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I had some difficulty removing overscan from within emulation station. While bootup looked fine and the emulators ran as they should have, emulation station cut off at the bottom of the screen. (I could see part of Menu, but nothing of Start, if that makes sense.)
I looked around for awhile, tried a bunch of fixes, all of which eventually led to me needing to reformat and try again. Should anyone experience similar, this worked in getting it to scale properly for me.
In the boot directory, edit config text. Add the line "overscan_scale=1"
This enabled the overscan settings I entered in the same config.txt file to actually take effect.
Short story of commands used:
cd /boot
sudo nano config.txt
(anywhere it's blank, enter)
overscan_scale=1
Link to FAQ where I found the fix to my overscan problem
I looked around for awhile, tried a bunch of fixes, all of which eventually led to me needing to reformat and try again. Should anyone experience similar, this worked in getting it to scale properly for me.
In the boot directory, edit config text. Add the line "overscan_scale=1"
This enabled the overscan settings I entered in the same config.txt file to actually take effect.
Short story of commands used:
cd /boot
sudo nano config.txt
(anywhere it's blank, enter)
overscan_scale=1
Link to FAQ where I found the fix to my overscan problem
I should consider that book bundle, thanks for posting it.
I got a Pi last year around this time and tinkered with it a bit, but frustration in using Windows to get the right image and adding ROMs to the Pi (had a very annoying time trying to get my ancient MacBook to speak to the Raspberry Pi via FTP) put it on the backburner.
Also, my Saturn USB gamepads have an incredibly annoying button layout, so I need to figure out what to use that will approximate a SNES controller, which seems to be a clear standard.
I had big plans, I should really get back to making them more of a reality.
I got a Pi last year around this time and tinkered with it a bit, but frustration in using Windows to get the right image and adding ROMs to the Pi (had a very annoying time trying to get my ancient MacBook to speak to the Raspberry Pi via FTP) put it on the backburner.
Also, my Saturn USB gamepads have an incredibly annoying button layout, so I need to figure out what to use that will approximate a SNES controller, which seems to be a clear standard.
I had big plans, I should really get back to making them more of a reality.
This is a really nice deal, I wish I they had a physical version of the books for that same price
RedNumberFive
Banned
I've had the same problem! Thank you so much!
Anytime. It drove me crazy for the past 3 days. This was one of many things I'd tried. So, when I first booted up Emulation Station post-fix and saw it'd had an effect, I'm sure my neighbors heard me yell Huzzah!!!! (Wife/friends only roll their eyes when I get excited about something like this; the things only GAF would appreciate and all that.)
Barkley's Justice
Member
Hey-hey-hai!
Just got me a Pi 2.
Is Recallbox the way to go?
Just got me a Pi 2.
Is Recallbox the way to go?
I was looking at this page for the top single-board PCs in the market and there was afew interesting boards i haven't heard of before.
There is the Orange Pi 2 Plus for 55 to $63
and a Stripped down version for $15
There is also C.H.I.P the $9 micro PC that looks better than the Pi Zero on paper (Bluetooth 4.0, Wifi B/G/N, R8 1Ghz CPU, 512ram, 4gig on board storage. I did notice there are selling a VGA or HDMI adaptator for $15 each.
http://getchip.com/pages/chip
edit: fuck me saw the ODROID-XU4 and this on Kickstarter !!!
There is the Orange Pi 2 Plus for 55 to $63
and a Stripped down version for $15
There is also C.H.I.P the $9 micro PC that looks better than the Pi Zero on paper (Bluetooth 4.0, Wifi B/G/N, R8 1Ghz CPU, 512ram, 4gig on board storage. I did notice there are selling a VGA or HDMI adaptator for $15 each.
http://getchip.com/pages/chip
edit: fuck me saw the ODROID-XU4 and this on Kickstarter !!!
So I have no soldering equipment/experience and I haven't ever built anything before. I'm planning on getting a Pi 2 to use as an emulation machine and I have this vague idea of putting it into a PSone shell. Should I not bother and just go with a regular case for it instead? I like the idea of hooking up the power button to the pi and having wires etc leading into the PSone, but I don't really know how I'd do it. I should probably not bother, right?
Seems like unnecessary work and the PSone shell is big compared to the regular cases around but if you like that sort of thing then go for it. It's also worth noting that a pi doesn't really have a power button but you can always make one for the 5V supply.
Yeah that's the other thing, I knew there'd be work in getting the power button for the shell to work with something hooked up to the pi. Think I was just getting excited seeing all the mods on here, ha. I'll stick with a regular set up for now.
