Calamity,
Thanks for the 5* support!
The driver is working fine, I have a few questions regarding the resolutions geometry.
I already posted a topic
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,114152.msg1211190.html#msg1211190 questioning you about my SCART TV.
At the time I was happy with 640x480 and a couple of few special resolutions (r-type, for instance)... but now I think I can get better results because I'm seeing a few original resolutions that I couldn't have then.
Please check some images of the new resolutions presented by groovymame at my blog (
http://perdigaos.blogspot.pt/2013/08/arcade-original-resolutions-and-scart.html).
Attached to this post you'll find my VMMaker.ini, mame.ini and Modeline.txt.
I had to change the specs of the monitor to get the full horizontal image (a few pixels missing on the right):
monitor_specs0 15625-15800, 49.50-65.00,
2.400, 4.700, 8.000, 0.064, 0.160, 1.056, 0, 0, 288, 448
I aligned the TV's geometry for 640x480, and then tested a few games.
Like you can see on the Blog's images, 640x480 (Windows Desktop) and 336x240 (Indiana Jones) fit perfectly on the screen.
Games like bubble bubble and snow bros (256x224) have horizontal overscan on the left, and vertical black borders.
Games with 320x224 look ok horizontally, but miss a bit of screen vertically. Other variants are also presented there.
I edited the 256x224 and 320x224 resolutions by choosing them with QuickRes and configuring them in Powerstrip.
With this I could get 256x224 and 320x224 centered and with the best size possible (almost fitting the all screen).
I tried to copy the values to ArcadeOSD, but it didn't work well.
When I tried the games (with PowerStrip running), the games were beautifully displayed, but the emulation speed was like 106% (too fast!)... I tried setting powerstrip=1 in mame.ini, but nothing changed.
I think that, if I change the monitor specs in VMMaker.ini, I can get better results! With Powerstrip I'm able to get all the resolutions centered and filling the screen.
Question 1:Given your experience, and the presented screenshots, what spec values are the best for my monitor, in order to center all the resolutions and fill the most of the screen?
Question 2: Is it possible to install the modelines produced by Powerstrip through VVMaker?
Question 3: Can I use Soft15Khz to install Custom Resolutions (User) on top of CRT Emu Driver?
Question 4: Why do games speed up on GroovyMame when I change the geometry in PowerStrip? Can I force 100% emulation speed?
On my first Powerstrip experience, using VMMaker monitor specs default values, 640x480 didin't fit the screen, I moved the screen to the left with powerstrip, centered the image in service menu, and it matched perfectly. Afterwards, I changed the values (through Powerstrip) of 256x224 and played Snow Bros and Bubble Bobble in full screen.
Attached goes the PowerStrip Modelines for 640x480 and 256x224.
Thanks for all the valuable support for the Arcade Community!