@mitu Have never tried it, but as boot/config.txt options can be set per display-port (0/1) and at least if kms is used instead of fkms display_hdmi_rotate should be worth a try - but I am not sure what's nowadays status is in regards of retropie & kms as the video driver.

@alan-miller3 said in need help understanding screen size/orientation etc.:

@dankcushions

ok, physically my display's visible area is 15 x 12 inches. That's a 5:4 ratio.
So I changed my screen resolution to 1280x1024@60Hz (also a 5:4 ratio) and rebooted.

if that’s the native resolution of the screen then fine

vide_rotation=3 is still set in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

After starting a game and hitting tab, the video options offer 3:4 or 7:9 or cocktail.

tab should get you to the MAME menu (not retroarch(. you probably don’t want to to be changing options there.

Disabling any of the options (backdrops, overlays, bezels, marquees, etc.) doesn't seem to do anything.

because bezel project adds retroarch bezels, not MAME ones. how did you install it? presumably the same script permits the disabling/removal of the bezels.

or did you use a pre-configured image?

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If I revert the video_rotation (back to 0) in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
I still get the same 11 x 11 screen with "Arcade" bezels but without rotation so players 1 and 2 are both looking at the screen from the side.

Is it the fact that the original game was intended to be on a square screen?

no, it a a 4:3 crt screen rotated on its side (so effectively 3:4)

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@alrotem said in Joystick orientation swaps:

I am pretty sure, this can be resolved by meddling with the configurations/scripts, but I suspect it would be too much work, and overkill, rather than take 10 minutes and just make sure one controller set is identical to the other.

Not quite, since the names of the gamepads (P1/P2) are identical and the configuration file governing both is the same (it's created based on the device name). The approach suggested by @grant2258 is the correct one - there's just one configuration for both controllers, so making them work similarly is the best solution.

@delirium_cordia RetroPie (and the Raspberry PI and other SBCs) are all about tinkering and learning new things. No need to rush things if you're not in a hurry - ask away in the forums if you cannot find the answer in the Docs.

bump, sorry