NeoCD SDLX v1.01 - Stretched/Distorted?

[Genesis Knight]

As you guys know, NeoCD SDLX exists in three flavors for the Xbox:

 

v1.00 - original, by Lantus

v1.01 - some fixes, adds 480p/720p display modes

"Unleashed" - adds ISO support, seems to be based on v1.00 of the normal emulator

 

What kind of blows my mind is that by adding a 720p display mode to v1.01 (based on dashboard settings), the emulator will always be 'stretched' on a widescreen display. This makes the 1.01 version kind of worthless, and I have to stick with 1.00 version or the "unleashed" version, without the bug fixes. The 1.00 version displayed the games in native 4:3/non-widescreen, so there was no stretching.

 

Is there any way to get v1.01 to display in standard 4:3 without changing my dashboard settings?

 

I really like this emulator because I can run my retail Samurai Spirits 1/2 disks in my Xbox.

[fumanchu]

you might want to try the newest neo cd emu for xbox called xneoraine,it might be exactly what your looking for.

[Genesis Knight]

I'll check that out; looks like it doesn't support retail Neo Geo CD games, though.

[Genesis Knight]

Just checked; it definitely doesn't support discs at all. So no way to disable the auto-widescreen stretching on NeoCD SDLX 1.01?

Edited June 19, 2012 by Genesis Knight

[Emu Newbie]

There is something called xresizer (I believe) that is used in a few other emulators to change the size of the display. Try looking into that.

[Genesis Knight]

That was a good idea, but NeoCD SDLX doesn't use any sort of INI for its video configuration, so XResizer isn't really of any help. I tried to PM Lantus about it on the Xbox-Scene forums, but no response. Anyone know where he's still active?

[+ T +]

He still posts over at the Neosource forums, but that's in relation to his work on FBA. He hasn't been active in Xbox1 development for a very long time.

[Genesis Knight]

Obviously I haven't seen the source, but it seems like it wouldn't be a huge deal to just turn off that functionality. Since NeoCD SDLX is still very useful for a specific purpose (running retail Neo CD games), maybe he'd be open to a quick release. I'll PM him at NeoSource if I can.

[+ T +]

Does your TV not have a function to switch to 4:3?

[Genesis Knight]

It does, but it doesn't "compress" the 720p image to 4:3 as you'd expect, it simply cuts off the edges of the stretched picture with a frame. I've seen this happen with a few other video sources as well. On most sources, yes, that would work.

[Genesis Knight]

I noticed that there's a 1.01 version of NeoCD-SDLX Unleashed. Tried it out and it has the proper 4:3 display ratio, but none of the graphics glitch fixes from the 'real' 1.01 release.

 

Guess there's no help coming for this issue?