@dankcushions hello, I am aware of how the crt image is generated, I just failed the properly explain the issue. But thanks to you, I revisited the config file once more and realized it was an overscan setting that was preventing the correct size of the image being displayed. Now everything works beautifully. Thanks a bunch.

@Darksavior
Also I have experimented a problem about gpu_mem, when you set it to 256 (which i don't really think is reasonable for pi zero 2, but I have tried) then emulationstation is not loading, instead it is in a constant 104% cpu using state.

@GoshGeeGolly said in Pi4, pairing random Bluetooth devices.:

Does installing vice, from source, maybe damage some core dependencies of retropie itself. Hence the weirdness?

No, that shouldn't affect Bluetooth connectivity. Also, why install from source when the binary is available ? Vice is also installed out of the box, so no installation should be necessary.

Would I have better luck with a USB dongle? I do have a pretty decent Asus BT400 I think somewhere, but I'd have thought by the year 2020 the Pi4 might have a reasonable enough chip??

If you have a metal case or an USB3 hdd connected, that may interfere with the wireless chip on the Pi and an external USB dongle may work better. You haven't provided the full details asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, that would have helped diagnose this faster.

Try removing all Bluetooth connected devices from the RetroPie-Setup configuration, then re-pair the controller (I assume 'dual sense' is the new PS5 controller) and see if it works better.

Install OpenBOR from RetroPie-Extra as a system rather than as a port and it should work fine.

https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra

I just tried He-Man (v1.6.0) and it ran perfectly.

@sleve_mcdichael
I only changed the two paths mentioned in the config.ini for the call via the command line, because they are different than when calling via RP-Setup. So I think it should fit.

Sorry, we don't support RetroPie systems sold - selling the RetroPie image it's against its the distribution license and also against the license of some the emulators included. You'll have to contact the vendor that sold you the system and ask for support, we can't offer you support here.

@mitu said in How Can I Send OMX Player To Background?:

@AlphaBetaPie said in How Can I Send OMX Player To Background?:

Can anyone direct on this?

Yes, it's not possible, since the layer parameter is set by EmulationStation internally and you can't modify it directly or configure it. The documentation in the topic you referenced is still correct.

Thanks, that's what I suspected. Fortunately, I found a workaround by using the default player and turning off power saving mode (which was the culprit, in this thread). Just an FYI for others finding this thread later.

@sleve_mcdichael said in Sometimes My Videos Freeze:

@AlphaBetaPie said in Sometimes My Videos Freeze:

Update Again:

I know I'm just kinda talking out loud now, but I may have narrowed down another fix without having to switch to OMX player. It would appear that turning power saving mode off can also allow the default video player to work without freezing.

Anyone care to give insights into this? I'm curious as to why and how it's affecting it. I have flipped it off and on several times, and the issue goes and comes with those tests.

Power saving disables redndering of redundant frames after the description or title has scrolled once (or, instantly, or never):

https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/172

Is that when the freeze occurs?

This seems exactly right. I just never noticed the correlation between the description scrolling and the freeze. After it scrolls once, that is pretty much when the video freezes each time (can vary, but ballpark). This is why it would seem turn ing PS mode off stops this. So very good info!

I will say this line seems to conflict with what we already know: "PS is disabled while running Videos through VLC." If you have to turn OMX on, wouldn't VLC be the video player by default? And we know it does not disable the freezing unless we manualy turn it off. But other than that, it seems all good now!

@IanDaemon I actually tried to use the same method for an image viewer. The problem was that the ones I have tested needed an X11 system to work. And this is not available on a fresh installation. I wonder if and how it would work when the RPOS desktop is installed. But I'm not the one who will try it. Still have to finish some other projects. :)

@Bushmeister Frogger and Pac-Man (and many others) only had one set of controls; there was no need to install a second set of hardware, since the players take turns anyway. As far as the game is concerned, there aren't any "player 2" inputs except for the second coin slot and the 2-player start button (select and start on the second controller.)

You could remap this so that both sides control "player 1" (except for start button of course) and you can even make it only for these games so that 2p simultaneous still works on other titles -- the only catch is, they will both be always active so you have to trust the other person not to interfere when it's your turn.

Maybe is possible. I have recover saves that i delete accidentally, i use the free open source program Testdisk. I install it on Raspberry Pi Os with the command

sudo apt install testdisk

I tinkered around a bit more and got rid of the extra script by moving the commands completly in the es_systems file. Here is the full entry, if anybody wants to add it themself. Just don't forget to create the docs directory in the roms folder. Also remember, that this is probably not well supported by themes.

<system> <name>docs</name> <fullname>Documents</fullname> <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/docs</path> <extension>.txt .TXT</extension> <command>/opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key start; whiptail --clear --scrolltext --msgbox "$(cat "%ROM%")" $(stty size); /opt/retropie/admin/joy2key/joy2key stop</command> <theme>docs</theme> </system>

Searching for some new game pad I remember that mine's has X-imput and D-imput capabilities. As standard comes in X-imput, and it works fine in previous versions of Retropie, now I'm on 4.8, but now I have issues with it and tried to change to D-imput and, it works!!! I don't know why but it works.

Maybe this information will be appreciated by some, one.

@dankcushions...I understand. Thank you for your time!

@EctoOne

Oh yeah. Will do. Thank you!

@vic-viper-001 Well, now I feel like a complete moron. All I needed to do was re-install LzDoom, and overwrite the new lzdoom.ini with my old one.
Everything works again like it's supposed to.