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    changing resolution of Retroarch menu

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      danfun
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      I need to change resolution of the Retroarch menus, including the in game menu. I am using Retropie on a CRT and the menus are stretched and don't fit. I have a custom resolution set at 1600x240 so that games can scale accordingly to that with integer mode. So must be that my menus are stuck at width 1600 also... How do I change this?

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        backstander
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        @danfun

        I have a custom resolution set at 1600x240

        Isn't that 240p?

        If so, then edit /boot/config.txt

        # Force the monitor to HDMI mode so that sound will be sent over HDMI cable
        hdmi_drive=2
        # Use HDMI mode even if no HDMI monitor is detected
        hdmi_force_hotplug=1
        # HDMI type CEA
        hdmi_group=1
        # 240p @ 60 Hz
        hdmi_mode=8
        

        More information here:
        http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Video_mode_options

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          backstander
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          @danfun
          Scratch what I said above and read this thread:
          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8521/best-way-to-output-scart-rgb-from-pi-3/54

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            danfun
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            I could not find the solution in that thread what I could see...

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              backstander @danfun
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              @danfun
              woops sorry, posted the wrong reply in that thread:
              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8521/best-way-to-output-scart-rgb-from-pi-3/62

              @arkive is editing /boot/config.txt and uncommenting these 2 separate lines:

              # uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
              # and your display can output without overscan
              disable_overscan=1
              
              # Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
              dtparam=audio=on
              

              ...and then adding:

              disable_audio_dither=1
              dtoverlay=vga666
              enable_dpi_lcd=1
              display_default_lcd=1
              dpi_group=2
              dpi_mode=87
              hdmi_timings=320 1 16 30 34 240 1 2 3 22 0 0 0 60 0 6400000 1
              

              or

              hdmi_timings=256 1 8 17 21 224 1 7 10 24 0 0 0 60 0 4800000 1 
              
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                backstander @backstander
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                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.

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