Problem with screen cut on laptop with Projector

[Joaomg]

Hi Guys,
I'm using Recalbox system(Build 64055288 from pipeline 20811907 based on 18.04.20 ) x86 at a HP pavilion DM4 a laptop, works great, but when i tried use with a projector, the screen has been cut, beacuse the laptop is widescreen and the projector is 4:3, beacuse that 1/4 of the screen don't show for me. I tried to change the video ratio 16/9 to 4/3, but looks like as the screen showed is widescreen was cut.

i tried change same stuffs at recalbox.conf like global.videomode, but continued the same problem.

Thanks in advance

[Substring]

@joaomg videomode just works on ip, there is no option to change the resolution on PC yet as it's using the display native resolution. But you may jave a look at the wiki, english mini how to, to change the resolution (once for all)

[Joaomg]

@substring Tks that is wich i needed, i was following the steps (https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Change-display-resolution-on-x86---x86_64) but i had a problem.

After conected by ssh with root acess, i wrote:

cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

"This will copy ~/.xinitrc to /recalbox/share/system (/recalbox/share/system/.xinitrc). This will be the file that we will edit."

but i dont know how can i edit this file, i tried

vi/nano

but i don't know how can i do it.

[Substring]

@joaomg nano ~/.xinitrc

[Joaomg]

@substring Tks in advance, i'll do it when i arrive home.

ssh into your recalbox: root terminal access

cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

export TERM=xterm

nano ~/.xinitrc

and the file will open and i will put this below in the file ?

Force Display Output 800x600

xrandr -s 800x600

[Substring]

@joaomg if it's what the wiki says, then yes

[josklown]

@substring que tal amigo, me podrias ayudar!? tengo este problema y no se uqe hacer, ya intente varias formas y aun no puedo... me puedes decir exactamente en que linea tengo que colocar o modificar y que tengo que agregar... por favor

System Variable

You can configure your recalbox from here

To set a variable, remove the first ; on the line

------------ A - System Options -----------

Recalbox Manager (http manager)

system.manager.enabled=0

1 or 2, depending on the manager version you wish

system.manager.version=2

Recalbox security

enforce security

samba password required

disable virtual gamepads

system.security.enabled=0

Recalbox API (REST)

system.api.enabled=0

EmulationStation

menu style

default -> default all options menu

none -> no menu except the game search menu

bartop -> less menu, only needed for bartops

emulationstation.menu=default

Select a system to show on boot (use rom directory name) (string)

emulationstation.selectedsystem=c64

Show the gamelist of the first or selected system on boot (0,1)

emulationstation.bootongamelist=0

Disable system view ES will boot and show ONLY the first or selected system (0,1)

emulationstation.hidesystemview=0

Pa**e Gamelists only. Show only games listed in gamelist.xml files (0,1)

emulationstation.gamelistonly=1

Force basicgameList view to be displayed, even if your game systems are scraped (0,1)

emulationstation.forcebasicgamelistview=0

Emulator special keys

default -> default all special keys

nomenu -> cannot popup the emulator menu

none -> no special keys in emulators

system.emulators.specialkeys=default

Show or hide kodi in emulationstation (0,1)

kodi.enabled=0

Start kodi at launch (0,1)

kodi.atstartup=0

set x button shortcut (0,1)

kodi.xbutton=0

Kodi can wait for a network component before starting

waithost is the ip or hostname that must answer to a ping to validate the availability

waittime is the maximum time waited when kodi boots

if waitmode is required, kodi will not start if the component is not available

if waitmode is wish, kodi will start if the component is not available

if waitmode is not set or has another value, kodi will start immediately

;kodi.network.waitmode=required
;kodi.network.waittime=10
;kodi.network.waithost=192.168.0.50

------------ B - Network ------------

Set system hostname

system.hostname=RECALjOs

Activate wifi (0,1)

wifi.enabled=1

Wifi SSID (string)

wifi.ssid=Juan&Jorge

Wifi KEY (string)

after rebooting the recalbox, the "new key" is replace by a hidden value "enc:xxxxx"

you can edit the "enc:xxxxx" value to replace by a clear value, it will be updated again at the following reboot

