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No tienes que reiniciar. Tienes que darle al botón de "Install Modes".

Yo después de mi experiencia con el Polostar, creo un televisor de los 90 de buena calidad es lo mejor que hay. Tienes la incomodidad de tener que entrar en el menú de servicio, eso sí.

Hola beaches,

La diferencia entre generic_15 y arcade_15 es que el segundo permite cierto margen para la frecuencia horizontal sobre 15,7 kHz. Esto sirve únicamente para lograr mayor resolución al ejecutar juegos verticales sobre monitor horizontal.

Lo ideal es que uses la opción de exportar configuración a GroovyMAME en VMMaker. En este caso, VMMaker siempre asigna la opción "monitor custom" en mame.ini, y edita el campo crt_range correspondiente a lo que tengamos en la pestaña del monitor.

Esto es así porque los presets de GroovyMAME son fijos. Si queremos que GroovyMAME procese las opciones crt_range, hay que seleccionar el preset "custom".

VMMaker utiliza el preset "custom" porque así se pueden personalizar los presets desde el programa, y exportarlos a GM, sin que al segundo le preocupe si originalmente era generic_15, arcade_15 o cualquier otra cosa.

No sé si me he explicado, estoy algo espeso.

En XP puedes usar super resoluciones con las ventajas habituales: refresco y centrado más exactos, menor lista de modos. Aun así no sé si tu tarjeta podrá con ellas, especialmente si piensas usar frame_delay.

STEP 3 - SETTING MAME UP

Now I have an usable 15-kHz display, but I don't have a proper mode list yet which I can use for MAME. Back to VMMaker, and click on Edit Settings.

First I'll go to the User modes tab and browse for the "user_modes - super.ini" file. This is because I want to use "super" resolutions.

Then, in the MAME tab, I'm only going to browse to my GroovyMAME folder, but I won't be listing modes from XML by now. What I'll do is to check "Export settings to GroovyMAME", so future monitor settings will be synchronized with VMMaker.

Finally click Ok to exit from the settings dialog.

Now I'll click on Generate modes, and a list of modelines will be shown.

Then, I'll click on Install modes. The program will ask for confirmation to continue, I'll click on Accept

If everything goes fine, it will report my modelines are installed. We're done with VMMaker by now, close it.

Time to try GroovyMAME. Open a cmd box. Now something interesting: when using a HD 5xxx card or newer, there's no longer need to run GroovyMAME with administrator rights. So a regular cmd box will be fine.

Now I'll "cd" into my already configured GroovyMAME folder. Recently I've known that command-line use is regarded as arcane skills by many. I've captured the whole process in the next picture, for reference:

MAME's information screen showing Switchres used resolution. O - K - O - K

Enjoy.

STEP 1 - INSTALLING THE DRIVER

I will start with a fresh installation of Windows 7 (this is not strictly necessary, but it will make my results fully predictable for the purpose of this guide).

- On the left, a LG SVGA monitor, that I have used all the way through the operating system installation.
- On the right, a Sony BVM-14M4DE 15 kHz-monitor, that is the target monitor I want to setup.

Initially my LG monitor is plugged to the VGA port of the HD 5450, by means of a direct VGA cable.

In Display->Resolution, I see that Windows has detected the HD 5450 just as a standard VGA adapter. This is because my Windows 7 CD does not contain proper drivers for the HD 5450, so the operating system loads a default fallback driver for basic functionality, and a standard VESA 800x600 video mode is assigned to the desktop. Besides, this fallback driver is unable to retrieve the EDID information from my LG monitor, so it just shows as Generic PnP Monitor.

Now I'll open the folder with the CRT Emudriver files, and I'll launch Setup. The installer dialog shows one compatible device, that is already checked. My video card appears as Standard VGA Graphics Adapter. I'll click on Install driver.

The installer will ask me to enable TESTSIGNING. This step is required in order to run modified drivers. I'll click on Accept. Now the installer will ask me to restart the system so TESTSIGNING is applied. It will prompt an error saying it can't continue installation. So I'll RESTART.

After restart, I notice there's a watermark saying Test Mode on the right bottom corner of the desktop. Now we can proceed with the installation.

I launch Setup again and click on Install driver. Now the installer asks me to add "Calamity" as a trusted publisher. This is required so Windows will accept my signature and allow modified drivers to be actually loaded during boot. I click on Accept.

The driver installation begins...

After a minute, the installer says the drivers got installed succesfully.

Now my card is shown as Ati Radeon HD 5450, and the driver name is CRT Emudriver. Windows now asks me to restart the system. I'll RESTART.

NOTE: A restart is always required when switching from the Standard VGA fallback driver to a normal WDDM driver and vice versa. When switching between different WDDM drivers (e.g. when updating an existing Ati/AMD driver with CRT Emudriver) Windows usually can load the new driver without restarting.

After the restart, I notice that the desktop resolution has changed.

In fact going to Display->Resolution shows that the new resolution is 1024x768. This is because once the correct drivers are loaded, Windows can read my LG's EDID, which reports this resolution as its recommended settings. Besides, its name "StudioWorks77M" is now properly shown.

CRT Emudriver is installed. We're ready to go on.

NOTE: If you're using a card that's already been flashed with ATOM-15, you'll be able to do the whole installation process directly on your 15-kHz monitor. However, at this point of the guide (first restart after driver's installation), you'll have an out of range picture. This is because upon driver's first load, it will select a default resolution that's non-15kHz. You'll need to resort to hot-plug a regular PC monitor in order to proceed.

