Need help on several issues(mostly video)

[petro62]

Sorry the generic title but it is true.

I am completely new to all of this. I followed some online tutorials on how to get everything up and running. By all definition everything is up and running but I have a few issues

The main screen where you select your emulator/games(Apple 2, nes,etc…) seems to be slightly oversized and then when I load games (sega,nes) they are just a small box in the middle of my tv.

The menu part doesn’t bug me but I would like to get the games to use more of my tv’s screen.

Also is there a better way to pick your game from the menu. I guess I should say how do I quickly pick a game out of a list of 900.

Again I am extremely new to this so you may have to dumb things down a lot for me or if you have a link to a really great walk through that would be amazing. Thanks in advance.

Oh so my pi is hooked up via hdmi in case that is important.

[supersirlink]

I would start by checking the settings in the /Boot/config.txt for you video mode.

Take a look here:
http://elinux.org/RPi_config.txt

Once you get a controller setup, there is a key to be able to jump by first letter or last played, ect…

[petro62]

So can I edit the boot/config file from the pi or is that when I have to connect to a router and go through an FTP? Could you recommend a good free FTP. I downloaded one but when I typed in the inet address I couldn’t connect to the pi. I am sure I am doing something wrong just not sure what.

Thanks for the help

[FreezX]

@petro62: Do this with a wired connection to make sure it isn’t a wireless issue:

Get a copy of FileZilla; I’m using it on my Arch Linux box with no issues. Just to make sure that you are using correctly, got to

File>Site Manager>New Site

And put in the address you got from ‘ifconfig’ on your pi.

Also, in the drop down section labeled “Protocol” make sure you choose “SFTP” instead of “FTP”

[petro62]

Thanks freezx I will give that a try. Now just to find the video mode and figure out what to change it to.

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