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    • ironic
      ironic last edited by ironic

      Hi.
      It's better to use RGB instead of Composite for Amiga but :
      If you want to be in integer scale, you must force the resolution in "GameConfigFile".uae

      From uae4arm menu you can only up to 270 but in the configfile, you can set :
      gfx_width=720
      gfx_height=288
      gfx_width_windowed=720
      gfx_height_windowed=288
      gfx_width_fullscreen=720
      gfx_height_fullscreen=288

      I use a resolution (non interlaced RGB) of 1920x282 and the result is ... perfect 🙂
      See this video :
      Amiga 500 vs Uae4arm Rpi3 CRT
      No tearing, no lag, i'm an Amiga coder an i know what is a perfect 50fps scroll 😉

      Rpi2/Rpi3 - LCD/CRT- NES30 Pro-iBUFFALO

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      • Pol
        Pol last edited by

        @voljega @ironic You rock so hard!!! ironic, I understand RGB would be better as one can set a nice amount of custom resolutions, timings, etc... I've been following your discussions about that matter, and the people that's been involved in composite and rgb optimization for the rpi. I can't give enough thanks to you people (popcornmix=hero!!!).
        There are no SCART tvs where I live so no "pi2scart" for me, only composite and component. I really don't like the idea of hooking 2 or 3 different adapters together, I just like the rpi to be simple, like an old console, so its only composite for me (until maybe I get the money to import a "Retrotink"... but that wold be very expensive, we pay several times the real prices here, plus there is very few people that sell this kind of things). Anyway I'm super thankful 🙂

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        • arkive
          arkive last edited by

          @ironic Any chance for a hint how to run Amiga or C64 on a CRT via Pi2Scart?
          With Amiga, the emulator UI is blown up in some super high resolution and I can't do anything.

          With c64, it's better, but I struggle to hit 1:1 pixels. The best result I get is 1:1 but with borders on top/bottom in horizontal, and going slightly over left/right in vertical.

          Not sure if it's controlled by hdmi_ settings or maybe somewhere in the emu?

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          • ironic
            ironic last edited by

            Hi @arkive
            For C64, you can use VICE emulator but as you said, it will be hard to reach pixel perfect on CRT thru GPIO (like rgp-pi, Pi2Scart). VICE screen option isn't complient with CRT resolution.
            I use VICE and it works nicely but it must be setup a lot to have a true fullscreen, no tearing result.
            You can try ADVMESS C64 too, but a lot of games doesn't work.

            For Amiga and uae4arm, in low resolution you can't use the UI.
            For PI2Scart hi resolution ... i haven't one so, i don't know.
            I edit each .uae config file with a text editor, it's better went you understand this config file.

            Rpi2/Rpi3 - LCD/CRT- NES30 Pro-iBUFFALO

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            • arkive
              arkive @ironic last edited by

              @ironic said in AMIGA CD32 EMULATION - HOW TO -:

              I use VICE and it works nicely but it must be setup a lot to have a true fullscreen, no tearing result.

              Thanks for replying. How do you do that ^^? Also through GPIO solution?

              I had a feeling that maybe resolution from Vice is 384x271 (overscan) since it goes outside the screen, despite my hdmi timings being set to 320x240
              Could you advise how would I calculate hdmi timings for this (384) resolution? I saw your python script somewhere but not quite sure how to use it.

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              • ironic
                ironic last edited by

                I use RGB thru GPIO only.
                For Commodore Amiga 500/1200/CD32 50Hz i use :
                1920 282 49.920410 -10 6 11 48 192 240 5 15625 (for generating hdmitimings with my script)
                With configfile (.UAE) :
                gfx_width=704
                gfx_height=282
                gfx_width_windowed=704
                gfx_height_windowed=282
                gfx_width_fullscreen=704
                gfx_height_fullscreen=282
                (Only 2 lines are needed but can't remember wich)

                For Commodore 64 50Hz(Vice - Combian 64 edition) i use :
                hdmi_timings 336 1 10 18 46 288 1 5 6 6 0 0 0 50 0 6400000 1
                (so, 336x288)

                My hdmi timings generator only works with RGB/GPIO.

                Rpi2/Rpi3 - LCD/CRT- NES30 Pro-iBUFFALO

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                • voljega
                  voljega Banned last edited by voljega

                  Yes only the first two gfx lines are needed 🙂

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                  • arkive
                    arkive @ironic last edited by arkive

                    @ironic said in AMIGA CD32 EMULATION - HOW TO -:

                    For Commodore 64 50Hz(Vice - Combian 64 edition) i use :
                    hdmi_timings 336 1 10 18 46 288 1 5 6 6 0 0 0 50 0 6400000 1
                    (so, 336x288)

                    D**n...I was hoping it would work, but still no luck. Thanks though!
                    May I ask what settings in Video in Vice do you use? I mean: Size Settings/ Fullscreen Mode/Custom Res/Res limit mode/Open GL
                    Also, the Border: Full, Normal or None?

