Playstation 2 Video Modes

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Vers. 0.1 2004/07/03 by blue
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CAUTION: Fiddling with the undocumented registers (SMODE1, SYNCH1, SYNCH2
and SYNCV) might be dangerous. I do NOT take responsibility if your
monitor goes up in flames :) Use this reference at your own risk!
Video Modes
----.-----------.---------------.-----------.-----------.
No | Name
| Resolution
| fV(Hz)
| fH(kHz) |
----+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------|
0 | NTSC-NI | 640x240(224) | 59.940
| 15.734
|
1 | NTSC-I
| 640x480(448) | 59.820
| 15.734
|
2 | PAL-NI
| 640x288(256) | 50.000
| 15.625
|
3 | PAL-I
| 640x576(512) | 49.760
| 15.625
|
4 | VESA-1A | 640x480
| 59.940
| 31.469
|
5 | VESA-1C | 640x480
| 75.000
| 37.500
|
6 | VESA-2B | 800x600
| 60.317
| 37.879
|
7 | VESA-2D | 800x600
| 75.000
| 46.875
|
8 | VESA-3B | 1024x768
| 60.004
| 48.363
|
9 | VESA-3D | 1024x768
| 75.029
| 60.023
|
10 | VESA-4A | 1280x1024
| 60.020
| 63.981
|
11 | VESA-4B | 1280x1024
| 75.025
| 79.976
|
12 | DTV-480P | 720x480
| 59.940
| 31.469
|
13 | DTV-1080I | 1920x1080
| 60.000
| 33.750
|
14 | DTV-720P | 1280x720
| ??
| ??
|
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######
DISPLAY1/2
--------.-------.---------------.---------------------------------------.
Name | Pos. | Format
| Contents
|
--------+-------+---------------+---------------------------------------|
DX
| 11:0 | int 0:12:0
| x pos in display area (VCK units)
|
DY
| 22:12 | int 0:11:0
| y pos in display area (raster units) |
MAGH | 26:23 | int 0: 4:0
| magnification in h direction
|
MAGV | 28:27 | int 0: 2:0
| magnification in v direction
|
DW
| 43:32 | int 0:12:0
| display area width - 1 (VCK units)
|
DH
| 54:44 | int 0:11:0
| display area height - 1 (pixel units) |
--------^-------^---------------^---------------------------------------'
----------------.-----------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.
Mode
| DX
| DY
| MAGH | MAGV | DW
| DH
|
----------------+-----------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
0: NTSC-NI
| 632
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 2559 | 239 |
1: NTSC-I
| 632
| 50
| 3
| 0
| 2559 | 479 |
2: PAL-NI
| 652
| 36
| 3
| 0
| 2559 | 287 |
3: PAL-I
| 652
| 72
| 3
| 0
| 2559 | 575 |
4: VESA-1A
| 276 (272)| 34
| 1
| 0
| 1279 | 479 |
5: VESA-1C
| 356 (352) | 18
| 1
| 0
| 1279 | 479 |
6: VESA-2B
| 420 (416) | 26
| 1
| 0
| 1599 | 599 |
7: VESA-2D
| 468 (464) | 23
| 1
| 0
| 1599 | 599 |
8: VESA-3B
| 580 (576) | 34
| 1
| 0
| 2047 | 767 |
9: VESA-3D
| 260 (256) | 30
| 0
| 0
| 1023 | 767 |

