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    retropie on composite tv-out (wrong colors or wrong picture at all) How to config?

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      IGA @IGA
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      Update:

      so, i think....
      I have color in my NTSC3.58 - but it's incorrect ( green not green, purple not purple and etc.... cause NTSC3,58 is not true NTSC)
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      (Maybe my cellphone not shoot in true\sharp color, but Reptile on second photo is blue....)

      So, i think.... maybe i need some patch\fix for ntsc3.58 colors at all ??

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        mitu Global Moderator @IGA
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        @iga said in retropie on composite tv-out (wrong colors or wrong picture at all) How to config?:

        So, i think.... maybe i need some patch\fix for ntsc3.58 colors at all ??

        I'm not aware of anything that can correct that.

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          IGA @mitu
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          @mitu it's sad :(
          So i need some modern configs for pal.....

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            IGA @mitu
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            @mitu Hi
            can you said me how to change resolution using composite? - I always got 720x480, even if i change it in reropie setup (pi config\display options\resolution) to 640x480 or 800x600. Reboot. But the games still have run in 720x480 and changes never applied....

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              mitu Global Moderator
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              I think the resolution options from raspi-config work when you're using HDMI for video and not composite TV-Out. When using composite, you're using one of the NTSC/PAL resolutions (720x480 for NTSC, 720x576 for PAL).

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                IGA @mitu
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                @mitu ok, thanks, understood.
                But why exactly 720 not 640??

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                  mitu Global Moderator @IGA
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                  @iga said in retropie on composite tv-out (wrong colors or wrong picture at all) How to config?:

                  But why exactly 720 not 640??

                  Why would it be 640 ? That's a standard NTSC TV video mode, 640x480 is a VGA/VESA video mode that appeared later on.

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                    IGA @IGA
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                    Finally I've found solution for my tv there - tweakvec, and now got true correct colors with this tool.
                    Maybe it will useful for somebody too....

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                      brentriddell @IGA
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                      @iga how did you get tweakvec to work with your pi4? i think i have almost exactly the same setup and problem as you (pi4 via composite on a crt and NTSC colors are wrong, PAL colors are perfect) ... for me when i try to use tweakvec i get this error on the command line (via SSH using putty):

                      'cowardly refusing to reconfigure VEC while it is not in use, use --force to override'

                      I tried it with --force and it does nothing :(

                      any help would be much appreciated! thanks!

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                        IGA @brentriddell
                        last edited by IGA

                        @brentriddell to apply it first put the file tweakvec.py into directory home/pi/tweakvec/ on your sd card ( or other storage whre retopie is installed if that).
                        Then you can enter in terminal window on your PC or in retropie console next:

                        sudo python3 /home/pi/tweakvec/tweakvec.py --preset PAL60
                        • you get true colors and pal 60 mode (must be sdtv mode = 1 in config.txt to get 60 Hz in all emulators)

                        But after next reboot you got standard ntsc mode ( with wrong colores), so if you want tweakwec fix always turned on you need write this command in file /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh It will be run tweakwec automatilly at every retropie start.

                        But in the end i've get right colors but also get "flickering" in some games. So to get flickering off i've used progressive mode ( write sdtv mode = 16 in config.txt)

                        Maybe it was helpfully too ( find my messages in the bottom of thread) https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/811

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