AdvanceMAME not run in Raspbian Buster Raspberry pi 4

[zoilo lagos]

AdvanceMAME not run in Raspbian Buster Raspberry pi 4 whit any game.

Error:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ advmame ace
AdvanceMAME - Copyright (C) 1999-2018 by Andrea Mazzoleni
MAME - Copyright (C) 1997-2003 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team
No video modes available for the current game.
Failed to initialize the video

[Andrea Mazzoleni]

Hi,

I'll buy one RPi4 to check, anyway there are reports to have it working.

Like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR2_-YYEtmI

Maybe it's just a configuration issue.

Ciao,
Andrea

[pjft]

Hi Andrea,

To confirm, I get a similar error on my end - "No video modes available for the current game.". Anything I can help with or provide further - debug logs or something - let me know.

Running Raspbian Lite.

EDIT: works if video and inputs are explicitly set to SDL.

[David Gray]

EDIT: works if video and inputs are explicitly set to SDL.
pjft, how/where are video and inputs configured?

[pjft]

In advmame.rc there will be multiple settings <whose and="" think,="" actual="" parameters="" don't="" i="" recall="" device_video="" -="" ,="" similar=""> that you need to set to sdl instead of whatever option is set for you. Let me know if it works, as I don't have access to the pi right now.</whose>

I think maybe video alone will be enough - try that first. Should be set to auto, or gl?

[David Gray]

Helpful. Okay, looks like the following lines need to be modified as shown below from the ~/.advance/advance.rc file:

device_keyboard sdl (from raw)
device_mouse sdl (from auto)
device_video sdl (from fb)

This should help folks get things up and running on their Pi4Bs and such. I noticed the Retropie team recently disabled the AdvanceMAME builds (via FKMS flag). This information might be useful to them for their inevitable official release.

There is some degredation of video quality (note the tab-menu font and scanlines aren't as nicely rendered) but games definitely play well.

I'll post something on their forums and reference this thread.
Thanks pjft