10: VESA-4A
| 348 (344) | 40
| 0
| 0
| 1279 | 1023 |
11: VESA-4B
| 348 (376) | 40
| 0
| 0
| 1279 | 1023 |
12: DTV-480P | 232 (228) | 35
| 1
| 0
| 1439 | 479 |
13: DTV-1080I | 238 (234) | 40
| 0
| 0
| 1919 | 1079 |
14: DTV-720P | 302 (298) | 24
| 0
| 0
| 1279 | 719 |
----------------^-----------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------'
################################################################################
######
SMODE1
--------.-------.---------------.---------------------------------------.
Name | Pos. | Format
| Contents
|
--------+-------+---------------+---------------------------------------|
RC
| 2:0 | int 0: 3:0
| ???
|
LC
| 9:3 | int 0: 7:0
| ???
|
T1248 | 11:10 | int 0: 2:0
| ???
|
SLCK | 12
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
CMOD | 14:13 | int 0: 2:0
| ???
|
EX
| 15
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
PRST | 16
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
SINT | 17
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
XPCK | 18
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
PCK2 | 20:19 | int 0: 2:0
| ???
|
SPML | 24:21 | int 0: 4:0
| ???
|
GCONT | 25
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
PHS
| 26
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
PVS
| 27
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
PEHS | 28
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
PEVS | 29
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
CLKSEL | 31:30 | int 0: 2:0
| ???
|
NVCK | 32
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
SLCK2 | 33
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
VCKSEL | 35:34 | int 0: 2:0
| ???
|
VHP
| 36
| int 0: 1:0
| ???
|
--------^-------^---------------^---------------------------------------'
----------------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.------.
Mode
| RC
| LC
| T1248 | SLCK | CMOD | EX
| PRST | SINT
|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
0: NTSC-NI
| 4
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
1: NTSC-I
| 4
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
2: PAL-NI
| 4
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
3: PAL-I
| 4
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
4: VESA-1A
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
5: VESA-1C
| 3
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
6: VESA-2B
| 6
| 71
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
7: VESA-2D
| 3
| 44
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
8: VESA-3B
| 6
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1

|
9: VESA-3D

| 3

| 35

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

10: VESA-4A

| 1

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 10

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 4

| 32

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 1

13: DTV-1080I | 2

| 22

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

|
|
11: VESA-4B
|
12: DTV-480P
|
|
14: DTV-720P | 2
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
----------------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------^------'
----------------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.------.
Mode
| XPCK | PCK2 | SPML | GCONT | PHS | PVS | PEHS | PEVS
|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
0: NTSC-NI
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
1: NTSC-I
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
2: PAL-NI
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
3: PAL-I
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
4: VESA-1A
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
5: VESA-1C
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
6: VESA-2B
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
7: VESA-2D
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
8: VESA-3B
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
9: VESA-3D
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
10: VESA-4A
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
11: VESA-4B
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
12: DTV-480P | 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
13: DTV-1080I | 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
14: DTV-720P | 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
----------------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------^------'
----------------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.
Mode
| CLKSEL| NVCK | SLCK2 | VCKSEL| VHP |
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
0: NTSC-NI
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
1: NTSC-I
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
|

2: PAL-NI
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
3: PAL-I
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
4: VESA-1A
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
5: VESA-1C
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
6: VESA-2B
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
7: VESA-2D
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
8: VESA-3B
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
9: VESA-3D
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
10: VESA-4A
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
11: VESA-4B
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
12: DTV-480P | 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
13: DTV-1080I | 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
14: DTV-720P | 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
----------------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------'
################################################################################
######
SYNCH1
--------.-------.---------------.---------------------------------------.
Name | Pos. | Format
| Contents
|
--------+-------+---------------+---------------------------------------|
HFP
| 10:0 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
HBP
| 21:11 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
HSEQ | 31:22 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
HSVS | 42:32 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
HS
| 53:43 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
--------^-------^---------------^---------------------------------------'
----------------.-----------.-----------.-------.-------.-------.
Mode
| HFP
| HBP
| HSEQ | HSVS | HS
|
----------------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+-------+
0: NTSC-NI
| 64
| 222
| 124 | 1462 | 254 |
1: NTSC-I
| 64
| 222
| 124 | 1462 | 254 |
2: PAL-NI
| 48
| 262
| 127 | 1474 | 254 |
3: PAL-I
| 48
| 262
| 127 | 1474 | 254 |
4: VESA-1A
| 32 (47) | 84 ( 81) | 192 | 608 | 192 |
5: VESA-1C
| 32 (47) | 228 (225) | 128 | 712 | 128 |
6: VESA-2B
| 80 (95) | 164 (161) | 256 | 800 | 256 |
7: VESA-2D
| 32 (47) | 308 (305) | 160 | 896 | 160 |
8: VESA-3B
| 48 (63) | 308 (305) | 272 | 1072 | 272 |
9: VESA-3D
| 16 (31) | 164 (161) | 96 | 560 | 96 |
10: VESA-4A
| 16 (63) | 236 (233) | 112 | 732 | 112 |
11: VESA-4B
| 16 (31) | 236 (233) | 144 | 700 | 144 |
12: DTV-480P | 32 (47) | 104 (101) | 128 | 730 | 128 |
13: DTV-1080I | 30 (45) | 134 (131) | 44 | 1056 | 104 |
14: DTV-720P | 62 (71) | 198 (195) | 40 | 785 | 104 |
----------------^-----------^-----------^-------^-------^-------'
################################################################################
######
SYNCH2
--------.-------.---------------.---------------------------------------.
Name | Pos. | Format
| Contents
|
--------+-------+---------------+---------------------------------------|
HF
| 10:0 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
HB
| 21:11 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
--------^-------^---------------^---------------------------------------'