                    My hdmi timings generator only works with RGB/GPIO.

                    I use pi2scart, do you think it may require different settings from your setup? Also, I use Retropie...maybe the difference is in that Vice Combian 64 edition? I'm downloading it now, will try later.

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                    • ironic
                      ironic last edited by ironic

                      Thanks @voljega 🙂

                      @arkive
                      Sorry, it's an Amiga thread.

                      Have a look to this C64 screens grabbed from my CRT
                      Scanlines perfect (1920x288), 50fps perfect sync.
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                      Open a Commodore 64 thread if you want more informations...

                      Rpi2/Rpi3 - LCD/CRT- NES30 Pro-iBUFFALO

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                      • Jesús BL
                        Jesús BL last edited by

                        Does AmigaCD32 addon run in new recalbox 4.1 stable?

                        I ran this in beta but I can't in new stable version.

                        Trucos y recetas para raspberry pi:
                        http://malagaoriginal.blogspot.com.es/search/label/raspberry pi

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                        • Dragu
                          Dragu Banned last edited by Dragu

                          cOOL !
                          I also just install CD32 Emulation.
                          Is there a chance that this is part as one of the next Recalbox release ?

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                          • voljega
                            voljega Banned @Dragu last edited by

                            @dragu yes it should be sooner or later, but amiberry has a better support of a500/a1200 than cd32 for now

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                            • Substring
                              Substring @Dragu last edited by

                              @dragu As @voljega made the hard part for configgen, we'll take a look sooner or later. Still got 1 bugfix release of 4.1 coming shortly, got some major internal work to do nefore adding new packages, then i'll go into amiga. I'm just now quite disappointed with 2 points :

                              • Amiberry is SDL1 for now ... It's more than time to move on to SDL2
                              • Amiberry is raspberry only (or am i wrong ?), leaving odroids and x86* on the side

                              Former dev - Please reply with @substring so that i am notified when you answer me
                              Ex dev - Merci de me répondre en utilisant @substring pour que je sois notifé

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                              • voljega
                                voljega Banned @Substring last edited by

                                @substring yeah the second point is the more bothering clearly, but they're willing to make a version for odroid, for x86, not that much apparently or not in a near future :
                                https://github.com/midwan/amiberry/issues/143
                                https://github.com/midwan/amiberry/issues/131

                                And they are still working SDL2 version, but it looks like it will be released later than sooner 😉

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                                • mightor
                                  mightor last edited by

                                  Hello everybody and many thanks for this tuto. I'll try it ASAP. Can you tell me which version of cd32_base.rom and cd32_ext.rom I need (version # or CRC) ?
                                  Thanks !

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                                  • voljega
                                    voljega Banned @mightor last edited by

                                    @mightor Go back a little I posted them in this thread just two months ago

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                                    • mightor
                                      mightor @voljega last edited by

                                      @voljega got it ! Many thanks.

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                                      • ejr
                                        ejr last edited by ejr

                                        I tracked all the posts in this thread, made everything with the instructions, I even converted my cue/imgs to isos and made new cues for them, but still when I try to load something it always throw me back to recalbox. I edited start.th, made all the changes... It still doesn't work at all. Am I missing something?

                                        edited:

                                        Always read readme.txt 🙂
                                        "RENAME YOUR REQ. EMULATOR AT:
                                        ...\CD32-Beta\usr\bin\uae4arm
                                        uae4arm-rpi1
                                        uae4arm-rpi2
                                        uae4arm-rpi3
                                        (rename your req. version to "uae4arm" and delete the unused two other versions)"

                                        Official relased games work now (I mean that one that are .cue/.iso "originally" downloaded. Unofficial "collections" converted from .cue/.img to iso and with manual made .cues doesn't work for me. But I can now play Banshee! Thanks Ratte!

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                                        • voljega
                                          voljega Banned @ejr last edited by

                                          @ejr It doesn't seem that Ratte is supporting his version too much anymore, and I can't help you with it.

                                          You can try mine if you want, but it doesn't support CD32, only Amiga 500/1200

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                                          • ejr
                                            ejr @voljega last edited by

                                            @voljega I have read Your whdload thread many times, I have huge collection of the whdloads in WinUAE, but I was afraid how it can be complicated in Recalbox (because of the policy to be user-friendly - I know - paradox). Its easy under WinUAE but it seems to be too complicated in Recalbox. ...or maybe I'm wrong?

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