I found a video of someone trying emulators on the Pi Zero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5-2S6PS1o
It doesn't seem to run well at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5-2S6PS1o
It doesn't seem to run well at all.
Burgess_101
Member
I bought my brother an arduino for Christmas and some bits and some other bits and bobs as he wants to get into circuitry and the likes. He is pretty proficient with programming. I was wondering as I have a pi lying about if he can use the two in conjunction with each other?
If so I'll give him that as well to tinker with.
If so I'll give him that as well to tinker with.
Anybody else feel like Super Mario World, in particular, has worse input lag than most other games? I'll play other SNES games with the same core (lbr-snes9xnext) like Donkey Kong Country and not feel nearly the amount of input delay as what's present in SMW. Is it just because I remember how the original game felt on a CRT?
When I play Mario Maker on the same TV with the same settings (Game Mode on) under the SMW engine I don't experience any input delay.
When I play Mario Maker on the same TV with the same settings (Game Mode on) under the SMW engine I don't experience any input delay.
Diablohead
Member
is that a scanline filter I see going on? surely that would not help with performance and can be turned off, right?
Also that video is encoded at 1080p, I hope he wasn't making the pi zero output at 1080 just for emulation...
Rule number 1 of youtubers who make tech and emulation videos:
- Most of them don't have a clue what they're fucking doing.
After posting about those other single board PCs this just gets annouced. Holy shit!!
PINE A64 is a $15, 'high-performance' take on the Raspberry Pi
PINE A64 is a $15, 'high-performance' take on the Raspberry Pi
Im in for that $29 oneAfter posting about those other single board PCs this just gets annouced. Holy shit!!
PINE A64 is a $15, 'high-performance' take on the Raspberry Pi
He does. He creates an emulation distribution for the pi. HAPPI.
Diablohead
Member
If the main issue with pi zero emulation is frame drops and stutter I still think that's rather good, and maybe could be fine tuned in the future to work smooth at some point if the emulator devs keep working on it, it's interesting to keep in mind I guess.
And this new rival to the pi looks great, the $19 model sounds great to me but i've yet to actually use a micro pc product myself.
And this new rival to the pi looks great, the $19 model sounds great to me but i've yet to actually use a micro pc product myself.
I agree, the specs are most intriguing. Countering this though is whether RetroPie's prebuilt images would work with it/them. I'd never had to use Linux for anything prior, and figuring out how modify the specific settings was difficult for me. (And fun; much more than I thought I'd have with this project.) However, I didn't have to program anything because of the pre-fab build. I don't know if I'd have the skill to properly retrofit a prebuilt image to work with something like this, though I'm sure many of ya'll could.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Curious: are people running their RPi2 emulators at full 1080p or are you running lower (i.e. 640x480)?
uncleslappy
nethack is my favorite dark souls clone
Just ordered a Pi2 Model B Amazon kit yesterday for $70 (includes 8gb card, case for the board, etc)
I'm sure I'll be coming back to this thread for help. I'm terrible at this kind of thing.
I'm sure I'll be coming back to this thread for help. I'm terrible at this kind of thing.
I ordered a similar bundle from Amazon just last week and got everything set up. Since I've so recently been through the troubleshooting process for all sorts of idiosyncratic issues that can commonly arise when configuring this stuff, I'll be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
Ha, I was very close to buying the same (or similar) one yesterday as well. Interested to hear how it works out for you.
After some tinkering, mine is all set up and running beautifully with NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Neo Geo, and CPS2 (Arcade).
Cool, thanks!
The Buffalo SNES controller seems to be well regarded for Pi builds. Is anyone using a real SNES controller with a USB adapter? I was thinking of going that route since I have my SNES out already. I'm not sure if the extra buttons are used, or if they are required for retropie. [edit, after double checking the price seems about the same between the Buffalo controller and a SNES USB adapter so the Buffalo may be better since it could be used for PC also].
I ended up getting two Buffalo controllers for mine, and they work beautifully. But if you wanna go the USB adapter route that should work fine too. Retropie should detect them as standard USB input devices and prompt you to assign their buttons like any other controller. I'm not sure if the USB converters add any perceptible input lag, but my gut tells me that they wouldn't. No extra buttons are necessary. The select button on the SNES controller is the hotkey modifier by default for things like saving/loading states, exiting ROMs... etc.
I figured there would be a new thread for this 64 bit board. I didn't see anything but this thread.
I just backed the $29 version too. Looking forward to my first computer like this. I kept skipping out on the Pi boards.
