The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: Fizzer on November 13, 2021, 09:24:40 am
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Hello, I am running Coinops Next 2 as my front end on my laptop in an arcade cabinet. I really like the way this front end works but when the screen is displayed on the tv through HDMI the top and bottom is cut off just a little bit. This does not happen on the laptop that the software is running on. I cannot find a setting that I can change to fix this. Has anybody else encountered this problem and figured out a fix?
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There isn't much you can do about this.
Most consumer TVs have "overscan" built in, usually around 3-7%. This works well for watching TV and movies, where for the overwhelming majority of the time there is nothing interesting at the extreme edges. Manufacturers also do it because people would otherwise be complaining about black bars around the sides, thinking they aren't getting full use of the TV screen or something. People expect the picture to fill the frame.
You might be able to adjust overscan settings by accessing the TV service or factory mode. This is different for every TV.
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I saw somewhere that somebody suggested there was a setting in CoinOPS called "Allow Game Overscan for Arcades" and you access this settings menu by pressing R Thumbstick. I am using a keyboard encoder not an xbox controller and I cannot figure out how to get access to this settings menu. I can access a settings menu by pressing the tab key but I do not see anything about allowing overscan for arcades. Maybe this R Thumbstick is accessing a different settings menu? Has anybody ever come across this?
thank you.
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There is a setting in the mame.ini, "intoverscan", which will *add* overscan (I have no idea why you would want this), but you will need to lose aspect ratio to set it. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.
Coin-ops Next 2 package comes with artwork. If you use bezels (in mame), then the overscan should cut into the artwork rather than the game play area.
Some TVs allow you to adjust the overscan settings.
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Your width and height settings are probably set to "stretch" at the moment. You could set those to actual values so it doesn't use the overscan area.
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Your width and height settings are probably set to "stretch" at the moment. You could set those to actual values so it doesn't use the overscan area.
Good point.
Look for this setting in your coin-ops mame.ini file:
unevenstretch 1
Change the 1 to a 0
In general you want unevenstretch off (0). It comes default as on (1) probably because many users will get cranky if MAME doesn't fill as much of their monitor as possible.