ROM Image Height

[sselph]

When I created my scraper I copied the logic from ES and set a max width, but there was a PR and it seems logical that I should also be setting a max height and resize accordingly. I would make it configurable but is there a standard image dimension or ratio for the common themes?

[Rookervik]

@sselph Most emulated systems on RetroPie are 4:3 ratio. PSP is 16:9 and GBA is... heck I don't know. It's between Widescreen and SD. But most systems will have 4:3.

[sselph]

So if the default max width for an image is 400 a sensible default for height would be 300?

[Rookervik]

@sselph Yep, that is what I would expect for screenshots. Box art will be a totally different story.

[sselph]

@Rookervik Well the place on the screen where the image goes is the same regardless?

[Rookervik]

@sselph Ah, if you're asking what is the general shape of the area people create for images... I typically make it square. I realize everyone uses different images. Genesis box art is tall, SNES box art is wide. It's best just to use a square and you can encompass the largest portion of users without wasting too much theme space.

[sselph]

Cool, defaulting to square it is then.