Escape your special chars (# ; $) with a backslash : $ => $

wifi.key=enc:U2FsdGVkX1+Q0FtvFYq7KnjQeQauqcsPaIcRQ4xIbS8=Grettel24

secondary wifi (not configurable via the user interface)

;wifi2.ssid=new ssid
;wifi2.key=new key

third wifi (not configurable via the user interface)

;wifi3.ssid=new ssid
;wifi3.key=new key

Samba share

system.samba.enabled=1

Virtual Gamepads

system.virtual-gamepads.enabled=1

SSH

system.ssh.enabled=1

------------ C - Audio ------------

Set the audio device (auto, hdmi, jack)

#hdmi_group=1
#hdmi_mode=1
audio.device=auto

Set system volume (0..100)

audio.volume=87

Enable or disable system sounds in ES (0,1)

audio.bgmusic=1

-------------- D - Controllers -----------------

Enable support for standard bluetooth controllers

controllers.bluetooth.enabled=1

Please enable only one of these

-------------- D1 - PS3 Controllers ------------

##Enable PS3 controllers support
controllers.ps3.enabled=1

Choose a driver between bluez, official and shanwan

bluez -> bluez 5 + kernel drivers, support official and shanwan sisaxis

official -> sixad drivers, support official and gasia sisaxis

shanwan -> shanwan drivers, support official and shanwan sisaxis

controllers.ps3.driver=bluez

------------ D2 - GPIO Controllers ------------

GPIO Controllers

enable controllers on GPIO with mk_arcarde_joystick_rpi (0,1)

controllers.gpio.enabled=0

mk_gpio arguments, map=1 for one controller, map=1,2 for 2 (map=1,map=1,2)

controllers.gpio.args=map=1,2

DB9 Controllers

Enable DB9 drivers for atari, megadrive, amiga controllers (0,1)

controllers.db9.enabled=0

db9 arguments

controllers.db9.args=map=1

Gamecon controllers

Enable gamecon controllers, for nes, snes psx (0,1)

controllers.gamecon.enabled=0

gamecon_args

controllers.gamecon.args=map=1

XGaming's XArcade Tankstik and other compatible devices

controllers.xarcade.enabled=1

------------ F - Language and keyboard ------------

Set the language of the system (fr_FR,en_US,en_GB,de_DE,pt_BR,es_ES,it_IT,eu_ES,tr_TR,zh_CN)

system.language=es_ES

set the keyboard layout (fr,en,de,us,es)

system.kblayout=us

Set you local time

Select your timezone from : ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/ (string)

system.timezone=Mexico/General

------------ G - UPDATES ------------

Automatically check for updates at start (0,1)

updates.enabled=1

Update type : default to stable

updates.type=stable

------------ H - HERE IT IS - GLOBAL EMULATOR CONFIGURATION ------------

The global value will be used for all emulators, except if the value

is redefined in the emulator

Set game resolution for emulators

Please don't modify this setting

This arch does not support the video mode switch

(string)

global.videomode=CEA 1 HDMI
#hdmi_drive=2

Shader set

Automatically select shaders for all systems

## (none, retro, scanlines)
global.shaderset=none

Once enabled, your screen will be cropped, and you will have a pixel perfect image (0,1)

global.integerscale=1

Set gpslp shader for all emulators (prefer shadersets above). Absolute path (string)

global.shaders=

Set ratio for all emulators (auto,4/3,16/9,16/10,custom)

global.ratio=auto

Set smooth for all emulators (0,1)

global.smooth=1

Set rewind for all emulators (0,1)

global.rewind=1

Set autosave/load savestate for all emulators (0,1)

global.autosave=1

Enable retroarchievements (0,1)

Set your www.retroachievements.org username/password

Escape your special chars (# ; $) with a backslash : $ => $

global.retroachievements=1
global.retroachievements.hardcore=1
global.retroachievements.username=
global.retroachievements.password=

Set retroarch input driver (auto, udev, sdl2)

