Problem Mistercade Video Out issues

[jerryspaghetti]

Mistercade works nice in a cab but no dice if I try and output over HDMI (tried 3 different displays). Using the HDMI socket next to Red Dipswitches.

Also only able to get vga output on 1 of my 3 vga monitors.

Am I doing something stupid??

 

[Retroman839]

Someone with a mister should answer.
I dont have one.
But Is it not configurable in video output options in a settings menu
In the front end ?
Switching from cga low res (15khz )via vga ( rgb sync )
To
Hi res 31 kHz

 

[jerryspaghetti]

Yeah probably straightforward but I’m a dumbass when it comes to software.

If anyone can tell me exactly where to change it that would be ideal!

 

[Retroman839]

Yeah probably straightforward but I’m a dumbass when it comes to software.

If anyone can tell me exactly where to change it that would be ideal!

Look for settings/
Video settings/
Switch to 640x480
Or switch video out to hdmi ,

Just a guess but it would be something like that ..
And you would most likely need to re configure it back before being able to use low res arcade monitor…

 

[pooman2084]

I think there are video output options on the mister remote app. Probably best to do on there as you can amend settings even when no display on screen.

Otherwise Putty into mister over SCP and edit the .ini file.

It might be worth looking at the Mistercade documentation first to check outputs. I know one of the HDMIs is simply a SNAC port for example.

 

[jerryspaghetti]

Watch this space!

 

[jerryspaghetti]

I think there are video output options on the mister remote app. Probably best to do on there as you can amend settings even when no display on screen.

Otherwise Putty into mister over SCP and edit the .ini file.

It might be worth looking at the Mistercade documentation first to check outputs. I know one of the HDMIs is simply a SNAC port for example.

Remote app?? Tell me more…

 

[pooman2084]

Ah ok, it’s a great piece of sw. You can control all the MisTer functions as well as type in a game and start it from the app!

I think you have to enable it in the update all then simply type in the mister IP in your phone and bingo, you’re in.

MiSTer Extensions - Remote - MiSTer FPGA Forum

misterfpga.org

 

[pooman2084]

Also I saw the the vga ports on each side are different, one is consumer level and one is 3v.

I haven’t used my mistercade for anything other than for gaming in my Jamma cab so don’t have experience with diff resolutions etc, sorry.

 

[jerryspaghetti]

I’ve seen YouTube vids of people playing it on 15khz in a cab with a hdmi out to tv simultaneously. Not sure why mine doesn’t just do that.

I can see a ‘settings’ menu as such.

There’s scripts and when you go to video settings it cycles through some process and spits you back out.

 

[pooman2084]

The setting menu is your ini file.

Careful with those scripts, some of them are outdated or redundant.

You need to either use a text editor in windows to change settings, or use the remote app.

 

[pooman2084]

Also perhaps it is outputting, just not in a range your tv can display?

 

[Retroman839]

Also perhaps it is outputting, just not in a range your tv can display

i wonderd if hdmi can be set to sound out only ?

 

[jerryspaghetti]

I got HDMI working by turning on DVI output in INI SETTINGS.

It’s all very complicated 😂

 

[RossRoss]

I had this issue when I switched out my MiSTercade from my cab. The mister.ini had to be changed back to the standard one and not the 15khz one.