I went ahead and installed the development version and it seems like it's fixed the issues I've been having. Thanks for the help!

Did you try updating EmulationStation ? The current stable release is 2.11.2, while you're still on version 2.10.1 from almost 3 years ago.

@ExarKunIv said in [Pi5] Videos in EmulationStation "freeze" for about 1-2 seconds when stopping:

@roslof https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/35717/emulationstation-video-previews-on-raspberry-pi-5/22?_=1726283299547

Yes it has something to deal with that version of VLC.
So a downgrade is needed

Awesome! The details in that link did the trick. Ty @ExarKunIv

0.3 seems to be the sweet spot. I did the change on GitHub

@mitu Thanks for the reply to both of you.

It turns out, I had set my ui settings to detailed. I switched it over to video and made sure the theme I was using supported video and... bingo. all set.

@sleve_mcdichael That did it! Didn't realize there were additional entries we could've added. It now properly shows the "Sega Genesis" title on the screensaver for genesis/megadrive games. Thanks!

@mitu Thank you, youve made a grown man very happy

im not sure how this interacts with retroarch overrides as no video mode was selected in the override .cfgs the log file referenced but all i did was updated retroarch from binary to latest 1.16.0, loaded the same rom and i got a msg on lower left configuration override loaded but can change video mode from the runcommand launch menu and it now works.

i can now can select 50zh video mode and get smooth scrolling on PAL and on Amstrad CPC :)

@mitu i discovered that the file i was trying to play had H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
codec

i tried playing a video from really old times whose pixel layout was the exact same as my spi display 320x240 codec of that file was Xvid this time it didnt play anything it just crashed

@sleve_mcdichael that is correct

@retropieuser555 that's absolutely brilliant - thank you so much!

It appears that the original installation was done in Linux for some reason, so at least this way I can have a fiddle around and try to learn how it all works :)

Thanks once again - I'll get right on it.

@dankcushions Thank you so much for the support. I thought it must be a video problem but if it is emulating like this (the way it is supposed to be) then it is no problem. I am pretty sure Mario Kart 64 was intended for CRTs as well so that is why there are those lines. I also run PSX and N64 at a low res so that they perform well. I will probably dump some PSX Bios and configure some settings so that I get access to all the benefits of the system.

Once again thank you to everyone's support.

This is my log when using the HDMI output
[INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] RetroArch 1.10.0 (Git e9e85f3d07)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Sep 21 2023
[INFO] Version: 1.10.0
[INFO] Git: e9e85f3d07
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/FCEUmm.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/Game Titles - #-Z.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/3-D WorldRunner.cfg".
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_VFS_INTERFACE. Core requested version >= V1, providing V3.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CONTENT_INFO_OVERRIDE.
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'fds' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'nes' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unf' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unif' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.srm".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.state".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_SUPPORT_ACHIEVEMENTS: yes.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_MESSAGE_INTERFACE_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Content]: Loading content file: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.zip#3-D WorldRunner.nes".
[INFO] [Content]: Did not find a valid content patch.
[INFO] [Content]: CRC32: 0xd5ada486.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_GAME_INFO_EXT.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[libretro INFO] Frontend supports RGB565 - will use that instead of XRGB1555.
[INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 5.
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2_INTL.
[libretro INFO] FCEU_MakeFName: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/nes.pal
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_MEMORY_MAPS.
[INFO] [SRAM]: Skipping SRAM load.
[INFO] [Core]: Version of libretro API: 1, Compiled against API: 1
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Timings deviate too much. Will not adjust. (Display = 50.00 Hz, Game = 60.10 Hz)
[INFO] [Video]: Game FPS > Monitor FPS. Cannot rely on VSync.
[INFO] [Video]: Set video size to: 879x672.
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [EGL] Falling back to eglGetDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0x1.
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: "egl_videocore".
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution: 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Broadcom, Renderer: VideoCore IV HW.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: OpenGL ES 2.0.
[INFO] Querying EGL extension: KHR_image => exists
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: "freetype".
[INFO] [Video]: Graphics driver did not initialize an input driver. Attempting to pick a suitable driver.
[WARN] [udev]: Couldn't open any keyboard, mouse or touchpad. Are permissions set correctly for /dev/input/event*?
[WARN] [udev]: Full-screen pointer won't be available.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event0) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event1) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #2 (/dev/input/event2) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #3 (/dev/input/event3) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: "null".
[INFO] ALSA: Using floating point format.
[INFO] ALSA: Period size: 384 frames
[INFO] ALSA: Buffer size: 1536 frames
[INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: "gl".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[libretro INFO] Player 1: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 2: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 3: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Player 4: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Famicom Expansion: None Connected
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_music_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_video_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_image_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_favorites.lpl".
[INFO] [Config]: Saved new config to "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 01 minutes, 58 seconds.
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading game..
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..
[INFO] [Core]: Saved core options file to "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg".
[INFO] Threaded video stats: Frames pushed: 7114, Frames dropped: 2.

