@darksavior isn't there an option that works for all emulators, even non-Libretro ones?

What I am looking for is this

emulationstation displays in 1080p as soon as I launch any game, the screen mode and TV should switch to 720p and the emulator (even non-libreto) should display in 720p. The TV should show a mode switch to 720p hdmi mode. after quitting the emulator, the TV output switches back to 1080p and ES is displayed in 1080p again. I think the runmode script makes this possible, but currently I have to set it separately for each emulator.

I think there's a global option somewhere to set it for all emulators, but maybe I remembered it wrong.

But if the scaling to 1080p does really use no resources then maybe it is unnecessary to set this like I intend.

@kmetz7547 Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Shaders-and-Smoothing/

Ok thanks I'll try that
It was a setting in video display option in advmame. It made the games look way better.. I just remember changing the option to 2.00 or something

@ldonohue85 sweet jelly that's a big one wish I had a big one. yeah you ok with previous advice I thought for a sec you was going crt 15hz. But yeah all good

@ldonohue85 Have you seen these options?

Pi2Jamma

Gert's Vga Adapter

Bump, adding /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg file to the first post ... I don't see anything wrong with it. Yet neither controller or keyboard work with lr-cores.
EDIT : managed to get back controls on lr-cores by deleting /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads , disabling , enabling xboxdrv, remapping the controllers and lots of reboot

On another note, no progress on getting enhanced resolution and analog support with pcsx-rearmed :/

Thanks again. I was able to adjust the overscan and got the screen displaying properly on 720P.

@leagueofmonkeys Dont get me wrong. Things go down very fast once a name gets branded as supporting piracy. We just try to minimise the chances of that happening. As i said, Retropie support is available for all those who are running official builds.

You see emulators and ES are perfectly legal tools. Just because you can use it to pirate doesnt mean the software is at fault,. It is those that pirate at fault. A hammer can be used for a lot of useful things and it is perfectly legal to own and use. Someone being murdered using the hammer is not the hammer's fault nor its producers.

And you are most welcome to use the forums and seek help for official builds. I have posted links where you could find the download and install instructions. If the problem persists, feel free to create another thread and we shall help you out.

yay i did it but i still want to know about that buffer problem

Hi @herb_fargus

Thanks for the reply

Tried that and it worked, but it was left orientated and i couldn't find any way to change the viewport. And it reset on restart.

Kind Regards
Toke

Ive hooked my pi to multiple different monitors with different resolutions via hdmi through passive dvi converters and the OS always seems to auto fit.

Nice thing about the Pi is it's small and portable, take it to the tv and test it before you buy it, i do that at the salvation army shop sometimes when picking out CRT's, haha.

I'm not 100% sure about the hdmi_timings= because it would have to be what ever your CRT is actually using. I've been kind of looking around to see if I can find more information about that.

The scaling artifacts arguments makes a whole lotta sense, thanks for the quick reply! I'll just go for a 1024x768 then if it doesn't really affect GPU performance much.

OK, to answer my own question, I found the problem soon after posting here (Murphy law in action).
For some reason I had a file ~/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003/MAME 2003.cfg that was overlapping the configs. Removed it and started to work.
I don't know WHAT created this file, but I will let the infromation here in case someone has the same problem.

Sure, sorry. What I meant was the display that's not working, you want to make sure you are using a resolution that the display accepts.

Obviously it wasn't dmesg either, as my memory failed me. Here's a good tutorial, see the second section. If the monitor accepts that resolution it would show in the list.

http://www.opentechguides.com/how-to/article/raspberry-pi/28/raspi-display-setting.html

to chekck I made myself a Recalbox (latest version) ...with
disable_overscan = 1
hdmi_group=2
HDMI_mode =16 (later I used 42)
HDMI_force_hotplug = 1

...and it works with my Samsung 230b... now I have to find out what is different in newest retropie version.

@caver01 thanks for your suggestions, I did change the theme and it helped a bit, but the main issue was my overscan settings. Uncommenting and increasing the left and right values slightly made a huge difference. Feels much more official now, lol. Thanks again.