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    Why is pi 4 support still in "beta"?

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      akamming
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      don't get me wrong, this is not criticism. i very much appreciate all the hard work from all the developers here. But as i read the reactions in the forum (and i have the same experience myself) i am convinced pi 4 in combi with RetroPie is a very powerful combination and a great emulation experience and seems to be quite stable. However on 4.6 pi 4 support is stilled called beta.

      I think it would do much more credit to the software and the developers to communicate full support.

      So i was wondering: What is the reason why pi 4 support is still called beta?

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        ReadyPlayaWon Banned @akamming
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        @akamming

        From the the announcement page ...

        We are marking the Raspberry Pi 4 image as beta for now – primarily as there are still some things to improve on, but most packages run well.

        https://retropie.org.uk/2020/04/retropie-4-6-released-with-raspberry-pi-4-support/

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          zerojay
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          Vsync issues with FKMS I'm sure is part of that.

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            Darksavior
            last edited by Darksavior

            The pi4 drivers are still a wip and they aren't in charge of those. Then there's the slowdowns with emulationstation. I've no stability issues.
            I have had stability issues with lakka, though.

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