Questions tagged [display]
Display relates to the use and output of display systems for the Rasberry Pi. The built-in video connectors are HDMI, RCA composite (yellow plug), and a 4-pole 3.5 mm jack.
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How to sort out display on Raspberry Pi?
I am running Raspbian on my raspberry pi, and have it plugged in to a vga display via a converter. The display is way to zoomed in, and I wondered how to fix that.
When I run /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -s ...
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Will this 800 x 480 resolution display be readable/usable?
I have small 9-inch 800x480 display with RCA port and I would like to use it with the Raspberry Pi booting Raspbian.
How readable/usable it will be? Does it require scrolling to see other parts of ...
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Control a SainSmart 20x4 LCD?
I've got some SainSmart 20x4 LCD left over from my Arduino projects and I wanted to check if and how it's possible to get them running with an Raspberry Pi. I've come across this question.
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How do I create a portable Raspbmc?
I just moved my Raspbmc to a different monitor and the display did not come up as the new monitor supported < 1920x1080.
Is there a way to get raspxbmc to detect new monitors and scale accordingly?...
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How do I get a GUI program to run before the login screen?
I have a Python (Tkinter) GUI program that displays fullscreen and shows some pictures.
I want the following functionality: When the Pi is booted up, the python program is run with the appropriate ...
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Display board using raspberry pi
I have to make a display board using raspberry pi. The display board will be showing some sort of counter and 1920x1080 32 inch LCD screen will be used for display. Thus I have decided to use pygame ...
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No output on HDMI display, but it works on Video
I use my HDMI slot every time I plug my Raspberry Pi in.
But I plugged it in the other day, and my monitor just said No Signal.
So I plugged it in via Video, and it works. I just don't want to use ...
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Play video using XBMC in raspbmc displays OpenGLSpectrum instead of video
As question mentioned, when I try play a video in XBMC (my distro is: raspbmc), it play sound and display OpenGL Spectrum instead of display video content !
Can you tell me how to fix this?
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Wire Raspberry Pi to 7'' TFT LCD?
I recently purchased a used TFT LCD screen for the sole purpose of tinkering. Additionally, I have a Raspberry Pi and would like to know if it's possible to wire these two together.
This is the LCD.
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Receiving messages from my phone
I'd like to have my Raspberry Pi receive messages from my (i)phone.
This question is kinda the opposite of what I want. I want to send a text message (possibly to an email) to parse on my ...
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Using gource on the Raspberry Pi
gource is a software version control visualization tool that I would like to use with Git. I've installed it on my Raspberry Pi (sudo apt-get install gource), but unfortunately when I run it I get ...
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What type of television or monitor can I connect to?
What sort of input socket does my television or computer monitor need to have to be able to use it as a screen for my RP?
Will old televisions work with some sort of converter?
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bitmap display programming in C [closed]
I have been working in DOS in the stoneage with C graphics. I want to display a bitmap that is computed as an array in the format my_bytes(x,y). In dos an fixed pointer address to the hardware bitmap ...
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No HDMI output after shutting down RPI
Flash Raspbian on 32GB SD card.
Everything works fine when first start.
After I shutdown it using sudo shutdown -h now and take off usb power..
Suddenly, HDMI output broken down, no output on LCD at ...
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Why wont the Pi recognize my TV when I plug it in after boot?
Currently I am using a relatively new Westinghouse TV with my RasPi. It works perfectly with one caveat, I need to boot with it plugged in to the HDMI for it to work.
I run my Pi headless most of ...
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Which small displays have been confirmed to work?
Which small (7-10") displays have been confirmed to work with the Raspberry Pi?
Also, what should I consider when looking to buy one of these displays or trying to integrate one with my Raspberry Pi?
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On Raspbmc, play 1080p video full screen on 1080p TV
I just setup Raspbmc on my Raspberry PI which I am using as HTPC. I had installed Raspbian and custom built XBMC earlier and it served the purpose. I liked Raspbmc for its unified packaging and ...
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Raspberry Pi Video Output
Is there any way for me to use my laptop screen as a screen for my Pi (Model B)? The cost of a HDMI to VGA converter as well as a good monitor with HDMI connectivity are a little high.
I have a ...
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motion doesn't work without HDMI display plugged in
I'm trying to set up motion capture with the debian package 'motion'. It works great on my desk, where I have it hooked up to a monitor via HDMI, BUT when I disconnect it from HDMI and reboot it, ...
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Pi stuck on wrong resolution
There are many posts here about people trying to set a custom resolution but they all have similar answers;
Uncomment and set the following two values to your preference;
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=39
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Could the raspberry pi be used for stimulus presentation in psychological experiments?
I am a cognitive psychologist / neuroscientist. In a lot of the experiments that I run I have participants - mostly undergrads - sit at a computer and respond to certain combinations of visual stimuli....
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How can I zoom out the HDMI output in order to fit in areas of the screen that are being clipped?
At present every time I load up my RasPi via HDMI the edges of the screen are clipped, making it difficult to see what is being typed at the bottom of the screen and to read output on the left side.
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XBMC Black Screen HDMI Output on Media Autoplay
I have a Raspberry Pi (Model B - 512MB) that I have XBMC running on. I use it for a media player and when it works I'm really happy with it. But there is this annoying bug that I'm running into where ...
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X forwarding and GPU memory allocation
I run my Raspberry Pi headless and typically use X forwarding to run applications.
I'm wondering what split I should use for allocating the RAM. I am not sure whether it is the server or the client'...
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Connecting a touch panel display to the Raspberry Pi? [duplicate]
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How can I determine if a given touchscreen is compatible?
I have two choices of touch panel display to connect to my Raspberry Pi:
Reach Technologies SLCD43
Amulet ...
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