u/anteatertrashbin — reddlx

Playing video on a vintage CRT TV's with coax input or RCA inputs

Hi! I hope some of you experts can help me out! I'm doing an art project where I will have several vintage CRT TV's that will be playing 80's commercials on them on a continuous loop. I think what i need is a solid state media player. Amazon has something that looks like it will allow me to load the video on a SD card and then just plug it into the CRT TV's RCA ports.

https://www.amazon.com/Player-AGPtek-Full-HD-Digital-Drives/dp/B00TOAAHG4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VDT4I2SL11PG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Voi-56HCnsGIZkKqRz0la9pA8kJgXXxODw92R5RQESriPOLKQY1z2dlPJoBHzlfA6kguHmnDCr_t1_tj4F4Xqrjg7CYZByWvH0m5nUA22lDUS2HBEsilRRD3mQOK9BnG1XCNN4BuNe68nn5m6q73qqvYIcqz9JErnp9tai8p4SNRQ-Nnfa9uRJWNCK_ENcvXI_StWbnjaHl0UtkFze5vY-vVFZ98ibuFRpchHzIV2QE.WpJh8JgAkzfDxd4GzeltLseE6h41tMKRdDxpMgiBspc&dib_tag=se&keywords=solid+state+media+player&qid=1786157372&sprefix=%2Caps%2C245&sr=8-1

Also, if the TV only has a coax input, can I use an RF modulator like this to convert the medial player's RCA outputs into a coax signal? With something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/247A4383-666F-4B4F-B763-67CDC6EA0FBB/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_i=B06XC9Y3VB&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_ssd_cta&store_ref=SBV_A01491402EKDRRY8F911-A0716980QF1E6CLRFUAW&lp_asins=B06XC9Y3VB&pd_rd_w=uQjI0&content-id=amzn1.sym.8de9b3d5-f5c5-40e9-9b39-d65f08d6ea68%3Aamzn1.sym.8de9b3d5-f5c5-40e9-9b39-d65f08d6ea68&pf_rd_p=8de9b3d5-f5c5-40e9-9b39-d65f08d6ea68&pf_rd_r=A64BR0PQAFTV34BD832Z&pd_rd_wg=DmRDd&pd_rd_r=b759af54-ecd5-40dd-a88d-d2c7e1e0f403

I will download the 80's commercials from youtube and put them on the SD card. Will this work for what I"m trying to do? Will it display the 4:3 format correctly on the CRT TV? Or will I have to do some scaling for this to display correctly?

Thanks in advance!!

u/anteatertrashbin — 12 days ago

▲ 55 r/Costco

Has anyone used the HVAC services?

I need to replace my aging AC unit at my home. Costco offers some 3rd party companies. i got two quotes and they are all over the place. $15k vs $8k to replace just the condenser and coil.

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u/anteatertrashbin — 13 days ago

▲ 49 r/vandwellers

WHAT IS THIS VAN??!! It’s so cool! spotted in Laguna Beach, CA.

it looks like a custom build out of a???

u/anteatertrashbin — 26 days ago

▲ 4 r/firestick

Super laggy - almost unusable

my fire stick 4K is from 2022 and it isn’t working pretty well since then. But it seems like in the last month or so it has gotten so laggy that I don’t know if all the buttons are broken all of a sudden or it’s just too old of the device to handle the newer software upgrades. Is this a known issue?

I’m running your regular apps like Netflix, YouTube and HBO Max. The only other thing that might be a little out of the ordinary is Nord VPN. Because I travel for extended periods and stream from Europe using my USA accounts.

i’ve tried running the software updates, but the problem still persists.

Any help would be greatly appreciated because this is super annoying.

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u/anteatertrashbin — 2 months ago

▲ 0 r/WindowsHelp

Super annoying behavior from Windows 11 pro - Using Airpods as a microphone

I'm trying to do a simple task. I am using my Airpods to record voice to overlay that over a video I'm making for school. The sound quality from my airpods mic is much better than the built in mic on my laptop. But when i use the native Windows 11 app (Soiund recorder), it goes haywire and tries to keep switching the mic source back to the built in mic, or my bluetooth speaker which doesn't even have a mic. I tried to troubleshoot with Gemini for an hour and got nowhere. I even tried disabling EVERY OTHER AVAILALBE mic in the device manager and the control panel, but the Sound recorder app still tries to NOT use the Airpods mic.

I see people on youtube videos use their airpods as mics all the time, so I know its possible. but i guess i need to be using different software? Is there a fix for this?

TLDR: How to force windows to keep using my Airpods microphone.

Hardware: Thinkpad T14s. Win11 pro. MS Sound recorder (native).

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u/anteatertrashbin — 3 months ago