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[ZakHooi]

I've got an additional question about vice2x.

I think the sound volume is very low.
Especially when sitting at quite a distance when playing with joysticks on the BoB.

I tried to increase the volume before launching vice2x but with no luck.

Any ideas how to increase the sound volume?

Thanks in advance

[ZakHooi]

There is another big issue that I like to bring up.

This time it's about the TV-OUT.
My setup is as follow:
F100 MkII with BoB and 2 usb joysticks connected connect to my TV.

1. When I switch to TVout when in de gp2x settings menu, the image appears on my TV properly.
Then, when I start Gnostic latest version of x64 the screen goes black and stays black.
I can see the green LEDs on the BoB going off and on meaning (I think) that the video part of the gp2x has issued a reset. Not a full reset but apparently a partial reset. When this happens the TVout isn't working anymore.
So, starting x64 when switched to TVout actually switches off TVout.

2. When I don't switch to TVout in the gp2x menu but start x64 on LCD x64 starts properly.
But then, when I want to switch to TVout from the menu of vice2x only the left half of my TV screen shows the gp2x picture, the right half remains black. The resolution seems to be ok, in other words I can see only half of the gp2x picture, it's not scaled.
Playing with the settings regarding the screen (scaling, centering) doesn't make any difference.

So, now 2 joysticks work simultaneously on the BoB it would be very nice to be able to play on the TV wich is not possible at this moment.

I hope the problem description is clear, if not, feel free to contact me.

THanks in advance

[GnoStiC]

x64 - 9

try this one

There is another big issue that I like to bring up.
This time it's about the TV-OUT.

[Stouffa]

I've not posted on here much, but have been following this thread, hoping someone else might have the same problem. I've a F200 running 4.1.1, and when I run any of the updated x64's, I get a darkened screen, as if the screen was not running at full brightness. Games do run, but don't display properly and when I quit back to the main menu, the screen remains darkened and not displaying properly. Anybody encounter anything similar(I've not encountered it with any other emu)

[ZakHooi]

x64 - 9

try this one

There is another big issue that I like to bring up.
This time it's about the TV-OUT.

Thank you very much Gnostic.

The issues I brought up are solved.... but.....

At this moment I only can activate TVout from the menu in vice2x.
When I select TVout from the gp2x menu the TVout is disabled as soon as vice2x starts.

In case I switch to tvout from the vice2x menu, the full picture appears in the right proportions but it looks like the picture is shaking (frequency problem?) and my eyes get tired within a few minutes (this may cause even headache when looking at the screen a bit longer).

Is this something you can solve please?

Edited by ZakHooi, 05 September 2008 - 09:09 PM.

[GnoStiC]

i'll look into it and will try to boost

I think the sound volume is very low.

vice2x (minilib 0.c) switches back to lcd on startup in order to use it's own video settings..
AND
i can't test vice2x with TV as i don't own a TV with s-video in so i'm currently testing it with my notebook's s-video in.. (apparently it fixes the "shaking" problem on the fly)

don't worry though, i'll try to fix it :}

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When I select TVout from the gp2x menu the TVout is disabled as soon as vice2x starts.
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In case I switch to tvout from the vice2x menu, the full picture appears in the right proportions but it looks like the picture is shaking (frequency problem?)
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hmm, weird..
my f200 has older firmware and i don't have that problem..
does anybody else with f200/4.1.1 have the same problem?

I've not posted on here much, but have been following this thread, hoping someone else might have the same problem. I've a F200 running 4.1.1, and when I run any of the updated x64's, I get a darkened screen, as if the screen was not running at full brightness. Games do run, but don't display properly and when I quit back to the main menu, the screen remains darkened and not displaying properly. Anybody encounter anything similar(I've not encountered it with any other emu)

[Stouffa]

I've tried running other games and emu's after quitting out of Vice, and the same problem persists. I went back to try an older version of Vice, but that seems to work ok. Might just be a strange fault of my machine......

[GnoStiC]

try these and let me know if they fix your problem;
x64-lcd1
x64-lcd2

I've tried running other games and emu's after quitting out of Vice, and the same problem persists. I went back to try an older version of Vice, but that seems to work ok. Might just be a strange fault of my machine......

[ZakHooi]

try these and let me know if they fix your problem;
x64-lcd1
x64-lcd2

I've tried running other games and emu's after quitting out of Vice, and the same problem persists. I went back to try an older version of Vice, but that seems to work ok. Might just be a strange fault of my machine......

Do I need to test this version as well (regarding the TVout problem) ?

[Stouffa]

I've tested both of those versions out now, and the same problem persists. Could it be something to do with the newer LCD screens on the last version of the F200? Also, if you change the TV settings off LCD in the VICE Menu, is it a known bug that the screeen corrupts sohwin a series of orange bars along most of it, whilst the bottom 1/4(ish) gradually fades to white?

[Squirrel61]

First of all, Gnostic thanks for all your efforts to make this emulator really great! I really appreciate it!

But sadly, I've got serious problems getting it to work. I've tried it a million different ways, but basically it's like this:

• Copy the archive from post #1 of this thread to the SD card. After starting, I get the famous black screen, but the menu key is working and allows me to exit the non-working emu.
• Copy the fixed x64 #1 over the old one. Vice is working now.
• Copy x64 #2 to the SD card. Got this working once, but now every time I try it, I get a sequence of black screen, white flash, black again, sometimes followed by a yellow flash and black again. Finally it produces some graphic glitches on the black screen and that's it. I have to shutdown the GP2X because it's reacting to nothing.
• Copy x64 #3-#9 to the card: None of them is working, same symptoms as #2. The one time #2 worked, I went straight to #8 (because that's the one with the keymaps) which froze the GP2X. After copying #2 and replacing the original keymaps, #2 still didn't work.
• Everytime when I have a non-working version and copy #1 on the SD card, it's working again. I don't have to replace the original keymaps.

I'm using an F200 with firmware 4.1.1 and tried both battery and external power.

Am I doing something wrong or did I stumble upon a bug?

Edited by Squirrel61, 06 September 2008 - 08:04 PM.

[GnoStiC]

x64 - 10

this should fix;
* f200 LCD brightness
* TVOUT (note that, switching to TV from vice is removed, you should enable tvout from gp2x menu)
* f100 low volume

[ZakHooi]

x64 - 10

this should fix;
* f200 LCD brightness
* TVOUT (note that, switching to TV from vice is removed, you should enable tvout from gp2x menu)
* f100 low volume

Thanks for the update GNostic, your help is appreciated.

But..... now the USB joysicks don't work anymore (none of them).
Could it be you forgot to implement this in this release?

Hopefully it can be fixed....

[GnoStiC]

sorry about that, just re-download the latest file :}

Thanks for the update GNostic, your help is appreciated.

But..... now the USB joysicks don't work anymore (none of them).
Could it be you forgot to implement this in this release?

Hopefully it can be fixed....

[ZakHooi]

Thanks GNostic, it seems to be fine now.
Both sticks work and the picture is nice and stable...

great job, thank you very much!!!

Edited by ZakHooi, 06 September 2008 - 11:17 PM.