I'll probably use this for an emulation system. I really want to build an arcade unit with something like this.
I went for the 1GB one because it was the only one I could get in Feb! Would shaders be dependent on how much RAM there is, 1GB vs 2GB?
It's *supposed* to be exactly the same as the original Pi with the exception of a missing port or two and an increased clock speed... so an image made for the OG Pi should work. I guess?
Barkley's Justice
Member
Bluetooth wireless adapter recommendations for Pi 2?
I use this one for my PS3 controller, works great.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/387794/Bluetooth_40_USB_Micro_Adapter
Thanks for the recommendations for the controller. Got this 8bitdo controller.
Looking forward to going wireless on my Pi2.
Looking forward to going wireless on my Pi2.
FYI to anyone who uses Mupen64 for N64 emulation on retropie.
The devs just pushed a fix for the audio lag to the binaries, so update your Retropie Setup Script and then update Mupen64plus from binaries to get the new hotness.
Just tested with Mario 64 and the audio lag is gone.
The devs just pushed a fix for the audio lag to the binaries, so update your Retropie Setup Script and then update Mupen64plus from binaries to get the new hotness.
Just tested with Mario 64 and the audio lag is gone.
Nah i dont think the amount of ram effects the shaders thats down to what embedded gpu it uses......which i dont have a clue if the Pine has a better gpu than the Pi2 or not!?
Wait so the PINE is the same as Pi1, just faster clock speed??
CyberPunked
Member
Just bought all the stuff I should need:
-RP 2
-2x32Gb mSD
-Bluetooth dongle
-wireless keyboard touchpad combo
-wifi adapter
-NES30 pro
-Case with tiny fan
Should be good
-RP 2
-2x32Gb mSD
-Bluetooth dongle
-wireless keyboard touchpad combo
-wifi adapter
-NES30 pro
-Case with tiny fan
Should be good
He can certainly use them together. It depends what he decides to build with what he has. For example I use a raspberry pi as a node.js server to send commands to an arduino board with a bluetooth module. Most projects though could be done purely with the GPIO of the Raspberry Pi without an arduino.
Barkley's Justice
Member
Just installed Recalbox on my Pi 2. Had some questions...
CPS3:
Final Burn Alpha Libretro? Is that the best choice? I couldn't get any of my roms to work.
CPS2:
Should I use Final Burn Alpha or Mame?
Neo Geo:
The NeoGeo emulator seemed really removed from the rest of Recalbox: My global scanline filter setting didn't apply and once I got into a game, I was locked into the emulator and couldn't "esc" my way out like I can all of the other emulators...Should I use Final Burn Alpha for Neo Geo games?
CPS3:
Final Burn Alpha Libretro? Is that the best choice? I couldn't get any of my roms to work.
CPS2:
Should I use Final Burn Alpha or Mame?
Neo Geo:
The NeoGeo emulator seemed really removed from the rest of Recalbox: My global scanline filter setting didn't apply and once I got into a game, I was locked into the emulator and couldn't "esc" my way out like I can all of the other emulators...Should I use Final Burn Alpha for Neo Geo games?
Thanks for the heads-up!
Diablohead
Member
has there been any word on more pi zero's being released any time soon? I know they are making more but at this point I feel like they are not going to make it by christmas.
New stock tomorrow.
@ThePiHut This time tomorrow, we'll have the Raspberry Pi Zero back in stock! Get those carts ready!
@pimoroni @mfraz74 More Pi Zero will go on sale at 12pm (midday) on Monday!
Diablohead
Member
My £4 is ready
Oh wait, I thought the thing I replied to was talking about the Zero, not the PINE. Don't mind me!
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I looked at the PINE A64 and I backed the A64+ $29 model. I'm wondering if this would run the SNK games or possibly any .exe with sound, a controller, and a power adapter? This would be my first project, so I'm hesitant on starting. I kinda want to get a board and right now I want to buy a PGM 3 board, but they're a little pricey.
The Raspberry Pi looks like a great place to start, but the PINE A64+ really interests me. It would be a start to something new.
The Raspberry Pi looks like a great place to start, but the PINE A64+ really interests me. It would be a start to something new.
Perhaps as a surprise to no-one, the Starforce Pi did not make it's Kickstarter funding goal. It's a cool project, but sadly costs far more than anyone is willing to pay for such a form factor.
I did ponder pledging for just the shell, but it's all moot right now.
Diablohead
Member
get ready the zero is on sale again here any moment now.
http://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/raspberry-pi-zero?variant=11419016196
http://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/raspberry-pi-zero?variant=11419016196