lr-pcsx-rearmed kicks me back to the menu on pi zero with dpi screen, boots games fine on raspberry pi 3 with hdmi on a fresh build
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What format are your games ? Are they
.cue/.bin/.chd/.img
files ? -
@mitu hey thanks for the reply.
they are pbp. files and run fine on my raspberry pi 3b with the same sd card.
difference is hdmi on pi 3 and composite on pi zero -
@stinus77 A log file from the emulator might help (
/dev/shm/runcommand.log
). Run the emulator with debug logging toggled from the Runcommand launch menu and the post the output of the log file on pastebin.com.
On a Pi Zero, the standalone emulator would be recommended (pcsx_rearmed
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when i go trough runcommand and add any delay, it just boots back to the gamelist and ftp to my pi to the dev folder shm is just empty.
this is why i think this is just a resolution problem.
the pi zero is at a 320x240 resolution and the hdmi screen is 640x420... the ps one is more then 320x240 i think and thats why it reboots is my gues... conflict in resolution output. -
seeing how long it takes i pobably did a bad thing with a stupid answer... noob remeber, dislectic noob... so noob answers and tips welcome...:-)
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for the love of god and the entire universe a can't get any logfile out of it no matter what... so i'm pretty much stuck.
enter the game press the button before the game starts,it gives me nothing, am i missing something ?
starting a games just kicks me out.
and yes pcsx rearmed totaly crahes my system everytime.so the 1st video is trying to boot on the pi zer in the gameboy, as you kan see, just kicks me back.
the second video is the game booting fine on raspberry 3
the pi zero when in try it (sdtv 4:3 ), the settings go to another resolution as when i boot it in the pi3.(640x480 @60hz)
setting the resolution to sdtv 4:3 on the pi3 crashes the game, putting the card back in the pi zero stes the resolution back to sdtv automatic... -
@stinus77 can you show how the log file is empty? maybe a screenshot of the folder? or if you're doing via command line, a screenshot of the commands?
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i put it in the pi3 and use filezilla to go to the map.
now somthing tells me this isnt right ?
sorry if it is, but its like i tell you, this is all new to me, putting a command line in the terminal is a nightmare for me as i am severely dislectic and the keyboard is set to qwerty in my keyboard is azerty.
i can use putty if you have the commands.
this has to be a screen issue,because the screen turns off and back on when it kicks me back, i think this is a resolution problemits like it cannot communicate with the display.
ive got this far and hope i can finisch this problem with the help of you guys here, otherwise i have put the extra buttons on the back for nothing... -
Not to stir up this pot, but earlier you said -
@stinus77 said in lr-pcsx-rearmed kicks me back to the menu on pi zero with dpi screen, boots games fine on raspberry pi 3 with hdmi on a fresh build:
they are pbp. files and run fine on my raspberry pi 3b with the same sd card.
Last I knew, the pi3 and pi0 require different installations. If it works on your 3b, it shouldn't work on your Zero W. You aren't supposed to be able to take the card out of a 3b and put it straight into a Zero and expect it to work. PErhaps you need to make yourself a new card using a proper Pi 0 image?
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@Thorr69 installation of the image is done on the pi zero, i only swith to the pi3 to use the wifi connection ( and yes to test if it runs on that ) for filezilla to put on the roms or use putty . as i cant get my wifi stick to work with the pi zero, keryboard is working fine with the zero, so the usb port is working. pi zero images always boot fine on pi3 for the record.
it also gives extra resolution settings on pi3. i have seen the lr-pcsx-rearmed running games on the pi zero at full speed with 3.5inch displays, with proper tweaking they schould run better then the pcsx rearmed. i would be glad just to get it running. -
Gotcha. I also just found this line in your original post:
@stinus77 said in lr-pcsx-rearmed kicks me back to the menu on pi zero with dpi screen, boots games fine on raspberry pi 3 with hdmi on a fresh build:
i downloaded a fresh image that was meant for the pi zero version 4.5.1.
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@Thorr69 meaning ? ( and edited the previous pst, slipt on my keybord and accindently posted to soon.
the native resolution of the psx is 640x480, i think this is the problem and why it boots back, is there maybe a way to override this ?
is there a way to let it think its running 640x320 and let it play the video on the 320x240 display?
also funny thing happenned and don't know anymore what i did as went to all settings a hundred times, but pcsx rearmed isnt crashing my whole system anymore when i choose the different core...just boots me back like lr-pcsx-rearmed now. -
@stinus77 most ps1 games are 320x240. i don't know any that are 640x480. anyway i don't think that's the issue, but i've never heard of an emulator booting without a log file generated. do you not get one when you launch a working game (snes, etc)?
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@dankcushions i will test it, i don't have any installed as i would like to build this as a portable playstation.
there schould be a file even when using filzilla ,right ? -
@dankcushions just booted street fighter 2, it gives me nothing... am i maybe missing something in the settings ? fresh install couple of days , pi image is from here.
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@dankcushions actualy the psx can handle 640x480 just not many games use it.
so i made another vidoe showing that i set it to 640x480 that games boot fine on this resolution and don't boot in the sdtv mode.
yes i used the pi3 because that is the only one giving me the 640x480 option wich is not present on th pi zero when i boot it, hence my question is it possible to override the autodetect ? ok, didnt quite put it like that , please understand that its hard for me using another language. -
You can override the detection by using some parameters in the
config.txt
file on the boot partition of the SD card, see https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/video.md.
Are you saying that the PI3 can do 640x480 with the same display, while the Pi Zero cannot ? -
@mitu no, its a different display. one is on hdmi the other isnt, so it had other resolution options. i am currently testing another pi zero trough hdmi connection, if i get it to work it could be easier to just switch the screens but i would neet to trim 2mm of the board on the back of the screen and don't want to do this to be honest...
i will look in to this option to, thanks -
@stinus77 said in lr-pcsx-rearmed kicks me back to the menu on pi zero with dpi screen, boots games fine on raspberry pi 3 with hdmi on a fresh build:
no, its a different display. one is on hdmi the other isnt, so it had other resolution options
But are you sure your display supports 640x480 over composite ? Do you have a model or a tech sheet to check ?
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@mitu ive had this diplay lying around for about a year as i ordered it in double as a replacement screen for my sega nomad , so it would take me some time to search again ( but i will do )
the thing is that the gpi case has a display of 320x240 running playstation fine, so i think this should be possible to.
i will get back to you on this.
can i give the playstation emulator settings for other resolutions maybe ?
as mentioned aboveby dankcushions most games run in 320x240, maybe the emulator is based on the 640x480 resolution and a simple fix would geive me custom resolution settings? just thinking, dunno whats possible, so don't shoot me ...
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