----------------.---------------.---------------.
Mode
| HF
| HB
|
----------------+---------------+---------------|
0: NTSC-NI
| 1240
| 1652
|
1: NTSC-I
| 1240
| 1652
|
2: PAL-NI
| 1212
| 1680
|
3: PAL-I
| 1212
| 1680
|
4: VESA-1A
| 524 (527)
| 768 (753) |
5: VESA-1C
| 484 (487)
| 808 (793) |
6: VESA-2B
| 636 (639)
| 976 (961) |
7: VESA-2D
| 588 (591)
| 1024 (1009) |
8: VESA-3B
| 764 (767)
| 1296 (1281) |
9: VESA-3D
| 396 (399)
| 640 (625) |
10: VESA-4A
| 496 (499)
| 828 (781) |
11: VESA-4B
| 464 (467)
| 828 (813) |
12: DTV-480P | 626 (629)
| 826 (811) |
13: DTV-1080I | 868 (908)
| 1064 (1012) |
14: DTV-720P | 529 (565)
| 763 (715) |
----------------^---------------^---------------'
################################################################################
######
SYNCV
--------.-------.---------------.---------------------------------------.
Name | Pos. | Format
| Contents
|
--------+-------+---------------+---------------------------------------|
VFP
| 9:0 | int 0:10:0
| ???
|
VFPE | 19:10 | int 0:10:0
| ???
|
VBP
| 31:20 | int 0:12:0
| ???
|
VBPE | 41:32 | int 0:12:0
| ???
|
VDP
| 52:42 | int 0:11:0
| ???
|
VS
| ??:53 | int 0:??:0
| ???
|
--------^-------^---------------^---------------------------------------'
----------------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.-------.
Mode
| VFP | VFPE | VBP | VBPE | VDP | VS
|
----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
0: NTSC-NI
| 2
| 6
| 26
| 6
| 480 | 6
|
1: NTSC-I
| 1
| 6
| 26
| 6
| 480 | 6
|
2: PAL-NI
| 4
| 5
| 33
| 5
| 576 | 5
|
3: PAL-I
| 1
| 5
| 33
| 5
| 576 | 5
|
4: VESA-1A
| 10
| 0
| 33
| 0
| 480 | 2
|
5: VESA-1C
| 1
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 480 | 3
|
6: VESA-2B
| 1
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 600 | 4
|
7: VESA-2D
| 1
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 600 | 3
|
8: VESA-3B
| 3
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 768 | 6
|
9: VESA-3D
| 1
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 768 | 3
|
10: VESA-4A
| 1
| 0
| 38
| 0
| 1024 | 3
|
11: VESA-4B
| 1
| 0
| 38
| 0
| 1024 | 3
|
12: DTV-480P | 6
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 483 | 6
|
13: DTV-1080I | 5
| 0
| 28
| 2
| 1080 | 10
|
14: DTV-720P | 5
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 720 | 5
|
----------------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------^-------'
################################################################################
######
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