Ja ja tranquilo, que esto es así.

No hace falta que te bajes el romset completo, si ya tienes la 0.167 prácticamente todo te va a funcionar con la 0.169.

Hola,

Cuando usas "super" resoluciones, tienes que poner -resolution 2560x0, y -cleanstretch 2.

Si has puesto estas dos opciones, no deberías tener problemas. Créate un log ejecutando GM desde la consola, así:

groovymame.exe juego -v >juego.txt

Luego abres juego.txt y compruebas qué resolución está utilizando. Lo mejor es que pegues el log aquí, lo vemos y comentamos.

Es raro que fuera de Windows tengas un problema de detección de monitor, pero en fin, ya me lo creo todo. En mis pruebas, con las HD 5000+, puedo emular un EDID con VMMaker y se solucionan todos los problemas de detección... pero claro, me refiero a dentro de Windows.

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STEP 3 - (THE ADVENTURE OF) UNPLUGGING THE PC MONITOR

In the previous step I ended up with a fully working extended desktop, which is totally fine if what I wanted was to keep both monitors attached all the time. But because my aim is to get rid of the PC monitor, I need to figure out a way to unplug it without leaving my setup in an unusable state. Follow me close here, this is the trickiest part.

First, go to Display->Screen Resolution, select the monitor number 2, and click on "Make this my main display".

Click on Apply, and after a second the desktop will show up on the TV screen. The dialog will still be placed on the PC monitor, so drag and drop it on the TV.

Now that we have the good stuff on the TV, it's time to remove the desktop from the PC monitor. Still in Display->Screen Resolution I go to the "Multiple displays" pull-down menu and select "Show desktop only on 2". Click Apply.

The PC screen will turn black, and so will do its icon in the display dialog.

Let's unplug the PC monitor. Now only the TV is connected.

This step is vital. I must force Windows to detect the new situation, and memorize it. And I want it to happen now when I have the control, not later at boot time. To do this, click on Detect.

OOPS! The main desktop is gone! I'm back on the secondary desktop. Don't panic.

I know that the main desktop must be on the other output. So I simply remove the cable from the VGA and plug the *same* cable in the DVI-I port.

There it is. Now, pay attention for a moment to what's displayed in the dialog. Remind I had clicked on Detect? Because of the forced monitor detection feature, now I see two monitors detected, but this time instead of my LG, I have two "Generic non-PnP monitor" displays.

The interesting part is that both monitors have been set to 768x512. Why? Because this is the highest resolution available in the mode list we previously installed with VMMaker. When Windows detects a new display configuration, it automatically tries to make the best arrangement, and by best it assumes the higher resolution. You see why we must not install super resolutions at the
beginning: if we do, Windows would now have chosen 2560 x whatever and our display layout would be screwed.

Ok, I'm about to turn one of the desktops off, but I'm a bit confused as to which one represents now the DVI-I output (the one I want off). I click on Identify, and I see a big "1". Because I want to have the cable on the VGA output, this means that it's monitor 2 the one I want to preserve.

We've nearly there. I go back to the "Multiple displays" pull-down menu and select "Show desktop only on 2". Before clicking Apply, make sure to read the few next steps below because you have to be FAST, you'll only have a few seconds to do the job.

Click Apply.

Now, fast, fast, fast, switch the cable back to the VGA output.

You'll see the dialog asking if you want to keep changes. Click on Keep changes. Click Accept.

We got it. Now RESTART the system, not strictly necessary, but it'll be a good check that our settings are persistent after boot.

STEP 1 - INSTALLING THE DRIVER

I will start with a fresh installation of Windows 7 (this is not strictly necessary, but it will make my results fully predictable for the purpose of this guide).

- On the left, a LG SVGA monitor, that I have used all the way through the operating system installation.
- On the right, a Sony KV-M1420E TV, that is the target monitor I want to setup.

Initially my LG monitor is plugged to the DVI-I port of the HD 4350, by means of DVI-VGA adapter.

In Display->Resolution, I check that Windows has detected my LG monitor as StudioWorks77M. Windows gets this information from the monitor's EDID.

Now I'll open the folder with the CRT Emudriver files, and I'll launch Setup. The installer dialog shows one compatible device, that is already checked. My video card appears as ATI Radeon HD 4350, by Microsoft Corporation, which means that this driver was shipped with the Windows 7 CD. I won't uninstall this driver. Instead, I'll click on Install driver.

The installer will ask me to enable TESTSIGNING. This step is required in order to run modified drivers. I'll click on Accept. Now the installer will ask me to restart the system so TESTSIGNING is applied. It will prompt an error saying it can't continue installation. So I'll RESTART.

After restart, I notice there's a watermark saying Test Mode on the right bottom corner of the desktop. Now we can proceed with the installation.

I launch Setup again and click on Install driver. Now the installer asks me to add "Calamity" as a trusted publisher. This is required so Windows accepts my signature and allows modified drivers to be actually loaded during boot. I click on Accept.

The driver installation begins, the screen goes on and off a few times while the new files are loaded. After a minute, the installer says the drivers got installed succesfully.

Now my card is shown as Ati Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series, and the driver name is CRT Emudriver.

Let's check Display->Resolution. Windows has found a second monitor in my system. This is due to CRT Emudriver's forced monitor detection feature.

I click on the screen number 2 icon and see that Windows shows this phantom screen as "Generic non-PnP monitor". This name means that although we have forced Windows into detecting  a monitor on the VGA port, no EDID has been read from that port, so the monitor type is unknown.