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    Raspberry Pi 4 Resolution Change

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Stuffu
      last edited by mitu

      @Stuffu said in Raspberry Pi 4 Resolution Change:

      Is this preferred over hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080?

      Yes.

      What’s the difference?

      hdmi_ignore_edid should be used when the desired video mode is not correctly reported by the display and it's not on the list of supported modes.
      You can use it in conjunction with other the video mode settings to set your desired resolution, but for a 4k display it would be a bit unusual to not support 1080p, so there's no reason to force the EDID to be ignored.

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        Stuffu @mitu
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        @mitu said in Raspberry Pi 4 Resolution Change:

        @Stuffu said in Raspberry Pi 4 Resolution Change:

        Is this preferred over hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080?

        Yes.

        What’s the difference?

        hdmi_ignore_edid should be used when the desired video mode is not correctly reported by the display and it's not on the list of supported modes.
        You can use it in conjunction with other the video mode settings to set your desired resolution, but for a 4k display it would be a bit unusual to not support 1080p, so there's no reason to force the EDID to be ignored.

        you learn something new every day :)

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          ctumbles @Stuffu
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          After those two lines are uncommented is there something in Retroarch that needs to be configured as well? I made the change and it does change Emulationstation to 1080p. However when running any games they all still try to run at what appears to be 4k. All I can see is the top left quarter of the game taking up the whole screen.

          I tried to change the render resolution for all cores to 1920x1080 in configuration but that didn't seem to change anything. The only way the games appear correctly is by running them at 4k.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @ctumbles
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            @ctumbles said in Raspberry Pi 4 Resolution Change:

            After those two lines are uncommented is there something in Retroarch that needs to be configured as well?

            Normally RetroArch's settings should not have the resolution hardcoded, RetroPie doesn't configure it that way. If you manually modified the resolution or used the RGUI to set it (and saved it afterwards), that might happen.

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              dankcushions Global Moderator @ctumbles
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              @ctumbles please provide all the info requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first including a verbose log

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                ctumbles @dankcushions
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                @dankcushions Here is the setup info:

                Pi Model or other hardware: PI 4b
                Power Supply used: usb C charger
                RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.7.1
                Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
                USB Devices connected: USB snes controller
                Controller used: 8bitdo and USB snes
                Error messages received: none
                Verbose log (if relevant): n/a
                Guide used: this post
                File: n/a
                Emulator: n/a, all
                Attachment of config files: n/a
                How to replicate the problem:

                Update /boot/config.txt with

                hdmi_group=1
                hdmi_mode=16

                This sets emulationstation to 1080p 60. However games running in retroarch still run at 4k 30. Is there a way to adjust the resolution in retroarch to 1080p 60? When I attempted to change in configuration for all cores the emulators don't display correctly. They just display the top left corner of the game in the entire tv screen. The other 3/4 of the screen is missing.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @ctumbles
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                  @ctumbles said in Raspberry Pi 4 Resolution Change:

                  This sets emulationstation to 1080p 60. However games running in retroarch still run at 4k 30

                  Did you use the 'Save Configuration' from RetroArch's menus ? Did you use the Runcommand launch menu to set the resolution ?

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                    ctumbles @mitu
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                    @mitu I went to Retropie > Configuration Editor > Configure basic libretro emulation options > Configure default options for all libretro emulators > Render resolution.

                    Is there a better place to change the resolution for Retroarch?

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                      qbone
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                      Sorry to stumble in on this post, but I believe my question is in the same line as OP. I have an old monitor and tried connecting my freshly installed RetroPie on Rpi4 to it. It is connected through a HDMI to VGA adapter, so the Rpi will most likely not recognize the display. The issue I experienced was baad flickering and display turning on and off. I believe the max resolution of the monitor is 1280x1024.
                      Is it just the same two lines I need to uncomment?

                      hdmi_group=1
                      hdmi_mode=16
                      
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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @qbone
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                        @qbone said in Raspberry Pi 4 Resolution Change:

                        Is it just the same two lines I need to uncomment?

                        Those lines set-up the display for 1080p, which your monitor will not support (not sure if VGA can even go up to 1080p).
                        Have you tried using raspi-config to set-up your resolution ?
                        You can also try

                        hdmi_group=2
                        hdmi_mode=35
                        

                        which, according to the docs, should match your resolution.

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                          qbone @mitu
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                          @mitu ah, wonderful! I will give it a shot. Thanks for the swift reply :)

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