And this is when composite is the output
[INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] RetroArch 1.10.0 (Git e9e85f3d07)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Sep 21 2023
[INFO] Version: 1.10.0
[INFO] Git: e9e85f3d07
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/FCEUmm.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/Game Titles - #-Z.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/3-D WorldRunner.cfg".
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_VFS_INTERFACE. Core requested version >= V1, providing V3.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CONTENT_INFO_OVERRIDE.
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'fds' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'nes' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unf' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unif' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.srm".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.state".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_SUPPORT_ACHIEVEMENTS: yes.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_MESSAGE_INTERFACE_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Content]: Loading content file: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.zip#3-D WorldRunner.nes".
[INFO] [Content]: Did not find a valid content patch.
[INFO] [Content]: CRC32: 0xd5ada486.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_GAME_INFO_EXT.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[libretro INFO] Frontend supports RGB565 - will use that instead of XRGB1555.
[INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 5.
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2_INTL.
[libretro INFO] FCEU_MakeFName: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/nes.pal
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_MEMORY_MAPS.
[INFO] [SRAM]: Skipping SRAM load.
[INFO] [Core]: Version of libretro API: 1, Compiled against API: 1
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Timings deviate too much. Will not adjust. (Display = 50.00 Hz, Game = 60.10 Hz)
[INFO] [Video]: Game FPS > Monitor FPS. Cannot rely on VSync.
[INFO] [Video]: Set video size to: 879x672.
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [EGL] Falling back to eglGetDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0x1.
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: "egl_videocore".
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution: 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Broadcom, Renderer: VideoCore IV HW.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: OpenGL ES 2.0.
[INFO] Querying EGL extension: KHR_image => exists
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: "freetype".
[INFO] [Video]: Graphics driver did not initialize an input driver. Attempting to pick a suitable driver.
[WARN] [udev]: Couldn't open any keyboard, mouse or touchpad. Are permissions set correctly for /dev/input/event*?
[WARN] [udev]: Full-screen pointer won't be available.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event0) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event1) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #2 (/dev/input/event2) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #3 (/dev/input/event3) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: "null".
[INFO] ALSA: Using floating point format.
[INFO] ALSA: Period size: 384 frames
[INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: "gl".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[libretro INFO] Player 1: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 2: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 3: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Player 4: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Famicom Expansion: None Connected
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_music_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_video_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_image_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_favorites.lpl".

@mitu Thank you!

It's possible I'm confused by the implementation vs. the Raspberry Pi version...EmulationStation uses X11 on x86? I assumed no, and that was my whole motivation for not doing so (plus the obvious memory and time burn from launching an X display you aren't going to use anyway). If that's not the case, it sounds like xrandr is absolutely the way to go (and the closest analog to what I'm doing today).

onstart will almost certainly be required, because my display lies and says it can't do PAL ;)

Set the display to 800x600, but no dice, it seems like it possibly won't display at that res. Everything still says 640x480 (fbset, tvservice)

So i've turned off integer scale, and that did the trick. It's not exactly perfect, the pixels are a little fuzzy. But it's acceptable for now until I figure out more stuff I can try with the Pi config.txt stuff.

Thanks for the help!!

@JimmyFromTheBay This has absolutely nothing to do with me since I don't use this emulator.

I just wanted to throw a "thank you" in here though for posting the answer to your own question after you found it. Google searches bring people here sometimes to find answers to the same problems they may be having and it's frustrating to see nothing entered or, worse, "I found it. I'm good."... then no explanation.

Thanks from the future! 😀