, and make the one I have slightly more proper. The next one will have proper panel mount DB9 hookups and be soldered point to point using this 8 wire cable I ordered. I've got some leds, resistors and toggle switches OTW so I can make a power switch with indicator light on the enclosure.
Oh BTW I show it at the end of the max very easy PB I just submitted. Here's the link.
I'm basically going way too far with it and spending too much money but the result is going to be the best Sega Genesis input viewer that's been made, at least until someone proves me wrong. If anyone gets hung up on this or needs help don't hesitate to reach out. I think I know most of what there is to know about it now. Just not competent on making the skins but if you know how to use any photo editor you can stumble through it with a little common sense. After I finish the 2nd prototype I'll make a video about it and will have a lot of the materials if anyone want me to make them one. Hit my DMs or whatever or I'll try to watch the forums more closely since people are responding to my questions.
Can someone help me? I want to connect my genesis mini 2 controller to my pc with input display with retrospy, but I don't know what to do.
