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    NES Roms Will not Display saying not supported resolution

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    • AlexMurphyA
      AlexMurphy Banned @Jcnavyd
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      @Jcnavyd I'm sorry but there is absolutely no useful information contained in your post that would allow anyone to even begin to try and help you. Can I suggest you post the information requested at the top of the page and throw in a few extra details about the TVs used and how these resolution errors were reported. Given that information hopefully someone will be able to help you out.

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        Jcnavyd
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        Sorry once again super new. The TV i am hooked up to is a Samsung UN55ES6500F. Says capable of 1920 x 1080 60mhz. I have ROMs for atari, SNES and Genesis and they work just fine. No issues. When I go to select any of my NES roms i get the real quick load screen, then black screen and my tv says none supported resolution and to check devices to change resolution type. I have gone into the pi setting and tried each other resolutions types one my phone with no chnage for the NES roms. I am using the latest version of RETRO Pi, not sure if this makes anymore sense or not

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        • AlexMurphyA
          AlexMurphy Banned @Jcnavyd
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          @Jcnavyd Yes, thank you. So the message is from your television. I understand now. With the Pi hooked up to the problem TV type tvservice -s into the terminal and post what it outputs here. It should be a single line. Press F4 to get to terminal from ES/RetroPie.

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          • J
            Jcnavyd @AlexMurphy
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            @AlexMurphy Sorry for the delay worked today. So the command response I am getting is as follows:
            state 0x12000a [HDMI CEA (16) RGB lim 16:9], 1920x1080 @ 60.00Hz, Profressive

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            • AlexMurphyA
              AlexMurphy Banned @Jcnavyd
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              @Jcnavyd The same as me for the TV output so that is good. Can you please put in the command nano /boot/config.txt and copy the output, post it on http://pastebin.com/ and post a link here. Thanks. I should be around for the next few hours. WE will get this sorted!

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                Jcnavyd @AlexMurphy
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                  Jcnavyd @AlexMurphy
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                  @AlexMurphy http://pastebin.com/9GSHjDnr

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                    Jcnavyd @AlexMurphy
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                    @AlexMurphy Also as a Side note. I have noticed that when playing the other roms, ie Sega master system, snes, atari the resolution stays the same as the emulation stations. When I try to play a NES rom the resolution changes. Is there a way to control the resolution JUST of the NES roms that would differ form the other systems?

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                    • AlexMurphyA
                      AlexMurphy Banned @Jcnavyd
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                      @Jcnavyd I see a few things.. Change this arm_freq=800 to this #arm_freq=800. Change this hdmi_drive=2 to this #hdmi_drive=2. Put a hash/pound before these lines. hdmi_group=1 hdmi_mode=16 so they are #hdmi_group=1 #hdmi_mode=16Do this then reboot. Let me know.

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                      • edmaul69E
                        edmaul69 @Jcnavyd
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                        @Jcnavyd are you going into the runcommand that displays after you start a game? You can change the resolution there. It is also possible you set the one systems resolution in there to something your tv doesnt support.

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                        • AlexMurphyA
                          AlexMurphy Banned @edmaul69
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                          @edmaul69 I put the TV model in a search engine. The TV is fine. It is full HD and capable of displaying what the Pi / Emulator is outputting, as are most modern TV's. Some are just fussier than others. Did you look at the config.txt file on pastebin? Some odd stuff going on there. I t looks like someone has tried almost every solution at the same time.

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                          • edmaul69E
                            edmaul69 @AlexMurphy
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                            @AlexMurphy i see. he needs to turne safe mode off first of all. that is a huge issue and it wont ever display 1080 with it on. everything else looks ok

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                            • AlexMurphyA
                              AlexMurphy Banned @edmaul69
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                              @edmaul69 She has it underclocked to 800MHz by un-commenting the arm_freq. line.

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                                Jcnavyd @edmaul69
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                                @edmaul69 How do I get into the run command once in a game? Sorry And I am paking changes to the config file now as outlines above and will post results

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                                  Jcnavyd
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                                  Ok So I am able to get individual roms to play on the tv if I go into the setting at launch of the individual rom. I had to go to "Select video mode for lr-fceumm + rom ()" Once I clicked on that the ones that wont play are set to default on " CEA-4 1280x720 @ 60mhz 16:9, clock:74mhz progressive" I changed it to "Cea-16 1920x1080 @ 60hz 16:9, clock:148mhz progressive" and the game will launch and can play. The only issue is that I have no audio while playing and it is not full screen. it appears to be 4:3 but this is progress. Thank you all for your continued help.

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                                    Jcnavyd
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                                    Ok have the audio working now. Last issue I have is that my usb Retro NES remote is all messed up. ie, b and a buttons are switched, select is starts. This causes issues when I cannot hold select and start to exit game. The remote works fine in other rom games except the NES. I have tried setting up several time in the input game pad set up and all worked fine on that

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