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    Recalbox 4.0.1 produces no video on my Rpi2 (but Retropie works fine out of the box)

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    • Brizio
      Brizio last edited by

      Recalbox 4.0.1 produces no video on my Rpi2 when connected to my CRT (Retropie works fine out of the box on both HDMI and composite).
      What sort of settings do I need to do to have Recalbox 4.0.1 work?
      I thought it was at least as simple as Retropie but I now have the impression that I need to do some manual settings.

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      • voljega
        voljega Banned @Brizio last edited by

        @Brizio there's a manual and a wiki did you look at it ?

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        • Substring
          Substring @Brizio last edited by

          @Brizio WHEN do you not have video ? For emulators ? or Even for emulationstation ?

          Do not compare retropie and recalbox, they are definitely so different in the manner they configure the system and ease the user experience.

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          • Brizio
            Brizio @Substring last edited by

            @Substring
            No video at all. It looks like Recalbox requires you to edit some config file.
            I wonder why they made it complicated.
            I would like to have a Recalbox that produces a video output on both HDMI and composite depending on whatever it is plugged in.

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            • Brizio
              Brizio @voljega last edited by

              @voljega
              It looks like Recalbox by default makes things complicated for no reason.
              How am I supposed to edit a file if I have no video output?
              Is there a simple step by step manual?
              Retropie requires no editing of config files to get something working.

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              • Substring
                Substring last edited by

                If you prefer that much retropie, why aren't you sticking to it ? Do you really believe you're behaving the good way so that you get any help ? As if I started whining on apple's forum saying that my android phone and my windows computer were working so much more easily ?

                As far as I know, the pi can't output to both composite AND HDMI. But I may be mistaken

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                • Brizio
                  Brizio @Substring last edited by Brizio

                  @Substring Sorry for not being clear. I would like to try Recalbox but my first experience is negative due to the fact that I am getting no video. By "both" I mean that I want to use Recalbox on different TV types but NOT at the same time. How can I do this?
                  So far I have only used Retropie and it worked straight away by selecting the correct video output depending on the used TV .

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                  • Brizio
                    Brizio @voljega last edited by

                    @voljega What is the effect of this complicated procedure?
                    https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Connectez-votre-recalbox-à-un-CRT-avec-composite--(FR)

                    Will Recalbox use composite when plugged to composite and HDMI when plugged to HDMI?

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                    • Substring
                      Substring @Brizio last edited by

                      @Brizio d**n, editing a file and modifying 3 lines is so much easier than configiring retropie itself ...

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                      • Substring
                        Substring last edited by

                        When i said composite and hdmi, i meant having a single configuration that can run everywhere.

                        Someone reported not too la ng ago that he could play seamlessly on crt or hdmi, but that was a spanish post, using sdtv_mode=2. Just d'etre ng this value is definitely not enough

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                        • Brizio
                          Brizio @Substring last edited by

                          @Substring Thanks. The wiki is not clear on what to do to have a Recalbox that automatically switches!to the used video as Retropie does without any tinkering. I hope they will soon make such a setting the default one. What do I need to edit the file without any video output? What should I use on a PC?

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                            Substring @Brizio last edited by

                            @Brizio can't give links now, but the wiki has everything you need to know. The easiest would be p to.plug a usb keyboard and when proposed and edit the config.txt from there

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                            • Brizio
                              Brizio @Substring last edited by

                              @Substring How do I type with no video? Should I do this blindly? I use CRT most of the times for a real retro experience. I do not own a HDMI monitor/TV.
                              The Wiki does not tell me how to do what I need, i.e., automatic switch (as Retropie does by default).

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                              • ian57
                                ian57 Staff last edited by

                                @Brizio thanks to SSH

                                "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." Dennis Ritchie

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                                • lackyluuk
                                  lackyluuk Translator last edited by

                                  @Brizio do you have a laptop? If yes, then just establish a SSH connection to your RPi with PuTTY for example 🙂

                                  https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Edit-the-config.txt-file-(EN)

                                  And

                                  https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Connect-your-recalbox-to-a-CRT-with-composite-(EN)

                                  Look, this is maybe something which is a little bi more complicated than in retropie (I do not know) but (a big BUT) everything else works out of the box in recalbox. Configuring retropie to your needs is much more a pain in the *** 🙂

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