240p composite top portion is crooked.

Galaga

Ok so I tried a framebuffer of 480x272, and it was a weird widescreen aspect ratio. But once RetroPie starts to load, it went back to 320x240. I think RetroPie for some reason isn't using the overscan/framebuffer settings on config.txt (and yes I have overscan_scale=1).

cyperghost

frambuffer 420x272 is (was) just for SDTV 4,3" display

Galaga

@cyperghost Oops. Well I actually just found something strange. At the bottom of config.txt there is a second overscan_scale=1 that was commented. I'm going to uncomment it and see what happens.

EDIT: Nope didn't work :( I'm going to try removing the extra one.

Galaga

Yep that didn't work either. I have no clue what the hell is going on >:(

dankcushions

@galaga post your config.txt

Galaga

@dankcushions Ok, I'll figure out a way to do that after the Pi is done updating.

dankcushions

@galaga what did you update?

Galaga

@dankcushions Uh RetroPie and Raspbian through the RetroPie settings thingy.

Galaga

@dankcushions https://pastebin.com/5edLkeZh

dankcushions

@galaga if that's updated you to raspbian stretch, it's game over.

dankcushions

@galaga please use proper markup as per https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first - we can't read that properly

Galaga

@dankcushions Ok I'll reupload it.

Galaga

@dankcushions Edited it.

cyperghost

@Galaga Help! What a mess!
@dankcushions Sorry for getting into this thread :(

Disable all HDMI things at first!
A working config might be....

# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxtreadme
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
# disable_overscan=0

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
overscan_scale=1
overscan_left=10
overscan_right=10
overscan_top=-8
overscan_bottom=-4


# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=320
#framebuffer_height=240

# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. this can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
#hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
#config_hdmi_boost=4

# uncomment for composite PAL in 4:3
sdtv_mode=2
sdtv_aspect=1

#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable the lirc-rpi module
#dtoverlay=lirc-rpi

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

# NOOBS Auto-generated Settings:
#hdmi_force_hotplug=1
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256

disable_audio_dither=1

Galaga

@cyperghost I'm using a HDMI to VGA adapter though...

cyperghost

@galaga said in 240p composite top portion is crooked.:

@cyperghost I'm using a HDMI to VGA adapter though...

Well I would rather use Composite as using a HDMI --> VGA converter.

edmaul69

@cyperghost he isnt able to use composite on an arcade monitor. He has to be able to seperate the rgbs

Galaga

Ok I've tried a couple different things and I've run out of ideas. I know it's probably some stupid little thing I'm missing, but I have no clue why RetroPie is ignoring config.txt even with overscan_scale=1. Is it a glitch?