Adjusting System Audio Volume and Other Issues

FoxWordsmith7

Hello everybody!

I am new to using Retropie, and I am trying to figure out how to use the Retropie Zero. I have tested out 3 games that I downloaded. Visually they appear just fine. However, the audio/sound is off in one SNES game (Star Fox) and it could be lagging, and the other SNES game won't respond to the gamepad controller. I've read one post here where the system audio volume needed to be adjusted to 100%. How do I find those system settings? I am not a super technical person. I need someone to walk me through this.

Plus, after configuring the Retropie controller, do you just press a button to exit or hold down on a button?

Also, I have a question about Retropie Zero and console support. Is it possible to have a Sega CD game work on Zero?

FoxWordsmith7

Any help would be appreciated. I could use a simple walkthrough, including which part of the settings menu to use to change the system audio volume, implement the gamepad control configuration, etc.

FoxWordsmith7

@FoxWordsmith7 Still looking for help on this issue. I really need the help.

BuZz

@FoxWordsmith7 You are more likely to get help if you provide the information requested when you registered / at the top of the screen

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Which version of retropie ?

which snes emulator - star fox is not going to run at full speed I should think.

when configuring a controller you press the button you configured as "A" on "OK". This is detailed in the installation instructions.

you can adjust system volume in emulationstation or via "Audio" settings from retropie menu (keyboard needed)

sega cd games should be fine.

caver01

@FoxWordsmith7 It's not that people are unwilling to help, but that your first post did not provide the required info as described in this link (linked at the top of the forum).

Also, you said you read one post about audio. Have you read the wiki pages? You did not say anything about reviewing the documentation. Most of the answers to questions are there. You can also search for specifics about Pi Zero performance. For example, I searched for just that and found an interesting thread about overclocking to improve NES and SNES performance on a Zero.

The bottom line is that almost nobody on here has the same configuration, and to make matters worse for you, nobody knows anything about your configuration because you have not provided the details. It sounds like you are using a Pi Zero, but we don't know what controllers you have, what version of RetroPie you installed, whether you installed it via the script or loaded an image, what emulator you are using, and so on and so on.

Finally, the Raspberry Pi is a learning platform. Not everything you do on the device will have a "walk through". Some really great videos have been made by the community that can be adequate for some people, but you should assume that if you pursue this you will likely become a technical person when it comes to setting up the Pi, especially if you start tweaking performance with overclocking.

You can find a volume setting both in the RetroPie configuration and in Emulation Station itself by accessing the Main Menu (Start), then Sound Settings.