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  • 08/31/2014 at 06:07 #48853
    docsnivy
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    Hi,

    I’ve been noticing that all emulators are running at an unnecessary 720p(I primarily play on a 1080p hdtv). Because of this, select games, i.e. UMK3, Kirby Super Star, Star Fox, et cetera, et cetera, put the Pi under heavy stress and cause the entire game to lag, the first sign usually being that choppy, grainy audio that you will get.

    I’ve tried changing to VGA mode, lowering resolution output, editing runcommand.sh to output in VGA mode if in HDMI mode, even overclocking(not too high though, even with aluminum heat sinks; I would like for my Pi to last). All of which come to no fix for my issue.

    Is there a way to hard set each emulator to run in 480i, at the max 480p?

    09/02/2014 at 11:33 #51095
    Anonymous
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    each emulator has its own setting in /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg file, try edditing this and replace (runcommand.sh 4) with (runcommand.sh 1) on each of the emulator settings, this should force 640×480 at 60Hz.

    11/16/2014 at 19:44 #82804
    rick
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    Hi, did it work? I think every emulator should come with that resolution. They dont need more than that.

    I lost too much time trying to make work RCA On FHD TVs without results xd. For the same reason that docsnivy trying to avoid the stress on the py. And keep compatibility with the grandma tv xd

    11/16/2014 at 20:17 #82807
    docsnivy
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    It worked for the most part, but very intesive games, i.e. Kirby Super Star, Star Fox, still show heavy lag.

    11/16/2014 at 20:23 #82808
    trimmtrabb
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    The Pi can struggle with SNES emulation, particularly Super FX games, the emulator ports are based on older SNES emulators for performance reasons but the trade off is compatibility

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