How to change EYESY’s HDMI default output resolution (1280 by 720)

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I saw a discussion about changing the config file to force 480 resolution (looks like suggestion was to commenting out the lines for framebuffer:

#uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display’s size minus
#overscan.
framebuffer_width=1280
framebuffer_height=720

In my “hacky” thinking all I needed to do was change those values to 1920x1080…which I did, but I am not sure it worked (my Elgato video capture device sees the input signal as 720 … maybe an Elgato issue) but wanted to know if this is where I would change the “Default Resolution” for the Eyesy.

I understand that some MODE codes would need to be updated as well.

Thanks for the help.

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It looks like these numbers are for the console size which is not being displayed on the EYESY.

To change the HDMI resolution you want to use the hdmi_mode paramter in the config file. A list of the modes can be found here:

I think on the EYESY hdmi_mode=4 for 720p by default.

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Thank you! Great info. I would never have found that on my own. I will test it out and report back.
:grinning:

UPDATE: Yes, can confirm (even with Elgato Game Capture) that changing mode to:
hdmi_mode=16
Does output 1080p 16:9

I was worried about the NOTE at the end of the Pi Documentation:

“There is a pixel clock limit. The highest supported mode on models prior to the Raspberry Pi 4 is 1920x1200 at 60Hz with reduced blanking, whilst the Raspberry Pi 4 can support up to 4096x2160 (known as 4k) at 60Hz.” - but this didn’t seem to be the case…I thought Eyesy was a Pi3 but perhaps it is a Pi4 after all? (I bought mine in 2022)

I noticed that hdmi_mode=65 is for “custom” - does that mean we could output any ratios we’d like? Say 1:1 perhaps? Any idea how that would be notated in the config file?

Thanks again for the help!

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EYESY is using rPi 3.

Not sure about the configuration for hdmi_mode=65. This is a question for the rPi forum(s)!

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