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[ISSUE]: ALL GAMES STRETCHED ON CRT

Open sambubu1234 opened this issue 1 month ago • 8 comments

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Describe the issue

hello,

im using opl with PAL crt tv. Attached is a PAL PS2 slim the menus look fine but most of the games (maybe something like 90%) look like they are streched with 2 black bars on top and on the bottom. The squares are rectangles and circles are ovals, I have tried most settings but the issue persists. Any help? or do i have to just live with it

Console model

SCPH-70004

OPL version / revision

OPL 0.9.3 + 1442 BETA 361883

In which device(s) have you experienced this issue?

SMB

Context and extra information

No response

sambubu1234 avatar Nov 28 '25 10:11 sambubu1234

Attached is a PAL PS2 slim the menus look fine but most of the games (maybe something like 90%) look like they are streched with 2 black bars on top and on the bottom.

Are you playing PAL games? If so, it's not a bug. That's what most PAL games look like.

CosmicScale avatar Nov 28 '25 11:11 CosmicScale

yes i am indeed playing pal games, would playing ntsc games help? i want to get good picture with no stretching and no black bars on top/bottom

sambubu1234 avatar Nov 28 '25 11:11 sambubu1234

Did you try to change Screen Size in System Configuration: https://i.imgur.com/xU0Z8lg.png

J013k avatar Nov 28 '25 12:11 J013k

yes i am indeed playing pal games, would playing ntsc games help? i want to get good picture with no stretching and no black bars on top/bottom

Yes, the only real solution is to play NTSC games, they will also play at full speed too. Most PAL games from that era and before suffered from the same issues.

Did you try to change Screen Size in System Configuration

That will not make any difference, especially for badly optimized PAL games. Most PS2 games simply ignore those settings anyway.

CosmicScale avatar Nov 28 '25 13:11 CosmicScale

Some CRT TVs also have an option to change aspect ratio like: Original, Full, 4:3 Pan Scan, 4:3 Letterbox, 4:3 Pillarbox... https://i.imgur.com/TWYRdsU.png

J013k avatar Nov 28 '25 17:11 J013k

Image Image

This is how it looks on both the launcher and during games. The screen is on full setting already and tv dont have an aspect ratio setting. Its 4:3 only. I tried ffx ntsc still the same issue.

sambubu1234 avatar Nov 28 '25 21:11 sambubu1234

The image you posted looks like a typical PAL game. Are you sure the FFX game you tried was definitely NTSC? The PAL version of FFX is notoriously bad, it has huge boarders and runs very slow in comparison to the NTSC version.

CosmicScale avatar Nov 28 '25 22:11 CosmicScale

https://i.imgur.com/JfbI7BJ.png

At boot Black and Burnout 3: Takedown should have 50\60 Hz selector, so you could try these games.

J013k avatar Nov 29 '25 00:11 J013k