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    RetroPie Nes Emulator vs Android Nes Emulator. Both HDMI, but big resolution difference.

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    • hakan1708H
      hakan1708
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I use both retropie nes emulator and Android nes emulator. They both have hdmi output, but Android has significantly better resolution. I tried to change many settings but still I have giant pixels on RetroPie. Any help? Thanks in advance.

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @hakan1708
        last edited by herb_fargus

        @hakan1708 no such thing as better resolution. The native output is 640 x480 (or perhaps even less for the SNES)

        You can turn on smoothing and it will blur your pixels making you think it has better resolution but regardless the output resolution does not change.

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • hakan1708H
          hakan1708 @herb_fargus
          last edited by hakan1708

          @herb_fargus Thanks. I played with shaders. Looks much better. The only thing I need to fix now is the long horizontal lines.
          image

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            blackshadow
            last edited by blackshadow

            indeed it could also be that the android emulator is applying a scale filter im not familier with android emulators so whatever your using could be setup to automaticly use it

            out of curiosity try applying a scale filter like Hq2x or somthing else from the emulators shader menu(assuming your using a libretro core) and see if you get a similer result to the android one

            other than that herbs post sums it up teh increased resolution is mearly an upsized images of the original i tihnk the NES's native res is 256x240 or somthing there abouts so running at 1080p for instance simply stretches the image to that size hence the giant pixels without a filter of some kind personally i dont like filters i like my image crisp and pixelised witha few exceptions i use an lcd effect on gb/c/a games

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            damn internet lagging on me glad your sorted

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            • hakan1708H
              hakan1708 @blackshadow
              last edited by

              @blackshadow I used the shaders and smoothing but now there is long horizontal lines :( please see the image

              image

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              • hakan1708H
                hakan1708 @blackshadow
                last edited by

                @blackshadow I used crt-pi curvature. That's the best so far but with long horizontal lines.

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators @hakan1708
                  last edited by BuZz

                  @hakan1708 it's a scanline shader. It's supposed to have lines (to mimic a CRT).

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • hakan1708H
                    hakan1708 @BuZz
                    last edited by

                    @BuZz Is that how the original nes looks like? Is there anyway to get rid of these lines? Here is another image that you can see the lines better:

                    Horizontal lines

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators @hakan1708
                      last edited by

                      @hakan1708 use a different shader. And read https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Shaders-and-Smoothing/

                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      • hakan1708H
                        hakan1708 @BuZz
                        last edited by

                        @BuZz thanks. I'll try them all. Hopefully one of them will fix the problem.

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