@mitu Initial design was done in a few hours. Then a few days of test prints and some small changes here and there to fix issues I had overlooked in the design. Most of the time was spent getting the screen to work right since I had never done any python coding before.

@Chef-Otis said in Hdmi banner flashes everytime I load and exit a game:

It forces the fullscreen, even though it was saved.

Fullscreen is set at runtime by runcommand, as a an additional configuration. I guess the 'fullscreen' video mode may be different than the 'current' video mode (even if 'current' video mode may have an identical resolution) - that's the reason I asked for the results of the tvservice commands, which should display all video modes reported by the monitor.

The RetroPie image doesn't fit in just 1 partition. It's based on a Raspbian Lite image, which has 2 partitions - one for boot (formatted as Fat32) and one holding the Linux installation (formatted as Ext4). So creating just 1 partition on a drive will not be enough if you intend to boot/start the RetroPie system from that drive.
You can start by writing the RetroPie image on the drive, then boot it once to run the re-sizing step, then resize the 2nd partition to a sensible size to hold a RetroPie installation (15Gb ?) and then create the rest of the partitions you want to have on the drive - one for ROMs at least and possibly others.

Do note that if you have a large-ish drive (4T or larger I think) that requires a GUID Partition Table (GPT) then booting from it is not supported by Raspberry Pi boot loader.

@abj said in Import ROMs into Mame:

@jak75

This message is the runcommand launch menu, it's not an error message. It's appearing every time you start a game. More info here : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/.

Ok regarding the message I saw, but I can't get the audio, I reset the audio to default settings but nothing to do, it works well with other operating systems, any advice?

@mitu I have a raspberry pi model 3b+ and I use this to power my raspberry pi (12v to 5v converter inside unit, 2.5A) while using the joysticks for my arcade machine: https://www.jaycar.com.au/raspberry-pi-retro-arcade-game-console-with-hdmi-port/p/XC9062

Retropie version 4.8

Does it work if you remove all bootable SDcards/USB disks - i.e. do you get the PI4 diagnostic screen ?
Please add soem info abour your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Try to reset the controllers.

While you are in emulationstation press the F4 to jump to the terminal window, and type :

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

Then choose :

Manage packages => Manage core packages => emulaionstation => Configurations / Options => clear/Reset emulationstation input configuration

After that, restart the system and it will ask you to configure again your controllers.

@CobraDesign47 said in Trouble Running Games:

Any further advice is appreciated!

Again - please provide the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, including the emulator and ROM/system where you have trouble.

You can also provide a log file after you've activated verbose logging; copy the contents of the log file (/dev/shm/runcommand.log) and post it on pastebin.com, providing here the link.

@abj wird that works :) thnx

@sleve_mcdichael that is correct

@Thorr69 could you elaborate on what file that would be? When I had used a 16gb USB, the romset I had totalled almost 16GB and it seemed to have been causing issues until I swapped to a larger capacity USB so I doubt it would have been a log file issue?

There I copied the file from my computer onto my RetroPie by drag and drop it in the Ports folder.

Then try:

python3 ~/RetroPie/roms/ports/main.py

Or if you've put it in a subfolder,

python3 ~/RetroPie/roms/ports/subfolder/main.py

@Retrodade You're welcome! :D

@mitu
I just reinstalled alsamixer and now everything is working. still no idea what caused this issue. made a backup image of my sd card now. thx for ur replies bud, learned a little more about alsa✌🏽

@Alessio2001, I ran into this same problem on my last Arcade conversion. The issue ended up being on the CRT side. You should have a control board with 6-8 knobs. Mine was a small square one, but they can be different. This controls the image on the CRT. You can use this to change the Vertical Hold (height), Horizontal Hold (width), and contrast, and some have R/G/B knobs. One of those, when you change it in one direction, made my image duplicate, flicker, and rotate on the screen. When I turned it in the opposite direction, it solidified into a single image rotating from top to bottom. Eventually, it would slow down and stop in the middle of the screen.

@sleve_mcdichael Ok it will take me a lot of time then, but I am really passionate about this project. It’s called Retro Ally. I’ll use Pygame to incorporate UI and install custom emulators. Thanks for your help