Crashes on PSX game start

zoilorys

Pi Model or other hardware: 3B+
Power Supply used: Pi original power supply
RetroPie Version Used: 4.4
Built From: retropie-4.4-rpi2_rpi3 downloaded from site, burned on SD with Etcher
USB Devices connected: generic usb gamepad
Controller used: steelseries usb gamepad
Error messages received: no error, TV just loses signal. Pi keeps running(can SSH into it for example)
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log:
when updated from source https://pastebin.com/brQsD0fH
when updated from binaries https://pastebin.com/Kp6ghCJs
Emulator: lr-pcsx-rearmed

So the situation is - I just bought Raspberry Pi 3 B+. Decided to try RetroPie right away. Downloaded image, burned it with Etcher, just as getting started guide says.
Then I tried to play PSX games - namely Blazing Dragons. At first it would just not run, I googled for a while, figured that I forgot about BIOS, so I downloaded scph1001.bin one, and then scph101.bin, cause neither one worked.
I tried updating emulator. Building from source failed with libertro.so not found or whatever.
Googled a bit more, found that it is caused by code version mismatch, or something like that.
I tried updating retropie via RetroPie Setup -> Update, and after that tried to build emulator again - succeeded!! But now, when I start the game, it just shutdowns. I tried updating it from binaries - same effect. (logs attached).
Other emulators (tried snes and gba) work.
../psx/retroarch.cfg includes all/retroarch.cfg
../all/retroarch.cfg has system_directory set
BIOS file is in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS

mitu

There is no obvious error in the logs, but there's something weird - the resolution appears as 720 x 480. Since you say the TV loses the signal, I'm guessing it might not support this weird resolution.

[...]
[INFO] [Video]: Video @ 960x720
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [EGL] Falling back to eglGetDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0x1.
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: videocore
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution 720x480.
[..]
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 720x480
[...]

Did you choose any specific video mode for the PS1 system from the Runcommand launch menu ?

zoilorys

@mitu said in Crashes on PSX game start:

Did you choose any specific video mode for the PS1 system from the Runcommand launch menu ?

yeah , while I was tinkering around I chose NTSC 16x9, and left it like that, cause I didn't think it really mattered

Efriim

@zoilorys
I think those are composite videomodes for the analog or scart output. Selecting a CEA or DMT or just removing the videomode setting in runcommand should work.

I didn't notice the resolution before I read the rest of this thread. Good observation.

zoilorys

@Efriim that was it - thanks a lot!!! I just cleared selected mode