Video Input Detection

[Former user]

Original [issue 9](https://code.google.com/p/genplus-gx/issues/detail?id=9) created by [e-mail] on 2008-10-18T21:31:02.000Z:

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Start up Genesis Plus GX 2. Select a game to load or make a save state/load state 3. Watch the transition of video modes

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? So, I'm not sure if this is a bug, so I'll ask here. What I'm talking about is, why is it that when ever you access the menu (during and after a ROM load) the screen flickers for a couple of seconds and tells me over and over what mode it's(TV/emu)in? From what I can see, it seems to be telling me the video the emulator detected. What I'm afraid of is this is either going to A - give me a headache or B - somehow ruin the TV (from switching to the menu mode from game mode). So, is there any way to force the emulator to not flicker and stay in one mode/prevent this from happening? Sounds like it may be a normal emulator function but, I could be wrong.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? 26/08/2008 (most recent)

Please provide any additional information below. I just need some reassurance that this is normal or if it's a bug.

[Former user]

Comment # 1 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2008-10-19T10:23:42.000Z:

i presume you have a pal wii and are running pal megadrive games ?

what happen is that the emulator automatically switch the TV mode to 50hz when playing PAL games and to 60hz in menu...

if you don't like that (however, it does not harm your eyes neither your tv unless you keep going to the menu every 3 seconds, do you ?), use NTSC version of games or force the TV mode to 60HZ instead of 50/60hz in the emulator's video options...

[Former user]

Comment # 2 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2008-10-19T10:32:41.000Z:

forget to add: the "video information" comes from your tv which probably display it each time video mode is changing, this certainly can be disabled in your tv settings

lastly, if the problem is not due to PAL stuff, then it's maybe because the game runs in 240p video mode and the menu in 480i... in all case, this is not a bug at all, just the way we use 2 different modes: set render option to "BILINEAR" if you don't want the emulator to use original video mode

[Former user]

Comment # 3 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2008-10-19T11:34:29.000Z:

[Former user]

Comment # 4 originally posted by [e-mail] on 2008-10-19T14:11:12.000Z:

Use use NTSC ROMS and an NTSC HDTV

[Former user]

Comment # 5 originally posted by [e-mail] on 2008-10-19T14:12:26.000Z:

Lemme try that..

[Former user]

Comment # 6 originally posted by [e-mail] on 2008-10-19T16:03:30.000Z:

Okay, after some experimenting, the issue has gone away..thanks for the advice! Sorry if I stressed you out!

[Former user]

Comment # 7 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2008-10-19T16:04:17.000Z:

if your Wii is set to use 480p, then set RENDER option to PROGRESSIV This way, the TV mode won't change between menu & gameplay

If you want to have the feeling playing the original thing, ORIGINAL render is the best way to go though, this absolutely does not harm your TV if it supports it (if it doesn't, you only got "invalid signal", go back to the menu using HOME button and choose a supported RENDER mode)

[Former user]

Comment # 8 originally posted by ekeeke31 on 2008-10-19T19:46:48.000Z: