I wanted to play Okami – (2006 game) on my PlayStation 2 again. My old monitor had an S-Video input, but newer ones do not.

There are little adapters and adapter-cables, but those will not work on most monitors. They are a sort of “straight through” adapter which rely on the monitor understanding the signal a certain way. I bought a “HDV-G3000 PS2 to HDMI Video Audio Converter Adapter 1080P” which did not work.

Solution: Most people have RCA connectors, but what you really want is to have the highest-quality output from the PS2 and convert it using a device. So you take the high-quality cable for a PS2, which gives you S-Video output, and plug that into a converter box. The plus side is you can do upscaling and probably video switchboxing.

I ended up getting:

An two-source audio mixer, so I can use one set of speakers for my computer and the PS2 is another project I only briefly looked at and haven’t started yet.

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  • I’m re-watching Killjoys – (2015 show).

    • I started watching the second season and couldn’t remember anything.
  • Apparently The Night Manager – (2016 show) was only a 6-part series, in the British style, and is done.
  • Security was updated with VPN / Proxy-related things.

    • This is a separate project which I’ll eventually split off.
  • Did you know it’s really easy to connect a second USB keyboard to your computer, and assign its keys as special functions to your programs? This is especially useful for video editing.

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TransmogTokens 1

World of Warcraft > AddOns >

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/transmogtokens
https://github.com/Kruithne/TransmogTokens

States if you need the appearance of an item the tier token can buy. Tells you the location of where the tier token can be redeemed.

With the new transmog system in place, this is mandatory.

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