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Folly

Thanks for setting your mind to it !
We already learned quite some stuff here ;-)

Looks like we are now a bit out of options here.
I will have look at it once more.
Can't promise anything though.

I am now on the fake KMSjust to test if I get a black screen again with this.
So on this setting I used raspi-config to change audio between HDMI or Headphone. (see -> system options)
It works with both outputs here.
Indeed, strange that this doesn't work with emulationstation though.
But there have been audio issues before like this because of updates.
Perhaps emulationstation is not yet well adapted to these updates.

btw. this is how you can run the emulator from the cli without using emulationstation :
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS bbcmicro /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/bbcmicro/your_game.ssd

retrofan

@folly

Yes, I also have hdmi sound with fake GL driver but I can't get it at all with full one, within ES or cli.
Do you have a sound with full GL drivers, maybe I missed something after all ?
Frankly, I don't know what the difference is between a full and fake GL driver, but the speed is now at stable 50 fps and the image renders better than legacy drivers, without crisp edges etc.
As for the key auto repeat issue, I played around a bit with the governor within the runcommand setting and the "performance" option seems to be the best choice.
In these few days, great progress has been made, thanks to you, and this is now just a desire for perfection. ;)

Folly

@retrofan

I tested full KMS again.
No hdmi sound also and black screen again in Desktop. ;-(
So no success with this option either.

Lister of Smeg

@folly
Hi, just a quick fyi
I may be late to the party but I have had b-em 2.2 from http://b-em.bbcmicro.com (actually i'm using a slightly updated fork but can't remember where I got it from - if you want I can upload my install folder somehow?) running fullscreen/fullspeed/fullsound on a pi3 - stretch
It's old, but it works great for games
btw - thanks for your work on the electron

*edit - link for version I use (games removed)
https://www109.zippyshare.com/v/uWq1jLsJ/file.html

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

That is interesting.

I will have a look at that, when I can.

Lister of Smeg

@folly
hope it's useful for someone
I think your solutions for the electron emulator should only take minor tweaking to get this scripted and working - applying cea-17 at the run command gives a resolution for full screen that just about lets the (f11) gui be seen (at least that is what i'm using)
sorry about the poor photos - they're only to give you a rough idea of what's possible

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

I never had issues, not seeing the (f11) menu.
I will have try on my tv.

Lister of Smeg

@folly
admittedly I am still using the stretch image so there may be differences as compared with buster - but as far as just playing games?, a little bit of a missing menu is definitely not a deal breaker (for me at least) & I know stretch isn't supported anymore so don't worry too much
photo from electron emu on stretch

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

Well, seems a good fix for those who have the same problem !

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

Can you tell me, is your speed setting of the good b-em on 100% or is it on 500% ?

Lister of Smeg

@folly
yes - the 100% option is ticked in the menu
The emulator doesn't seem to be too resource hungry - iirc there was only the tiniest amount of slow down when I ran it on my original pi3 - the 3b+ has the occasional sound stutter (start up tune for Arcadians) but everything else seems perfect
(I never run overclocks btw - pi speeds are stock)

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

Too bad, we don't know the exact source.
Did try to compile that old source of 2012 from http://b-em.bbcmicro.com but could not get it to compile.

Btw, I can't extract your .rar file.

Did you compile that binary yourself on that "strech" ?

Lister of Smeg

@folly
try this
https://www104.zippyshare.com/v/QoyhNZAp/file.html
just need to change permissions on the configure file to executable (probably need to delete the already compiled b-em - or just make executable then run) then ./configure && make - takes ~ 20 mins

yes - I've just compiled the zip folder with stretch to test & it works

from memory all that was needed dependency wise was
sudo apt-get install automake liballegro4-dev zlib1g-dev libalut-dev libopenal-dev aclocal
but you should already have that from your electron compiling

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

Just ran it, indeed works perfect here on rpi3 with buster.
The menu looks totally different than the latest b-em version 2.2.
Your files are from march 2019.

Perhaps we can go back to that time on the github page and try to compile that version.
For example this one :
https://github.com/stardot/b-em/tree/9c586716c6936581b23da4b7b5da365cdf8a47ea

Tried it, it works but has the same speed issues as the latest and it looks the same as the latest.

Lister of Smeg

@folly
i'm just compiling the version from https://github.com/SteveFosdick/b-em (stevefosdick rings a bell)

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

No, but indeed we can try.

Lister of Smeg

@folly
ok - not quite the same version but seems to work
need to change permissions of autogen.sh and /utils/b-em-version-str.sh
then
./autogen.sh && ./configure && make

just tested first level of repton3 - works with no slow down :)

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

I am compiling now.

It wasn't working with downloading the source.
I now use :

git clone https://github.com/SteveFosdick/b-em.git
cd b-em
./autogen.sh
./configure
make

Lister of Smeg

@folly
I think this version is as close as we will get - maybe mine was a few commits earlier
I have the master version of elite running and the cpu is only hitting 30%
Sound may be a little bit more 'glitchy' but not a deal breaker

Folly

@lister-of-smeg

Cool, it works
I tried some bitshifters-demos.
It works reasonably good but it has some hiccups.
But it seems we are on the right track.;-)
I will look at it again tomorrow.