Can't run advmame on Pi4

mitu

@fadangalini I suggest you continue on this new installation - if any ROMs are not working, check the runcommand.log and see if advmame reports what's missing.

fadangalini

@mitu

I'm at a loss. I don't understand how I can do a fresh install like you, yours works, mine doesn't.....

I'm going to start from scratch again.

Is yours overclocked? Clutching at straws again.

Also, installing advmame from RetroPie, do you install from pre-compiled binary? or the other option?

mitu

@fadangalini said in Can't run advmame on Pi4:

Is yours overclocked? Clutching at straws again.

No, there's no overclock.

Also, installing advmame from RetroPie, do you install from pre-compiled binary? or the other option?

I installed from binary, advmame hasn't had any recent updates so it doesn't matter what installation method you choose - you get the same version.

fadangalini

@mitu

Thanks for your reply again.
I'll have another crack at it after work tomorrow. Had to spend all day doing uni work... Not enough hours in the day!

fadangalini

@mitu

So you know and anyone else that has the same problem and finds this thread, it is now working.

The problem turned out to be my TV.
I was reading the advmame website and it says that it automatically adjusts to suit the tv, and I thought that must be the problem.

Currently I have everything setup in my living room as I wanted to get everything working before building the cab. I had it connected to my Sony Bravia 4K 55" tv, and this was where I was getting the problems. I just hooked the pi up to the monitor (Dell 1080p) I'll be using in the cab and it's working perfectly. Think a small amount of tweaking will be required in the settings but other than that, it's great!

Just a note, everything else was working fine on the Sony, just advmame giving me problems.

Just happy it is now working, after I don't know how many hours of fiddling!

Many thanks to you, dankcushions and stoney66 for your time and help.

mitu

@fadangalini said in Can't run advmame on Pi4:

I was reading the advmame website and it says that it automatically adjusts to suit the tv, and I thought that must be the problem.

I wonder if the problematic TV is running at 4k ? You may be able to force the Raspberry Pi to run at 1080p and maybe this would solve the issue.

stoney66

@fadangalini poop I also had this issue but forgot about it. Didn't work on my front room TV (4k) but did fine on my cabinet TV which is only 1080, it was the same really choppy. Had to set the resolution down and that fixed it. I only used the front room TV when I was migrating from pi3b to pi4 to test.

fadangalini

@mitu

Thanks, I won't bother adjusting that now, as I know it will work when I build it properly.

One step forward and one back. I can't get the audio to output through the usb device now. Admittedly, i have only just tried.

It just worked on my newly setup test microsd card when I followed a guide saying to create a file at /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.cong to reorder the devices. That worked fine.

Went back to my other card that has everything setup, all emulators,, custom configs, controls etc. Followed the guide again, and nothing haha.

I do always get a message saying "failed to find mixer elements", which I've been getting on that setup for some time, but the audio always worked through the HDMI on the 4k tv.

Problem with the actual monitor i will be using.... doesn't have speakers, hence trying to get the sound working through the usb dongle.

Currently googling.... again haha.

fadangalini

@stoney66

Strange, I guess it's not expecting a 4k tv on the end of it to run 30 year old games!

mitu

@fadangalini Just disable the onboard audio in config.txt and it should be enough.

fadangalini

@mitu

Thanks, I'll give that a go

fadangalini

@mitu

Do I just change "dtparam=audio=on" to "dtparam=audio=off"?

fadangalini

@fadangalini

Well that disabled the onboard, but still no audio...
I can only laugh at all the problems I keep getting!