If you don't have issues with your controllers, let auto

global.inputdriver=auto

If you do not want recalboxOS to generate the configuration for all emulators (string)

;global.configfile=/path/to/my/configfile.cfg

------------ I - EMULATORS CHOICES -----------

You can override the global configuration here

Here is the snes example

snes.core=snes9x_next
;snes.shaders=/recalbox/share/shaders/shaders_glsl/mysnesshader.gplsp
;snes.ratio=16/9
;snes.smooth=1
;snes.rewind=1
;snes.autosave=0
;snes.emulator=libretro
;snes.integerscale=0

If you do not want recalboxOS to generate the configuration for the emulator :

;snes.configfile=/path/to/my/configfile.cfg

Default cores for x86

snes.core=snes9x_next
gba.core=mgba
mame.core=mame078
nes.core=fceunext
n64.core=glide64mk2
psx.core=mednafen_psx_hw

NeoGeo emulator

You can use pifba or a libretro core (fba2x,libretro)

neogeo.emulator=libretro

If you set libretro as neogeo.emulator, the line below sets the retroarch core (fba,imame4all)

neogeo.core=fba

wiimotes

real wiimotes must not be paired with recalbox system so that they can work with the wii emulator

## set emulatedwiimotes to 1 to emulate wiimotes with standard pads
wii.emulatedwiimotes=0

Configurations generated by Recalbox

system.kblayout=us
system.timezone=Mexico/General
wii.autosave=1
wii.ratio=auto

[Substring]

@josklown please don't paste such files on the forum it's a pain to read

I'm not sure i understood what you expect from me

[josklown]

@substring perdona amigo, mira tengo mi Recalbox 18.06.27 versión pc, yo lo corro en una lap dell inspiron 15 7000 Gaming, El recalbox no tienen ningun problema corre bien, pero quiero ver la imagen en un a tv por medio de un cable hdmi, solo que no me da señal, no se ve nada porque inicia pero en la lap (portatil), estoces he visto que sabes mucho del tema y queria saber si me podias ayudar.
Que parte de mi recalbox.conf tenia que modifica, porque eh intentado de varias formas y no me deja.
gracias por la ayuda

[tonificante]

@josklown You can get spanish help here / Puedes conseguir ayuda en español aquí:
https://forum.recalbox.com/category/44/recalbox-general

I think Substring doesn't speak spanish so, you can write it in english here or you can go to the spanish forum and create a new topic there

[Substring]

@tonificante i understand spanish much better than i speak it Reading it is ok, most of times.

@josklown you're using a laptop and expect hdmi signal on a TV, right ? Well, it's not always that easy to get it wto work. Can you make a support archive please ?

[josklown]

@substring como es eso? una disculpa la verdad es que no soy muy bueno en es

[josklown]

[0_1531184795257_recalbox-support-c0237f25-4499-befd-36ea-05c9da1454ee.tar.gz](Subiendo 100%)

[Substring]

@josklown go to http://recalbox/help, generate an archive, give pe the link please

[josklown]

@substring me meto al http://recalbox/help pero no me deja entrar "No se puede acceder a este sitio"

[Substring]

@josklown is your recalbox connected to network ? If yes, open your internet browser and type the recalbox IP address, then click support on the left bar

[josklown]

@substring[0_1531255413496_recalbox-support-29d774ca-2db3-4a04-a4ba-6226ce320d38.tar-1.tar](Subiendo 100%) mira amigo es lo que me sale cuando me meto a support

[Substring]

@josklown this is not a file i can use ! Reach the network shares of your recalbox, you should find the suppirt files tbat were generated in the saves folder. Upload the most recent one on the net and give me the link please

[josklown]

http://file.ac/ZPSAaxaMGWo/
this is what appears in the reacalbox.support.sh
this is what ur reffering to?

[josklown]

TENDRAS ALGUN CORREO UNDEPENDIENTE PARA PODER ENVIARTE MAS INFORMACION, PORQUE EN EL FURUM DE ME PERMITE NI ENVIATE IMAGENES PARA QUE VEAS QUE ES LO QUE ME SALE EN SUPPORT CON LUJO DE DETALLE!