PAL-M or NTSC-J on Raspberry Pi-5

February 7, 2024, 10:19

budyforarom

Hey Guys, I've got an issue. For some reason I can't set my Raspberry Pi-5 to ntsc-j, pal-N, Pal-M etc. Only Ntsc & Pal. I have the latest version of libreelec and have tried this with other os such as raspian. Nothing. I have set
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d,composite
AND
enable_tvout=1
with and without
sdtv_mode=1
sdtv_aspect=1
and have set cmdline to either
video=Composite-1:720x480i,vc4.tv_norm=NTSC-J
or
video=Composite-1:720x480i,tv_mode=NTSC-J
as mentioned here: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=364251 but nothing! Only basic us ntsc of British pal. Can anyone here help me with this? What do I need to do to set this to ntsc-j, pal-m or pal-N for the Raspberry Pi-5?

oops.se

Just to be sure, you have changed these files?
/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt
/boot/firmware/config.txt

budyforarom

yes

budyforarom

libreelec has config_composite.txt I have set them too

oops.se

That is the procedure in the official doc

budyforarom

yes follewed them exactly. Nothing

oops.se

Ok, then Im out...

budyforarom

do you think it will work on an older os?

oops.se

No, older OS doesn't have drivers for Raspberry Pi 5 hardware

budyforarom

dam. I know the pi5 doesn't use vec, it uses rp1 instead. From what I looked into when looking through the githib, there is no secam support for rp1 driver. But there is for ntsc-j, pal-m etc. So I don't know if I have to set it so something like
rp1.tv_mode=NTSC-J
or something.

oops.se

The supported formats, copied from the official doc is: NTSC, NTSC-J, NTSC-443, PAL, PAL-M, PAL-N, PAL60 or SECAM.

budyforarom

isn't that for vec driver only? Not rp1?

budyforarom

because from my research the pi5 uses rp1 for its composite output, not vc4

oops.se

The official doc hasn't made any differences between those two, perhaps a bug ? I haven't compared RP1 and CV4 against the doc, I have blindly relied on the doc...

budyforarom

yeah, the devs stated don't use vc4.tv_norm=NTSC-J in the docs. They got rid of it. Now its apparently tv_mode=NTSC-J. So the docs are probably the worst place for info regarding anything to do with composite on the Rapsberry Pi-5.

oops.se

Thats true, on of the changes that make old Raspberry Pi OS useless on Pi5