Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news
From: "George Bain" <George_Bain@Playstation.sony.com>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.beginners
Subject: Re: black&white
Date: 14 Jul 1998 16:21:52 GMT
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Hi there,

Yes, there is another way.  When the PlayStation first boots up the video
mode
defaults to NTSC.  If you do a GetVideoMode() at the startup it will be
NTSC.
So lets check the product code ( product code is different in all 3
territories)
on the Net Yaroze Boot Disc.  If the file is not found we now know that the
user 
has a NTSC machine.  Check the code below..

P.S.  Note, you have to use a scart cable to see color in NTSC mode.

	if( CdSearchFile(&file, "\\DTL_S30.35;1") == 0)
	   {
	      printf("Boot file not found... MODE_NTSC enabled \n");
	      SetVideoMode( MODE_NTSC );
	      video_mode = GetVideoMode();	 
	   }
	 else
	   {
	      printf("Boot file found... MODE_PAL enabled \n");
	      SetVideoMode( MODE_PAL );
	      video_mode = GetVideoMode();
	   }


Regards,

George@SCEE



Peter Dollochan <Peter.Dollochan@btinternet.com> wrote in article
<01bdae56$bb788460$026f6f6f@two>...
> Hi George,
> I noticed ages ago that sony were asking people to do this 
> but if i use getvideomode it returns ntsc and is black'n'white
> I dare say other people have noticed this as well and are asking
> if there would be a better way??
> 
> Pete.
> 
> > Use GetVideoMode()  to get current video mode.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > George
> > 
> > 
>