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    Choppy soundwith all emulators

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      rasp_renegade @mitu
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      @mitu

      Very cool. I changed startup option from Desktop to the console. The sound is back to normal, but now the game speed/ audio is twice as fast. What happened there?

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        mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
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        @rasp_renegade are you sure it's not a US/EU ROM version issue (60hz vs 50hz) ? Did you change anything recently in the emulator settings ? What emulator/system are you checking with ?

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          rasp_renegade @mitu
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          @mitu

          I have atari2600, all MAME, C64, NES, SNES, Sega32x, N64. ROMS all US. Keep in mind that all emulators and ROMs were fine before the update, except for N64.
          The nice thing is now N64 runs perfectly where before it was choppy video and audio.

          I made no changes to video output at all, just played with audio but set all back as I was testing.

          With booting to the console I get:
          60 FPS, 16ms

          Just for kicks, I switched back to boot from desktop to get:
          7 FPS ,143 ms

          What is the expected FPS?

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            mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
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            @rasp_renegade said in Choppy soundwith all emulators:

            I have atari2600, all MAME, C64, NES, SNES, Sega32x, N64. ROMS all US. Keep in mind that all emulators and ROMs were fine before the update, except for N64.

            Could it be that all emulators beside N64 are Libretro/RetroArch emulators ? This might indicate an issue with your RetroArch configuration.

            What is the expected FPS?

            If you resolution is running at 60hz, 60 would be the expected FPS for an emulator running at full speed.

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              rasp_renegade @mitu
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              @mitu said in Choppy soundwith all emulators:

              Could it be that all emulators beside N64 are Libretro/RetroArch emulators ? This might indicate an issue with your RetroArch configuration.

              How can I tell? Just to check I went into the RetroArch config menu and selected reset to defaults

              If you resolution is running at 60hz, 60 would be the expected FPS for an emulator running at full speed.

              Where can I see the setting in hz. I only see screen size

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                mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
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                Could it be that all emulators beside N64 are Libretro/RetroArch emulators ? This might indicate an issue with your RetroArch configuration.

                How can I tell?

                You can telll which emulator is running in the runcommand launch screen - if the emulator name is starting with lr-, then it's a libretro/RetroArch emulator, otherwise is a standalone emulator.

                Just to check I went into the RetroArch config menu and selected reset to defaults

                That's not advisable, especially if you enabled 'Save Configuration on Exit' in RetroArch. RetroArch's defaults are not always suitable for a Pi4, the RetroPie installation script will set the correct defaults.

                If you resolution is running at 60hz, 60 would be the expected FPS for an emulator running at full speed.

                Where can I see the setting in hz. I only see screen size

                If you open up the runcommand launch menu, you'll see the current resolution

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                  rasp_renegade @mitu
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                  @mitu

                  There is such a thing as a stupid question, and I just tossed two at you. LOL

                  I see the problem here. I am running liberto and have 0hz!!! What can I do the fix that?
                  N64 is also using Liberto but it does indeed show a setting for 60hz n/a (148 Mhz , phsync, phsync, unpreferred , userfef, driver)

                  How can I revert the RetroArch default reset?

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                    mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
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                    @rasp_renegade said in Choppy soundwith all emulators:

                    I see the problem here. I am running liberto and have 0hz!!! What can I do the fix that?

                    Not sure I fully understand - but if you are talking about the video mode selection, you just press the select video mode menu and remove any selected video mode.

                    How can I revert the RetroArch default reset?

                    RetroArch has a few configuration files - see here. Each one of those configuration files should have a default file named retroarch.cfg.rp-default which you can use to copy over any non-default retroarch.cfg. You can probably look into each system's config folder and reset one of them, then test to see if it works.

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                      rasp_renegade @mitu
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                      @mitu

                      Not sure I fully understand - but if you are talking about the video mode selection, you just press the select video mode menu and remove any selected video mode.

                      rom hz selecor.png

                      RetroArch has a few configuration files - see here. Each one of those configuration files should have a default file named retroarch.cfg.rp-default which you can use to copy over any non-default retroarch.cfg. You can probably look into each system's config folder and reset one of them, then test to see if it works.

                      I see no files named "retroarch.cfg.rp-default" in any of the system folders, or even in the "all" folder

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                        mitu Global Moderator @rasp_renegade
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                        @rasp_renegade I see you're still running from the desktop env - as I said, this is not supported.

                        I see no files named "retroarch.cfg.rp-default" in any of the system folders, or even in the "all" folder

                        Should be retroarch.cfg.rp-dist.

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                          rasp_renegade @mitu
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                          @mitu said in Choppy soundwith all emulators:

                          retroarch.cfg.rp-dist.

                          I dont see this one either anywhere. ??

                          Sorry I attached the wrong screenshot. I have been bouncing back and forth to try to find any indication of what is going on. Have a look at these

                          20210922_202506.jpg 20210922_202411.jpg

                          Notice one is not showing a video mode at all.

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                            mitu Global Moderator
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                            @rasp_renegade said in Choppy soundwith all emulators:

                            I dont see this one either anywhere. ??

                            Should be one at least in /opt/retropie/configs/all/.

                            Sorry I attached the wrong screenshot. I have been bouncing back and forth to try to find any indication of what is going on. Have a look at these

                            the latter screenshot looks fine, the former shows a broken video mode selection. Rename the /opt/retropie/configs/all/videomodes.cfg file and try again.

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                              rasp_renegade @mitu
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                              @mitu

                              I found retroarch.cfg.rp-dist in the /all folder and copied over retroarch.cfg in one of the system folders (MAME). Nothing changed. BUT, I renamed /opt/retropie/configs/all/videomodes.cfg and it is back to normal, even in the desktop environment. =) And what's more, my original issue of losing my control configs is also back!!! When this originally happened I was unable to remap with some of the buttons on my game pads.

                              This is awesome thank you so much for your diligence! I am making a backup image right now.

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                                rasp_renegade @rasp_renegade
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                                I need to do this more often!

                                Screenshot 2021-09-25 203853.png

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                                  BuZz administrators @rasp_renegade
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                                  @rasp_renegade thanks!

                                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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