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Connect a Nintendo 64 to a computer monitor

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Hello,

Here it is, my brother and I wanting to relive some nice moments of nostalgia want to play on the Nintendo 64, but since all the televisions are in use, we decided to connect it to a computer screen through a hi-fi system. So what happens is that the Nintendo goes into AUX on the hi-fi system and an HDMI-DVI cable runs from the system to the screen, but then nothing works other than sound. I tried playing a DVD and it only said that the frequency was not supported. Is it possible to do this or is the console too old for this? At the same time, tell me how to make the DVD image work; it could be interesting since only the iPod OSD function works with what I've done, and that's not what I use the most.

Here is my sound system:

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and the screen:

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  1. Frederic76
     
    a Nintendo 64 in HDMI/DVI? You're not going to get any image at all because to have an image in HDMI/DVI, a resolution higher than 720x576i is required, at least 720x576P. However, the Nintendo 64 has no high-definition video system, so it cannot support that. You should connect the N64 using standard RCA video or SCART or S-Video (I don't remember what video output options were available) and stick to those modes, and forget about HD connectors.
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    1. Anch
       
      Okay, but if I want to display the DVD image on my screen, how do I do that since it only tells me that the frequency is not supported? And for the 64, it's an RCA output, so I would need a cable that goes from RCA, but I wouldn't have sound, right?
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    2. Frederic76 > Anch
       
      Well, as indicated, if you don't put the right signal or one of the correct signals on a sheet, either you'll get zero signal, or you'll encounter an error message, namely if you use a connection such as RCA or SCART and you send—or at least attempt to send—1080p, you'll have a problem. Conversely, if you take HDMI/DVI and choose a resolution of 480/576i, that won't work either.

      RCA/SCART/S-Video: maximum signal 720x576 interlaced (i)
      VGA: depending on the source and the destination player, but VGA can go up to a maximum of 2560×2048, but it is subject to the quality and limitations of the products on both sides, often limited now to 1920x1080i or even lower to force the shift to HDMI.
      YUV: maximum signal 1920x1080 interlaced
      HDMI/DVI: on the TV/home cinema side currently limited to 1920x1080 progressive (p). For computers (as well as for video later), it can go up to 4096×2160 (with version 1.4) and this will gradually increase since HDMI is scalable.

      The Nintendo 64, being somewhat like the Saturn, Mega Drive, or others of the same kind, namely older consoles, where high definition did not exist except in certain game lounges, therefore these consoles cannot go beyond the standard definition of 720x576 interlaced.

      If you connect HDMI or DVI, you will not have any video signal or an error message as I have tried to make clear from the beginning. So, use RCA or SCART on both sides depending on what you have, connecting directly to the TV, and for sound, either you use an RCA>jack adapter, or you put ONLY THE SOUND on the stereo, and you will thus have the image on the TV and the sound on the stereo.

      Capiche?!?
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