Video Input Detection

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start up Genesis Plus GX
2. Select a game to load or 
make a save state/load state
3. Watch the transition of 
video modes 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
So, I'm not sure if this is a bug, so I'll ask
here. What I'm talking about is, why is it that when
ever you access the menu (during and after a ROM load)
the screen flickers for a couple of seconds and tells
me over and over what mode it's(TV/emu)in? From what I can
see, it seems to be telling me the video the emulator
detected. What I'm afraid of is this is either going to 
A - give me a headache or B - somehow ruin the TV (from
switching to the menu mode from game mode). So, is there
any way to force the emulator to not flicker and stay
in one mode/prevent this from happening? Sounds like
it may be a normal emulator function but, I could be wrong. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
26/08/2008 (most recent)

Please provide any additional information below.
I just need some reassurance that this is normal or
if it's a bug.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nintendo...@hotmail.com on 18 Oct 2008 at 9:31

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i presume you have a pal wii and are running pal megadrive games ?

what happen is that the emulator automatically switch the TV mode to 50hz when 
playing 
PAL games and to 60hz in menu...

if you don't like that (however, it does not harm your eyes neither your tv 
unless you 
keep going to the menu every 3 seconds, do you ?), use NTSC version of games or 
force the 
TV mode to 60HZ instead of 50/60hz in the emulator's video options...

Original comment by ekeeke31@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 10:23

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forget to add: the "video information" comes from your tv which probably 
display it each 
time video mode is changing, this certainly can be disabled in your tv settings

lastly, if the problem is not due to PAL stuff, then it's maybe because the 
game runs in 
240p video mode and the menu in 480i... in all case, this is not a bug at all, 
just the 
way we use 2 different modes: set render option to "BILINEAR" if you don't want 
the 
emulator to use original video mode

Original comment by ekeeke31@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 10:32

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Original comment by ekeeke31@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 11:34

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Use use NTSC ROMS and an NTSC HDTV

Original comment by nintendo...@hotmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 2:11

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Lemme try that..

Original comment by nintendo...@hotmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 2:12

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Okay, after some experimenting, the issue has gone away..thanks for the advice! 
Sorry
if I stressed you out!

Original comment by nintendo...@hotmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 4:03

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if your Wii is set to use 480p, then set RENDER option to PROGRESSIV
This way, the TV mode won't change between menu & gameplay

If you want to have the feeling playing the original thing, ORIGINAL render is 
the
best way to go though, this absolutely does not harm your TV if it supports it 
(if it
doesn't, you only got "invalid signal", go back to the menu using HOME button 
and
choose a supported RENDER mode)

Original comment by ekeeke31@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 4:04

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Original comment by ekeeke31@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2008 at 7:46

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